RHQ and BN 

 TRIBUTE TO A SCOTTISH SOLDIER

Here's to the men of the Scottish Division

From the time the world began

And here's to the Pipes and Drums as they march, Each man to serve his clan.

Remember The Seaforths,The Camerons,Tthe Argylls, The Black Watch, The Gordons with their cocky wee smiles

The Cameronians, The Royal Scots and the KOSB, The HLI, The Greys and The Bold Fusilier with a glint in his eee'

Think of their honours, in battles they have won, Think of the fathers, the brothers, the sons, think of the scars that we cannot see.

And the lands far away, that they have set free

Now honour these men from the present to the past.

With great pride in you heart and thoughts that will last.


John Bedarcat-Redmond, Fife, Scotland 1990 

THE REGIMENT

                Royal Colonel:                         Her Majesty The Queen.

                Representative Colonel           Col B W O Russell, MBE    

               HOME HEADQUARTERS AND MUSUEM

            The Castle, Stirling, Fk8 1EH, Tel: 01786 475165    E-mail: rhq@argylls.co.uk      

    THE REGULAR ARMY

                     The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

                     THE TERRITORIAL ARMY

                     51st  Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

                    D Company, Assault Pioneer Platoon.

                    THE ARMY CADET FORCE

                    The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Battalion ACF (The Royal Regiment of Scotland).

                    COMBINED CADET FORCE

                    Dollar Cadet Force ACF

ALLIANCES

      Highlanders of Canada (Princes Louises)

     The Calgarry Highlanders

      The Royal New South Wales Regiment

    1st Battalion (Scinde) The Frontier Force Regiment

AFFILIATIONS

     HMS Argyll

FREEDOM BURGHS

                    Stirling 1947, Dunoon 1953, Oban 1963, Dumbarton 1963, Inverary 1963, Lochgilphead 1963, Campbeltown 1968, Tobermory 1970, Falkirk   1972, Denny Dunipace 1974, Alloa 1974, Gourock 1974, Grangemouth 1974, Tarbet Castle 1974, Kilsyht 1974, Argyll and Bute 1979, Clackmanshire 2006, Canterbury 2008. 

THE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION.

                     Headquarters Regimental Association

                    Patron:                                 HM The Queen, Royal Colonel

                    President                             Col B W O Russell, MBE

                    Chairman:                            Lt Col D Ross

                    Secretary:                             Maj R Elliott BEM

                    Treasurer:                                                     


                          Branch Secretaries:

                           Dunoon and Cowal

                                    John McDiarmid Esq, Nieuport House, Shore Road, Innellan, PA23 7SS

                           Grangemouth

                                   A S McKenzie Esq, 65 Ravenswood Rise, Dedridge, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 6PE

                          Inverclyde

                                  G McLuskey Esq, 2 Stafford Crescent, Greenock, PA16 0TD.

                          London

                                  I Fitzgibbon Esq, Ocean View, Langtoft Fen, Peterbourough, PE6 9LG

                                 Manchester

                                    A MacRae Esq, 29 Fairway, Castleton, Rochdale, OL11 3BU

                          Plymouth and South West

                                    M Lithgow Esq, 5 Cressbrook Drive, Mainstone, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8RY

                          Stirling

                                     Not known at the moment.

                           West of Scotland

                                      G Watson Esq, 49 Balfron Road, Paisley, PA1 3HD

WHAT IS THE ASSOCIATION

You have been a contributor to the days pay scheme and are therefore a life member of the Association. The association is a club and its objectives are:

a. To promote the welfare of all its members.

b. To foster the Regimental Spirit amongst all ranks and to keep up connections with old comrades.

c. To help members at the end of their service or afterwards to find suitable employment.

d. To aid members when on travel in search of employment by paying their travel expenses and lodgings.

e. To help financially all members, serving or discharged, and their dependants, who have need for some special reason or who are in distressed conditions.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

a. Join a branch of the Regimental Association.

b. Attend Branch Reunion Dinners.

c. Attend the Annual regimental Reunion which is normally held in Stirling or with the battalion if they are stationed in the UK.

d. Encourage good young men to join 5 Scots.

e. Consider joining the local TA Battalion or the Cadet Battalion as an instructor.


For further information contact:

Home Headquarters, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, The Castle, Stirling, FK8 1EH

Telephone: 01786 475165

Fax: 01786 446038

E-mail: rhq@argyll.co.uk

Website: www.argylls.co.uk