It fought in the Burma Campaign, first seeing action in the Arakan operations from March to May 1943, and then withdrawing into India. [42] The 1st moved back to India in 1909, relieving the 2nd, which moved back to the UK; they remained stationed there until 1914. The Royal Regiment of Scotland is an amalgamation of several old regiments, now reformed into the 7 Battalions below: RSB (1 SCOTS) - 1st Battalion - The Royal Scots Borderers RHF (2 SCOTS) - 2nd Battalion - The Royal Highland Fusiliers Upper Thames Military Reenactment Society. [23] Meanwhile, from 1793 to 1801, the 2nd Battalion was based in the Mediterranean. However, six saw significant periods of service in Ireland, where they served as garrison units, and were often involved in local security – armed patrols, mobile columns to 'show the flag', and the like. [21] It fought in the battles of Sackett's Harbor and Buffalo & Black Rock, as well as the capture of Fort Niagara (1813), the battles of Longwoods, Chippawa, and Lundy's Lane, along with the Siege of Fort Erie and the battle of Cook's Mills (1814). They then fought at the Battle of Landen in 1693 and at the Siege of Namur. In 1964, they deployed to Aden, then back to England and a three-year spell in Germany with the British Army of the Rhine. The most common version tells of the name 'Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard' being tossed by the French as a jibe against the Scots. The 1st/Royal Scots 1878 1st/The Royal Scots. [33] After the war, the 1st battalion moved to Ceylon in 1857[23] and thence to India, returning home in 1870, whilst the 2nd battalion moved to Hong Kong, and saw action in the Second Opium War, fighting at the capture of the Taku Forts (1858) and Pekin (1860), and returning home in 1861. Mentioned in Dispatches. Unfortunately we will not be holding the Battle of Longwoods weekend in May 2020 due to … It was sent to Belgium during the Hundred Days, and fought in Picton's Division (the 5th) at the Battle of Waterloo (1815). [52], The 1/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) mobilised in Edinburgh in August 1914, and were assigned to the 29th Division. [25], Two new battalions were raised in late 1804, at Hamilton, the 3rd and 4th Battalions. ALBURY, L.F. Come and experience life in the early 19th century. The 1st occupied Saint Thomas in 1801, fought at the capture of Saint Lucia, as well as of Demerara and Essequibo in 1803, and the capture of Guadeloupe in 1810. That amalgamation was subsequently rescinded. However, the mutineers were treated with leniency and later agreed to the move. Thursday July 27th 1916. [66] Recent research has suggested that around twenty Royal Scots suffered a similar fate. It was the only second-line battalion of the regiment to be sent overseas, moving to Archangel in August 1918, and serving in the North Russia Campaign until June 1919, when it returned to Scotland to disband. Commanding Officer – Scott Ball, For Battle of Longwoods Event Information It moved to Lecelles in September, and in May 1940 moved into Belgium during the Battle of France. It was then dispatched to Canada as part of the War of 1812, where it served as a garrison. Popularly known as the HLI, the Highland Light Infantry recruited mainly from Glasgow and the surrounding lowlands, but it more than lived up to its title with a famed Highland lineage and identity. [40], In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[41] the regiment now had one Reserve and seven Territorial battalions. After Schomberg was killed in Ireland, he was promoted Colonel in July 1690. [52], The 1/8th mobilised at Haddington in August 1914, and arrived in France in November – the first Scottish territorial unit to arrive in France[47] – with the 7th Division, though they did not see action until the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. The badge of the Highland Light Infantry as depicted on a CWGC headstone. but redesignated the 12th Battalion in October 1940. 1 Dress worn during the final decades of the regiment's separate existence consisted of a dark blue bonnet with regimental dicing, dark blue doublet, and Hunting Stewart tartan trews.[108]. [21], Both battalions were subsequently dispatched to the West Indies, the 1st from 1801 to 1812, and the 2nd from 1803 to 1806. 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Allahabad. See, sfn error: no target: CITEREFHarris2004Oxford_DNB_Online (, sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFGlozier2004 (, sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFCannon1846 (, Bartlett and Jeffery, A Military History of Ireland, Chapter 12 pg 284, Regiments.org, The American War (War of 1812) page, Regiments.org, Peninsular War 1808–1814 page, History of the Regiment. [71], The 7th/9th (Highlanders) and 8th Battalions were reconstituted in the Territorial Army in 1947. The 3rd served in the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1809, fighting at the Battle of Corunna in 1809 before being withdrawn by sea and sent to the Walcheren Campaign[21] with the 1st Division. In April 1633, Sir John Hepburn was granted a warrant by Charles I to recruit 1200 Scots for service with the French army in the 1618–1648 Thirty Years War. They were assigned to the 51st (Highland) Division in March 1916, with whom they fought for two years, then to the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division and 15th (Scottish) Division in 1918. The diarist Pepys met George Douglas in Rochester and recorded that "Here in the streets, I did hear the Scotch march beat by the drums before the soldiers, which is very odde. 11,000 soldiers serving in the regiment were killed, and over 40,000 wounded. [24], Until American War began in 1775, both served as garrisons in the Mediterranean, the 1st in Gibraltar,[23] the 2nd in Minorca. They replied that if their regiment had been on guard the night of the Crucifixion, the Sepulchre would not have been empty the next morning. 