Haldane Building
| Haldane Building | |
|---|---|
| Glasgow, Scotland | |
 Haldane Building | |
  Haldane Building Location within Glasgow | |
| Coordinates | 55°52′01″N 4°15′39″W / 55.86681°N 4.26074°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Glasgow School of Art |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1897 |
| Built for | War Office |
| Architect | Horatio Kelson Bromhead |
| In use | 1897 – 1967 |
The Haldane Building is a former drill hall at Hill Street in Garnethill, Glasgow.
History
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Highland Light Infantry Volunteers Drill Hall". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Victorian drill hall". Discover Glasgow. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "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) - ^ Osborne, p. 278
- ^ "The Highland Light Infantry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Pearson Hall". Canmore. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Highland Light Infantry". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Site Record: Glasgow - 24 Hill Street". Retrieved 31 March 2014.
Sources
[edit]- Osborne, Mike (2006). Always ready: Drill Halls of Britain’s Volunteer Force. Partizan Press. ISBN 978-1858185095.