squadrons of 185 men.
At the end of the war the RAF
Regiment was retained as part of the
RAF. The Depot moved from RAF
Belton Park to RAF Catterick, North
Yorkshire, in 1946 and the bases at
RAF Alma Park and RAF Belton Park
closed in the summer of 1946.
During World War I both of
these sites were training camps
for the Machine Gun Corps,
where approximately 18,000
soldiers received their training
before going out to the Western
Front. The name of Alma House
is perpetuated by a modern
industrial estate. Belton House is
now operated by the
National Trust.
www.nationaltrust.org.
uk/belton-house
Belton Park in WWI
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