Queen Katherine Street drill hall | |
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Kendal | |
![]() Queen Katherine Street drill hall | |
Coordinates | 54°19′29″N 2°44′35″W / 54.32475°N 2.74297°WCoordinates: 54°19′29″N 2°44′35″W / 54.32475°N 2.74297°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | Late 19th century |
Built for | War Office |
In use | Late 19th century–Present |
The Queen Katherine Street drill hall, sometimes known as the Aynam Road drill hall is former military installation located in Queen Katherine Street, off Aynam Road, in Kendal, Cumbria.
History[]
The building was designed as the base for the Westmorland-based companies (F and G Companies) of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Border Regiment and was built in the late 19th century.[1] These companies became part of the 4th (Cumberland and Westmorland) Battalion, The Border Regiment in 1908.[2] The companies were mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to India.[3][4] A Squadron, Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry and the 3rd West Lancashire Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps were also based at the drill hall.[1]
After the Strand Road drill hall in Carlisle closed, the Queen Katherine Street drill hall became the headquarters for the whole battalion.[2] The presence at the drill was reduced to a single company, D (The Westmorland) Company, 4th (Territorial) Battalion, The Border Regiment in 1967.[5] This unit evolved to become B (4th Border Regiment) Company, Northumbrian Volunteers in 1971,[5] C Company, 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The King's Own Royal Border Regiment in 1975[5] and B Company, 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The King's Own Royal Border Regiment in 1988.[6] The presence at the drill was further reduced to a mortar platoon in 1992 and ceased altogether in 1999.[6] The building remains an active Army Cadet Force Centre.[7]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kendal". The Drill Hall Project. http://drillhalls.org.uk/Counties/Cumbria/TownKendal.htm. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Border Regiment". Regiments.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20070227212001/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/034Bordr.htm. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ "4th Battalion territorials mobilise at Kendal drill hall". Border Regiment. 4 August 1914. http://border-regiment-forum.com/gallery/image_page.php?album_id=69&image_id=9699&sk=n&sd=a&st=0. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "First World War battle honours built on Border Regiment's proud history". Westmorland Gazette. 6 June 2014. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/world_war_one/border_regiment_1/11249898.First_World_War_battle_honours_built_on_Border_Regiment_s_proud_history/. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "4th Battalion, The Border Regiment". Regiments.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20061231051039/http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-no/cu-4.htm. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "4th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Border Regiment". Regiments.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20070415091252/http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-no/cu-KORBR4.htm. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Our locations". Army Cadets. https://armycadets.com/county/cumbria-acf/our-locations/. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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