| Forrest Hill drill hall | |
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| Edinburgh, Scotland | |
 Forrest Hill drill hall | |
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: 1508.8%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> Forrest Hill drill hall Location in Edinburgh
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| Coordinates | 55°56′45″N 3°11′31″W / 55.94590°N 3.19203°WCoordinates: 55°56′45″N 3°11′31″W / 55.94590°N 3.19203°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1872 |
| Built for | War Office |
| Architect | Duncan Menzies |
| In use | 1872 – 1993 |
The Forrest Hill drill hall is a former military installation in Edinburgh.
History[]
The building was designed by Duncan Menzies as the headquarters of the Queen's City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers and completed in 1872.[1] Following extensive refurbishment work the building was re-opened by the Duke of Connaught in May 1905.[2]
The Queen's City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers became the 4th and 5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalions, the Royal Scots in 1908.[1] The battalions were mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front.[3] The 4th and 5th battalions amalgamated to form the 4th/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, with its headquarters at the Forrest Hill drill hall in 1922.[4] In 1939 the battalion converted to manning searchlights and, in 1940, became an anti-aircraft regiment of the Royal Artillery.[4]
The drill hall was the home of the Edinburgh University Officers' Training Corps and its successors, the Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities OTC and the City of Edinburgh Universities OTC, from 1957 until the Universities OTC moved to Duke of Edinburgh House in Colinton Road, Edinburgh in 1993.[5] The building was decommissioned and taken over by the University of Edinburgh in the mid-1990s: it now accommodates academic facilities for the University.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Edinburgh, 5 Forrest Hill, University Of Edinburgh, Department Of Artificial Intelligence". Canmore. https://canmore.org.uk/site/74109/edinburgh-5-forrest-hill-university-of-edinburgh-department-of-artificial-intelligence. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "5 Forrest Hill Road and 41 Forrest Road (Former Territorial Army Centre and University of Edinburgh, School of Artificial Intelligence), Edinburgh". Historic Environment Scotland. http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB27773. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "The Royal Scots". The Long, Long Trail. http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-scots-lothian-regiment/. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Territorial Army". Royal Scots. http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/the-territorial-army/. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ↑ "City of Edinburgh Universities Officers' Training Corps". Lowland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association. http://www.lowlandrfca.org.uk/VRF_Units/EdinburghUniversityOfficerTraining.aspx. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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