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A History of the 9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots

Author : Neill Gilhooley
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 152673530X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book A History of the 9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots written by Neill Gilhooley and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edinburgh is forever bound to The Royal Scots, the oldest in the British Army and now part of The Royal Regiment of Scotland. For a period in the early twentieth century, it also had a Highland battalion, the kilted 9th Royal Scots, which became affectionately known as the Dandy Ninth. The battalion was formed in the aftermath of the Boer War’s Black Week. It sent volunteers to South Africa and established itself as Edinburgh’s kilted battalion, part of the Territorial Force of part-time soldiers. Mobilised in 1914 as part of the Lothian Brigade, they defended Edinburgh and environs from the threat of invasion, and constructed part of the landward defences around Liberton Tower. They were part-time soldiers and new recruits, drawn from the breadth of society but with a strong representation of lawyers and included a number of Scotland rugby players and artists, such as the Scottish Colourist F.C.B. Cadell, and William Geissler of the Edinburgh School. A remarkably high proportion of the battalion received commissions and served in many branches of the armed forces, and in many theatres. In the Great War they mobilised to France and Flanders and served in many of the major actions: in Ypres in both the Sedon and Third (Passchendaele) Battles of Ypres as well as in the Battle of the Lys in 1918; on the Somme 1916 at High Wood and the Ancre (Beaumont Hamel), at Arras 1917 (Vimy Ridge); at Cambrai 1917 (Fontaine); and during the 1918 German Spring Offensive at St Quentin and at the Battle of Soissonais-Ourcq. They were with the 15th (Scottish) Division in the Advance to Victory. Some 6,000 men passed through the ranks of the Dandy Ninth and over a thousand never returned.

The Royal Scots

Author : Trevor Royle
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780572387
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Scots written by Trevor Royle and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Scots are Scotland's oldest infantry regiment, with a tradition that stretches back to 1633. This first concise history of the regiment is based largely on the recollections of several generations of Royal Scots - men like Private McBane, who carried his three-year-old son into battle at Malplaquet, and Private Begbie, the youngest soldier to serve in the First World War. These first-hand accounts take the reader through the great wars of the eighteenth century, when Britain was a rising global power, through the setbacks and the triumphs of the Napoleonic Wars and on to the glorious years of the nineteenth century. The two world wars of the twentieth century saw the Royals expand in size, and there are full accounts of its meritorious service on all the main battle fronts. More recently, the regiment has been involved in operations in the Balkans and Iraq. In 2006, in one of the most radical changes in the country's defence policy, the Royal Scots will be amalgamated into the new Royal Regiment of Scotland. Royal Scots is, therefore, a timely celebration of the British Army's most venerable regiment, right of the line and second to none.

McCrae's Battalion

Author : Jack Alexander
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845968212
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book McCrae's Battalion written by Jack Alexander and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McCrae's Own was the 'Heart of Midlothian Battalion' mentioned all too briefly in Martin Middlebrook's classic book The First Day on the Somme. Raised in Edinburgh shortly after the start of the Great War, it was perhaps the finest unit in Lord Kitchener's volunteer army - a brotherhood of sportsmen, bound together by their extraordinary colonel and their loyalty to a quaintly named Association Football club, the famous Gorgie 'Hearts'. McCrae's were blooded in the Battle of the Somme, losing three-quarters of their strength on the first day alone. The Colonel himself was invalided home. In time the battalion recovered. It came of age at Arras, endured the muddy horror of Passchendaele, and held the line unbroken in the face of furious German attacks on the Lys in 1918. For almost a century their story remained untold. It was all but lost forever. Now, after 12 years of exacting historical detective work, Jack Alexander has reclaimed the 16th Royal Scots for posterity. In this stirring book he draws upon interviews with veterans and a unique archive of letters, diaries and photographs, assembled from the families of more than 1,000 of Sir George McCrae's men.

