Braganza Street drill hall

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Braganza Street drill hall
Kennington, London
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Braganza Street drill hall
Site information
TypeDrill Hall
Location
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Braganza Street drill hall
Location within London
Coordinates 51°29′15″N0°06′10″W / 51.48748°N 0.10278°W / 51.48748; -0.10278
Site history
Built1865
Built for War Office
In use1865-Present

The Braganza Street drill hall is a military installation in Braganza Street, Walworth.

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History

The building originates from a pair of houses built in what was then known as New Street in 1833 and which were acquired by the 19th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1865. [1] The 19th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps evolved to become the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in 1883 [2] [3] and the 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s) in 1908. [4] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [5] When the London Regiment was broken up in 1937, the battalion became the 7th (Southwark) Battalion, the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). [2] The drill hall, in what was by then known as Braganza Street, was substantially re-built at that time and the enlarged facility was opened by the Duke of Gloucester in 1938. [1]

After the war the battalion converted to artillery and, in 1947, became the 622nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. [2] After the Royal Artillery went through a re-organisation and vacated the hall, a new field hospital, 217 (London) General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps, was formed at the Braganza Street drill hall in 1967. [4] That unit amalgamated with other field hospitals in 1995 to form 256 (City of London) Field Hospital. [6]

Current units

The drill hall is now home to: [7]

256 (City of London & South East) Multi-Role Medical Regiment

References

  1. 1 2 Osborne, Mike (2012). Defending London: A Military History from Conquest to Cold War. History Press. ISBN   978-0752479316.
  2. 1 2 3 "24th London Regiment (The Queen's)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "The Surrey Rifle Volunteers 1859 - 1908". Queen's Royal Surreys. Archived from the original on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Drill Hall Register: A list of the locations of London Drill Halls since 1908" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "The London Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Royal Army Medical Corps". Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Army Reserve Units | London".
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