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...
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...
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...
It may be of interested to those researching infantry battalion deployment and their communications set-up during ww2 to see an actual line...
In Proud Remembrance of the gallant 350 officers and men of the 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) who...
My Brother Officer of the 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), Killed in Action this Day in Flushing, 2nd...
Having lived happily and contently in the small Border town of Peebles for 18 enjoyable years, growing up and knowing most families and having...
Bob was killed during an enemy bombing raid whilst serving with the 8th Battalion The Royal Scots at Lowestoft. He was in charge of a Signals...
What a momentous moment on the 5th May 1945 when the bugler sounded the Cease Fire! The War in North-West Europe over! You had survived and one...
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