Haldane Building

The Haldane Building is a former drill hall at Hill Street in Garnethill, Glasgow.

Haldane Building
Glasgow, Scotland
Haldane Building
Haldane Building
Location within Glasgow
Coordinates55.86681°N 4.26074°W / 55.86681; -4.26074
TypeDrill hall
Site information
OwnerGlasgow School of Art
Site history
Built1897
Built forWar Office
ArchitectHoratio Kelson Bromhead
In use1897 – 1967

History

The building was designed by Horatio Kelson Bromhead as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion the Highland Light Infantry[1] and completed in 1897.[2] This unit became the 5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (Territorial Force) in 1908.[3][4] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front.[5] It became the home of 5th/6th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry, on amalgamation with the 6th (which had been based in the Yorkhill Street drill hall),[6] 10th and 11th Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry in 1947.[7] Colours flying, the 5/6th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry marched from the Hill Street drill hall to amalgamate with the Glasgow Highlanders to form a company of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers at the Hotspur Street drill hall in 1967.[7] The drill hall was then decommissioned and converted for academic use: it is now known as the Haldane Building, named after the Glasgow engraver James Haldane, and is part of the Glasgow School of Art.[8]

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References
  1. "Highland Light Infantry Volunteers Drill Hall". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. "Victorian drill hall". Discover Glasgow. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. "The Highland Light Infantry". Archived from the original on 5 March 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. Osborne, p. 278
  5. "The Highland Light Infantry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. "Pearson Hall". Canmore. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. "Highland Light Infantry". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  8. "Site Record: Glasgow - 24 Hill Street". Retrieved 31 March 2014.

Sources
  • Osborne, Mike (2006). Always ready: Drill Halls of Britain’s Volunteer Force. Partizan Press. ISBN 978-1858185095.
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