1st Regiment of Foot

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Also known as The Royal Regiment and The Royal Scots

Chronology

  • 1625 raised as John Hepburn's Regiment
  • 1633 became the Royal Regiment of Foot
  • 1684 became His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot also known until 1751 by the names of colonels
  • 1751 became the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot
  • 1812 became the 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots)
  • 1821 became the 1st or The Royal Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
  • 1921 became The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
  • 2006 amalgamated with The Royal Highland Fusiliers, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, The Black Watch, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), and The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, to form The Royal Regiment of Scotland

Service in British India

1st Battalion alternated with 2nd Battalion
1857 Ceylon 1801 Egypt
1884 Egypt 1807 Madras
1912 Allahabad 1814 India
1920 Rangoon 1817 3rd Maratha War
1922 Secunderabad 1825 Burma
1942 Burma 1826 Bangalore
1947 India 1858 China
1866 India
1891 India
1893 Madras
1897 Mandalay
1899 Poona
1904 Kamptee
1909 Bombay
1931 Baluchistan
1835 Lahore

Regimental Journal

The Thistle, Journal of the Royal Scots was first published in 1890[1]. A second series appears to have been published from 1904 to at least 1937, and a third series from 1946.

The British Library has recent editions of this journal in its catalogue, but does not advise when the holding commences. The National Army Museum, London has the following editions in its catalogue 1894-95; 1895; 1896; 1898; 1900; 19 volumes 1908-1930; 1932-34; January and April 1937. The National Library of Scotland holds “New ser. v. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1904)-v. 1, no. 12 (Feb. 1905) ; 3rd new ser. v. 1, no. 1 (Jan., 1946)-“. The Royal Scots Museum may possibly hold copies, although there is no mention of this on its website.

External Links

Historical Books Online

Part 1, page 680, Part 2, page 65, page 306, page 721 Google Books

References

  1. Scottish Military History Forum post by Gordon Angus Mackinlay dated May 14, 2007