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41: 57: 195:. The 5th and 6th battalions, both heavily depleted, were amalgamated in July 1916, and spent the remainder of war on the Western Front as the 5/6th. After the war, the 6th Battalion remained in Belgium until January 1919 when it moved into Germany, and was reduced to a cadre in October 1919 and sent home to be disbanded. After the war the battalion formed a battery in the 64: 199:
based elsewhere in the city. The drill hall instead became the headquarters of 2 (Scottish) General Hospital and of 155 (Lowland) Field Ambulance. These units evolved to become 50 (Scottish) Casualty Clearing Station in 1967 and that unit amalgamated with other units to form 205 (Scottish) General
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After the Edinburgh detachment of 205 (Scottish) General Hospital moved out to the Granton Square drill hall in the late 1990s, the Gilmore Place drill hall was decommissioned and, although the hall itself was demolished, the houses that formed the frontage of the property were returned to
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by connecting several 19th century houses and adding a hall behind them in around 1907. This unit became the 6th Battalion, Royal Scots, in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to
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57th (Lowland) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery
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The drill hall was designed as the headquarters of the
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Edinburgh
Scotland

Gilmore Place drill hall is located in Edinburgh
55°56′29″N 3°12′20″W / 55.94146°N 3.20562°W / 55.94146; -3.20562
War Office
Edinburgh
4th Volunteer Battalion
Royal Scots
Alexandria
Western Front
57th (Lowland) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery
"Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force 1859-1908"



"Edinburgh, 33, 35 Gilmore Place"
"The Royal Scots"
"Royal Army Medical Corps"
"History: 205 Field Hospital"
"E Detachment"
ISBN
0-9540906-0-8
Categories
Drill halls in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Edinburgh
Military history of Edinburgh

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