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City of Westminster

Previous Authorities: Westminster, Marylebone, Paddington

St John's Wood

Location:
10 Henry Street
Built:
Unknown
Historical notes:
Current status:
private flats
Timeline of Resident Units
1907
3rd County of London Imperial Yeomanry
1908
HQ and A-D Squadrons 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
1914
HQ and A-D Squadrons 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 41
1936
23rd (London) Armoured Air Company (Sharpshooters)
1965
Accommodation for US Marine Corps Embassy Security Company

Paddington

Location:
207-209 Harrow Road
Built:
As a Hospital for the Guards Division
Historical notes:
Current status:
Active, see last unit on timeline
Timeline of Resident Units
1914
14 Battery 5th London Brigade RFA 3rd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1914
Paddington Volunteer Training Corps
1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 33
1936
3rd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 256 (17th London) Field Battery (H)
1938
10th (3rd City of London Battalion RF) 64th Field Regiment RA
1947
625 LAA Regiment RA (RE) TA 625 LAA Regiment LAD REME (TA)

Last Known Unit

Victoria

Location:
Drill Hall, Rochester Row
Built:
As a Hospital for the Guards Division
Historical notes:
Current status:
Active, see last unit on timeline
Timeline of Resident Units
1914
Volunteer Civic Force
1923
27th (LEE) AA Battalion RE 304-306 AA Companies
1947
16 Airborne Division Defence and Employment BHQ 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (TA)
2010
HQ First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps

90 Allitsen Road (Formerly Henry Street)

Location:
90 Allitsen Road (Formerly Henry Street)
Built:
Pre-1914
Historical notes:
Current status:
Residential
Timeline of Resident Units
1920
5th Armoured Car Company Tank Corps
1936
3rd County of London Yeomanry Last Known Unit

Holborn

Location:
Drill Hall, 3 Henry Street
Built:
Pre-1908 Volunteer HQ

Historical notes:
Current status:
Demolished
Timeline of Resident Units
1914

HQ and A, B Sections London Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance

3rd London General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps

Last Known Unit

10 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn

Location:
10 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn
Built:
Pre-1908
Historical notes:
Current status:
Active, see last unit on timeline
Timeline of Resident Units
1889
14th Middlesex (Inns of Court) Volunteer Rifle Corps
1914
A, B and C Company and Cavalry Squadron, Officers Training Corps
1932
Inns of Court Regiment (Officers Training Corps)
1947
Inns of Court Regiment – Royal Armoured Corps) Inns of Court LAD REME (TA)
1961
Inns of Court and City Yeomanry Royal Armoured Corps
1967
A Company (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) The London Yeomanry and Territorials
1969
68th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron 71st Signal Regiment (V)
1994
68th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron

Regimental Band The Royal Yeomanry

2014
68 (Inns of Court City and Essex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron

The Strand

Location:
Somerset House
Built:
1775
Historical notes:
Current status:
Art Gallery and Cultural Centre
Timeline of Resident Units
1880
12th Middlesex (Civil Service) Volunteer Rifle Corps
1908
15th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 56

Charing Cross

Location:
Drill Hall, 2 Duke Street
Built:
Pre-1908
Historical notes:
Current status:
Unknown
Timeline of Resident Units
1908
18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

Albany Street, Regent's Park Barracks

Location:
Albany Street, Regent's Park Barracks
Built:
Rebuilt 1930s
Historical notes:
Current status:
Active, see last unit on timeline
Timeline of Resident Units
1936
33 (St Pancras) AA Battalion RE
1947
568 (M) LAA SL Regiment RA (TA)
1955
AAA Command Disbanded
1992
21 SAS

58 Buckingham Gate

Location:
58 Buckingham Gate
Built:
1886
Historical notes:
Current status:
Office block
Timeline of Resident Units
1886
13th Middlesex (Queen's Westminster) Volunteer Rifle Corps
1908
HQ 16th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)
1915
Scottish Volunteer Training Corps
1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 57
1937
Queen's Westminsters, King's Royal Rifle Corps
1961
Unit vacated building
1970
Army Cadet Force Association
Images
1
58 Buckingham Gate
2
HQ 16th Bn The London Regiment (Queen's Westminsters)
3
58 Buckingham Gate 2015
4
Drill Hall
5
Group of 13th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Queen's Westminsters)

