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Shorncliffe Army Camp is a large military camp near Cheriton in Kent. ==History== The camp was established in 1794 when the British Army bought over 229 acres of land at Shorncliffe; it was then extended in 1796 and 1806.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Folkestone History )〕 It was at Shorncliffe that in 1803 Sir John Moore trained the Light Division which fought under the Duke of Wellington in the Napoleonic Wars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Proposed Memorial at Shorncliffe Camp to Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore )〕 Shorncliffe was used as a staging post for troops destined for the Western Front during World War I and in April 1915 a Canadian Training Division was formed there.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Formation Of The 2nd And 3rd Divisions )〕 The Canadian Army Medical Corps had general hospitals based at Shorncliffe from September 1917 to December 1918.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Military Hospital, Shorncliffe Camp )〕 The camp at that time composed five unit lines known as Ross Barracks, Somerset Barracks, Napier Barracks, Moore Barracks and Risborough Barracks.〔 On three occasions there were German air raids which killed soldiers on the camp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Commonwealth War Graves Commission )〕 During World War II Shorncliffe was again used as a staging post and Queen Mary visited the camp in 1939.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Queen Mary Visits Shorncliffe Camp )〕 After the War the camp was known as the Sir John Moore Barracks and when The Light Infantry moved out in October 1986 the name was retained. At the same time a new Sir John Moore Barracks was established in Winchester. Currently, Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe is home to the Royal Gurkha Rifles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Royal Gurkha Rifles )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The history of the Light Infantry )〕 Shorncliffe Camp was also the home of 2 (South East) Brigade until January 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dover ceremony marks army's 2 (South East) Brigade closure )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shorncliffe Army Camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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