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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G. W. Diggerson, Jnr.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Battle of Mareth
In Southern Tunisia. Also known as the Battle of the Horseshoe. To quote the plaque: "History records this as one of the greatest and most terrible battles fought by the Regiment in the Second Wo...
1 memorial
H. F. Glass
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Francis Beaufort
Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Scale (for winds) in 1805. Born Co. Meath, Ireland. He kept journals, written in code, and these reveal that, as a widower ...
1 memorial
Captain Vernon Erle George Busby
Born Vernon Erle (or Earl) George Busby. In 1914 he joined the Royal Engineers, and was posted to France with the British Expeditionary Force, where he was wounded at the Battle of Mons. Afterwards...
1 memorial
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Sir Norman Hartnell
Court dressmaker. Designed the Queen's wedding dress and her bridesmaids'. Born 2, Streatham Hill. Died at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor.
1 memorial
General Arnold Brown
11th General of the Salvation Army, 1977-81. Born London. His family emigrated to Canada when he was a child. There he joined the Army which led to him working in London and travelling elsewhere...
1 memorial
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