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Brook Street drill hall, Welshpool

Coordinates: 52°39′43″N 3°09′12″W / 52.66198°N 3.15330°W / 52.66198; -3.15330
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Brook Street drill hall
Welshpool, Wales
Brook Street drill hall
Brook Street drill hall is located in Powys
Brook Street drill hall
Brook Street drill hall
Location in Powys
Coordinates52°39′43″N 3°09′12″W / 52.66198°N 3.15330°W / 52.66198; -3.15330
TypeDrill hall
Site history
BuiltMid 19th century
Built forWar Office
In useMid 19th century – Present

The Brook Street drill hall is a military installation in Welshpool.

History

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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

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  1. ^ "Papers relating to the Armoury, Welshpool". National Archives. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire Volunteers". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Welshpool". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Montgomeryshire Yeomanry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. ^ "The Armoury". The Armoury, Welshpool. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Recreaction in Welshpool". BBC. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. ^ "2364 (Welshpool) Squadron, Air Training Corps". Retrieved 17 December 2017.