Yeomanry House, Reading

The house, which was originally known as Castle Hill House, was built in the early 19th century.^[1] It became the headquarters of the Berkshire Yeomanry in around 1906.^[2] A riding school was built on the site around the same time and evolved to become a drill hall.^[2] The regiment was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and, ultimately, to the Western Front.^[3] After the war the presence at the drill hall was maintained by 395 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery Royal Artillery.^[4]

In the 1930s, the divisional ordnance unit for 48th (South Midland) Division was based at the drill hall.^[5] Following the defence cuts of 1967, the drill hall was decommissioned.^[2] It was demolished in 1995^[6] and that part of the site became the Berkshire Record Office in 2000.^[2]