The Titchfield Street drill hall is a former military installation in

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...

History

The building was designed by Gabriel Andrew & Son as the headquarters of the 4th Battalion, The

Royal Scots Fusiliers The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Ma ...

and completed in 1914. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to

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and then to the Western Front. The battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 4th/5th Battalion at the drill hall in Ayr in 1921 although a company remained at the Titchfield Street drill hall until the 4th/5th Battalion was disbanded in 1967. The building was also the home of C Squadron of the

Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was a Regiment of the British Yeomanry and is now an armoured Squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (SNIY), part of the British Army Reserve. It is the Lowlands of Scotland's only Roya ...

until the squadron was disbanded in 1967. The building was taken over the Kilmarnock and District Model Railway Club in 1971 and has since been converted for retail use, most recently as a restaurant.

References

{{reflist Drill halls in Scotland Buildings and structures in Kilmarnock