Stafford Street drill hall, Wolverhampton

The Stafford Street drill hall is a former military installation in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

Stafford Street drill hall
Wolverhampton
Stafford Street drill hall
Stafford Street drill hall Location within West Midlands
Coordinates	52.58739°N 2.12616°W
Type	Drill hall
Site history
Built	1890
Built for	War Office
In use	1890-Present

History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment and was completed in 1890.[1] This unit evolved to become the 6th Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment in 1908.[2] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[3] The drill hall was also the home of D Squadron, Staffordshire Yeomanry.[1]

The battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 5th/6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) with its headquarters in Wolverhampton in 1967.[4] After the battalion moved to Wolseley House in Wolverhampton,[5] the Stafford Street drill hall was decommissioned and acquired by the University of Wolverhampton.[1] It has since been converted by Liam Wordley, a developer, into student accommodation.[6]

References

1. "Wolverhampton". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
2. "South Staffordshire Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 28 December 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
3. "South Staffordshire Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
4. "3rd Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 4 September 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. "Wolverhampton's Locally Listed Buildings". History Website. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
6. "£10m plan for homes at Wolverhampton Sunbeam factory". Express and Star. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2017.