Fort Darland

During World War Two Fort Darland Detention Barracks was a British Army detention centre located near Chatham, Kent, England. The camp was one of twelve military detention centres in England, Scotland, the Orkneys, and the Shetland Islands. First and second-time offenders were sent to seven of the twelve prisons. Fort Darland drew Parliamentary attention after Rifleman William Clarence Clayton perished while incarcerated; two British Army Warrant Officers were criminally charged after an investigation into Clayton's death.

In addition to British Army personnel being incarcerated, members of the Canadian Army were also sentenced to Fort Darland upon conviction of first-time offences, usually sent up by their Commanding officers.

References

British Parliamentary Hansards, 6 July, 1943

Canadian National Archives file, 666 (AOP)(RCAF) Squadron, War Diary