| Union Street drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Keith, Scotland | |
 Union Street drill hall, Keith | |
  Union Street drill hall Location within Moray | |
| Coordinates | 57°32′33″N2°56′56″W / 57.54263°N 2.94876°W Coordinates: 57°32′33″N2°56′56″W / 57.54263°N 2.94876°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1908 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1908-Present |
The Union Street drill hall is a military installation in Keith, Scotland.
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]
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