Hamilton Barracks

Hamilton Barracks
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Low Parks Museum (incorporating the Regimental Museum of the Cameronians)
Hamilton Barracks
Location within South Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°46′48″N 4°02′49″W / 55.780°N 4.047°W / 55.780; -4.047Coordinates: 55°46′48″N 4°02′49″W / 55.780°N 4.047°W / 55.780; -4.047
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1794-1795
Built for War Office
In use 1795-1947

Hamilton Barracks was a military installation in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

History

The barracks, which were originally designed for use by cavalry, were built between 1794 and 1795.[1] The cavalry moved out to Maryhill Barracks in Glasgow in 1877 and the barracks became the regimental depot of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and the Highland Light Infantry in 1881.[2] Many volunteers enlisted at the barracks at the start of the First World War.[2] The barracks fell into a state of disrepair and the Highland Light Infantry moved its depot to Maryhill Barracks in March 1921.[3] The Cameronians, who had been scheduled to move out in the late 1930s, saw action in the Second World War and then re-located to Winston Barracks in 1947.[4] The barracks were demolished in the 1960s and the site was occupied by Bell College in 1972: Bell College evolved to become the Hamilton Campus of the University of the West of Scotland in 2007.[2] Low Parks Museum, which incorporates the Regimental Museum of the Cameronians, is situated only a few hundred yards to the East of the site of the former barracks.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary accounts and papers". UK Parliament. 23 July 1847. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "100th anniversary of start of WWI". 1 August 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "1914-1939". Royal Highland Fusiliers. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "1939 − Winston barracks, Lanark constructed. It was later to be the base for the Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)". Lanark Life. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Low Parks Museum". South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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