Harold Street drill hall, Hereford

The Harold Street drill hall is a former military installation in Hereford, Herefordshire.

Harold Street drill hall
Hereford
Harold Street drill hall
Harold Street drill hall
Location within Herefordshire
Coordinates52.05119°N 2.70467°W / 52.05119; -2.70467
TypeDrill hall
Site history
Built1856
Built forWar Office
In use1856-Present

History

The building was designed as a local militia barracks and was completed in around 1856.[1] It was used by the Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps from when it was formed in 1859.[2] That unit evolved to become the 1st Herefordshire (Hereford and Radnor) Rifle Volunteers in 1880, the Herefordshire Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1908 and the 1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment in 1909.[3][4] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and ultimately to the Western Front in June 1918.[5] The drill hall was also used as the local headquarters for the Army Service Corps.[4]

The 1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment was renamed the 1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Light Infantry in 1947.[3] After the battalion moved to a modern Territorial Army Centre nearby in the 1960s, the Harold Street drill hall was converted for use as the Herefordshire County Records Office.[6] The Records Office moved to Fir Tree Lane in January 2014 and the drill hall is now empty.[1]

References
  1. "Plans to demolish former barracks in Harold Street, Hereford to build Hereford Cathedral School boarding school refused". Redditch Advertiser. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. "Planning Application, Section 5.31" (PDF). Herefordshire County Council. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. "The Herefordshire Light Infantry". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. "Hereford". The drill hall project. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. "The Herefordshire Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. "Records Office, Harold Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 2QX". Herefordshire County Council. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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