Like the old days I have packed my kitbag, discarded items I can no longer carry with me, as I move today from Worcestershire to reside in the...
[IMG] This is the Burgess Ticket presented by the Royal and Ancient Burgh of Peebles to returning Servicemen after the end of the Great War and...
Remembering Today [IMG] Bob (Ty) Smith was killed as a result of an enemy bombing raid during the early hours of Friday, 13th June 1941. He was...
It was on 28th March 1633 that Sir John Hepburn received a Royal Warrant from Charles I to "raise a regiment of 1200 Scotsmen from all the...
Cyukuk, corporalfrank, Tusharps, Santarinia and CAZALA204 : Many Happy Returns of the Day. Having just returned home after a very happy family...
Having my quiet dram of malt this evening, my mind returned back to 69 years ago today. Early in the morning I went with my CO to check the Rifle...
Wellington NC607 failed to return from a reconnaissance mission Maasnell-Kruchten 23rd January 1945. Flying-Officer G. Hill (aged 34),...
[IMG] This wedding photograph, mounted on card, was used to back-up the framing of a watercolour. Although not able to distinguish his Corps,...
When the 8th Royal Scots mobilised at the outbreak of the Second World War, it was a very young battalion that re-formed in the Spring of 1939...
Operation Torchlight was the code name for the 15th Scottish Division part in the assault crossing of the Rhine. My former battalion of the 8th...
[IMG] In Proud Remembrance of the gallant officers and men of the 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) who fought...
[IMG] Dramatic close-up of 8RS Signallers in action. Private Kenyon is the only survivor of this group - the others, Sergeant Hughes, Private...
[IMG] OVER THE TOP! Lieutenant Sydenham, 'B' Company, 8RS, leading his Platoon in an attack on La Beny Bocade in Normandy. Lieutenant Sydenham...
Reading again Robert Waithmans article in the News Chronicle in 1946, it brings back memories of 67 years ago when coming to terms with ‘that it...
I have just uploaded the picture of 3049744 Private William Charles Russell into the Gallery and propose adding to it with souvenirs from his...
[IMG] [IMG] This diagram-map drawn by Sergeant Pat Crosby, Battalion Intelligence Sergeant, in 1945 records the command pathway of the 7th/9th...
[IMG] No. 19 Colour-Sergeant Michael Brown, 5th Volunteer Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1865 - 1899. I am very proud of this...
[IMG] Bob (Ty) Smith was killed as a result of an enemy bombing raid during the early hours of Friday, 13th June 1941. He was the Lance-Corporal...
A group of the surviving Veterans of the 8th Royal Scots celebrate the Seventieth Anniversary of the re-forming of the 8th Battalion The Royal...
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