35 talking about this. 27 Jan 1878 The 1st/The Royal Scots embarked at Portsmouth on 27 January. Enniscorthy Guardian article 1916. Regiments.org list of titles. South African Infantry. This was the 19th Battalion, later transferred to the, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) in 1914–1918, The 11th ran into a wire entanglement and was caught in crossfire. [52] The 2nd was part of the 3rd Division, one of the first units of the British Expeditionary Force to be sent to France. 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marines. [56] Some sources suggest the 1st Battalion was briefly reorganised as a machine-gun battalion during this period. [20], During the War of the Spanish Succession, the regiment served under Marlborough at Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies and Oudenarde. By 1971, both companies were in the battalions of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers, and though the Royal Scots name was retained in the title the regiment no longer had a Territorial Army element. [3] It was reformed from militia volunteers in Ireland in 1798: This year saw a major rebellion erupt in Ireland after years of simmering tension. [52], The 1/4th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) and 1/7th mobilised in Edinburgh in August 1914, and were assigned to the 52nd (Lowland) Division. World War I (33 battalions): Mons, Le Cateau, September 1636: Col. George Hepburn; killed outside, 2 July 1946: Brig. The new units were the, Ewing, Appendix III. Whilst it lost the regimental number, it still remained the senior line infantry regiment. The battalions stationed in Ireland were the 3rd, 2/4th, 2/7th, 2/8th, 2/9th and 1/10th. In June 1944, they landed in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord and fought in the Battle for Caen in Operation Epsom and later at the Second Battle of the Odon and Operation Bluecoat. Part of 8th Brigade, 3rd Division. [3] The 1st was based in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession, where it fought at Fontenoy in 1745. [25] On the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in 1756, the 2nd Battalion moved to Nova Scotia in 1757, fighting at Louisburg, Guadeloupe and Havana, then returning home in 1764. Additionally, the 14th (Reserve) battalion was sent to Germany as an occupation unit, but not until after the armistice had been signed, whilst the 4th (Reserve) battalion spent February 1919 protecting key points in Glasgow against strike riots, Paterson, Vol II, p.10. [103], The 2nd Battalion was sardonically referred to as The First to Foot It during the Battle of Hong Kong. Under the 'Localisation of Forces' scheme introduced in 1872 by the Cardwell Reforms, the 1st Linlithgowshire was grouped with the 1st Regiment of Foot (the Royal Scots), the Edinburgh Light Infantry Militia and a number of RVCs from neighbouring counties into Brigade No 62, which was a purely administrative formation. Hear the crack of the musket and the roar of the cannon. The standard red/scarlet and blue uniform of most line infantry regiments was retained until "Lowland" dress was adopted in 1881. The Battalion was formed by the merger of The Royal Scots and The King’s Own Scottish Borderers in August 2006. It was fought between mixed British Expeditionary Force, French eighth army and armies of the German Empire in northern France and Flanders. The Upper Thames Military Reenactment Society portrays the First Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) Light Company in the War of 1812. Victoria Crosses awarded to the regiment are: The regiment is known by the nickname Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard which apparently was the result of a 17th-century boasting contest with the French Régiment de Picardie regarding the respective seniority of each regiment. [45] A further seven battalions of the New Army were formed in 1914, including two Pals battalions[46] By the end of 1914, the regiment stood at a strength of 24 battalions;[47] another six Territorial battalions and three New Army battalions (one of bantams) were formed in 1915. Origins Formed in 1881 when the 71st (Highland) Light Infantry and the … The 1/6th had mobilised at the same time and been dispatched to Egypt in 1915 for the Western Frontier Force; it too was withdrawn to France for the Somme. 2006.08: Scotland: Dreghorn Barracks, Edinburgh: 52 Brigade. The BEF were heavily hit by the German Army's breakthrough, however, and fell back towards the coast; the battalion was deployed at Le Paradis, near Béthune, on 25 May to protect the flanks of the Dunkirk evacuation. Aug 1916 Formed at Leith and became the 1st Battalion Royal Defence Corps. The regiment existed continuously until 2006, when it amalgamated with the King's Own Scottish Borderers to become the Royal Scots Borderers, which merged with the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), the Black Watch, the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland. [107] This continued as the regimental full dress until 1939, although worn only to a limited extent after 1914. 