King’s Own Scottish Borderers The King’s Own Scottish Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. It was raised on 18 March 1689 by the Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James II. It is said that 800 men were recruited within the space of two hours. The Regiment’s first action was at the Battle […]
Royal Irish Fusiliers The Royal Irish Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, raised originally as 87th (Prince of Wales’s Irish) Regiment of Foot in 1793 and later combined with 89th (The Princess Victoria’s) Regiment of Foot in1881. It was given the title “The Royal Irish Fusiliers” in 1827. It was one of eight Irish regiments. The regiment’s first title in 1881 was […]
Black Watch (THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS) The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) from 1931 to 2006, and The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) from 1881 to 1931. Part […]
Green Howards The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King’s Division. Originally raised in 1688, they served under various titles until they were amalgamated with The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire and The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, all Yorkshire-based regiments in the King’s Division, to form The Yorkshire Regiment on 6 June 2006. […]
Seaforth Highlanders The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross–shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the Great War. After several mergers, The Seaforth Highlanders are now incorporated […]
Royal Scots Fusiliers The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a Regiment of the British Army. The Earl of Mar’s Regiment of Foot (‘Mar’s Grey Breeks’) (1678-1695) The regiment was raised in Scotland in 1678 by Stuart loyalist Charles Erskine, de jure 5th Earl of Mar for service against the rebel covenanting forces during the Second Whig Revolt (1678-1679). They were used to keep the peace and put down […]
Royal Scots The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest, and therefore most senior, infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of Scotland. The regiment existed until 2006, when it amalgamated with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers to become the Royal Scots Borderers, […]
Royal Fusiliers The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) raised 1685 was an infantry regiment of the British Army until 1968 when it was amalgamated with other regiments to form The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until 1881 History Formation It was formed as a fusilier regiment in 1685 by Lord Dartmouth, George Legge, from two companies of the Tower of […]
King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was an infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1680 to 1959. Its lineage is continued today by the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. History The regiment was raised on July 13, 1680, as the 2nd Tangier, or Earl of Plymouth’s Regiment […]
BERKSHIRE REGIMENTAL HISTORY (From 1881) Cardwell Reforms 1881 In 1881, under the Cardwell reforms, Infantry Regiments were reorganised and the 49th and 66th Regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment and the 62nd and 99th the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire) Regiment. The […]