Hi everybody, My father has been looking into the military history of our family and whilst speaking to the remaining family members it has come...
Like the old days I have packed my kitbag, discarded items I can no longer carry with me, as I move today from Worcestershire to reside in the...
My uncle Charlie, Charles Kennedy, was a pre-war regular soldier serving in the Royal Scots Regiment. He was captured by the Japanese at the fall...
[IMG] This is the Burgess Ticket presented by the Royal and Ancient Burgh of Peebles to returning Servicemen after the end of the Great War and...
Remembering Today [IMG] Bob (Ty) Smith was killed as a result of an enemy bombing raid during the early hours of Friday, 13th June 1941. He was...
Hi everyone. Have just returned from a tour of major Normandy/D-day landmarks (plus a personal pilgrimage regarding my Great Uncle and the 8th RS)...
It was on 28th March 1633 that Sir John Hepburn received a Royal Warrant from Charles I to "raise a regiment of 1200 Scotsmen from all the...
Can anybody shed some light on the attached documents for Corporal William Thomson Baxter Service No: 3061213? Would I be right in thinking the...
Private Robert Love writing in his book: In the winter of 1943 we had yet another exercise in the Cairngorm Mountains, our base camp in the...
Having my quiet dram of malt this evening, my mind returned back to 69 years ago today. Early in the morning I went with my CO to check the Rifle...
The battle over to liberate Flushing, 4 November 1944, the men of the 7th/9th Royal Scots with members of the Dutch Liberation join together in...
When the 8th Royal Scots mobilised at the outbreak of the Second World War, it was a very young battalion that re-formed in the Spring of 1939...
Operation Torchlight was the code name for the 15th Scottish Division part in the assault crossing of the Rhine. My former battalion of the 8th...
[IMG] In Proud Remembrance of the gallant officers and men of the 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) who fought...
[IMG] Dramatic close-up of 8RS Signallers in action. Private Kenyon is the only survivor of this group - the others, Sergeant Hughes, Private...
[IMG] OVER THE TOP! Lieutenant Sydenham, 'B' Company, 8RS, leading his Platoon in an attack on La Beny Bocade in Normandy. Lieutenant Sydenham...
Reading again Robert Waithmans article in the News Chronicle in 1946, it brings back memories of 67 years ago when coming to terms with ‘that it...
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