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Adams Hall, Bamber Bridge (AAF-569) WWII US Army 13th Replacement Control Depot, 1516th QM Truck Battalion
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool WWII Free French Navy Camp (camp capacity 1,400 personnel)
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool (AAF number n/a) WWII US Army Detachment 'A', 1960th Ordnance Depot Company
Alberton Hall ? WWII US Army Camp (possibly Allerton Hall ?)
Ashton-under-Lyne Volunteer/TF Annual Camp
Bamber Bridge WWII Army Education College
Bare (Morecambe) Volunteer/TF Annual Camp (SD4565)
Bayton, Bluebell Lane ? (probably Huyton, below) WWII US Army, 34th Chemical Decontamination Company
Belle Vue Park, Manchester (AAF-578) WWII US Army 8th Air Force Service Command Detachment 'A' Port Intransit Depot Group (capacity 900 personnel)
Blackpool Military Hospital WWI Military Hospital
Bowring Park WWII Camp
Bromborough WWII Coastal Defence Camp
Burscough WWII 62 Section, RAOC
Bury, Wellington Barracks Completed 1881 and occupied by the 20th Lancashire Fusiliers on
1 July 1881
Childwall Valley (G-3) (AAF number n/a) WWII US Army 8th Intransit Depot G-3
Clay Beach, Walney Island WWII Army Camp, see also Cumbria
Clitheroe WWII Reinforcement Camp for No.1 Training Battalion, RE in the event of an Invasion of the UK
Dingle Vale, Liverpool WWII No.12 Training Centre, Pioneer Corps
Earlestown, Garswood Park, Goldborne Park? WWII US Army, 44th Engineer Combatant Battalion. Latter should be Golborne Park, see below
Fleetwood WWII US Army, 43rd & 49th Medical Battalion
Formby, Harrington Barracks WWII Kings Liverpool Regiment Basic Training Barracks (built 1940?) Site demolished in the 1960s
Garswood Hall WWII Summer Camp (camp capacity 2,604 personnel) (E0319)
Glazebrook WWII AMWD Repair Depot
Golborne Park WWII Summer Camp (camp capacity 2,604 personnel) (E0617)
Halton TF/TA Annual Camp. Currently in use by Army
Haydock Park Racecourse (AAF-530) WWII US Army BADA, Combat Support Wing (capacity 1,100 personnel) (E0417)
Heaton Park, Manchester WWII RAF Air Crew Despatch Centre. RAF Embarkation Centre
Holcombe Moor Volunteer/TF Annual Camp. Currently in use by Army
Huyton WWII No.5 AMPC Training Centre (1939 until July 1942)
Huyton (AAF-552) WWII US Army 1511th QM Truck Regiment African/American Army Camp attached to RAF Burtonwood
Kirkby (AAF-514) WWII US Army Port Intransit Depot No.2, 25th Postal Reg Section
Kirkham Volunteer/TF Annual Camp
Lathom Park, Ormskirk WWI Army Camp
Lancaster, Bowerham Barracks Regimental Depot of the King's Own Royal Regiment, the barracks were erected between 1876 and 1880. During WWII it was taken over by the ATS as their depot
Liverpool WWI 1st Western General Hospital
Liverpool WWII Liverpool Sector HQ
Liverpool (G-14) WWII US Army General Storage & Medical Depot G-14
Liverpool, Knotty Ash WWI US Army Camp
Liverpool, St George's Buildings, Lime Street WWII Mersey Sub-District HQ Mersey Garrison HQ
Liverpool, Seaforth Barracks WWII King's Liverpool Regiment. Canadian Base Depot
Liverpool, Sefton Park WWII Army Camp 10th Battalion Home Defence (1940)
Liverpool, Silcock's Warehouse (AAF-513) WWII US Army 1st Port Transit Depot, Base Air Depot Area
Lytham St Annes Volunteer/TF Annual Camp
Maghull, Liverpool (AAF-577) WWII US Army 1511th QM Truck Regiment (camp capacity 3,000 personnel)
Manchester WWI 2nd Western General Hospital
Manchester, Davyhulme Hospital WWII US Military Hospital
Manchester, The Arches, Kemp Street, Middleton WWII Manchester Sub-District HQ
Manchester, Kirtlington ? WWII US Army Camp
Manchester Racecourse WWI RFC Northern MT Issue Park (camp capacity 1,250 personnel)
Mellands Camp, Gorton, Manchester Initially a tented camp, possibly used later by US Army. Italian PoW camp. Army Military Police use in the 1950s and 60s
