There is a proud history between the 1st Cadet Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifles Corps (KRRC) and the Bloomsbury Rifles Lodge going as far back as 1890. Both were formed in that year, where the Lodge convened at The Drill Hall in Chenies Street (where the building is still there to see today), the cadets were mustering at Sun Street, just behind Finsbury Square.  (Alas, that building is no longer with us and is now shiny office block!)
 
During these times, cadet units were privately funded and it was soon after that the first donation from the Lodge was given to the cadets.This helped greatly in providing uniform and equipment for the cadets to train, shortly after in 1898, 100 senior cadets enrolled with the City Imperial Volunteers and saw service in the Boer War, South Africa. Throughout our respective history, there have been close links between these two great organisations.When the lodge moved into their new LOI premises (Davies Street) in 1953, the 1st cadet battalion quickly followed in 1954, both have been ever present to this very day.
 
Over the years, members of the 1st Cadet Battalion, KRRC joined the lodge and became active members with some making the grand position of WM.   We still have members today who are instructors with the cadet units.This helped in highlighting the great work that the 1st Cadet Battalion does under the banner of the Army Cadet Force (ACF).  The kind donations continue where it has helped fund items like:
• Keeping the minibuses that two cadet units have on the road, which is vital when the cadets are taken away on their camps. 
• Helped subsidise those cadets who do not have the financial income to pay for trips, where no-one wants them to miss out on these unique opportunities.
• Able to purchase specialist equipment, for example bugles, which are not provided through the MOD/ACF.
 
There are four cadet units that the lodge support, they are based in Marylands Road, Paddington; Davies Street, Westminster; Handel Street, Camden; Palace Street, Westminster.