Yorkhill Street drill hall

The Yorkhill Street drill hall is a former military installation in Glasgow.

Not to be confused with Yorkhill Parade drill hall.

Yorkhill Street drill hall
Glasgow, Scotland
Yorkhill Street drill hall
Yorkhill Street drill hall
Location within Glasgow
Coordinates55.86493°N 4.29382°W / 55.86493; -4.29382
TypeDrill hall
Site history
Built1901
Built forWar Office
ArchitectWilliam Hunter McNab
In use1901 – 1999

History

The building was designed by William Hunter McNab of Leiper and McNab as the headquarters of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion the Highland Light Infantry and completed with funds donated by Sir Thomas Lipton[1] in 1901.[2] This unit became the 6th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (Territorial Force) in 1908.[3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front.[4] The battalion amalgamated with the 5th, 10th and 11th Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry to form the 5th/6th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry at the Hill Street drill hall in 1947.[5]

The Yorkhill Street drill hall was instead occupied by the new 15th (Scottish Volunteer) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Pearson, in 1947[2] and was subsequently renamed "Pearson Hall" after its former commanding officer.[6] In 1993, the 15th (Scottish Volunteer) Battalion was reduced to a company within 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment.[7] After 15 Company moved to more modern premises at "New Pearson Hall" in Houldsworth Street in the late 1990s, the Yorkhill Street drill hall was decommissioned and converted for residential use in 2000.[2]

References
  1. Mackay, James (1998). Sir Thomas Lipton: The Man Who Invented Himself. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1851588312.
  2. "164 Yorkhill Street". British listed buildings. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. "The Highland Light Infantry". Archived from the original on 5 March 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. "The Highland Light Infantry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  5. "Highland Light Infantry". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. "Pearson Hall". Canmore. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. "15th (Scottish Volunteer) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment". Paradata. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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