Inscribed tablet, Cockermouth's former drill hall
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Inscribed tablet, Cockermouth's former drill hall
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 25 Oct 2014
The stone is on the front of the building shown here Image . It appears to have been altered at some stage. The drill hall was built in 1886, for the training of local part-time soldiers. The name for this body of men changed several times over the years - information can be found in Ray Westlake's book 'Tracing the Rifle Volunteers' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tracing-Rifle-Volunteers-Military-Historian/dp/1848842112/ref=la_B001KDJXR2_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414785362&sr=1-6 . The 8th Corps of the Cumberland Rifle Volunteers was formed at Cockermouth in 1860. In 1880 it became 'L' Company of the 1st Cumberland RVC, renamed again in 1887 as 1st (Cumberland) Volunteer Battalion Border Regiment. Nationwide reorganisation of army reserves in 1908 saw the Volunteers and Yeomanry incorporated into a new 'Territorial Force'. The Cumberland Volunteers were redesignated as companies of the 4th Battalion Border Regiment. We would guess that the above inscription dates from around that time.
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Image Location
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54.664391
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