Sobraon Barracks

Sobraon Barracks
Lincoln
Sobraon Barracks
Sobraon Barracks Location within Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°14′59″N 00°33′19″W / 53.24972°N 0.55528°W / 53.24972; -0.55528Coordinates: 53°14′59″N 00°33′19″W / 53.24972°N 0.55528°W / 53.24972; -0.55528
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1890
Built for	War Office
In use	1890-Present
Garrison information
Occupants	Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

Sobraon Barracks is a former military installation in Lincoln, England.

History

The "old barracks" in Burton Road, Lincoln, were constructed in 1857 and are now home to the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.^[1]

In 1890 the "new barracks" were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style to the north of the old barracks on Burton Road: the new barracks became the home of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.^[2] In 1953 the new barracks were renamed "Sobraon Barracks" after the Battle of Sobraon, a confrontation which had taken place during the First Anglo-Sikh War.^[3] The Regiment amalgamated with the Northamptonshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment in 1960. Large parts of Sobraon Barracks were demolished in the 1970s although the keep still remains and is still used as an Army Reserve Centre by Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force.^[4] In March 2014 it was announced that 160 (Lincoln) Squadron Royal Logistic Corps would be based at Sobraon Barracks.^[5]

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