Bridport

Barrack street
St Michaels Lane

1st Dorsetshire Volunteer Artillery, Southern Division, Royal Artillery (No. 4 Battery) (Kelly, 1895)
3rd Wessex Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Dorsetshire Battery) (Kelly, 1911
Dorset (Queen’s Own) Yeomanry (Bridport Troop, A Squadron) (Kelly, 1911)

Kelly, 1895, records that ‘The headquarters of A Company, 1st Volunteer
Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, are situated at the Volunteer Hall, St. Michael’s lane’. This became the 4th Battalion in 1908.

Kelly, 1911, notes ‘3rd Wessex Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Dorsetshire Battery), Drill hall, Barrack street.’
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