Old Photograph Black Watch Soldiers Parade Ground Queen's Barracks Perth Scotland

Old photograph of Black Watch soldiers on the Parade Ground at Queen's Barracks in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The barracks were established in the north west of the city as a home for cavalry regiments in 1793. It became the home to the 2nd Dragoon Guards and it was from this regiment that the barracks derived its name. The barracks were subsequently converted to take infantry regiments. In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot and the 79th Cameron Highlanders Regiment of Foot. Following the Childers Reforms, the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the 73rd Perthshire Regiment of Foot to form the Black Watch with its depot in the barracks in 1881. The barracks were decommissioned in May 1961[4] and were then demolished and the site became used for a Police headquarters.



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