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The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (1881) 10 December 1897: Maj-Gen. Sir Edward Andrew Stuart, 3rd Baronet; 20 August 1903: Lt-Gen. George Hay Moncrieff; 16 October 1918: Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Altham Altham; The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (1921) 26 March 1935: Maj-Gen. Granville George Loch; 22 July 1940: Col. John Hugh Mackenzie
Lt-Col Alexander Blair. Lt-Col William Green. The 9th Battalion, Royal Scots was the highland (kilted) battalion of the Royal Scots. Formed in 1900 as a part-time Volunteer Force battalion in Edinburgh, in 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, it became a Territorial Force battalion. During the First World War it served on the Western Front.
The Royal Scots expansion during the Second World War was modest compared to 1914–1918. National Defence Companies were combined to create a new " Home Defence " battalion. In addition 17 battalions of the Home Guard were affiliated to the regiment, wearing its cap badge, and also by 1944 two batteries of [Anti-Aircraft] rocket batteries ( Z ...
It was designated 4th/5th (Queen's Edinburgh) Bn The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (52nd Searchlight Regiment) and consisted of HQ, 405, 406, 407 Companies based at Forrest Road. At the same time, the TA was doubled in size following the Munich Crisis , so A Company at Linlithgow was separated to become the basis for 14th (West Lothian Royal ...
In 1863 the 4th Mid-Lothian (Corstorphine) Rifle Volunteer Corps amalgamated with the regiment and formed the new 9th, 10th, and 11th Companies. In 1884 the regiment was re-organized and reduced to 10 Companies. Later in 1888 it joined the Royal Scots as the 5th Volunteer Battalion.
Regimental flag of the SCOTS. The Royal Regiment of Scotland (SCOTS) is the senior and only current Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army Infantry.It consists of three regular (formerly five) and two reserve battalions, plus an incremental company, each formerly an individual regiment (with the exception of the former first battalion (now disbanded and reformed into the 1st Bn ...
In April 1888 the battalion was re-organized and became the 7th Volunteer Battalion. In 1901 the new North Berwick High School Cadet Corps was formed and became affiliated with the battalion. In 1906 the cadet corps was expanded and formed a new "C Company, Haddington Cadet Corps" at Prestonpans. Finally in April 1908 after the Territorial and ...
The Queen's Edinburgh Light Infantry Militia was an auxiliary [a] regiment raised in and around the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. It was formed in 1798 and reformed in 1802, but had links with earlier Fencible and Volunteer units from the area. It served in home defence during the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War.