Walcheren Barracks Walcheren Barracks is a Drill hall located at Hotspur Street in Maryhill , Glasgow , Scotland . The current building was originally constructed in 1935 as the new Headquarters of the 9th ( Glasgow Highlanders ) Battalion , The Highland Light Infantry , which moved from 81 Greendyke Street ( now demolished and replaced by apartments ) near Glasgow Green . It later became the Headquarters of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers in 1967 , which was partly formed via the amalgamtion of the redesignated 1st ( Glasgow Highlanders ) Battalion , The Highland Light Infantry and the 5th / 6th Battalion , The Highland Light Infantry ( Formed via the previous amalgamation of the 5th , 6th , 10th and 11th Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry in 1947 ) , which was based at 24 Hill Street , Garnethill ( now known as the Haldane Building , part of the Glasgow School of Art ) . Former Drill Halls . Before it was amalgamated and moved to Hill Street in 1947 , the 6th Bn , HLI was based in a Drill hall at 173 Yorkhill Street , which was originally built in 1900 with funds provided by Sir Thomas Lipton , who became its Colonel - in - Chief . In 1947 the drill hall was taken over by the new 15th ( Scottish Volunteer ) Battalion , The Parachute Regiment under Brigadier Alastair Pearson and was subsequently converted into apartments in 2000 . A former Territorial HLI Battalion in Glasgow , the 7th ( Blythswood ) Battalion , the Highland Light Infantry was based at 69 Main Street , Bridgeton ( now demolished and replaced by a tenement ) , it was converted to Royal Artillery in 1938 , becoming the 83rd AA Regiment . Current Use . The Barracks today forms the base of the Headquarters and two Companies of 52nd Lowland , 6th Battalion , The Royal Regiment of Scotland , the regular recruitment team for the Royal Highland Fusiliers , 2nd Battalion , The Royal Regiment of Scotland , as well as detachments of the Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps . Lowland House , headquarters of The Lowland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association is also located at the site . The facility is the only one in Glasgow and the West of Scotland to be formally designated as a Barracks , although there are several other Territorial Army Centres in the area , including 32 ( Scottish ) Signal Regiment at Kelvinside , 105 Regiment , Royal Artillery in Partick , the 4th Battalion , The Parachute Regiment at Finnieston and Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Officer Training Corps in Hillhead . The Barracks was named Walcheren Barracks in 1985 by Princess Margaret , on the occasion of the presentation of Colours to the 1st Battalion , 52nd Lowland Volunteers . The designation Walcheren , was in recognition of Operation Infatuate , part of the Battle of the Scheldt in which the Glasgow Highlanders of 52nd ( Lowland ) Division were involved in the capture of Walcheren Island on November 8 , 1944 . It could also refer to the infamous 1809 Walcheren Campaign that involved the 71st Regiment of Foot , which later became part of the Highland Light Infantry . Maryhill Barracks . Walcheren Barracks is located adjacent to the former site of Maryhill Barracks , which was built on the Garrioch Estate in 1872 , replacing the previous Infantry Barracks at Duke Street in the East End , which dated from 1795 . Maryhill Barracks became the depot of the Highland Light Infantry ( City of Glasgow ) regiment after the Childers Reforms of 1881 . It also famously held Hitler ' s second - in - command Rudolf Hess during World War Two after his supposed " Peace " flight to the UK . Maryhill Barracks was closed and largely demolished in 1960 , to be replaced by the Wyndford Housing estate , although the guardroom and boundary walls remain .