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Old Photograph Scottish Horse Drill Hall Blair Atholl Perthshire Scotland
Old photograph of the Scottish Horse Drill Hall in Blair Atholl near Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. The Blair Atholl drill hall, now in use as a village hall was designed in 1906 by J Macintyre Henry. In 1914 the hall was the base for "A" Squadron, 1st Scottish Horse and drill station for "G" Company, 6th battalion Black Watch. At the outbreak of war there were seven Black Watch battalions: in addition to the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions and 3rd, Special Reserve, Battalion there were a further four Territorial Battalions which had become part of the Regiment in 1908, including the 6th Perthshire. The Territorial battalions had been mobilised at the start of the war but the 6th, along with all the Territorial battalions and some of the new Service Battalions of the Black Watch, were not engaged until 1915 in battles along the Western Front. A total of six battalions fought at Festubert in May where two Victoria Crosses were won by members of the Regiment.
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