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Originally erected adjacent to the yard of the Battalion's drill hall, along the boundary fronting onto Old Jamaica Road. In 1953 the drill hall was extended and the memorial was incorporated into the exterior wall of the new building. The memorial originally had a chain across the front which hung from the inside of the square pillars (the metal anchors remain) and was supported along its length by two low tapering stone piers. The chain and the piers have now been lost. In 1994 the memorial was restored; the lettering was re-cut into the stone where it had suffered from environmental damage.

Possibly Bevington and Nice were responsible for the restoration and, when they died during the project, it was decided to add their names, on the planters.

The current block of flats was built 2014-15. The memorial was removed before the works started and was reinstalled and re-dedicated on 1st September 2015.  shows the memorial installed on the previous building on this site, a mid 20th century Territorial Army Centre.

We cannot find an image of the memorial on its original building. The shows a "Drill Hall" on Abbey Street and this shows the "Drill Hall" newly built on Old Jamaica Road. That presumably is the building on which the memorial was unveiled.

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