By HantsAV - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66566232

6
Reunion Queen's Westminsters. No date available

59 Buckingham Gate

Location:
59 Buckingham Gate
Built:
1886
Historical notes:
Current status:
Demolished
Timeline of Resident Units
1886
7th (London Scottish) Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps
1908
14th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment (London Scottish)
1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 55
1936
14th Battalion The London Regiment (London Scottish)
1937
The London Scottish, The Gordon Highlanders
1947
1st Battalion The London Scottish (TA)
1990
G Company London Scottish 51st Highland Volunteers

Last Known Unit

Mayfair

Location:
56 Davies Street
Built:
Pre-1908 HQ Queen Victoria’s Rifles
Historical notes:
Current status:
Commercial
Timeline of Resident Units
1907
1st Middlesex "Victoria and St George's" Volunteer Rifle Corps
1908
9th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s)
1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 50
1922
9th London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
1937
Queen Victoria’s Rifles The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
1947
7th Battalion The King’s Royal Rifle Corps (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
1967
4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Green Jackets
1999
F (Royal Green Jackets) Company The London Regiment
2001
F Company 7th Battalion The Rifles
2015
Unit vacated

95 Horseferry Road, Westminster

Location:
95 Horseferry Road, Westminster
Built:
1980
Historical notes:
Current status:
Corporate entertaining venue
Timeline of Resident Units
1989
G Company 51st Highland Volunteers
1992
A (London Scottish) Company
2014
A (London Scottish) Company The London Regiment
2018
Unit vacated

15 Deans Yard, Westminster

Location:
15 Deans Yard, Westminster
Built:
Pre-1908
Historical notes:
Current status:
Demolished
Timeline of Resident Units
1908
HQs and Engineer Railway Staff Corps Last Known Unit

6-12 Palmer Street, Westminster

Location:
6-12 Palmer Street, Westminster
Built:
Pre-1908
Historical notes:
Current status:
Demolished
Timeline of Resident Units
1908
Wireless Telegraph Company

Cable Telegraph Company

Air Line Telegraph Company

Balloon Telegraph Company

1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 49

Drill Hall, 1 Elverton Road

Location:
Drill Hall, 1 Elverton Road
Built:
1907
Historical notes:
Current status:
Demolished for Housing and Office Complex
Timeline of Resident Units
1907
Old Volunteer Title: County of London Imperial Yeomanry

1908
HQ Squadron 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)

1914
HQ Squadron 1st/2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)

1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 40

1920
4th (London) Armoured Car Company (Westminster Dragoons) Royal Tank Corps
1923
22nd (London) Armoured Car Company (Westminster Dragoons) Royal Tank Corps
1939
22nd Battalion (Westminster Dragoons) Royal Tank Regiment
1951
The Westminster Dragoons (2nd County of London) Yeomanry
HQ The Berkshire Westminster Dragoons Royal Armoured Corps
1971
HQ (Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons) Squadron The Royal Yeomanry Volunteers
1990
The Royal Yeomanry

Last known unit

56 Regency Street, Westminster

Location:
56 Regency Street, Westminster
Built:
Unknown
Historical notes:
Current status:
Converted to flats
Timeline of Resident Units
1907
London Divisional Electrical Engineers
1908
HQ and 6 Company Electrical Engineers, RE
1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 48
1939
6th AA Division Signals

AA Battalion RE

Last Known Unit

Drill Hall, Tufton Street

Location:
Drill Hall, Tufton Street
Built:
1899
Historical notes:
Current status:
Westminster School Music Centre
Timeline of Resident Units
1899
23rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps
1908
2nd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1915
Architects' Volunteer Training Corps
1916
Drill Hall designated as Territorial Force Depot No. 32
1922
2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1937
9th (2nd City of London) Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Last Known Unit

Divisional Engineers Office, Great Western Railway, Paddington

Location:
Divisional Engineers Office, Great Western Railway, Paddington
Built:
Leased from Great Western Railway
Historical notes:
Current status:
Not available
Timeline of Resident Units
1936
151st (Great Western) Railway Construction Company RE (Transportation) Not reactivated
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