| Rose Street drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Inverness, Scotland | |
 Rose Street drill hall, Inverness | |
  Rose Street drill hall Location within Inverness | |
| Coordinates | 57°28′52″N4°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 |
The Rose Street drill hall was a military installation in Inverness, Scotland.
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]
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