59 invalids were returned to England. Son of Thomas and Rosanna Rourke of 19 Cross Lane, New Ross. In October 1944 they moved to the Netherlands, fighting in the Battle of the Scheldt as part of the First Canadian Army, where the 52nd Division served with distinction, and then participating in Operation Blackcock and the advance to the Rhine; it crossed the Rhine in March 1945 and advanced to Bremen by the end of the war. Died three week after Second Battle of Ypres (22 April-25 May 1915) in which 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, serving in 28th Division, were a part. We look forward to welcoming you to the Battle of Longwoods War of 1812 re-enactment on May 2nd and 3rd, 2020. [9], During the 1672-74 Third Anglo-Dutch War, Douglas's was part of the British Brigade that fought with the French, commanded by the Duke of Monmouth. [74] This had put the Regiment on a war footing and they were involved in riots attacking RAF Akrotiri and protection of the Sovereign Area Base of Episkopi. The battalion had various postings around the sub-continent, including Poona until late 1902 when it moved to Kamptee. This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme.The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1 July to 18 November 1916 as one of the greatest engagements of the war. [21] At Malplaquet in 1709, its members included William Hiseland, an 89-year-old reputed to be the last serving veteran of the First English Civil War. Royal Scots 1914-1919 An impressive history by the author of The History of the 9th (Scottish) Division, also an impressive piece of work. On May 18 the Fusiliers handed over to the Highland Light Infantry of Canada, which at that time contained two complete rifle companies belonging to the Royal Scots Fusiliers of Canada, one of the Regiment's Commonwealth affiliations, and moved back to Lunteren. The Upper Thames Military Reenactment Society portrays the First Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) Light Company in the War of 1812. Today, there are seven battalions: 1 SCOTS, The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland; 2 SCOTS, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland - a light role infantry Battalion They then fought in the North West Europe Campaign, from Paris to the Rhine, until the end of the war; it entered Belgium in September, crossed the Rhine in March 1945 and advanced to Hamburg by the end of the war. Earl of Leven's or Edinburgh Regiment of Foot raised 1689 [22], Both battalions spent 1715 to 1742 in Ireland, but after this were normally separated. 16 November 1914 : transferred to 81st Brigade, 27th Division. The 11th and 12th moved to Germany after the armistice; the 12th was reduced to a cadre in April 1919 and disbanded in the UK in June, whilst the 11th was reduced to a cadre and disbanded at Cologne in November. The 13th remained in Belgium, being reduced to a cadre in March 1919 and disbanded in the UK in June. Royal Scots during WW2 At the outbreak of the Second World War, the 1st Battalion was at Aldershot as part of 4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division; accordingly, it deployed to France with the … Royal Scots Tie, Royal Scots Silk Tie, Royal Scots Braces, Royal Scots Watch Strap, ... 1st Royal Dragoons 3rd King's Own Hussars 3 Royal Horse Artillery 4/7 Dragoon ... Light Infantry … [53] They fought at the Battle of Gallipoli before being moved to Egypt in 1916 and serving in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. [24], In the army reforms of 1751, the unit was ranked as the most senior infantry line regiment and titled the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot. [6] The revolt was quickly crushed and it returned to France, since the recently elected Cavalier Parliament quickly disbanded the New Model Army but refused to fund replacements. [56] After Dunkirk, the battalion spent nearly two years on home defence preparing for a potential German invasion of the United Kingdom. It was awarded to Private, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (. The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of Scotland. [52], The 15th was raised in September 1914, the 16th (which came to be known as McCrae's Battalion) in December 1914, and the 17th in February 1915, in Edinburgh. A War of 1812 Re-enacting group portraying the 1st Royal Scots Reg't, now known as The Royal Scots … [36] The regimental district was reorganised in 1887, with Berwickshire being transferred to the recruiting area of the King's Own Scottish Borderers[37] along with the country; the remaining volunteers were reorganised in 1888, for a total of eight volunteer battalions. Four of its twenty-one companies joined the Tangier Garrison in April 1680, with another twelve in September. The latter two were the "Edinburgh City Pals" also known respectively as, Paterson, Vol I, Appendix 5. The battalion was then posted to Cyprus in early 1974. The commanding officer was killed, along with a sizeable proportion of the battalion, Ewing, Appendix II. Subsequently, the regiment gained a new regimental song: After the rebellion was over in Ireland they were used in minor raids on the coast of Spain in 1800. In 1930, they moved to Quetta, then Lahore in 1934, and finally Hong Kong in January 1938. The Battle of Longwoods. [56][62], At the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September 1939, the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots was at Aldershot as part of 4th Infantry Brigade, alongside the 1st Border Regiment and 2nd Royal Norfolk Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division;[63] accordingly, it deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Email or call 519-828-3843. [28] It returned to Portugal in 1810 with the 5th Division,[29] fighting at the Battle of Buçaco (1810), the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro (1811), the battles of Badajoz, Salamanca and Burgos (1812), the Battle of Vitoria, capture of San Sebastián, Battle of Nivelle, and the Battle of Nive (1813),[30] before advancing into France in 1814. [50] In total, the Royal Scots raised some thirty-five battalions of infantry and over 100,000 men during the course of the First World War, of which fifteen battalions saw active service. It had an average strength of 747 men. [53], The 11th, 12th and 13th were raised in August 1914 in Edinburgh, with the 11th and 12th allocated to 9th (Scottish) Division and the 13th to 15th (Scottish) Division, and moved to France in mid-1915. President – Larry Barnard They finally returned to the UK in 1926, barracked at Maryhill in Glasgow, where they saw duty in the General Strike. HRH Princess Anne (The Princess Royal) is the Royal Colonel. Robert Logan Scott-Bowden, This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 11:01. [76] The Royal Scots Battalion and King's Own Scottish Borderers Battalion duly amalgamated on 1 August 2006 – upon their amalgamation, the new battalion took the name Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland. 1st Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) 1959.01.20 Formed by amalgamation of 1st Bn, The Royal Scots Fusiliers and 1st Bn, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) In January 1945 it moved to Palestine with the rest of the 1st Infantry Division, where it was active in security duties in October and November, and was then redeployed to the Suez Canal Zone in December 1945. [38] These battalions included:[39], In 1881, the 1st was in the West Indies; it moved to South Africa in 1884, when it saw action in the Bechuanaland campaign, and remained there until 1891, when it moved back to the UK to serve as the depot battalion and the 2nd moved out to India. [23] After returning from Puerto Bello in 1743, the 2nd helped suppress the Jacobite rising of 1745, before being posted to Ireland once again. [79], The regiment's battle honours were as follows:[69]. [5], In 1660, Charles II was restored as king; in January 1661, Douglas's was sent to England in response to Venner's Rising an attempted coup by Fifth Monarchists. It moved to Scotland in 1830, and to Canada in 1836, where it was involved in the Rebellions of 1837. [72], The 1st Battalion briefly saw service in the Korean War in 1953, as part of 29th Infantry Brigade; after a brief spell in Egypt, they deployed to Cyprus from June 1955 to February 1956. At the beginning of 1921, the regiment was formally retitled The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment),[25] and comprised two regular battalions, one Supplementary Reserve battalion, and four battalions of the newly renamed Territorial Army, all four of which were activated during the 1921 coal strike. The two heavily depleted battalions were amalgamated in July 1916, and spent the remainder of war on the Western Front as the 5/6th. When five Scottish regiments were amalgamated to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland on 28 March 2006, the Royal Scots Battalion and the King's Own Scottish Borderers Battalion initially maintained their identities as separate battalions. [10] It served in the Rhineland throughout the Franco-Dutch War, even after the Anglo-Dutch war ended in February 1674; it became the Régiment de Dumbarton in 1675, after George Douglas was made Earl of Dumbarton. Battalions of the Territorial Force. The bulk of the time in South Africa was spent patrolling and in mobile columns, with neither battalion engaged in any major battles. The newly formed 12th Battalion was disbanded and reformed as the 2nd Battalion in May 1942. It was withdrawn to India to rest and refit in April 1945, and moved to Singapore in December. [34] However, as it had become the county regiment of the Edinburgh area, it was retitled The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment),[35] and it took on a militia battalion and seven battalions of Volunteers from the local area. Both battalions, like most others of the same type, would have consisted mainly of older and less fit men, with previous military experience, together with younger soldiers. It saw combat in the Action of Saint-Éloi and throughout the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, before the division was withdrawn and moved to Salonika in November, where it spent the rest of the war It was sent to Georgia in December 1918 for operations against the Bolsheviks, and returned to Edinburgh in May 1919. The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), formed in 1633, was the oldest and senior infantry regiment in the British Army until its amalgamation in 2006, with the other Scottish Infantry Regiments to form The Royal Regiment of Scotland. This was not a new idea: the origins of the combined entity, Royal Scots Borderers, dates from the 1990 Options for Change review, when it was initially announced that the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers would amalgamate. [14], On its return, the unit was renamed His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot in June 1684. [29], The 4th was deployed to the Baltic in 1813, being involved with the recapture of Stralsund, and fought in the Netherlands in 1814, where it was captured and exchanged. A war diary for 1680 was kept by its commander, Sir James Halkett, allegedly one of the first examples to survive. Sergeant, Light Company- 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots), 1813-1816 The first battalion served in Canada between 1812 and 1815. 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