Imphal Barracks

Imphal Barracks
York
The walls of Imphal Barracks
Imphal Barracks Location within North Yorkshire
Coordinates	53°56′37″N 01°04′26″W / 53.94361°N 1.07389°W / 53.94361; -1.07389Coordinates: 53°56′37″N 01°04′26″W / 53.94361°N 1.07389°W / 53.94361; -1.07389
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1877–1878
Built for	War Office
In use	1878–Present
Garrison information
Occupants	1st (United Kingdom) Division

Imphal Barracks is a military installation located in Fulford, York, England.

Cavalry barracks were built in Fulford as part of the British response to the threat of the French Revolution and were completed in 1795 but these have now been largely demolished. The infantry barracks, which were built between 1877 and 1878, were initially the depot of the 14th Regiment of Foot who arrived from Bradford Moor Barracks in 1878. Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces. Following the Childers Reforms, the 14th Regiment of Foot evolved to become the West Yorkshire Regiment with its depot at the barracks in 1881. Under the Cardwell Reforms the two battalions of the 25th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot also established a depot at the barracks but following the Childers Reforms that regiment evolved to become the King's Own Scottish Borderers and moved to Berwick Barracks in 1881.

In the 1950s the barracks were renamed Imphal Barracks to reflect the battle honours won by the West Yorkshire Regiment at the Battle of Imphal in spring 1944 during the Second World War. The barracks became the home of the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire when the West Yorkshire Regiment amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1958.

The barracks also became the home of Northern Command in 1958. Northern Command was disbanded and replaced by North East District in 1972 and the barracks additionally became the home of 2nd Division in 1982. North East District was disbanded in 1991 and 2nd Division, having absorbed Scotland District, moved its headquarters to Craigiehall, near Edinburgh in April 2000.