Brook Street drill hall, Welshpool
| Brook Street drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Welshpool, Wales | |
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4210856.jpg) Brook Street drill hall | |
  Brook Street drill hall Location in Powys | |
| Coordinates | 52°39′43″N 3°09′12″W / 52.66198°N 3.15330°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | Mid 19th century |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | Mid 19th century – Present |
The Brook Street drill hall is a military installation in Welshpool.
History
[edit]An armoury was established at Welshpool in the mid-19th century.[1] It became the headquarters of the Montgomeryshire Rifle Volunteers in 1861[2] and, although the regiment evolved to become 7th (Merioneth and Montgomery) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers with its headquarters at Newtown in 1908, the battalion still maintained a presence at Welshpool in the form of C Company.[2]
Meanwhile, the building had also become the headquarters of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry in the late 19th century.[3][4] The regiment was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Middle East.[5] After the war, the yeomanry were absorbed by the 7th (Merioneth and Montgomery) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers.[3]
Following the Second World War and the conversion of the battalion to artillery, the drill hall was decommissioned; it was converted into a sports centre[6] in 1980[7] but it is still used as a training facility by the air cadets.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Papers relating to the Armoury, Welshpool". National Archives. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire Volunteers". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Montgomeryshire Yeomanry". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Welshpool". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Montgomeryshire Yeomanry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "The Armoury". The Armoury, Welshpool. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Recreaction in Welshpool". BBC. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "2364 (Welshpool) Squadron, Air Training Corps". Retrieved 17 December 2017.