Rose Street drill hall, Inverness

The Rose Street drill hall was a military installation in Inverness, Scotland.

Rose Street drill hall
Inverness, Scotland
Rose Street drill hall, Inverness
Rose Street drill hall is located in Inverness area
Rose Street drill hall
Rose Street drill hall
Location within Inverness
Coordinates57°28′52″N 4°13′35″W / 57.48118°N 4.22633°W / 57.48118; -4.22633
TypeDrill hall
Site history
Built1908
Built forWar Office
In use1908-1967
Demolished2023

History

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The building was designed as the headquarters of the 4th Battalion, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and was completed about 1908.[1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[2] At that time the building was also the drill hall for two sections of the Highland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulances, Royal Army Medical Corps.[3]

After the Second World War the 4th Battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to for the 4th/5th Battalion with its headquarters still at the Rose Street drill hall.[4] However, after the battalion was disbanded in 1967, the drill hall was decommissioned and converted for retail use and was subsequently operated as a bar and as a hostel.[3] It was demolished in November 2023.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Inverness Burgh Directory 1908-1909". Retrieved 27 June 2017. (The 1:2500, 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey Plan, published in 1904-1905, does not show the drill hall)
  2. ^ "Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Inverness, Farraline Park, Rose Street Hall". Canmore. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ "4th Battalion, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 November 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Demolition work begins on historic Rose Street Hall in Inverness". The Inverness Courier. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.