Manchester, 33–40 Stanley Road, Whalley Range WWII East Lancashire Area HQ
Moor Park, Preston WWII Army Camp
Newton-le-Willows WWII Reinforcement Camp for No.4 MT Training Depot, RE
Oldham WWII Nos.11 and 12 Pioneer Corps Training Centres 1940–43
Padgate WWII RAF Recruit Training School
Padgate (AAF-579) WWII US Army 131st Reinforcement Battalion HQ
Preston (AAF number n/a) WWII US Army 8th Intransit Depot G-4
Preston, Drill Hall, Deepdale Road WWII HQ North West District
Preston, Fulwood Barracks Infantry Barracks (one battalion) completed in June 1848. The first two companies of 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles arrived on 7 January 1848. On the outbreak of WWII until 1942, it functioned as The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Training Centre
Preston, Greyhound Track WWII US Army Staging Camp for 200 African American soldiers
Preston, Longton Hall WWII Preston Sub-Area HQ
Quernmore Park WWII Practice Camp associated with an Infantry training area and grenade range
Rainford WWII newly completed by-pass road used as a tank park
Riseley (AAF-541) WWII US Army 756th Chemical Depot 763rd Chemical Depot
St Annes-on-Sea WWII No.2 Mobilisation Centre, RASC
Salford, Cross Lane WWII Lancashire Fusiliers Barracks
Simonswood WWII US Army Camp, 21st, 25th, 26th Postal Regiment Sections
Somerford Park, (Radnor Grove Farm), Congleton Volunteer/TF Annual Camp
Southport (Palace Hotel) (AAF-524) WWII US Army 8th BADA
Squires Gate Camp, Blackpool WWII on the outbreak of war the Depot of the East Lancashire Regiment moved from Fulwood Barracks, Preston to form an Infantry Training Centre at Squires Gate
Warrington WWII US Military Hospital
Warrington, Peninsula Barracks South Lancashire Regiment Depot
Washington Hall, Chorley (AAF-591) WWII US Army 127th Reinforcement Battalion HQ
Weeton WWII RAF Recruit training for 4,000 men. Now Army Barracks
Witton Park, Blackburn WWII Military Convalescent Hospital
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool WWII Free French Navy Camp (camp capacity 1,400 personnel)
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool (AAF number n/a) WWII US Army Detachment 'A', 1960th Ordnance Depot Company
Alberton Hall ? WWII US Army Camp (possibly Allerton Hall ?)
Ashton-under-Lyne Volunteer/TF Annual Camp
Bamber Bridge WWII Army Education College
Bare (Morecambe) Volunteer/TF Annual Camp (SD4565)
Bayton, Bluebell Lane ? (probably Huyton, below) WWII US Army, 34th Chemical Decontamination Company
Belle Vue Park, Manchester (AAF-578) WWII US Army 8th Air Force Service Command Detachment 'A' Port Intransit Depot Group (capacity 900 personnel)
Blackpool Military Hospital WWI Military Hospital
Bowring Park WWII Camp
Bromborough WWII Coastal Defence Camp
Burscough WWII 62 Section, RAOC
Bury, Wellington Barracks Completed 1881 and occupied by the 20th Lancashire Fusiliers on
1 July 1881
Childwall Valley (G-3) (AAF number n/a) WWII US Army 8th Intransit Depot G-3
Clay Beach, Walney Island WWII Army Camp, see also Cumbria
Clitheroe WWII Reinforcement Camp for No.1 Training Battalion, RE in the event of an Invasion of the UK
Dingle Vale, Liverpool WWII No.12 Training Centre, Pioneer Corps
Earlestown, Garswood Park, Goldborne Park? WWII US Army, 44th Engineer Combatant Battalion. Latter should be Golborne Park, see below
Fleetwood WWII US Army, 43rd & 49th Medical Battalion
Formby, Harrington Barracks WWII Kings Liverpool Regiment Basic Training Barracks (built 1940?) Site demolished in the 1960s
Garswood Hall WWII Summer Camp (camp capacity 2,604 personnel) (E0319)
Glazebrook WWII AMWD Repair Depot
Golborne Park WWII Summer Camp (camp capacity 2,604 personnel) (E0617)
Halton TF/TA Annual Camp. Currently in use by Army
