Canterbury Street drill hall, Blackburn

Canterbury Street drill hall
Blackburn
Canterbury Street drill hall
Canterbury Street drill hall
Location in Lancashire
Coordinates 53°44′39″N 2°29′04″W / 53.74425°N 2.48440°W / 53.74425; -2.48440Coordinates: 53°44′39″N 2°29′04″W / 53.74425°N 2.48440°W / 53.74425; -2.48440
Type Drill hall
Site history
Built 1870
Built for War Office
Architect Stevens and Robinson
In use 1870 – Present

The Canterbury Street drill hall is a former military installation in Blackburn, Lancashire. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History

The building was designed by Stevens and Robinson as the headquarters of the 2nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps and was completed by Richard Hacking, a local builder, in 1870.[1] The unit evolved to become the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment in 1889 and 4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment in 1908.[2] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and ultimately to the Western Front.[3] The Battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 4th/5th Battalion at the Canterbury Street drill hall in 1921 but the 4th Battalion was reformed there again in 1939 just before the Second World War.[2]

Following a re-organisation, the battalion converted to become the 93 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron, 38 Signal Regiment (Volunteers) in 1971.[2] The squadron was disbanded in March 2010[4] but the drill hall is still used by the Army Cadet Force.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Blackburn Drill Hall". English Heritage. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment". Regiments.org. 15 July 2000. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Chris Baker. "The East Lancashire Regiment in 1914 – 1918". The Long, Long Trail The British Army of 1914-1918. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  4. ↑ "Blackburn TA squadron still doomed despite Prime Minister u-turn". Lancashire Telegraph. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Our locations". Army Cadets. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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