On 30 November 1940, during the Second World War, the building was badly damaged by a bomb. It was agreed to rebuild the hall to a design by Trenwith Wills and it was rebuilt by James Miller and Partners between 1950 and 1952. In 1952, following another re-organisation, the unit based at the drill hall was renamed the 7th Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Queen Victoria’s Rifles). That unit evolved to become the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in 1967; F (Royal Green Jackets) Company the London Regiment in 1999; F Company, Royal Rifle Volunteers in 2006; and F Company, 7th Battalion, The Rifles the following year.
