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| The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) |
Cap badge and tartan of the Highlanders | | Active | 17 September 1994-28 March 2006 | | Country | United Kingdom | | Branch | Army | | Type | Line Infantry | | Role | Armoured Infantry | | Garrison/HQ | Fallingbostel, Germany | | Commanders | | Colonel-in-Chief | HRH The Duke of Edinburgh | | Insignia | | Tartan | Gordon (kilt)
Seaforth Mackenzie (trews)
Cameron of Erracht (pipers and drummers kilts) | | Culture and history | | Motto | Cuidich 'n Righ (Aid the King) | | March | Quick: The West Highland Laddie | The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) is an infantry battalion of the British Army. Prior to 2006, it was an independent regiment, part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was the only one in the British Army with a Gaelic motto - Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Aid the King". Highlanders cap badge and tartan File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mechanized infantry are infantry troops provided with trucks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat. ...
Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...
The Duke of Edinburgh The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) (born 10 June 1921, Greece) is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (800x1044, 353 KB)Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland Template:Crown copyright File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mechanized infantry are infantry troops provided with trucks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat. ...
The Scottish Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all land force units in Scotland. ...
Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten), styled HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (born June 10, 1921), is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...
Image File history File links Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_TRF.PNG Summary Royal Regiment of Scotland Tactical Recognition Flash Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ...
Symbol of the Austrian 14th Armoured Battalion in NATO military graphic symbols A battalion is a military unit usually consisting of between two and six companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a group of battalions, usually four and commanded by a colonel. ...
The Scottish Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all land force units in Scotland. ...
Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ...
The regiment was formed September 17, 1994, as part of the Options for Change defence review, by the amalgamation of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and The Gordon Highlanders. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
Options for Change was a restructuring of the British military in 1993, aimed at cutting defence spending following the end of the Cold War. ...
The Queens Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), officially abbreviated QOH, was an infantry regiment in the Scottish Division of the British Army. ...
The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1881 until 1994. ...
The regiment was, until its amalgamation, based in Fallingbostel, Germany and was part of 7 Armoured Brigade, the descendants of World War II's Desert Rats, equipped with the Warrior Infantry Vehicle. In 2004, as part of the restructuring of the infantry, it was announced that The Highlanders would be amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland. The amalgamation took place on 28 March 2006. As with the other Scottish regiments, the Highlanders were permitted to retain their former name as the new battalion's primary title, with the battalion number as a subtitle. Therefore, the new battalion is named The Highlanders (4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland). Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...
The 7th Armoured Brigade is a unit of the British Army. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
The 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats) of the British Army was the most famous unit of its type in British service during World War II. It was a regular division in the Middle East, designated the Mobile Division at first, renamed the Armoured Division (Egypt) in September 1939, and...
General Characteristics (Warrior) Length: 6. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2003 Defence White Paper, entitled Delivering Security in a Changing World sets out the future of the British military, and builds on the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and the 2002 SDR New Chapter which responded to the challenges raised by the War on Terror. ...
The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the only Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The regiment wore the Gordon tartan when in kilts and the Seaforth Mackenzie when in trews. The pipers and drummers wore kilts in the Cameron of Erracht tartan. Clan Gordon Crest Clan Gordon, also known as the House of Gordon, is a traditional Scottish clan name and it is now a common forename. ...
A tartan is a specific woven pattern that often signifies a particular Scottish clan in the modern era. ...
It has been suggested that Irish kilt be merged into this article or section. ...
Sir John Sinclair by Henry Raeburn, 1794-95. ...
Clan Cameron of Erracht is a Scottish clan, one of two branches of Clan Cameron. ...
The regiment's name is still continued by the Army shinty team, The Highlanders. Due to the 4th Battalion's regular placements abroad, the team only plays in cup matches. Shinty, also known as camanachd or iomain, is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. ...
The Highlanders is the only shinty team in the British Armed Forces. ...
External links
- Official website
- http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072H(SGC).htm
- http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders_pages.htm
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