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| Bridge Street drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Macclesfield | |
 Bridge Street drill hall | |
  Bridge Street drill hall Location in Cheshire | |
| Coordinates | 53°15′38″N 2°07′53″W / 53.26054°N 2.13150°W / 53.26054; -2.13150Coordinates: 53°15′38″N 2°07′53″W / 53.26054°N 2.13150°W / 53.26054; -2.13150 |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1871 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1871 – Present |
The Bridge Street drill hall is a former military installation in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
History
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 8th Cheshire Rifle Volunteers and opened in 1871.[1] This unit evolved to become the 5th Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1883[2] and the 7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1908.[3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and ultimately to the Western Front.[4] The battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion to form the 4th/7th Battalion in 1967.[3] The presence at the drill hall was reduced to a single company, B Company, 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, in 1988.[5] B Company moved to new premises at Ypres Barracks in Chester Road in 1990[6] and the Bridge Street drill hall was decommissioned and has since been converted into apartments.[2]
References
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^ ab "Macclesfield". The Drill Halls Project. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
^ ab "The Cheshire Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
^ "Cheshire Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "3rd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment". Regiments.org. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "3rd Battalion 'B' Company 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment about to Depart from the Old Drill Hall, Macclesfield for the New Ypres Barracks 3 No.1990". Art UK. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
