Robertsbarracks

Roberts Barracks - Winkelhausen Kaserne
An der Netter Heide
49090 Osnabruck BFPO 36

Home of 2 Division Royal Engineers and 25 Corps Engr Regt in the 1960s

Swimming pool notice board with
Dave Pomphrey on the right

To get to the Sqn MT Garages you had walk to the far end of the workshops(photo left )then turn left at the end of the small paddock

Photo above are Workshop vehicles parked outside LAD workshop view from window back of Sqn block. The long terrace building immediately behind the trees is the MT Garages accessed from the other side.

The Regimental Cookhouse,
at the far end of the photo is the Main Gate.
The road seen in the picture divides Roberts Barracks in half
with 2 Division Engineers occupying one half of the camp
and 25 Corps Engr Regt occupying the other half.

The German War Memorial located on this corner of Roberts Barracks

Roberts Barracks, better known to the Germans as, Winkelhausen Kaserne was named after Col Von Winkelausen, a WW1 Colonel.
Before WW2 it was the home of Infantry Regiment 37 The barracks were completed and opened in October 1935.

An aerial photo of Roberts barracks. The swimming pool can be seen just above the sports field half way down the left hand side of the photo

The showers were on the ground and attic floors.
The rooms had double glazing, central heating, beech floors and oak stair rails.
The accomodaton blocks were very solid and sturdy as they were built for the Thousand Year Reich.