Union Street drill hall, Keith, Moray explained

Union Street drill hall
Type:Drill hall
Map Type:Scotland Moray
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Moray
Location:Keith, Scotland
Built:1908
Used:1908-Present
Built For:War Office

The Union Street drill hall is a military installation in Keith, Scotland.

History

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keith, 9-11 Union Street, TA Centre. Canmore. 26 June 2017. (The 1:2500, 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey Plan, published in 1904-1905, does not show the drill hall)
  2. Web site: Gordon Highlanders. The Long, Long Trail. 31 May 2016.
  3. Web site: 6th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. Regiments.org. 26 June 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20051227052708/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/gordon-6.htm. 27 December 2005.
  4. Web site: The Gordon Highlanders. British Army units 1945 on. 26 June 2017.
  5. Web site: 3rd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. Regiments.org. 26 June 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20051227052548/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/gordon-3.htm. 27 December 2005.
  6. Web site: 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). Regiments.org. 26 June 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20051227044109/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/67Hld-2.htm. 27 December 2005.
  7. Web site: 1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers, and 51st Highland Regiment and 7th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland. Regiments.org. 26 June 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20051230140433/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/67Highld.htm. 30 December 2005.
  8. Web site: B Company, 7 SCOTS. Ministry of Defence. 26 June 2017.

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