title: List of drill halls in Merseyside
text: # List of drill halls in Merseyside
  
  This is a list of former drill halls, TA Centres, and current Army Reserve Centres, within the county of Merseyside.
  
  ## Former drill halls
  
  ### 19th Century
  
  | Name and location | In use | Units | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Everton Road drill hall, Liverpool 53°24′58″N 2°57′56″W﻿ / ﻿53.41599°N 2.96566°W﻿ / 53.41599; -2.96566﻿ (Everton Road drill hall, Liverpool) | 1884 (only no. 59, other houses from 57 to 61 were taken over sometime before 1891) –1967? | 19th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps (1884–1888) A, B, C, D, E, and G Companies, 6th Volunteer Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment (1888–1908) A, B, C, D, E, and G Companies, 9th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (1908–1920) 14th Anti-Aircraft Group Signals, Royal Signals (1947–1955) Western Command (Mixed) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (1955–1956) North West District (Mixed) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (1956–1959) 59th Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (1959–1967) | The Red Triangle Karate Club took over the old drill hall in the 1973. However, as of 2020, the main administrative buildings still stand disused, and in a poor state of repair, with a plan to transform it into affordable homes for Liverpool veterans. |
  | Victoria Hall, Formby 53°34′03″N 3°03′39″W﻿ / ﻿53.567590°N 3.060820°W﻿ / 53.567590; -3.060820﻿ (Victoria Hall, Formby) | 1885 - ? | Detachment, H Company, 7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (1885- ? ) | The drill hall is now used by a local dance school. |
  | Mill Street Barracks, St Helens 53°27′23″N 2°44′27″W﻿ / ﻿53.45634°N 2.74083°W﻿ / 53.45634; -2.74083﻿ (Mill Street Barracks) | 1861–1969 | 47th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps (1861–1880) A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I Companies, 21st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps (1880–1886) 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) (1886–1908) A, C, D, E, and G Companies, 5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) (1908–1940) 596th (South Lancashire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (1947–1955) P Battery, 436th (South Lancashire Artillery) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (1955–1967) C (South Lancashire Artillery) Troop, 208 (3rd West Lancashire) LAD Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Light Air Defence Regiment, RA (1967–1969) P Battery (South Lancashire Artillery), The South Lancashire Territorials (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), RA (1967–1969) | C (South Lancashire Artillery) Troop, increased in size to 213 (South Lancashire Artillery) Battery in 1969, and moved to Jubilee Barracks. P Battery (South Lancashire Artillery), reduced to cadre in the same year, and therefore the building became empty. The Sea Cadet Corps took possession of the building and converted it into training ship Scimitar, shortly after, and it is still used as such today. |
  | Grange Road West Drill Hall 53°23′21″N 3°02′28″W﻿ / ﻿53.38924°N 3.04122°W﻿ / 53.38924; -3.04122﻿ (Grange Road West) | c1890–1969 | HQ, and ? Companies, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (1900–1908) HQ, and A, B, C, and D Companies, 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (1908–1921) 4th/5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (1921–1939) HQ, and B Company, 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (1939–1967) | After the 4th Battalion, amalgamated with the 7th Battalion in 1967, the drill hall became empty, and so it was sold to Birkenhead County Borough Council, who converted it into a sports and leisure centre. Today, the building is home to a local gymnastics club. |
  | Princess Park Barracks (1863–?) Crawford House TA Centre (?–1985) 53°23′33″N 2°57′43″W﻿ / ﻿53.392423°N 2.962046°W﻿ / 53.392423; -2.962046﻿ (Princess Park Barracks) | 1863–1985 | 5th Lancashire (The Liverpool Rifle Volunteer Brigade) Rifle Volunteer Corps (1863–1888) 2nd Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1888–1908) 6th (Rifle) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1908–1936) 350 and 353 Companies, 38th (The King's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE (1936–1940) 350 and 353 Batteries, 38th (The King's Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, RA (1940) Unknown units (1947–1967) 208th (Liverpool) General Hospital, RAMC (1967–1985) | The original Princess Park Barracks were demolished sometime before 208 Hospital arrived, and in its place, Crawford House TA Centre was built. This, however was only in use until 1985, when the hospital moved Chavasse House in Childwall. The former TA Centre was used for teaching some sort of course, until the early 2000s, when that was demolished and a new building, also named Crawford House was built on the site. |
  | 73-77 Shaw Street 53°24′53″N 2°58′10″W﻿ / ﻿53.414772°N 2.969471°W﻿ / 53.414772; -2.969471﻿ (75 Shaw Street) | 1888–1967? | 73 Shaw Street: 1st (West Lancashire) Field Ambulance (?–1910) Headquarters, 1st Western General Hospital (?) Headquarters, Liverpool Infantry Brigade (?) 75 Shaw Street: 8th (Irish) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1913–1922) 106th (Lancashire Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA (1922–1938) 106th (Lancashire Yeomanry) Regiment, RHA (1938–c1940) 77 Shaw Street Headquarters, 4th Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1888–1908) Headquarters, 7th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1908–1913) | The building was originally three separate houses, that were used from 1888 as a variety of unit HQs. However, after the whole Liverpool Irish battalion moved to the premises, a drill hall was constructed to the rear of the property. |
  
