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Colliergate drill hall

Coordinates:53°57′37″N1°04′46″W/ 53.96032°N 1.07958°W/53.96032; -1.07958
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Colliergate drill hall
York
Colliergate drill hall, York
Colliergate drill hall is located in North Yorkshire
Colliergate drill hall
Colliergate drill hall
Location within North Yorkshire
Coordinates53°57′37″N1°04′46″W/ 53.96032°N 1.07958°W/53.96032; -1.07958
TypeDrill hall
Site history
Built1872
Built forWar Office
ArchitectGould and Fisher
In use1872-c.1960

TheColliergate drill hallis a former military installation at the corner ofColliergateandSt AndrewgateinYork.

History[edit]

The building was designed as a house and then converted to aninnin the mid-18th century.[1]It was altered for military use with the addition of a drill hall designed by Gould and Fisher as the headquarters of the 1st West Yorkshire (York) Rifle Volunteers in 1872.[2]This unit evolved to become the 1st West Yorkshire (York) Rifle Volunteer Battalion, ThePrince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshirein 1881 and the 5th Battalion The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1908.[3]The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to theWestern Front.[4]Elements of the 5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment continued to use the drill hall until the battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion theEast Yorkshire Regimentto form the 3rd Battalion thePrince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshirein 1960.[5]After the new battalion was established at Lumley Barracks in York,[6]the Colliergate drill hall was decommissioned and has since been converted for use as a hardware store.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Number 28a and Attached Drill Hall".British listed buildings.Retrieved11 August2017.
  2. ^"York".The drill hall project.Retrieved8 July2017.
  3. ^"The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)".Regiments.org. Archived fromthe originalon 4 January 2006.Retrieved8 July2017.
  4. ^"The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)".The Long, Long Trail.Retrieved8 July2017.
  5. ^"Drumming up TA memories".York Press. 24 December 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 12 August 2017.Retrieved11 August2017.
  6. ^"3rd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire".Regiments.org.Archivedfrom the original on 27 December 2005.Retrieved11 August2017.
  7. ^"York Walls".York Stories.Retrieved11 August2017.