Drill Hall, Great Gipping St:
3rd East Anglian (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery, 2nd Suffolk (Howitzer) Battery
head quarters
B Sub-section Ammunition Corps.
No 4 Company ‘Essex & Suffolk Royal Garrison Artillery (Nos. 7 & 8 Companies); head quarters (Kelly, 1912)

Drill Hall, Portman Rd:
HQ,A,B,C,D 4 Suffolk
‘1st Volunteer Battalion Suffolk Regiment; head quarters [plus A, B, C & D companies], Drill Hall, Portman road.’ (Kelly, 1900)
K12 ‘4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment; head quarters [plus A, B, C & D companies], Friars Bridge road.’ (Kelly, 1912)

This location causes much confusion. The drill hall stood on the corner of Portman Road and Friarsbridge Road, but was listed at the latter in the 1991 Ipswich Street Directory and Kelly’s 1912 Directory of Suffolk. However, it was listed at Portman Road in 1900, where the companies included HQ, A,B,C,D and H, and the cyclists of the 1st Volunteer (later 4th) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.

According to nostalgia online, this drill hall has apparently been demolished. The site was used for a builder’s depot while the North Stand was built for the nearby football club.

Drill Hall, Woodbridge Road:
6th (Cyclist) Battalion Suffolk Regiment; head quarters [plus A, B, & C companies] (Kelly, 1912)
1st East Anglian Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps; head quarters [plus A, B, & C sections], Auckland house, Woodbridge road. (Kelly 1912)
Plus the Office of the Assistant Director of Medical Services, East Anglian Division at 53, Woodbridge road and No. 9, East Anglian Division School of Instruction at the Drill hall.
East Anglian Clearing Hospital

According to The Times, Monday May 15th 1911, Lord Haldane [was] speaking at the opening of the Territorial Drill Hall at Ipswich on Saturday.

The Drill Hall on Woodbridge road, Ipswich, is extant and is now the Ipswich Caribbean Association International Community Centre. (2007)

Other addresses:
1st Suffolk & Harwich Volunteer Artillery (Nos. 4, 5 & 6 Companies); head quarters, 20 Berners street.’ (Kelly, 1900)

Barracks in Anglesea Road in the late 19th century.

‘Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York’s Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars), Territorial Force, (C Squadron); 22 Providence street.’ (Kelly, 1912)