The Bath Street drill hall is a former military installation in

Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...

, Cheshire.

History

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

South Lancashire Regiment The South Lancashire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment, which recruited, as its title suggests, primarily from the South Lancashire area, was created as part of the Childers Re ...

in the late 19th century. This unit evolved to become the 4th Battalion, The

in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front and was still based there at the start of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

. The battalion evolved to become the 1st Battalion, Lancastrian Volunteers in 1967 and the 5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The

King's Regiment (Liverpool) The King's Regiment (Liverpool) was one of the oldest line infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot in 1751. Unlike most British Army infantry regiments, which were ...

in 1975. The battalion moved to

Peninsula Barracks, Warrington Peninsula Barracks is a military installation on O'Leary Street in Warrington, England. History The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style and, although construction started a few years earlier, they were opened as Orford Barr ...

around the same time and the Bath Street drill hall was decommissioned and subsequently converted for use by the Electoral Services Department of

Warrington Borough Council Warrington Borough Council is the local authority of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services in ...

References

{{Authority control Drill halls in England Buildings and structures in Warrington