The New Bridge Street drill hall is a former military installation in

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its ...

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History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd (Cornwall Light ...

and was completed in the late 19th century. The unit evolved to become the 4th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to

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. After the battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 4th/5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry at Truro in 1921, the amalgamated unit moved to the Armoury in Pydar Street. The drill hall became surplus to requirements and was decommissioned and converted for retail use.

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