Sherwood Avenue drill hall, Newark-on-Trent
The Sherwood Avenue drill hall is a former military installation in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
| Sherwood Avenue drill Hall | |
|---|---|
| Newark-on-Trent | |
 Sherwood Avenue drill Hall | |
  Sherwood Avenue drill Hall Location within Nottinghamshire | |
| Coordinates | 53°04′25″N 0°48′17″W / 53.07358°N 0.80475°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1914 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1914-1990s |
History
editThe building was designed as the headquarters of the 8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters and was opened by the Duke of Portland in June 1914.[1][2] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front[3] and was still based there at the start of the Second World War.[4]
The battalion amalgamated with 5th (Derbyshire) Battalion, to form 5th/8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) in 1961.[5] Following the cut-backs in 1967, the presence at the drill hall was reduced to a single company, E (Nottinghamshire Foresters) Company, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in 1971.[5] After the infantry presence in Newark was reduced to a single platoon in the early 1990s, the drill hall was decommissioned and converted for use as offices: it is currently occupied by RPS Planning and Development, planning consultants.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Newark on Trent". The Drill Halls Project. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "The Magnus Grammar School in the First World War". Our Nottinghamshire. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Sherwood Foresters". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Army List 1937". War Office. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ a b "8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "RPS Planning and Development". Ends directory. Retrieved 9 September 2017.