Braganza Street drill hall
| Braganza Street drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Kennington, London | |
 Braganza Street drill hall | |
  Braganza Street drill hall Location within London | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′15″N 0°06′10″W / 51.48748°N 0.10278°W |
| Type | Drill Hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1865 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1865-Present |
The Braganza Street drill hall is a military installation in Braganza Street, Walworth.
History
The building originates from a pair of houses built in what was then known as New Street in 1833 and which were acquired by the 19th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1865.
After the war the battalion converted to artillery and, in 1947, became the 622nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.[2] After the Royal Artillery went through a re-organisation and vacated the hall, a new field hospital, 217 (London) General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps, was formed at the Braganza Street drill hall in 1967.[4] That unit amalgamated with other field hospitals in 1995 to form 256 (City of London) Field Hospital[6] and the drill hall is now the regimental headquarters of that unit.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0752479316.
- ^ a b c "24th London Regiment (The Queen's)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "The Surrey Rifle Volunteers 1859 - 1908". Queen's Royal Surreys. Archived from the original on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Drill Hall Register: A list of the locations of London Drill Halls since 1908" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "The London Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "The Royal Army Medical Corps". Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London. Retrieved 29 May 2017.