1st Regiment of Foot

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. 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

• The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion regiments.org
  
• Royal Scots Wikipedia
  
• Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
  
• The Royal Scots Museum
  
• Chris Paton’s William Alexander Halliday abt 1800 - 6/11/1831
• Photograph: Panther shot by R P Hogg Royal Scots Part of a photostream called “Purandhar 1902” flickr.com
• Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826 for the 1st Regiment of Foot from the archived website YesterYears

Historical Books Online

• Historical record of the First, or Royal Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the origin of the regiment in the reign of King James VI of Scotland, and of its subsequent services to 1838 by Richard J. Cannon 1838 Google Books . East Indies Service commences page 175 when the Second Battalion arrives on Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in 1807
• The Story of the Royal Scots (the Lothian Regiment) formerly the First or the Royal Regiment of Foot by Lawrence Weaver 1915 Archive.org
• "The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)" from The Lowland Scots Regiments : their origin, character and services previous to the great war of 1914 edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1918 Archive.org
• Narrative of the Life and Travels of Serjeant B Written by Himself. [Robert Butler, born 1784] 1823 Archive.org. The author arrived in Penang or Prince of Wales Island in 1807, 2nd Battalion of the Royals.
• Narrative of the captivity of an officer, who fell into the hands of the Burmāhs during the late war by Captain Richard Bennett 1827 Google Books
• "Narrative of the Captivity of Capt R Bennett, Royal Regiment, who fell into the hands of the Burmahs during the late war" The United Service Journal and Naval and Military magazine 1829

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

• "Burma and the Burmese During the Late War" by Major Bennett, Royal Regiment. The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 1838 Part 3 page 76,page 207, page 371, page 511 Google Books
• Two separate murders by soldiers of HM Royal Scots in Trichinopoly in 1821 and 1820 page 199 The Calcutta Annual Register for 1821 Google Books. The 2nd Battalion was then in India.