  ### Early 20th Century
  
  | Name and location | In use | Units | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Crosby Drill Hall 53°29′28″N 3°01′36″W﻿ / ﻿53.491119°N 3.026530°W﻿ / 53.491119; -3.026530﻿ (Crosby Drill Hall) | 1911–1967 | E Company, 7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (1911–1938) Squadron of 40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment (1947–1956) C Squadron, 40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment (1956–1967) 581 Company, 22 (Southport) Transport Column, RASC (1957–1962) | Became surplus to requirement in 1967, when the 40th/41st RTR, was absorbed by the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, and so it was converted into a youth centre. |
  | The Grange 53°14′36″N 2°35′27″W﻿ / ﻿53.2433°N 2.5909°W﻿ / 53.2433; -2.5909﻿ (The Grange) | 1900–1999 | 4th Lancashire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (1900–1908) 4th West Lancashire Brigade, RFA (1908–1921) 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade (1921–1947) 359th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment (1947–1967) Q (4th West Lancashire) Battery, West Lancashire Regiment, RA (1967–1969) 13 (Lancashire) Company, 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1993–1999) | In 2003, the TA Centre went up for sale, and was bought to be used as the Museum of the Liverpool Scottish. It served this purpose, until the museum vacated the premises in 2008, and it now hosts a number of business, including a dance studios and a vintage furniture shop. |
  | Mossley Hill TA Centre 53°22′50″N 2°54′45″W﻿ / ﻿53.380620°N 2.912590°W﻿ / 53.380620; -2.912590﻿ (Mossley Hill TA Centre) | 1914–1967 | Quartermaster Store (1914–1918) Unknown Territorial Army, Royal Artillery Unit ( ? – 1967) | The building was constructed in the 1800s as a Hackney Cab depot for Liverpool. The business folded shortly before WW1 and so the army utilised it as a Quartermaster Store; after the war, it was leased as an automobile garage, however sometime before WW2 this business vacated the premises, and the army once again took control of the building, using it as a TA Centre until the mid 60s. Today, the building functions as a warehouse for a printing company, the building having been heavily modified, and a portion demolished. |
  | Chavasse TA Centre 53°23′44″N 2°55′46″W﻿ / ﻿53.395540°N 2.929530°W﻿ / 53.395540; -2.929530﻿ (Chavasse TA Centre) | 1914–1967 | 87th (1st West Lancashire) Field Ambulance, RAMC (1914–1924) 87th (1st West Lancashire) Field Regiment, RA (1924–1947) 287th (1st West Lancashire) Field Regiment, RA (1947–1956) 165th (Western) Casualty Clearing Station, RAMC (1954–1967) | Once 165th CSS amalgamated to form 208th Field Hospital, the TA Centre became surplus to requirement, and so was used for a number of purposes, including being used as a General Post Office, until 1996, when Frontline Church took over the building, using it for a worship and teaching area. |
  | 24 Clifton Road 53°23′15″N 3°01′26″W﻿ / ﻿53.3874°N 3.024°W﻿ / 53.3874; -3.024﻿ (Clifton Road) | c1900– ? | D Squadron, Denbighshire Yeomanry (Hussars) (c1900–1922) | |
  | Liscard Drill Hall 53°25′22″N 3°02′31″W﻿ / ﻿53.422763°N 3.042037°W﻿ / 53.422763; -3.042037﻿ (Liscard Drill Hall) | c1911– ? | F, and G Companies, 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (c1911–1921?) | After the building was vacated, it was in use for many years as a motor body shop, however it has recently been demolished. |
  | 7 Fraser Street 53°24′36″N 2°58′35″W﻿ / ﻿53.409988°N 2.976253°W﻿ / 53.409988; -2.976253﻿ (7 Fraser Street) | 1904–1967 | 8th (Scottish) Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1904–1908) 10th (Scottish) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1908–1920) 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment (1920–1937) The Liverpool Scottish, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1937–1939) 1st Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1939, 1947–1967) | Due to the 1967 reduction of the Territorial Army, the battalion was reduced in size, and formed two separate units: V (Liverpool Scottish) Company, 51st Highland Volunteers, and G (Liverpool Scottish) Troop, R (King's) Battery, West Lancashire Regiment, RA. Both of these units moved out of Fraser street into Forbes House, Childwall. This led to the building on Fraser Street being sold, and converted into a nightclub. |
  
