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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hamilton_Barracks > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hamilton_Barracks.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Barracks > Source revision: 1304033321 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military installation |name=Hamilton Barracks |image=LowParksMuseum.JPG |caption = Low Parks Museum (incorporating the Regimental Museum of the Cameronians) |type = Barracks |map_type = Scotland South Lanarkshire |pushpin_map_caption = Location within South Lanarkshire |location = [Hamilton, South Lanarkshire](/source/Hamilton%2C_South_Lanarkshire) |coordinates = {{Coord|55.780|N|4.047|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |ownership = [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)) |operator = {{army|United Kingdom}} |built = 1794-1795 |used=1795-1947 |architect = |built_for = [War Office](/source/War_Office) |garrison = |occupants = }} '''Hamilton Barracks''' was a military installation in [Hamilton, South Lanarkshire](/source/Hamilton%2C_South_Lanarkshire). ==History== The barracks, which were originally designed for use by cavalry, were built between 1794 and 1795.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/parliamentarypa98commgoog/parliamentarypa98commgoog_djvu.txt|title=Parliamentary accounts and papers|publisher=UK Parliament|date=23 July 1847|accessdate=9 December 2015}} The cavalry moved out to [Maryhill Barracks](/source/Maryhill_Barracks) in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow) in 1877 and the barracks were converted for infantry use. The conversion took place as part of the [Cardwell Reforms](/source/Cardwell_Reforms) which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9383385/Echoes-of-the-past-in-these-Army-cuts.html|title=Echoes of the past in these Army cuts|date=8 July 2012| accessdate= 13 November 2014}} The barracks became the [depot](/source/Regimental_depot) for the [26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot](/source/26th_(Cameronian)_Regiment_of_Foot) and the [74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot](/source/74th_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot).{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|title=Training Depots|publisher=Regiments.org|accessdate=16 October 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|archivedate=10 February 2006}} Under the [Childers Reforms](/source/Childers_Reforms), the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the [90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)](/source/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Perthshire_Volunteers)) to form the [Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)](/source/Cameronians_(Scottish_Rifles)) with its depot in the barracks in 1881. The barracks also became the depot for the [73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot](/source/73rd_(Perthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot) and the [90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)](/source/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Perthshire_Volunteers)). Under the [Childers Reforms](/source/Childers_Reforms), the [71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot](/source/71st_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot) amalgamated with the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot to form the [Highland Light Infantry](/source/Highland_Light_Infantry) with its depot in the barracks in 1881. Many volunteers enlisted at the barracks at the start of the [First World War](/source/World_War_I).{{cite web|url=http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/press/article/1121/100th_anniversary_of_start_of_wwi|title=100th anniversary of start of WWI|date=1 August 2014|accessdate=9 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210222602/http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/press/article/1121/100th_anniversary_of_start_of_wwi|archivedate=10 December 2015}} The barracks fell into a state of disrepair and the Highland Light Infantry moved its depot to Maryhill Barracks in March 1921.{{cite web|url=http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18:1914-1939&Itemid=31|title=1914-1939|publisher=Royal Highland Fusiliers|accessdate=9 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210221507/http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18:1914-1939&Itemid=31|archive-date=10 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The Cameronians, who had been scheduled to move out in the late 1930s, saw action in the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II) and then re-located to [Winston Barracks](/source/Winston_Barracks) in 1947.{{cite web|url=http://www.lanark.co.uk/history/time-line/P35|title=1939 − Winston barracks, Lanark constructed. It was later to be the base for the Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)|publisher=Lanark Life|accessdate=9 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210223635/http://www.lanark.co.uk/history/time-line/P35|archive-date=10 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The barracks were demolished in the 1960s and the site was occupied by [Bell College](/source/Bell_College) in 1972: Bell College evolved to become the Hamilton Campus of the [University of the West of Scotland](/source/University_of_the_West_of_Scotland) in 2007. [Low Parks Museum](/source/Hamilton_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.{{cite web|url=http://www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/203/low_parks_museum|title=Low Parks Museum|publisher=South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture|accessdate=9 December 2015}} ==References== {{reflist}} Category:Barracks in Scotland Category:Installations of the British Army Category:Buildings and structures in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Category:History of South Lanarkshire Category:Military installations established in 1795 Category:Military installations closed in 1947 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hamilton Barracks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Barracks) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Barracks?action=history)). 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