Summary
The Union Street drill hall is a military installation in Keith, Scotland.
| Union Street drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Keith, Scotland | |
 Union Street drill hall, Keith | |
  Union Street drill hall Location within Moray | |
| Coordinates | 57°32′33″N 2°56′56″W / 57.54263°N 2.94876°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1908 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1908-Present |
History edit
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 6th (Banff and Donside) Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders and was completed in around 1908.[1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[2] After the Second World War the battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 5th/6th (Banff, Buchan and Donside) Battalion but with its headquarters located at Bucksburn and without a company based at Keith.[3]
In 1967 C Company, 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders was formed at the Union Street drill hall in Keith.[4][5] The presence at the Union Street drill hall was reduced to a detachment of Headquarters (Queen's Own Highlanders and Gordon Highlanders) Company, 2nd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers in 1971.[4][5] This detachment became part of B (Highlanders) Company, 51st Highland Regiment in 1999[6] and was re-designated a detachment of B (Highlanders) Company, 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006.[7] The building still remains an active Army Reserve Centre.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Keith, 9-11 Union Street, TA Centre". Canmore. Retrieved 26 June 2017. (The 1:2500, 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey Plan, published in 1904-1905, does not show the drill hall)
- ^ "Gordon Highlanders". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "6th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "The Gordon Highlanders". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ a b "3rd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers, and 51st Highland Regiment and 7th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "B Company, 7 SCOTS". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 26 June 2017.