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41: 57: 191:. The battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders to form the 4th/5th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), with its headquarters at the Old Bank Road drill hall in Golspie, in 1921. The 4th Battalion and 5th Battalion operated separately from 1939 and 1941, when they amalgamated again after the surrender at 64: 202:, the combined battalion amalgamated with 6th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion and 7th (Morayshire) Battalion to form 11th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), with D Company of the 11th Battalion based at the Old Bank Road drill hall. The 11th Battalion then amalgamated with the 4th/5th Battalion, The 182:
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 1st Sutherland (The Sutherland Highland) Volunteer Rifle Corps and completed in 1892. This unit evolved to become the 5th (The Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, the
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in 1969; the building continued to be used on an occasional basis until 1980 since when it has been left to decay. It is now considered to be at risk.
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The home defence battalion of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) was in turn absorbed into the
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in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the
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Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
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Golspie
Scotland

Old Bank Road drill hall is located in Sutherland
57°58′41″N 3°57′49″W / 57.97817°N 3.96349°W / 57.97817; -3.96349
War Office
Golspie
Scotland
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
Western Front
Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Second World War
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
51st Highland Volunteers
"Golspie, Old Bank Road, Volunteer Drill Hall"


"5th (The Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders"
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"Seaforth Highlanders"
"4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders"
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"11th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders"
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