Former Sandes Soldiers' Home

Catterick Garrison (known as Catterick Camp until 1973) was opened during the First World War as a training facility, but in 1923 it was decided to retain the site as a permanent army base, a decision which prompted General Sir Charles Harington ask for the home to be built. The building was opened on 23 November 1928 and provided a place where soldiers could go without the pressure of the military environment. The building was designed by a firm of architects based in Belfast, and, at the insistence of Elise Sandes who ran the Sandes homes, it was constructed using a workforce recruited from largely from Ulster. When the home was opened, it included a canteen, cinema, billiards room,…