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The Scots Guards (SG) ... After 1986 a Lieutenant Colonel was appointed, but in 1989 the role was retitled Regimental Lieutenant Colonel; this was an honorary ...
A. George Abercromby, 3rd Baron Abercromby; Sir George Abercromby, 8th Baronet; Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair; Guy Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 14 April 1966 [6] and was made commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards in 1966, a position he held until 1969. He was promoted to colonel on 30 June 1971. [7] From 1971 to 1973 he served as Colonel of the Scots Guards, then later as Defence and Military Attaché to Athens between 1975 and 1978.
The Scots Guards are one of the five prestigious Regiments of Foot Guards within the British Army’s Household Division. ... The Duke of Kent is to step down as Colonel of the Scots Guards after ...
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The Household Division is made up of the Household Cavalry, which includes the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, as well as five regiments of foot guards – the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards. [1]
This meant Ramsay was transferred to Flanders, where he spent the rest of the Nine Years War; in March 1691, he was promoted Brigadier-General, and commanded a brigade containing six battalions of British foot. [19] In September, he took over as Colonel of the Scots Guards, after its commander and his former colleague James Douglas died of ...
He held the colonelcy of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot from 1858 until its amalgamation into the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) in 1881, after which he was Colonel of the 1st Battalion of the new Regiment. He transferred as Colonel to the Scots Guards in 1883 but died later the same year. [2]