Rose Street drill hall, Inverness

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Rose Street drill hall
Inverness, Scotland
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Rose Street drill hall, Inverness
Site information
TypeDrill hall
Location
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Rose Street drill hall
Location within Inverness
Coordinates 57°28′52″N4°13′35″W / 57.48118°N 4.22633°W / 57.48118; -4.22633
Site history
Built1885
Built for War Office
In use1885–1967
Demolished2023

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

History

Initially, the hall served as the headquarters of the 1st Inverness-shire (Inverness Highland) Rifle Volunteers. It was completed in December 1885 with a formal opened with a grand ball on Friday 18 December 1885. [1] In 1887, the battalion was redesignated as the 1st (Inverness Highland) Volunteer Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders so it conformed with its parent regiment. [2] Under the Haldane Reforms of 1908 it became the 4th Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in the Territorial Force. [2] The hall was enlarged in 1912 with the addition of a store room, offices, a club room for the officers and another for the sergeants. [3]

The 4th Battalion Queens' Own Cameron Highlanders was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before moving to Bedford for training and then deployment to the Western Front in February 1915. [4] At that time the building was also the drill hall for two sections of the Highland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulances, Royal Army Medical Corps. [5]

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. [6] However, after the battalion was disbanded in 1967, the drill hall was decommissioned. For many years it was used as a sports hall, with community events, sales of work and meetings taking place there. It had a stage where concerts took place. It was later converted for retail use and was subsequently operated as a bar and as a hostel. [5] It was demolished in November 2023. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "The New Drill Hall of the Inverness Rifle Volunteers". Inverness Courier. 19 December 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 1 2 Fairrie, Angus (1998). Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) (2nd ed.). Queens' Own Highlanders Amalgamation Trustees. p. 81. ISBN   0-9508986-2-7.
  3. ↑ "4th Camerons - Opening Ceremony at Drill Hall". Inverness Courier. 1 March 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Inverness, Farraline Park, Rose Street Hall". Canmore. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "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)
  7. ↑ "Demolition work begins on historic Rose Street Hall in Inverness". The Inverness Courier. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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