Walcheren Barracks
| Walcheren Barracks | |
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| Glasgow | |
Walcheren Barracks at the junction of Hotspur Street
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 Walcheren Barracks
Location within Glasgow
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| Coordinates | 55°53′3″N 04°17′11″W / 55.88417°N 4.28639°WCoordinates: 55°53′3″N 04°17′11″W / 55.88417°N 4.28639°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |
 British Army
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1804–1806 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1806-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Walcheren Barracks is a Drill hall located at Hotspur Street in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland.
The current building was originally constructed in 1935 as the new Headquarters of the 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, which moved from 81 Greendyke Street (now demolished and replaced by apartments) near Glasgow Green. It later became the Headquarters of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers in 1967, which was partly formed via the amalgamation of the redesignated 1st (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry and the 5th/6th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (Formed via the previous amalgamation of the 5th, 6th, 10th and 11th Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry in 1947), which had been based at 24 Hill Street, Garnethill (now known as the Haldane Building, part of the Glasgow School of Art).
Before it was amalgamated and moved to Hill Street in 1947, the 6th Bn, HLI was based in a Drill hall at 172 Yorkhill Street, which was originally built in 1900 with funds provided by Sir Thomas Lipton, who became its Colonel-in-Chief. In 1947 the drill hall was taken over by the new 15th (Scottish Volunteer) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment under Brigadier Alastair Pearson and was subsequently converted into apartments in 2000. A former Territorial HLI Battalion in Glasgow, the 7th (Blythswood) Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry was based at 69 Main Street, Bridgeton (now demolished and replaced by a tenement), it was converted to Royal Artillery in 1938, becoming the 83rd AA Regiment.
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