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Davies Street drill hall

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41: 57: 64: 224:, the building was badly damaged by a bomb. It was agreed to rebuild the hall to a design by Trenwith Wills and it was rebuilt by James Miller and Partners between 1950 and 1952. In 1952, following another re-organisation, the unit based at the drill hall was renamed the 402: 56: 40: 90: 198:, was built by E. Lawrance and Sons and completed in December 1890. It was opened by the Duchess of Westminster. That unit amalgamated with the 370: 274:"'Davies Street Area: Davies Street, East Side', in Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings)" 213:
When the London Regiment was broken up and the battalions reallocated to other units in August 1937, the hall became the home of the
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The original drill hall on the site, which was designed by Charles Herbert Shoppee as the headquarters of the
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in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the
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19th Middlesex (St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury) Volunteer Rifle Corps
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7th Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
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9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's)
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1st Middlesex (Victoria and St George's) Volunteer Rifle Corps
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and moved to the Hammersmith Road drill hall in 2017.
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Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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is a former military installation in Davies Street,
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Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster
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Mayfair
London

Davies Street drill hall is located in Greater London
51°30′48″N 0°08′54″W / 51.51328°N 0.14836°W / 51.51328; -0.14836
War Office
7th Battalion The Rifles
London
1st Middlesex (Victoria and St George's) Volunteer Rifle Corps
19th Middlesex (St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury) Volunteer Rifle Corps
9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's)
Western Front
Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Second World War
7th Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
Royal Green Jackets
London Regiment
Royal Rifle Volunteers
The Rifles
London Regiment



"'Davies Street Area: Davies Street, East Side', in Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings)"




"Drill Hall Register: A list of the locations of London Drill Halls since 1908"
"The London Regiment"

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