Chapel Field Road drill hall, Norwich

The Chapel Field Road drill hall was a military installation in Norwich, Norfolk.

Chapel Field Road drill hall
Norwich, Norfolk
Chapel Field Road drill hall
Chapel Field Road drill hall Location in Norfolk
Coordinates	52.62801°N 1.28583°E
Type	Drill hall
Site history
Built	1866
Built for	War Office
In use	1866 – 1959

History

The building, which was designed by James Benest in the Gothic style to incorporate part of a tower from the old city wall and built by William Gilbert, was opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales in October 1866.[1] It was initially used by elements of the 1st Norfolk Rifle Volunteer Corps which became the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment in 1883.[1] It became the headquarters of the 4th Territorial Battalion the Norfolk Regiment when that battalion moved from the Bethel Street drill hall during the First World War.[2] The battalion was mobilised at the Chapel Field Road drill hall in September 1939 for service in the Middle East and then the Far East during the Second World War.[3] Following the amalgamations that lead to the formation of the 1st East Anglian Regiment in 1959, the Chapel Field Road drill hall was decommissioned and then demolished to make way for the ring road in 1963.[1]

References

1. "Norwich". The drill hall project. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
2. "4th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. "4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment". The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War. Retrieved 13 August 2017.