1st & 2nd Derbyshire (Howitzer) Battery,
4th Midland (Howitzer) Ammunition Column,
4th North Midland Brigade Royal Field Artillery

C & D Squadrons, Derbyshire Yeomanry
A, B, C Sect 1st North Midland Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
1st North Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment); head quarters [plus A, B, C & D Companies]
1st Volunteer Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) A, B, C, D, H, I, K Companies.
91 Siddals road:
‘Head Quarters, 1st & 2nd Derbyshire (Howitzer) Battery, 4th Midland (Howitzer) Ammunition Column, 4th North Midland Brigade Royal Field Artillery.’ (Kelly, 1912)

‘Head quarters, C & D Squadrons, Derbyshire Yeomanry.’ (Kelly, 1912)

The drill hall is now demolished, replaced by an industrial estate.

St Mary’s Gate:
Kelly, 1891, lists the ‘head quarters 11 St. Mary’s Gate’ of A, B and C Sections 1st North Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, and in 1912 1st North Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Becket street:
‘5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment); head quarters [plus A, B, C & D Companies.], Royal Drill hall, Becket street.’ (Kelly, 1912)

1st Volunteer Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) A, B, C, D, H, I, K Companies. (Kelly, 1891)

Wright’s 1874 directory of Derby lists the Beckett street premises thus:

‘THE ROYAL DRILL HALL well deserves a favourable notice. It occupies a site beyond the Convenient Poor Law offices and the Chapel of the United Free Methodists, in Beckett street, on the opposite side, and, with its suite of apartments, officers’ mess-rooms, stabling, and residences for those who have the care of the premises, extends along the greater part of Newland street. It was erected by voluntary subscription, for the especial use of the Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers, and was built from the plans, and under the supervision of Mr. Robinson, architect, Derby, an officer of the force.’

Kelly, 1891, describes:

‘The Royal Drill Hall, Becket street, built in 1869 by a limited liability Company, for the use of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, comprises a hall 150 feet by 75 feet, with ante and retiring rooms…in addition… there are orderly rooms, sergeants’ quarters, armoury and stabling.’

Now demolished and replaced by, I think, a telephone exchange (a common re-use of government premises in the 50s and 60s), the Drill Hall Vaults pub on the corner of Newland Street being the only reminder of these grand premises.