Kings Avenue drill hall, Clapham

Kings Avenue drill hall
Clapham
Kings Avenue drill hall
Kings Avenue drill hall
Location within Greater London
Coordinates 51°27′20″N 0°07′45″W / 51.4556°N 0.1292°W / 51.4556; -0.1292Coordinates: 51°27′20″N 0°07′45″W / 51.4556°N 0.1292°W / 51.4556; -0.1292
Type Drill hall
Site history
Built Early 20th century
Built for War Office
In use Early 20th century - Present

The Kings Avenue drill hall, often referred to as Melbourne House, is a military establishment in Clapham.

History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the Surrey Yeomanry and was completed in the early 20th century.[1] The regiment was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Salonika.[2]

The regiment evolved to become the 98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1922, 298 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1947 and 263 (Surrey Yeomanry, Queen's Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1961.[3] The unit was disbanded in 1967 but was reformed as B (Surrey Yeomanry) Troop, 200 (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Battery, 100 Medium Regiment RA (Volunteers) when it moved to Sutton in 1969.[3]

Instead the drill hall became the base for a detachment from 210 Ambulance Squadron, 151 (Greater London) Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport.[4] The detachment was subsequently transferred to 240 Transport Squadron, 151 Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps.[5] Although the drill hall is no longer in active military use, it is still used as a filming venue.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Clapham". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)". Regiments.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "151st Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (Volunteers)". Regiments.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Stepping Forward" (PDF). p. 409. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Clapham". Alternative Venues. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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