Building    From 1860  To 1907

Shadwell Drill Shed

Categories: Armed Forces

We can find no image of the Drill Hall but have found a "Drill Shed" on a 1887 map. In Google Satellite View we can see about 3 buildings labelled Shadwell Basin Activities Centre on the site. 

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Shadwell Drill Shed

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Poplar & Stepney Rifles

Poplar & Stepney Rifles Site of the Drill Hall (1860 - 1907) of 26th Midd...

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Commander James White

Commander James White

Full name James Keaney White. Took command of HMS Peruvian in October 1814. Sailed to Bermuda and in June 1815 took Major Percy with the Waterloo Dispatch from Ostend to Broadstairs and on into Lon...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport

1 memorial
Eric Archibald McNair, VC

Eric Archibald McNair, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 14 February 1916, age 21, while serving in the Royal Sussex Regiment. "When the enemy exploded a bomb under his position, he reacted instantly driving the enemy ba...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Major General Clifford Coffin, VC, CB, DSO & Bar

Major General Clifford Coffin, VC, CB, DSO & Bar

Born in Blackheath. On 31st July 1917, he was 47 years old and a temporary brigadier general in the Corps of Royal Engineers where he was commanding the 25th Infantry Brigade in Westhoek, Belgium. ...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer

Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer

Born Colchester. Fought in both world wars. Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1955–8. Chief military adviser during the Suez Crisis. Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards from 1963 and Colonel of the...

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

A line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army. It was amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment, to form a single county regiment called the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.

Group, Armed Forces

2 memorials