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The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a
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of the
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that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusi ...
to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which was later itself merged with the
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,
King's Own Scottish Borderers The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, Royal Highland Fusiliers ...
, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) is a light infantry company (military unit), company (designated as Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland) and was a line infantry regiment of the British Army tha ...
and the
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to form a new
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, the
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.


History


Naming Conventions

In the late 17th century, many English and Scottish politicians viewed standing armies or permanent units as a danger to the liberties of the individual and a threat to society itself. The experience of the
Wars of the Three Kingdoms The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, then separate entities in a personal union un ...
and the use of troops by both
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and
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to repress political dissent created strong resistance to permanent units owing allegiance to the Crown or State. Regiments were deliberately treated as the personal property of their current
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, carried his name which changed when transferred and disbanded as soon as possible. This makes tracing the origins of modern regiments very complex, particularly since many regimental histories were written in the late 19th or early 20th century. This was partly due to the 1881
Childers Reforms The Childers Reforms of 1881 reorganised the infantry regiments of the British Army. The reforms were done by Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers during 1881, and were a continuation of the earlier Cardwell Reforms. The reorganisation w ...
; the abolition of the numbering system for regiments was as bitterly resisted then as the various amalgamations have been since and establishing precedence or age became almost an obsession.


The Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot (1678–1689)

The regiment was formed in
Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
in September 1678 by the Earl of Mar for service against dissident
Covenanter Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. It originated in disputes with James VI and his son C ...
s and helped suppress Presbyterian rebellions at Bothwell Bridge in 1679 and the 1685
Argyll's Rising Argyll's Rising, also known as Argyll's Rebellion, was an attempt in June 1685 to overthrow James II of England, James II and VII. Led by Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, the rising was intended to tie down Royal forces in Scotland while ...
.
Thomas Buchan Thomas Buchan (c.1641–1724) was a Scottish professional soldier from a Catholic family in Aberdeenshire who served in the armies of France, the Netherlands and Scotland. He remained loyal to James II after the 1688 Glorious Revolution and pa ...
, a Scottish Catholic and professional soldier replaced the Earl as Colonel in July 1686. When
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landed in England on 5 November 1688 in what became known as the
Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution, also known as the Revolution of 1688, was the deposition of James II and VII, James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II, Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange ...
, the regiment was shipped to London.Cannon, p. 4 There was very little fighting; the vast majority of
James VII and II James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glori ...
's army simply changed sides and Buchan followed him into exile in France. The position of Colonel was filled in March 1689 by
Francis Fergus O'Farrell Major General Francis Fergus O’Farrell 1650 to 1712, was an Irish-born professional soldier who served in the Dutch States Army under William III until 1689, when he transferred into the English Army. During the Nine Years' War in 1695, he ...
, an Irishman who had served William since 1674 and it became O'Farrell's Regiment in accordance with the practice of the time.


The Nine Years War and Scotland (1689–1702)

The regiment spent the
Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between Kingdom of France, France and the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), Grand Alliance. Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial poss ...
in
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and took part in most of the major engagements, including
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, Steinkirk and
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. In July 1695, it was part of the garrison when O'Farrell surrendered
Deinze Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Lei ...
to the French without resistance. The regiment became prisoners until exchanged in September; Ellenberg, commander of
Diksmuide (; ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of proper and the former communes of Beerst, Esen, Kaaskerke, Keiem, Lampernisse, Leke, Nieuwkapelle, Oostkerke ...
which surrendered in a similar fashion at the same time was executed, while O'Farrell was
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along with eight other officers. The officers concerned were later reinstated with O'Farrell ending his career as a Major-General. His replacement was Robert Mackay, nephew of Hugh Mackay former commander of the Dutch
Scots Brigade The Scots Brigade, also referred to as the Anglo-Dutch Brigade or the Anglo-Scots Brigade, was an infantry brigade of the Dutch States Army. First formed in 1586, by the late 17th century it usually comprised six infantry regiments, three recruit ...
; he died in December 1696 and was succeeded by another Scot, Colonel Archibald Row. After the
Treaty of Ryswick The Peace of Ryswick, or Rijswijk, was a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697. They ended the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance, which included the Dutc ...
ended the Nine Years' War in September 1697, the regiment went to Scotland where it spent the next few years. The date at which it became a Fusilier unit is debated, but it first appears as O'Farrell's Fusiliers on an Army list of 1691. 'Fusilier' is a specific designation while 'fusil' was originally a light-weight musket carried by units guarding the artillery train, so it may have been equipped with these before 1691. The original Fusilier regiments all had an exploding bomb emblem, so it may also relate to grenades; for example, only Fusilier regiments, the Grenadier Guards plus one or two others were later allowed to use
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regimental march.


