The New Barracks were completed in the late 1870s, as a base for the North Lincolnshire Regiment. The Lincolnshire Regiment was raised in 1685. The name SOBRAON refers to the Regiment's most famous Battle Honour, gained during the Sikh Wars (the Battle of Sobraon, 10th February 1846).

2006

This is how Sobraon Barracks looks now -136 years later. The gateway, the guradroom and much of the perimeter wall has gone, but despite that, the old place still looks very much as it did in 1880.

The distinctive Sphinx badge can still be seen - set in stone, just to the left of where the gateway used to be. The "X" is a reminder of the Regiment's origins - as the Tenth Regiment of Foot. From 1782 the Regiment was called the 10th (North Lincolnshire) Foot. The 10th Foot was awarded the Sphinx emblem and Honour EGYPT for service under Wellington in 1801. In 1881 (just after Sobraon Barracks was built) the name was changed to The Lincolnshire Regiment.

The gates to the park behind Sobraon barracks (between Aisne Close and Cambrai Close) were modelled on the original gates to the barracks.