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55°52′01″N 4°15′39″W / 55.86681°N 4.26074°W / 55.86681; -4.26074
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Haldane Building
Glasgow, Scotland
Haldane Building
Haldane Building is located in Glasgow council area
Haldane Building
Haldane Building
Location within Glasgow
Coordinates 55°52′01″N 4°15′39″W / 55.86681°N 4.26074°W / 55.86681; -4.26074
TypeDrill hall
Site information
Owner Glasgow School of Art
Site history
Built1897
Built for War Office
ArchitectHoratio Kelson Bromhead
In use1897 – 1967

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

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]

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.{{ cite web}}: 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. ^ a b "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.

haldane+building Latitude and Longitude:

55°52′01″N 4°15′39″W / 55.86681°N 4.26074°W / 55.86681; -4.26074
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Haldane Building
Glasgow, Scotland
Haldane Building
Haldane Building is located in Glasgow council area
Haldane Building
Haldane Building
Location within Glasgow
Coordinates 55°52′01″N 4°15′39″W / 55.86681°N 4.26074°W / 55.86681; -4.26074
TypeDrill hall
Site information
Owner Glasgow School of Art
Site history
Built1897
Built for War Office
ArchitectHoratio Kelson Bromhead
In use1897 – 1967

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

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]

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.{{ cite web}}: 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. ^ a b "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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