The Hanworth Road drill hall is a former military installation in

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History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The

Middlesex Regiment The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966. The regiment was formed, as the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), in 1881 as part of the Childers Re ...

and was completed in around 1902. This unit evolved to become the 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the

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. The battalion converted to become the 11th (Middlesex) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in 1947, but converted back to become the 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment again in 1956 and was re-numbered as the 5th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment in 1961. Following the cut-backs in 1967, the drill hall was decommissioned and converted for use as a hotel. The building was renamed the Treaty Lodge Hotel, presumably after the

Treaty of Vereeniging The Treaty of Vereeniging was a peace treaty, signed on 31 May 1902, that ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other. This settlement provided f ...

, which was signed in May 1902.

References

{{reflist Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hounslow Drill halls in London