  ### Late 20th Century
  
  | Name and location | Photograph | In use | Units | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aintree Barracks, Walton 53°27′31″N 2°56′59″W﻿ / ﻿53.458705°N 2.949854°W﻿ / 53.458705; -2.949854﻿ (Aintree Barracks) | | c1985–2009 | 55 (West Lancashire) Signal Squadron, 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (c1985–1999) 59 (City of Liverpool) Signal Squadron, 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (1999–2009) | When 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment, was reduced to a squadron in 2009, the TA Centre was turned into a Royal Air Force Careers Office for North Liverpool. |
  
  ## Current Army Reserve Centres
  
  | Name and location | In use | Units |
  | - | - | - |
  | Townsend Avenue Army Reserve Centre 53°26′36″N 2°55′52″W﻿ / ﻿53.443416°N 2.931194°W﻿ / 53.443416; -2.931194﻿ (Townsend Avenue ARC) | 1937– | 5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (1937–1967) B Company (King's), Lancastrian Volunteers (1967–1971) B Company (King's), 1st Battalion Lancastrian Volunteers; and B Company, 2nd Battalion, Lancastrian Volunteers (1971–1975) D Company, 5/8th Battalion, King's Regiment (1975–1984) B Company, 5th/8th Battalion, King's Regiment (1975–1992) A (King's Liverpool) Company, 5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion, King's Regiment (1984–1999) A (King's) Company, King's and Cheshire Regiment (1999–2006) A (Ladysmith) Company, 4th Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2006– ) Band of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2006– ) |
  | Mather Avenue Army Reserve Centre 53°26′36″N 2°55′52″W﻿ / ﻿53.443416°N 2.931194°W﻿ / 53.443416; -2.931194﻿ (Townsend Avenue ARC) | 1936– | HQ, and 351 and 352 Companies, 38th (The King's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (1936–1940) Unknown unit(s) (1947-1967) Headquarters, and 235 (West Lancashire) Squadron, 156th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (1967–1980) Headquarters, and 235 (Liverpool) Squadron, 156th (Merseyside and Greater Manchester) Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (1980–1993) 235 (Liverpool) Headquarters Squadron, 156 Regiment, RLC (1993– ) 125 Field Company, 101 Battalion, REME (2014– ) |
  | Brigadier Philip Toosey Barracks 53°22′36″N 2°56′42″W﻿ / ﻿53.376750°N 2.944917°W﻿ / 53.376750; -2.944917﻿ (Aigburth Road ARC) | c1939– | 470th (3rd West Lancashire) Regiment, RA (1947–1967) 525th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (1947–1955) 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Light Air Defence Regiment (1967–1969) Headquarters Battery 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery A (Liverpool Irish) Troop 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment, RA (1969– ) |
  | Chavasse House, Childwall 53°23′51″N 2°51′53″W﻿ / ﻿53.397607°N 2.864828°W﻿ / 53.397607; -2.864828﻿ (Childwall ARC) | 1985– | Headquarters, 208th (Liverpool) Field Hospital (1985– ) A Squadron, 208th (Liverpool) Field Hospital (1985–1999 ?- ) |
