| Church Street drill hall | |
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| Brighton | |
 Church Street drill hall | |
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: 23.5%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> Church Street drill hall Location within Sussex
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| Coordinates | 50°49′30″N 0°08′31″W / 50.82492°N 0.14194°WCoordinates: 50°49′30″N 0°08′31″W / 50.82492°N 0.14194°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1890 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1890-Present |
The Church Street drill hall is a military installation in Brighton. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History[]
The building was designed by Edmund Scott as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment and was completed in 1890.[2] This unit evolved to become the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment but moved to Montpelier Place in Brighton before the First World War.[3]
Meanwhile the Sussex Imperial Yeomanry had been located at the Church Street drill hall from their re-formation in 1901.[4][5] The regiment was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and, ultimately, to the Western Front.[6] After the First World War, the unit converted to artillery and was reduced to battery size, becoming 389 (Sussex Yeomanry) Battery, the 98th (Sussex Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.[4]
After the Second World War, the battery was reformed as P Battery, 344th (Sussex Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft and Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery and then as P Battery, 258th (Sussex Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1955.[4] After the defence cut-backs of 1967, the drill hall was decommissioned and became a Royal Mail sorting office[1] and, more recently, it has been used as an antiques warehouse.[7]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Former drill hall, now Royal Mail sorting office". English Heritage. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1380394. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ↑ "Home to the Sussex Volunteer Rifles". North Laine Community Association. http://www.nlcaonline.org.uk/page_id__297_path__0p17p193p201p44p45p.aspx. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ↑ "Brighton". The Drill Hall Project. http://www.drillhalls.org/Counties/Sussex/TownBrighton.htm. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The Sussex Yeomanry". Regiments.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20070418073350/http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vcav/sussex.htm. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ↑ "Sussex Yeomanry in the First World War". The First World War in East Sussex. http://www.eastsussexww1.org.uk/sussex-yeomanry-first-world-war/. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ↑ "Sussex Yeomanry". The Long, Long Trail. http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-yeomanry-regiments-of-1914-1918/sussex-yeomanry/. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ↑ "Patrick Moorhead Antiques Warehouse". http://www.patrickmoorhead.co.uk/. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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