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This article details the history of the Scots Guards from 1914 to 1945. The Scots Guards (SG) is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army. The Scots Guards trace their origins back to 1642 when, by order of King Charles I, the regiment was raised by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll for service in Ireland, and was known as the Marquis of Argyll's Royal Regiment.
In the years following the Second World War the Scots Guards saw action in a number of Britain's colonial wars. In 1948, the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards was deployed to Malaya (now part of Malaysia) to crush a Communist-inspired and pro-independence uprising during a conflict known as the Malayan Emergency. The 2nd Battalion performed a ...
In 1887, a proposal to convert the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders into the 3rd Battalion of the Scots Guards was dropped after concerted lobbying by the Camerons. [3] In 1895, the 2nd Battalion of the regiment deployed to Dublin and returned to its barracks in London in 1897, with the 1st Battalion deploying to Dublin that same year.
The regiment was founded on the formation of the Volunteer Force in 1859. [5] Originally as part of the Volunteer Force sponsored by The Highland Society of London and The Caledonian Society of London, a group of individual Scots raised The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers under the command of Lt Col Lord Elcho, later The Earl of Wemyss and March. [6]
After the war had ended, Lowther was back as a regular officer in the 1st battalion of his regiment in September 1902, [7] but three months later was seconded for a Staff appointment as Brigade Major, Foot Guards brigade in the 1st Army Corps on 3 December 1902. [8] [9] [5] In October 1903 he was then appointed as a staff captain at ...
Initially designated as the 1st (Guards) Brigade, the brigade was part of 1st Division during the First World War. Upon creation of the Guards Division in August 1915, the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards and 1st Battalion, Scots Guards moved to 2nd Guards Brigade, and the brigade was redesignated as the 1st Brigade.
During the First World War the British Armed Forces was enlarged to many times its peacetime strength. This was done mainly by adding new battalions to existing regiments (the King's Royal Rifles raised a total of 26 battalions).
2/1st Battalion City of Edinburgh Volunteer Regiment later the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment: Edinburgh: Disbanded post war 1/1st Battalion Midlothian Volunteer Regiment later the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment: Edinburgh: Disbanded post war 2/1st Battalion Midlothian Volunteer Regiment