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The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army's Territorial Army raised in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War.It saw heavy fighting in both the First World War, as the 13th Battalion, Black Watch, and in the Second World War, as part of the Royal Artillery.
Includes non-commissioned officers and men of the Scottish Horse yeomanry regiments of the British Army. Pages in category "Scottish Horse soldiers" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
John Nicholson "Jock" Wilson MM (7 September 1903 – 29 September 2008) was a British serviceman, who was Great Britain's oldest D-Day veteran. [1] Wilson was a soldier in the 79th (Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Scottish Horse soldiers (6 P) Scottish pre-union military personnel killed in action (7 C, 32 P) Scottish-born Medal of Honor recipients (34 P)
The Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade was a formation of the Territorial Force of the British Army, raised in August 1914, [a] during the First World War. After service in the Gallipoli Campaign and in the defence of Egypt , it was absorbed into the 1st Dismounted Brigade in February 1916.
The commission decided that only the 14 most senior regiments were to be retained as cavalry, the others being variously converted to armoured cars or artillery. However, two Scottish Yeomanry regiments remained mounted as 'Scouts': the Scottish Horse and the Lovat Scouts (reduced to a single regiment). [18] [19] Lovat Scouts in ghillie suits
In April 1689, several Independent Troops of Scots Horse were formed as a short-term response to the 1689-1691 Jacobite Rising in Scotland. These were re-organised in December 1690 as two regiments, one commanded by Colonel Richard Cunningham and in line with prevailing practice, it was known as Cunningham's Regiment of Scots Dragoons. [1]
The regiment was formed from 433 (Forth) Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport in 1967. [1] It consisted of three transport squadrons. [1] A third transport squadron, 239 Squadron, was formed in 1969 taking many of the soldiers who had served in The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse when it was converted into a cadre in that year. [1]