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  2. Royal Scots Fusiliers - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which was later itself merged with the Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Black Watch (Royal ...

  3. List of military museums - Wikipedia

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    A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.

  4. Royal Scots - Wikipedia

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    The 8th Battalion, Royal Scots was raised on 2 August 1939 [67] as a 2nd Line duplicate of the 7th/9th Battalion. They remained in the United Kingdom as part of 44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade, alongside the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers and 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers.

  5. History of the Scots Guards (1805–1913) - Wikipedia

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    One brave group of Royal Welch Fusiliers had held their ground and were firing into the Russians until confronted by a mass of Russian soldiers, forcing them to retreat rapidly, and in the process, smashed straight into the formation of the advancing Scots Fusiliers Guards, causing immense chaos. The Russians seized their opportunity to strike ...

  6. Regimental museum - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Logistic Corps Museum is based at Princess Royal Barracks near Camberley in Surrey [54] The Royal Marines Museum is in the course of relocating to Portsmouth Dockyard [55] The Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum is based in Norwich Castle [56] The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) is based at St John's House in ...

  7. French Imperial Eagle - Wikipedia

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    The French I Corps under the command of the Comte d'Erlon was charged by the British heavy cavalry, commanded by the Earl of Uxbridge; the 1st The Royal Dragoons captured the eagle of the 105th Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne ; (now held at the National Army Museum, Chelsea) [17] and Sergeant Charles Ewart of the Royal Scots Greys captured the ...

  8. List of nicknames of British Army regiments - Wikipedia

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    The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [25]; The Death or Glory Boys - 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")

  9. Auchonvillers Military Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Between the beginning of the war and mid-1915, the front was held by French troops, who started the cemetery in June 1915. From 1915 until the German retreat in February 1917, the cemetery was used by Commonwealth units including the 51st Highlanders and military hospitals, who referred to it as "Ocean Villas". [3]

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