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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) is a light infantry company (designated as Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland) and was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Scotland on 28 March 2006.
The 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Line Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1881.
Captain Ian Campbell, 12th and 5th Duke of Argyll FRSA, (1937-2001) Brigadier Lorne MacLaine Campbell VC, DSO & Bar, OBE, TD, (1902-1991) Niall Diarmid Campbell, 10th and 3rd Duke of Argyll, (1872–1949) Brigadier General Alfred Edward John Cavendish CMG (1859-1943) Brigadier Henry James Douglas Clark, (1888-1978)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Royal Highland Fusiliers, Black Watch, and the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006, under Delivering Security in a Changing World. The 1st battalion became the 5th Battalion, Royal ...
In December 1777, John Campbell of Barbreck received letters of service from King George III to raise a regiment of infantry in the county of Argyll for service in the regular army. [1] Campbell had held a commission in the old 78th, or Fraser's Highlanders during the French and Indian War. [2]
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions from 1813-1816 94th Regiment of Foot - called ‘The Scotch Brigade’ until 1802. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) - formed in 1800 as the Experimental Corps of Rifles, renamed the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) in 1803. 2nd Battalion raised in 1805. 3rd Battalion raised in ...
McMillan was a member of the 93rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders who played a friendly football match against St. Mary's at the County Ground, Southampton on 10 October 1891. The Highlanders won the match 2–0 and afterwards, the "Saints" promptly signed McMillan and his team-mate Private Jock Fleming.
8th (Argyllshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, at Queen Street in Dunoon During the Second World War these units again saw action as part of 51st (Highland) Infantry Division but many troops were detained as prisoners of war in Germany after more than 10,000 members of the division were taken prisoner at St Valery.