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
Coordinates53.07358°N 0.80475°W / 53.07358; -0.80475
TypeDrill hall
Site history
Built1914
Built forWar Office
In use1914-Present

History

The 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]

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References
  1. "Newark on Trent". The Drill Halls Project. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. "The Magnus Grammar School in the First World War". Our Nottinghamshire. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. "Sherwood Foresters". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. "Army List 1937". War Office. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  5. "8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  6. "RPS Planning and Development". Ends directory. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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