Royal Scots In The Gulf

Author : Laurie Milner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473817803
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Royal Scots In The Gulf written by Laurie Milner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insight into the unique atmosphere of a Scottish battalion during combat—taking part in the Iraqi ground war facing many unknown and unknowable factors. The brevity of the ground war in the Gulf is well known, just 100 hours. By the end of the war, press reports of the massive numbers of Iraqi prisoners taken, and equipment destroyed, compared to our own losses, suggested that it was a walkover. In hindsight it would seem so; however, the experts’, not to mention the media’s, estimates of the Iraqi’s strength and capabilities, and the wild predictions of heavy casualties, are decidedly at odds with the outcome. This book tries to answer why. In telling the story of The Royal Scots Battle Group, Laurie Milner reveals the remarkable single-mindedness and courage of the soldiers of Britain’s present-day Army in the face of a numerically superior, well-equipped and well dug-in enemy, whose level of resistance could not be accurately assessed. While the pundits in Britain were judging our Army’s likely performance on the peacetime training expediencies of BAOR, The Royal Scots, Britain’s oldest infantry regiment, were carefully preparing their vehicles, weapons, and soldiers for war. The extent of their final preparations and potential is chilling. It is little wonder that they won, for they left nothing to chance.

The Royal Scots, 1914-1919

Author : John Ewing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Scots, 1914-1919 written by John Ewing and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918)

Author : John Buchan
Publisher : London : Nelson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918) by : John Buchan

Download or read book The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918) written by John Buchan and published by London : Nelson. This book was released on 1925 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Royal Scots

Author : A. Michael Brander
Publisher : Leo Cooper Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal Scots written by A. Michael Brander and published by Leo Cooper Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citater fra krigshistoriske værker og krigsdagbøger. - Introduktion til bogen ved Brian Horrocks.

The Story of the Royal Scots (the Lothian Regiment) Formerly the First Or the Royal Regiment of Foot

Author : Lawrence Weaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Royal Scots (the Lothian Regiment) Formerly the First Or the Royal Regiment of Foot written by Lawrence Weaver and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scottish Military Disasters

Author : Paul Cowan
Publisher : Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Military Disasters written by Paul Cowan and published by Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of Scotland's failures on the battlefields of the world from Mons Graupius to Korea.

Historical record of the Royal regiment of Scots dragoons: now the Second, or Royal North British dragoons, commonly called the Scots greys, to 1839

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Author : Royal Scots greys
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Historical record of the Royal regiment of Scots dragoons: now the Second, or Royal North British dragoons, commonly called the Scots greys, to 1839 written by Royal Scots greys and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The First of Foot

Author : Augustus Muir
Publisher : Edinburgh : Royal Scots History Commitee
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The First of Foot written by Augustus Muir and published by Edinburgh : Royal Scots History Commitee. This book was released on 1961 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Royal Scots Greys

Author : Charles Grant
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780850450590
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Royal Scots Greys written by Charles Grant and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1972-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost three centuries the Royal Scots Greys have had the proud distinction of being Scoland's only regular cavalry regiment, famed for their distinguished service record from Marlborough's Wars (1702-1713) to World War II. Indeed, the Greys at Waterloo form one of the most memorable features of military history. With their cry of "Scotland forever!" they charged upon the French ranks seizing the imperial eagle of the French 45th Regimental. This book also looks at how this traditional cavalry unit struggled to come to terms with the realities of modern warfare during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and World War I. Equipment and organization used in these combats are all detailed in full and uniforms are shown in full color artwork.

