Kinneskie Road drill hall, Banchory

Kinneskie Road drill hall
Banchory, Scotland
Kinneskie Road drill hall, Banchory
Kinneskie Road drill hall
Location within Aberdeenshire
Coordinates 57°03′03″N 2°30′31″W / 57.05088°N 2.50850°W / 57.05088; -2.50850Coordinates: 57°03′03″N 2°30′31″W / 57.05088°N 2.50850°W / 57.05088; -2.50850
Type Drill hall
Site history
Built 1908
Built for War Office
In use 1908-Present

The Kinneskie Road drill hall is a former military installation near Banchory, Scotland.

History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the 7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders and was completed about 1908.[1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[2] The 7th Battalion amalgamated with the 5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battalion to form 5th/7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders in 1921 but with its headquarters located at Bucksburn.[3] The 5th Battalion and 7th Battalion separated again in 1939 but then re-amalgamated in 1946.[3]

In 1947 the 5th/6th (Banff, Buchan and Donside) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders was formed with C Company based at the Kinneskie Road drill hall in Banchory.[4] The 5th/6th Battalion amalgamated with the 4th/7th Battalion to form 3rd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders in 1961.[4] The drill hall was subsequently decommissioned and converted for commercial use and is now a decorator’s workshop.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Banchory, 17 Kinneskie Road, Drill Hall". Canmore. Retrieved 26 June 2017. (The 1:2500, 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey Plan, published in 1904-1905, does not show the drill hall)
  2. ↑ "Gordon Highlanders". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 "6th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Paint Shop". Britaine. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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