The War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1713)

The Regiment returned to Flanders when the
War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish E ...
began in May 1702 and formed part of the army led by the
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. In August 1704, the regiment took part in the
Battle of Blenheim The Battle of Blenheim (; ; ) fought on , was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army, thus preventing the collapse of the reconstituted G ...
; in their assault on the village, now Brigadier-General Row famously ordered his men not to fire until he struck his sword upon the
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; he was shot and mortally wounded as he did so. The regiment suffered heavy casualties, the new Colonel being Viscount Mordaunt, who himself lost an arm at Blenheim. Shortly after the
Battle of Ramillies The Battle of Ramillies (), fought on 23 May 1706, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. For the Grand AllianceAustria, England, and the Dutch Republicthe battle had followed an indecisive campaign against the Bourbon armies of K ...
in May 1706, Mordaunt exchanged regiments with Colonel Sampson de Lalo, a French
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refugee who previously commanded what later became the
28th Regiment of Foot The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Reg ...
. Under de Lalo, it fought at Oudenarde and the capture of
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, one of the strongest defences in Europe whose
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is regarded as Vauban's masterpiece. de Lalo was killed at Malplaquet in September 1709, a battle technically an Allied victory but which incurred casualties so severe they shocked Europe. Malplaquet and the huge financial costs of the war meant the focus changed to capturing fortresses as each side attempted to improve its bargaining position prior to peace talks; the war ended in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrecht. Mordaunt, reappointed Colonel after de Lalo's death, died of smallpox in April 1710 and was succeeded by Thomas Meredyth. He was dismissed for political reasons in December and replaced by the Earl of Orrery.Cannon, p. 17


21st (Royal North British Fusilier) Regiment of Foot (1713–1877)

The regiment was awarded the title "Royal" around 1713, returning to England in August 1714 on the death of Queen Anne who was succeeded by
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. During the
Jacobite Rising Jacobitism was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne. When James II of England chose exile after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Parliament of England ruled ...
in 1715, it fought at
Sheriffmuir Sheriffmuir; Scots: Sherramuir; Scottish Gaelic: Sliabh an t-Siorraim, the site of the inconclusive 1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir (part of the Jacobite rising of 1715), lies on the slopes of the Ochil Hills in Scotland, just inside the Perthsh ...
against forces led by its founder's son, the 6th
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. The Rebellion was defeated but in July 1716 Orrery was removed due to his Jacobite sympathies and replaced by George Macartney. Macartney was a Whig loyalist involved in the 1712 Hamilton–Mohun duel who went into exile when charged as an accessory to murder, returning when George I became King. Britain was at peace during this period and the regiment remained on garrison duty until the
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broke out in 1742. It fought at Dettingen in June 1743 and Fontenoy in April 1745, a British defeat famous for the British and French commanders politely inviting each other to fire first. During the
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it was part of the force that defeated the Jacobite army at Culloden in April 1746 but was back in Flanders when the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war in 1748. In 1751, the system whereby regiments were numbered by seniority was formalised and it became the 21st Regiment. With the exception of the capture of
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in 1761 during the 1756–63
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, the next 20 years were spent on garrison duty in Gibraltar, Scotland, West Florida and
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before returning to England in 1773. The regiment saw action at the Siege of Fort Ticonderoga in July 1777 during the
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, took part in the Siege of Bergen op Zoom in March 1814 during the
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and saw combat at the
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in January 1815 during the
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. The regiment then served under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Haines at the
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in November 1854 during the
Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...
. A second battalion was raised in 1805 serving initially in Ayr and
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, Scotland and then in Ireland for the next three years.


