The Kinneskie Road drill hall is a former military installation near

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History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the 7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion, the

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and was completed about 1908. (The 1:2500, 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey Plan, published in 1904-1905, does not show the drill hall) The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the

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. 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

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. The 5th Battalion and 7th Battalion separated again in 1939 but then re-amalgamated in 1946. 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. The 5th/6th Battalion amalgamated with the 4th/7th Battalion to form 3rd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders in 1961. The drill hall was subsequently decommissioned and converted for commercial use and is now a decorator’s workshop.

References

{{reflist Drill halls in Scotland Buildings and structures in Aberdeenshire Banchory