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Haldane Building

Coordinates: 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
Coordinates55°52′01″N 4°15′39″W / 55.86681°N 4.26074°W / 55.86681; -4.26074
TypeDrill hall
Site information
OwnerGlasgow School of Art
Site history
Built1897
Built forWar Office
ArchitectHoratio Kelson Bromhead
In use1897 – 1967

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

History

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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

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  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

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  • Osborne, Mike (2006). Always ready: Drill Halls of Britain’s Volunteer Force. Partizan Press. ISBN 978-1858185095.