The story of the Royal Scots

Author : Sir Lawrence Weaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book The story of the Royal Scots written by Sir Lawrence Weaver and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Royal Scots 1914-1919

Author : John Ewing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781843423584
Total Pages : 825 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Royal Scots 1914-1919 written by John Ewing and published by . This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), 1st Foot, is a Lowland regiment, the oldest regiment of the line in the British Army, and as if to emphasize that fact its nickname is Pontius Pilate s Bodyguard . In 1914 it consisted of two regular, one reserve and seven territorial battalions; during the course of the war a further twenty-four battalions were formed, twenty-five according to this History, which includes a 4th Reserve Bn, made up by amalgamating the existing third line TF battalions and redesignating them 4th Reserve Bn. In all some 100,000 passed through the Regiment, seventeen battalions (including the 19th Labour and the 1st Garrison Battalions) went on active service, 583 officers and 10,579 men lost their lives and more than 40,000 were wounded. Seven VCs were won (one while serving in the MG Corps) and 71 battle honours awarded. With 825pp, including a solid 33-page index, this is an impressive history by the author of The History of the 9th (Scottish) Division, also an impressive piece of work. The first chapter in the book is by way of an introduction to all the battalions which constituted the Regiment, the locations of the existing battalions and the creation of all the wartime battalions. In an appendix there is a brief account of all the battalions that remained in the UK, and another deals with the 19th Labour and 1st Garrison Battalion. This leaves the rest of the book devoted to the fifteen front line battalions which, between them, saw service in France and Flanders, Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and Macedonia. The book is arranged on a chronological basis with each chapter covering a specific period of time whether on the Western Front any other front where the Regiment fought (for example there are three chapters on Gallipoli covering that campaign from start to finish), and the fortunes of every battalion involved in that particular period are described. There is no Roll of Honour nor list of Honours and Awards though citations for the seven VC winners form a separate appendix. And at the end there are group photos of officers of twelve of the active battalions. Incidentally, the 8th Battalion was not the first of the Scottish Territorial units to be employed on active service (page 83); they were preceded by the London Scottish (the first Territorial infantry battalion to join the BEF) and 5th Black Watch

Historical record and regimental memoir of the Royal Scots fusiliers

Author : James Clark (of the Royal Scots fusiliers.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Historical record and regimental memoir of the Royal Scots fusiliers written by James Clark (of the Royal Scots fusiliers.) and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Regimental Records of the Royal Scotsthe First Or Royal Regiment of Foot 1590-1911

Author : J C Leask
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781519608
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Regimental Records of the Royal Scotsthe First Or Royal Regiment of Foot 1590-1911 written by J C Leask and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Scots, one of the earliest and most distinguished names in the British Army, have an unequalled record of service to the Crown and country. This huge history covers the entire early years of the regiment from their garrisoning of Tangier in 1680 down to the Boer War in 1899-1902. Between these deployments, they fought in the Duke of Marlborough's four great victories at Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet, the expedition to Louisburg, the retreat to Corunna, the Peninsular war battles of Busaco, Vittoria Salamanca, San Sebastian, and the NIve; the Waterloo campaign, the Crimean War. This book contains all you would expect in such a record: not only detailed accounts of all the campaigns and actions, but officers' roils, marching songs, regimental crests and insignia, uniform illustrations, and portraits of the regiment's colonels.

The Story of the Royal Scots

Author : Lawrence Weaver
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266843252
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Royal Scots written by Lawrence Weaver and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the Royal Scots: The Lothian Regiment; Formerly the First or the Royal Regiment of Foot But in a closer fashion we are concerned with our neighbours who have left their homes in our province of Lothian, be they mansions or cottages, to fight for us. For them even more than for ourselves this Story is written. We wish them to know the full splendour of the tradition which they carry like their colours. Nothing surely to them or to us can be more inspiriting than the record of the centuries of valour which they represent. They have in this war proved already that they yield nothing to their forbears in achievement, yet they may well wish to know the details of the traditions that they inherit and emulate. We at any rate, men, women and children of the Lothians, Edinburgh and Peebles, the romantic county with the unromantic name, desire to know all about our famous regiment, and so we welcome this book. There will need to be another volume added to it when this war is over. Honour, then, to The Royal Scots, bone of our bone and ﬂesh of our ﬂesh, among the choicest of our fighting men, whose record is in this book, as on the field of battle. We who cannot stand with them must at least try all we can to sustain them and fill their ranks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.