The Priory Road drill hall is a military installation at Hornsey in London.
| Priory Road drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Hornsey | |
_Centre,_Hornsey,_London_N8_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1752606.jpg) Priory Road drill hall | |
  Priory Road drill hall Location within Greater London | |
| Coordinates | 51°35′14″N 0°07′23″W / 51.58731°N 0.12298°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1903 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1903-Present |
History
editBefore 1888, the Territorial Force in Hornsey used a small drill-hall at Crouch End. From 1888 they moved to the National hall on Hornsey High Street. This building was in use until in 1896 when The Elms, an old house on the site of the current drill hall was bought as headquarters for the 3rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers.[1] By 1903, the old house had been extended to form the first a drill-hall.[2] In 1908, the Hornsey unit became the 7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment.[3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[4] The drill hall was completely rebuilt in 1936.[2]
Following the cut-backs in 1967, the presence at the drill hall was reduced to one company, B Company 6th / 7th (Volunteer) Battalion, the Queen's Regiment, in 1975 and B (Albuhera) Company, 8th Battalion The Queen's Fusiliers in 1988.[5] After the London Regiment (1993) was formed in 1992, the presence at the drill hall was further reduced to a single rifle platoon from B (Queen's Regiment) Company, the London Regiment: the building remains an active Army Reserve Centre.[6]
References
edit- ^ A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, M A Hicks and R B Pugh. "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 6, Friern Barnet, Finchley, Hornsey With Highgate". Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1980. pp. 157–162. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Drill Hall Register: A list of the locations of London Drill Halls since 1908" (PDF). Stepping Forward London. p. 372. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "6th/7th (V) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment and The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 November 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "B (Queen's Regiment) Company, The London Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 25 September 2017.