  | Alamein Barracks, Huyton 53°25′14″N 2°50′42″W﻿ / ﻿53.420572°N 2.845010°W﻿ / 53.420572; -2.845010﻿ (Huyton ARC) | 1956– | Headquarters Squadron, 40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment (1956–1967) Headquarters Squadron, 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment (1967–1999) 55 (Merseyside) HQ Squadron, 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment (1999–2009) 33 Lancashire Signal Squadron, 37 Signal Regiment (2009– ) |
  | Harrowby Road Army Reserve Centre 53°22′51″N 3°01′50″W﻿ / ﻿53.380712°N 3.030681°W﻿ / 53.380712; -3.030681﻿ (Birkenhead ARC) | c1905– | 1st Cheshire Engineer Volunteers (1905–1908) Cheshire Field Company, Welsh Divisional Royal Engineers (1908–1915) 438 (Cheshire) Field Company, Welsh Divisional Royal Engineers (1915–1920) 2nd (Cheshire) Field Company, RE (1920–1941) 102 Armoured Transport Regiment, RASC (1947–1948) 113th Assault Regiment, RE (1947–1956) 113th Army Engineer Regiment, RE (1956–1961) 113 (Cheshire) Independent Field Squadron, RE (1961–1967) 107 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Field Squadron, 75 Engineer Regiment, RE (1967– ) |
  | Chetwynd Army Reserve Centre, Oxton 53°22′59″N 3°03′27″W﻿ / ﻿53.383165°N 3.057547°W﻿ / 53.383165; -3.057547﻿ (Prenton, Oxton ARC) | | Headquarters, and 288 Anti-Aircraft Battery, 93rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (1939–1943) 543 Company, 102 Armoured Transport Regiment, RASC (1947–c1949) 543 and 585 (GT Amphibious) Companies, 102 Amphibious Transport Column, RASC (c1949–1952) 543 and 585 (Heavy GT) Companies, 102 Transport Column, RASC (1952–c1956) 543 (Amph. G.T.) and 585 (Heavy GT) Companies, 102 (Cheshire) Transport Column, RASC (c1956–1965) ? Squadron(s), 102 (Cheshire) Regiment, RCT (1965–1967) 234 (Cheshire) Squadron, 156th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Regiment, RCT (1967–1980) 234 (Wrirral) Squadron, 156th (Merseyside and Greater Manchester) Transport Regiment, RCT (1980–1993) 234 (Wirral) Supply Squadron, 156 Regiment, RLC (1993– ) |
  | RG Masters VC Army Reserve Centre, Bootle 53°28′25″N 2°58′33″W﻿ / ﻿53.473713°N 2.975968°W﻿ / 53.473713; -2.975968﻿ (Bootle ARC) | 2009– | 238 (Sefton) Squadron, 156 Regiment, RLC (2009– ) |
  | Jubilee Barracks, St Helens 53°27′01″N 2°44′55″W﻿ / ﻿53.450329°N 2.748718°W﻿ / 53.450329; -2.748718﻿ (St Helens ARC) | 1980– | 213 (South Lancashire Artillery) Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Air Defence Regiment, RA (1980–1992) 213 (South Lancashire Artillery) HQ Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Air Defence Regiment, RA (1992–2001) 209/213 (The Manchester & St Helens) Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment, RA (2001–c2015) Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (2006–2018) Headquarters Troop, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment, RA (c2015– ) Lancashire Artillery Pipes & Drums Band, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment, RA (1992– ) |
  