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*'''1921''' became The Royal Scots (The Royal 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 | *'''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 == | |||
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| '''1857''' [[Ceylon]] | |||
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| '''1801''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1801|Egypt]] | |||
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| '''1884''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1882|Egypt]] | |||
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| '''1807''' [[Madras]] | |||
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| '''1912''' [[Allahabad]] | |||
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| '''1814''' India | |||
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| '''1920''' [[Rangoon]] | |||
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| '''1817''' [[3rd Maratha War]] | |||
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| '''1922''' [[Secunderabad]] | |||
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| '''1825''' [[1st Burma War|Burma]] | |||
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| '''1942''' [[Burma]] | |||
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| '''1826''' [[Bangalore]] | |||
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| '''1947''' India | |||
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| '''1858''' [[2nd China War|China]] | |||
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| '''1866''' India | |||
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| '''1891''' India | |||
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| '''1893''' [[Madras]] | |||
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| '''1897''' [[Mandalay]] | |||
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| '''1899''' [[Poona]] | |||
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| '''1904''' [[Kamptee]] | |||
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| '''1909''' [[Bombay (City)|Bombay]] | |||
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| '''1931''' [[Baluchistan]] | |||
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| '''1835''' [[Lahore]] | |||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
===Historical Books Online=== | [http://web.archive.org/web/20051230133307/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/001RScot.htm The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)] regiments.org<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots Royal Scots] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia | |||
====Historical Books Online==== | |||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=IrlCAAAAYAAJ ''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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=IrlCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA175 page 175] when the Second Battalion arrives on Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in 1807 | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=IrlCAAAAYAAJ ''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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=IrlCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA175 page 175] when the Second Battalion arrives on Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in 1807 | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/116/mode/2up "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 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/116/mode/2up "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 | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 16:37, 17 October 2010
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 |
External Links
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) regiments.org
Royal Scots Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
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 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