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 Location within Inverness | |
| Coordinates | 57°28′52″N 4°13′35″W / 57.48118°N 4.22633°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1908 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1908-1967 |
| Demolished | 2023 |
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ "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)
- ^ "Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Inverness, Farraline Park, Rose Street Hall". Canmore. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "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) - ^ "Demolition work begins on historic Rose Street Hall in Inverness". The Inverness Courier. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.