Ferry Road drill hall | |
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Dingwall, Scotland | |
![]() Ferry Road drill hall, Dingwall | |
Coordinates | 57°35′38″N 4°24′59″W / 57.59396°N 4.41629°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | c.1910 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | c.1910 – Present |
The Ferry Road drill hall, known locally as Seaforth Barracks, is a military installation in Dingwall, Scotland.
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders in around 1910. [1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [2] [3] The battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders to form the 4th/5th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), with its headquarters at the Old Bank Road drill hall in Golspie, in 1921. [4] The 4th Battalion and 5th Battalion operated separately from 1939 and 1941, when they amalgamated again after the surrender at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. [4]
After the Second World War, the combined battalion amalgamated with 6th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion and 7th (Morayshire) Battalion to form 11th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), with its headquarters at the Ferry Road drill hall. [5] The 11th Battalion then amalgamated with the 4th/5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form the home defence battalion of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) in 1967. [5]
The home defence battalion of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) was in turn absorbed into the 51st Highland Volunteers in 1969, with a rifle platoon of C (Queen's Own Highlanders) Company, 2nd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers still based at the Ferry Road drill hall. [6] Following a further re-organisation in 1995, the rifle platoon became part of Headquarters Company, 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) still based at the Ferry Road drill hall. [6] However, following the Strategic Defence Review carried out in 1998, the rifle platoon was disbanded, and only an army cadet unit remains at the drill hall. [3]
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Ferry Road drill hall | |
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Dingwall, Scotland | |
![]() Ferry Road drill hall, Dingwall | |
Coordinates | 57°35′38″N 4°24′59″W / 57.59396°N 4.41629°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | c.1910 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | c.1910 – Present |
The Ferry Road drill hall, known locally as Seaforth Barracks, is a military installation in Dingwall, Scotland.
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders in around 1910. [1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [2] [3] The battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders to form the 4th/5th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), with its headquarters at the Old Bank Road drill hall in Golspie, in 1921. [4] The 4th Battalion and 5th Battalion operated separately from 1939 and 1941, when they amalgamated again after the surrender at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. [4]
After the Second World War, the combined battalion amalgamated with 6th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion and 7th (Morayshire) Battalion to form 11th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), with its headquarters at the Ferry Road drill hall. [5] The 11th Battalion then amalgamated with the 4th/5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form the home defence battalion of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) in 1967. [5]
The home defence battalion of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) was in turn absorbed into the 51st Highland Volunteers in 1969, with a rifle platoon of C (Queen's Own Highlanders) Company, 2nd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers still based at the Ferry Road drill hall. [6] Following a further re-organisation in 1995, the rifle platoon became part of Headquarters Company, 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) still based at the Ferry Road drill hall. [6] However, following the Strategic Defence Review carried out in 1998, the rifle platoon was disbanded, and only an army cadet unit remains at the drill hall. [3]
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