Early history 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. 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. 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 additionally became the home of
2nd Division in 1982. North East District merged with
Eastern District to form an enlarged Eastern District at Imphal Barracks in 1992. The enlarged district was disbanded on the formation of HQ
Land Command in 1995. 2nd Division, having absorbed Scotland District, moved its headquarters to
Craigiehall, near
Edinburgh in April 2000.
21st Century In June 2006, a ceremony celebrating the formation of the
Yorkshire Regiment was held at Imphal Barracks. The new divisional headquarters of
6th Division marked its formation with a parade and flag presentation at Imphal Barracks on 5 August 2008. It had a clear focus on preparing brigades for
Afghanistan: during summer 2009, the divisional headquarters was significantly reinforced and transformed into Combined Joint Task Force 6 before deploying to Afghanistan as
Regional Command South in November 2009. The 6th division headquarters closed in April 2011. Imphal Barracks was the home of
15th Infantry Brigade until 1 December 2014 when it merged with the former
4th Mechanised Brigade to form an infantry brigade known as
4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East based in
Catterick. The barracks became headquarters of the
1st (United Kingdom) Division on 1 June 2015. == Future ==