Haydock Park Racecourse (AAF-530) WWII US Army BADA, Combat Support Wing (capacity 1,100 personnel) (E0417)
Heaton Park, Manchester WWII RAF Air Crew Despatch Centre. RAF Embarkation Centre
Holcombe Moor Volunteer/TF Annual Camp. Currently in use by Army
Huyton WWII No.5 AMPC Training Centre (1939 until July 1942)
Huyton (AAF-552) WWII US Army 1511th QM Truck Regiment African/American Army Camp attached to RAF Burtonwood
Kirkby (AAF-514) WWII US Army Port Intransit Depot No.2, 25th Postal Reg Section
Kirkham Volunteer/TF Annual Camp
Lathom Park, Ormskirk WWI Army Camp
Lancaster, Bowerham Barracks Regimental Depot of the King's Own Royal Regiment, the barracks were erected between 1876 and 1880. During WWII it was taken over by the ATS as their depot
Liverpool WWI 1st Western General Hospital
Liverpool WWII Liverpool Sector HQ
Liverpool (G-14) WWII US Army General Storage & Medical Depot G-14
Liverpool, Knotty Ash WWI US Army Camp
Liverpool, St George's Buildings, Lime Street WWII Mersey Sub-District HQ Mersey Garrison HQ
Liverpool, Seaforth Barracks WWII King's Liverpool Regiment. Canadian Base Depot
Liverpool, Sefton Park WWII Army Camp 10th Battalion Home Defence (1940)
Liverpool, Silcock's Warehouse (AAF-513) WWII US Army 1st Port Transit Depot, Base Air Depot Area
Lytham St Annes Volunteer/TF Annual Camp
Maghull, Liverpool (AAF-577) WWII US Army 1511th QM Truck Regiment (camp capacity 3,000 personnel)
Manchester WWI 2nd Western General Hospital
Manchester, Davyhulme Hospital WWII US Military Hospital
Manchester, The Arches, Kemp Street, Middleton WWII Manchester Sub-District HQ
Manchester, Kirtlington ? WWII US Army Camp
Manchester Racecourse WWI RFC Northern MT Issue Park (camp capacity 1,250 personnel)
Mellands Camp, Gorton, Manchester Initially a tented camp, possibly used later by US Army. Italian PoW camp. Army Military Police use in the 1950s and 60s
Manchester, 33–40 Stanley Road, Whalley Range WWII East Lancashire Area HQ
Moor Park, Preston WWII Army Camp
Newton-le-Willows WWII Reinforcement Camp for No.4 MT Training Depot, RE
Oldham WWII Nos.11 and 12 Pioneer Corps Training Centres 1940–43
Padgate WWII RAF Recruit Training School
Padgate (AAF-579) WWII US Army 131st Reinforcement Battalion HQ
Preston (AAF number n/a) WWII US Army 8th Intransit Depot G-4
Preston, Drill Hall, Deepdale Road WWII HQ North West District
Preston, Fulwood Barracks Infantry Barracks (one battalion) completed in June 1848. The first two companies of 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles arrived on 7 January 1848. On the outbreak of WWII until 1942, it functioned as The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Training Centre
Preston, Greyhound Track WWII US Army Staging Camp for 200 African American soldiers
Preston, Longton Hall WWII Preston Sub-Area HQ
Quernmore Park WWII Practice Camp associated with an Infantry training area and grenade range
Rainford WWII newly completed by-pass road used as a tank park
Riseley (AAF-541) WWII US Army 756th Chemical Depot 763rd Chemical Depot
St Annes-on-Sea WWII No.2 Mobilisation Centre, RASC
Salford, Cross Lane WWII Lancashire Fusiliers Barracks
Simonswood WWII US Army Camp, 21st, 25th, 26th Postal Regiment Sections
Somerford Park, (Radnor Grove Farm), Congleton Volunteer/TF Annual Camp
Southport (Palace Hotel) (AAF-524) WWII US Army 8th BADA
Squires Gate Camp, Blackpool WWII on the outbreak of war the Depot of the East Lancashire Regiment moved from Fulwood Barracks, Preston to form an Infantry Training Centre at Squires Gate
Warrington WWII US Military Hospital
Warrington, Peninsula Barracks South Lancashire Regiment Depot
Washington Hall, Chorley (AAF-591) WWII US Army 127th Reinforcement Battalion HQ
Weeton WWII RAF Recruit training for 4,000 men. Now Army Barracks
Witton Park, Blackburn WWII Military Convalescent Hospital