St Paul's Street drill hall, Huddersfield

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St Paul's Street drill hall
Huddersfield
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St Paul's Street drill hall
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St Paul's Street drill hall
Location in West Yorkshire
Coordinates 53°38′33″N1°46′37″W / 53.64255°N 1.77686°W / 53.64255; -1.77686 Coordinates: 53°38′33″N1°46′37″W / 53.64255°N 1.77686°W / 53.64255; -1.77686
TypeDrill hall
Site history
Built1899–1901
Built for War Office
In use1901–Present
Garrison information
OccupantsCorunna Company, 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment

The St Paul's Street drill hall is a military installation in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]

Huddersfield Town in West Yorkshire, England

Huddersfield is a large market and university town in West Yorkshire, England. It is the 11th largest town in the United Kingdom, with a population of 162,949 at the 2011 census. It lies 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Leeds and 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Manchester.

West Yorkshire County of England

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is an inland and in relative terms upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in moors of the Pennines and has a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.

Listed building Protected historic structure in the United Kingdom

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

History

The building was designed by Captain Willey Cooper as the headquarters of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment and was built between 1899 and 1901. [1] It was opened by Field Marshal Lord Roberts in May 1901. [2] The 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment evolved to become the 5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1908. [3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [4]

Duke of Wellingtons Regiment infantry regiment of the British Army

The Duke of Wellington's Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division.

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts British soldier

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he won a Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904.

Western Front (World War I) Main theatre of war during the First World War

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The 5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment converted to become the 43rd (5th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers in 1936 and, in the midst of the Second World War, it evolved to become the 600th Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment) in 1944, and, after the war, the 578th (5th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1947. [3] It then amalgamated with the 382nd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) in 1955, a unit which converted back to form the West Riding Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) at Huddersfield in 1961. [3]

Royal Engineers corps of the British Army

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World War II 1939–1945, between Axis and Allies

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Royal Artillery artillery arm of the British Army

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.

Following the reductions in 1967, the presence at the St Paul's Street drill hall was re-established by C (The Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Company, 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers in 1971. [5] This unit evolved to become C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) (Yorkshire Volunteers) in 1993, Ypres Company (Duke of Wellington's Regiment), The East and West Riding Regiment in 1999 and Corunna Company, 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment in 2006. [6] The building remains an active Army Reserve Centre. [7]

The Yorkshire Volunteers was an infantry regiment of the British Territorial Army. The regiment was raised on 1 April 1967 and disbanded on 25 April 1993.

The East and West Riding Regiment was a regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1999 to 2006.

Yorkshire Regiment

The Yorkshire Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, created by the amalgamation of three historic regiments in 2006. It is currently the only line infantry or rifles unit to represent a single geographical county in the new infantry structure, serving as the county regiment of Yorkshire. It lost one battalion as part of the Army 2020 defence review.

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "St Paul's Drill Hall, Huddersfield (1437022)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Huddersfield". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Duke of Wellington's Regiment". The Long, Long trail. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "The West Riding Battalion". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2017.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "The East and West Riding Regiment and 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2017.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ "4 YORKS". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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