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| St Mary's drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Huntingdon | |
 St Mary's drill hall | |
  St Mary's drill hall Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Coordinates | 52°19′41″N 0°10′57″W / 52.32805°N 0.18255°W / 52.32805; -0.18255Coordinates: 52°19′41″N 0°10′57″W / 52.32805°N 0.18255°W / 52.32805; -0.18255 |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | Late 19th century |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | Late 19th century-Present |
The St Mary's Street drill hall is a former military installation in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
History
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 1st Huntingdonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps and completed in the late 19th century.[1] The unit evolved to become the 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment in 1900.[2] The presence at the drill hall was reduced to a single company, H Company, 5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment in 1908 but restored to a full battalion when the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion was formed in February 1914.[2] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 but remained in the United Kingdom throughout the First World War.[3] The battalion was disbanded at the end of the War and the drill was subsequently decommissioned and converted for retail use.[4]
References
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^ ab "The Huntingdonshire Battalion". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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