| Baron Street drill hall | |
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| Rochdale | |
 Baron Street drill hall | |
  Baron Street drill hall Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Coordinates | 53°36′52″N2°09′09″W / 53.61458°N 2.15241°W Coordinates: 53°36′52″N2°09′09″W / 53.61458°N 2.15241°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | c.1865 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | c.1865-1980s |
The Baron Street drill hall is a former military installation in Rochdale, England.
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 12th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in around 1865. [1] This unit evolved to become the 2nd Volunteer Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1883 and the 6th Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1908. [2] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and ultimately to the Western Front. [3] The drill hall continued to be used by the battalion until the Second World War [4] and, although the 6th Battalion was disbanded after the war, elements of the 5th (Volunteer) Battalion continued to use it [5] until the 1980s when it was decommissioned and sold for industrial use. [6]
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