| College Road drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent | |
 College Road drill hall | |
  College Road drill hallLocation within Staffordshire | |
| Coordinates | 53°01′07″N 2°10′49″W / 53.01868°N 2.18026°W / 53.01868; -2.18026 |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1903 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1903-1961 |
The College Road drill hall is a former military installation at College Road (formerly Victoria Road) in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
History
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment and opened by Lord Methuen in 1903. This unit evolved to become the 5th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.
By the start of the Second World War the drill hall had become the home of 61st and 116th (North Midland) Field Regiments Royal Artillery. Although 116th Field Regiment was disbanded at the end of the war, 61st Field Regiment was reconstituted as 261 Observation Regiment in 1947 and renamed 261 (North Midland) Locating Regiment in 1951. It was reduced to battery strength as 887 Locating Battery at the College Road drill hall in 1956. After the unit moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1961, the College Road drill hall was decommissioned and converted for industrial use.
References
- "Hanley". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "5th Battalion, The North staffordshire Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "The North Staffordshire Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "British Armed Forces" (PDF). 3 September 1939. p. 38. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "235-265 Regiments". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 29 September 2017.