Upper Bristol Road drill hall, Bath

Upper Bristol Road drill hall
Bath, Somerset
The old drill hall at Upper Bristol Road
Upper Bristol Road drill hall
Location within Somerset
Coordinates 51°23′03″N 2°22′25″W / 51.38412°N 2.37364°W / 51.38412; -2.37364Coordinates: 51°23′03″N 2°22′25″W / 51.38412°N 2.37364°W / 51.38412; -2.37364
Type Drill hall
Site history
Built Late 19th century
Built for War Office
In use Late 19th century-Present

The Upper Bristol Road drill hall is a former military installtion in Bath, Somerset.

History

The building, which was completed in the late 19th century,[1] became the headquarters of the North Somerset Yeomanry in 1912.[2] The regiment was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[3] The drill hall also served as the headquarters of the Wessex Divisional Royal Engineers during the First World War and was used by a section of the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps at that time.[4]

After the building became dilapidated, the regiment moved to more modern facilities on an adjacent site on Upper Bristol Road. Following the defence cutbacks of 1967, the Territorial Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry and elements of the North Somerset Yeomanry and West Somerset Yeomanry merged to form the Somerset Yeomanry and Light Infantry.[5] A (Somerset Yeomanry Light Infantry) Company, 6th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Light Infantry was re-formed at Bath in 1971.[5] Although the company was subsequently disbanded, the new drill hall in Upper Bristol Road became home to 43 (Wessex & City & County of Bristol) Signal Squadron, 39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment in 2000 and remains an active Army Reserve Centre.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Heritage Statement: Onega Place, Upper Bristol Road, Bath" (PDF). Bath & North East Somerst Council. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "The North Somerset Yeomanry". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "North Somerset Yeomanry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bath". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. 1 2 "4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "53 Signal Squadron". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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