Masterton Mayor Gary Caffell today cut the
ribbon on a memorial to Masterton’s Regimental and Drill Hall on the corner of
Chapel Street and Lincoln Road, Masterton.
The project was driven by historians Alan Fielding and Neil Frances, who
approached Masterton District Council for land for the memorial. The Council agreed
to provide land on the edge of the Council carpark, and in 2021 the
project was awarded $6,750 towards the creation of the metal figures through the Masterton
Arts Fund
The drill hall was built in 1886, close to the
site of the memorial which also commemorates the 17th Ruahine Company and the
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment.
The hall was replaced by a new building after WWII, but the original building
was used by the Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society until 1979. It was
demolished in 1981.
