A and B companies of the 6th Battalion
South Staffs
D Squadron Staffordshire Yeomanry
3rd North Midland Brigade
5th Staffordshire Battery
3rd North Midland Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
3rd North Midland Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
The Headquarters, A and B companies of the 6th Battalion South Staffs
were based in a fine drill hall in Stafford Street, Wolverhampton.
Described in Kelly 1912 as:
'the head quarters of the
Infantry Regiment, in Stafford street, erected at a cost of about
£8,000, form a considerable pile in an Early Gothic style, from
designs by Mr. Daniel Arkell, architect, of Birmingham, and have
a central tower; the Stafford street block contains on the ground
floor an orderly room, adjutant's room, armouries, stores for clothing,
waiting rooms and lavatories; on the first floor are two large assembly
rooms, with ante-rooms, sergeants' mess &c. and on the second floor
are kitchens, stores and caretakers' rooms. The drill hall is 184
feet long and 76 feet wide, and has a stage at one end and a gallery
at the other, and is provided with cloakrooms and lavatories; in
the basement are stores for baggage &c. and a heating apparatus.'
Now used by Wolverhampton University, the offices are all that remain,
the drill hall now demolished. Two crowned terracotta shields proclaim
'SS Regt' and a Staffordshire knot.
Kelly 1912 states:
'The Territorial Force stationed
in Wolverhampton comprises the D Squadron Staffordshire Yeomanry,
the 3rd North Midland Brigade and 5th Staffordshire Battery and
3rd North Midland Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery, and
the 6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment and 3rd North Midland
Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.'
The HQ, 4th (Staffordshire) Battery and ammunition column of the
3rd North Midland Brigade RFA and 'D' Squadron Staffordshire Yeomanry
shared an imposing riding school in Newhampton Road East, Wolverhampton.
It opened at Park Road East as the new headquarters of 4th Squadron
Staffordshire Yeomanry and 4 (Battery, Royal Field Artillery on
July 1, 1911. The building has suffered partial demolition and redevelopment
as flats.
There is further reference to premises in Cleveland road for the
Ammunition column.
Riding School - Front Elevation
Riding School - Rear
Riding School during demolition
Stafford Street Drill Hall
Stafford Street Drill Hall
Stafford Street Drill Hall
Stafford Street Drill Hall - Crest and Ceramic
Stafford Street Drill Hall - Crest
Stafford Street Drill Hall - Crest & Window
Stafford Street Drill Hall - Turret above entrance
Stafford Street Drill Hall - Turret above entrance
Stafford Street Drill Hall - Oriel Window
Stafford Street Drill Hall - Window Detail