The building was designed as a house and then converted to an inn in the mid-18th century.[1] It was altered for military use with the addition of a drill hall designed by Gould and Fisher as the headquarters of the 1st West Yorkshire (York) Rifle Volunteers in 1872.[2] This unit evolved to become the 1st West Yorkshire (York) Rifle Volunteer Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1881 and the 5th Battalion The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1908.[3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[4] Elements of the 5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment continued to use the drill hall until the battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment to form the 3rd Battalion the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1960.[5] After the new battalion was established at Lumley Barracks in York,[6] the Colliergate drill hall was decommissioned and has since been converted for use as a hardware store.[7]
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^"Number 28a and Attached Drill Hall". British listed buildings. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^"York". The drill hall project. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
^. Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 4 January 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
^"The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
^. York Press. 24 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^"3rd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire". Regiments.org. from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^"York Walls". York Stories. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
October 28, 2023
colliergate, drill, hall, former, military, installation, corner, colliergate, andrewgate, york, york, yorklocation, within, north, yorkshirecoordinates53, 96032, 07958, 96032, 07958typedrill, hallsite, historybuilt1872built, forwar, officearchitectgould, fish. The Colliergate drill hall is a former military installation at the corner of Colliergate and St Andrewgate in York Colliergate drill hallYorkColliergate drill hall YorkColliergate drill hallLocation within North YorkshireCoordinates53 57 37 N 1 04 46 W 53 96032 N 1 07958 W 53 96032 1 07958TypeDrill hallSite historyBuilt1872Built forWar OfficeArchitectGould and FisherIn use1872 c 1960History editThe building was designed as a house and then converted to an inn in the mid 18th century 1 It was altered for military use with the addition of a drill hall designed by Gould and Fisher as the headquarters of the 1st West Yorkshire York Rifle Volunteers in 1872 2 This unit evolved to become the 1st West Yorkshire York Rifle Volunteer Battalion The Prince of Wales s Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1881 and the 5th Battalion The Prince of Wales s Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1908 3 The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front 4 Elements of the 5th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment continued to use the drill hall until the battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment to form the 3rd Battalion the Prince of Wales s Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1960 5 After the new battalion was established at Lumley Barracks in York 6 the Colliergate drill hall was decommissioned and has since been converted for use as a hardware store 7 References edit Number 28a and Attached Drill Hall British listed buildings Retrieved 11 August 2017 York The drill hall project Retrieved 8 July 2017 The West Yorkshire Regiment The Prince of Wales s Own Regiments org Archived from the original on 4 January 2006 Retrieved 8 July 2017 The Prince of Wales s Own West Yorkshire Regiment The Long Long Trail Retrieved 8 July 2017 Drumming up TA memories York Press 24 December 2012 Archived from the original on 12 August 2017 Retrieved 11 August 2017 3rd Battalion The Prince of Wales s Own Regiment of Yorkshire Regiments org Archived from the original on 27 December 2005 Retrieved 11 August 2017 York Walls York Stories Retrieved 11 August 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colliergate drill hall amp oldid 1134653131, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
