The Bank Parade drill hall, also known as the Keighley Green Drill Hall, is a former military installation in
Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...
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Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
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History
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The
East Lancashire Regiment
The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot and 59th (2nd Nottingh ...
and completed in the early 20th century. The unit evolved to become the 5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment in 1908.
The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to
Gallipoli and ultimately to the
Western Front.
More recruits, this time for Z Company, the
11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington), East Lancashire Regiment, were also assembled at the drill hall the following month.
The battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion to form the 4th/5th Battalion at the
Canterbury Street drill hall in
Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
in 1921.
[ The drill hall was decommissioned and it became a well-established boxing venue during the 1930s. It was used by the ]Home Guard
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The term "home guard" was first officially used in the American Civil War, starting w ...
during the Second World War
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and currently operates as a snooker club.
References
Buildings and structures in Burnley
Drill halls in England
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