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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.
Thornton served in World War II in the Scottish Horse fighting in the Italian campaign at the battle of Anzio, and winning the Military Medal for his bravery during the invasion of Sicily. [2] Later in the war, Thornton played football for a British Eighth Army team that also included George Hamilton and Tom Finney .
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 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse is adopted as the C squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry as a Light Cavalry Squadron. [2] It is a Yeomanry Squadron of the British Territorial Army (Army Reserve). It was formed following the amalgamation of The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and The Scottish Horse regiments.
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.
Includes commissioned officers of the Scottish Horse yeomanry regiments of the British Army. Pages in category "Scottish Horse officers" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was a Regiment of the British Yeomanry and is now an armoured Squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (SNIY), part of the British Army Reserve. It is the Lowlands of Scotland's only Royal Armoured Corps Unit and has an unbroken history stretching back to the 1790s.
Upon the reconstitution of the Territorial Army on 1 January 1947, the regiment was reduced to a squadron (C (Lovat Scouts) Squadron) of The Scottish Horse, part of the Royal Armoured Corps. [2] [3] However, on 1 January 1949 it was transferred to the Royal Artillery as 677 (Lovat Scouts) Mountain Regiment, RA , with headquarters at Inverness.