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In February 1812, the regiment was retitled as the 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots), the first official appearance of the popular name. [25] The capture of San Sebastián, diorama in the Royal Scots Regimental Museum. Two new battalions were raised in late 1804, at Hamilton, the 3rd and 4th Battalions.
1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot 1751–1812. 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) 1812–1821 1st or the Royal Regiment of Foot 1821–1871 1st or the Royal Scots Regiment 1871–1881 [24] 1661 Raised 28 March 1633, in Scotland for French service. Was on English establishment in 1661 and in 1666–67; permanently from 1678. [24] 1881: Lothian ...
Cameron of Erracht [1] Pipers. Royal Stuart tartan. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. It amalgamated with the Seaforth Highlanders (the Duke of Albany's) to form the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1961.
The 1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers (1 er Régiment de Grenadiers-à-Pied de la Garde Impériale) was founded from the Consular Guard Grenadiers (Gardes des Consuls), which had been formed from the Guards of the Directory. The battalion was made up of the Imperial French Army's most experienced and tallest men, and were essentially the army's ...
The Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards was the first act on stage at the Wembley leg of the 1985 Live Aid charity concert. It played for the Prince and Princess of Wales. [13] In 1991, the 1st battalion was dispatched to the first Gulf War, where it was involved in prisoner of war handling and other roles.
1st Brigade, Major General John Keane - wounded 8 January 1815 [4] * 1st Battalion, 93rd Regiment of Foot: 907 men as at 25 November 1814. [9] [10] Effective strength of 850 out of a headcount of 862 as at 25 December. [1] Casualties 23 to 31 December: 2 killed, 6 wounded. Casualties 1 to 5 January: 9 killed; 11 wounded.
French line infantry grenadier (left) and voltigeur (right) c. 1808 Cornet in imperial livery and officer of the line voltigeurs (1812). In 1804, each French Line (Ligne) and Light (Légère) infantry battalion was ordered to create one company of ninety of the best shots who would serve as elite skirmishers. [3]
– Ensign William Leeke The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment In January, 1815, the 1/52nd departed Portsmouth for Cork, where they were due to embark for America, where fighting in the War of 1812 continued. Gales prevented sailing, and by the time conditions had improved, news had arrived of Napoleon's escape from Elba. The 1/52nd were sent to Belgium, at the start of the Hundred Days ...