21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot (1877–1881)

The regiment finally saw the restoration of "Scots" in their title in 1877.


Childers Reforms

The regiment was not fundamentally affected by the
Cardwell Reforms The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. Gladstone paid little attentio ...
of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at Churchill Barracks in
Ayr Ayr ( ; ; , meaning "confluence of the River Àir"), is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal burgh, today it is the administrative centre of South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With ...
from 1873, or by the
Childers Reforms The Childers Reforms of 1881 reorganised the infantry regiments of the British Army. The reforms were done by Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers during 1881, and were a continuation of the earlier Cardwell Reforms. The reorganisation w ...
of 1881 – as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment. Under the reforms the regiment became The Royal Scots Fusiliers on 1 July 1881. It became the County Regiment of
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,
Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the hi ...
,
Kirkcudbrightshire Kirkcudbrightshire ( ) or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright is one of the Counties of Scotland, historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Kirkcudbrightshire was an ...
,
Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh () is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the northwest, and Berwickshire to the north. T ...
,
Selkirkshire Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. It de ...
and
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in South-West Scotland. This made them a Lowland Regiment and forced them to adopt trews. The regiment saw action at the
Battle of the Tugela Heights The Battle of Tugela (or Thukela) Heights, also known as the Battle of Pieters Hill, Battle of the Pieters, or the Battle of the Tugela River, consisted of a series of military actions lasting from 14 February through to 27 February 1900 in whic ...
in February 1900 during the
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. Captain
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was seriously wounded while serving with the regiment near
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at this time. In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the
Territorial Force The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription. The new organisation consolidated the 19th-century Volunteer Force and yeomanry in ...
and the latter the
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; the regiment now had one Reserve and two Territorial battalions.


First World War

The 1st Battalion landed at
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as part of 9th Brigade in the 3rd Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front. It saw action at the
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in August 1914, the
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in October 1914,
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in Summer 1916, the Battle of Arras in April 1917 and the advance to the
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in September 1918 and was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
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in the closing stages of the war. The 2nd Battalion landed at
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as part of the 21st Brigade in the 7th Division in October 1914 for service on the Western Front. It saw action at the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914, the
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in March 1915, the
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in October 1915, the Battle of the Somme in Summer 1916, the Battle of Arras in April 1917 and the Battle of Lys in April 1918. The 1/4th and 1/5th Battalions landed in
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as part of the 155th Brigade in the
52nd (Lowland) Division The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was originally formed as the Lowland Division, in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It later became the 52nd (Lowland) Division in 1915. The 52nd (Lowlan ...
in June 1915; after being evacuated in January 1916 they moved to France in April 1918 for service on the Western Front. The 6th (Service) Battalion landed at
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as part of the 27th Brigade in the
9th (Scottish) Division The 9th (Scottish) Division, was an infantry division of the British Army during the First World War, one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener to serve on the Western Front during the First World War. A ...
in May 1915 for service on the Western Front. Lieutenant Colonel
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commanded the battalion when it was located near
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during Spring 1916. The 7th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 45th Brigade in the
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in July 1915 for service on the Western Front. The 8th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 77th Brigade in the 26th Division in September 1915 for service on the Western Front but soon moved to
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.


Second World War

The 1st Battalion spent the whole war as part of the 29th Independent Infantry Brigade Group. The battalion participated in the
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in 1942 as did the 2nd Battalion, a unique achievement for the regiment to have both its regular battalions involved in the same action. They were then transferred to
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to fight in the
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. In 1944 the 29th Brigade became part of the 36th Infantry Division, previously a
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formation and one of two British divisions fighting the Japanese. The 36th Division spent the rest of the war under command of the
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. The 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers was based in Redford Barracks in Edinburgh on the outbreak of war commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
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. In September 1939, the battalion was grouped with the 2nd Bn
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and the 2nd Bn
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to form 17 Infantry Brigade, which was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division. They were sent as an independent brigade to France in October 1939 to join the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). The battalion acted in support during the Battle of Arras and was significantly involved in the subsequent Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal. The battalion suffered significant casualties and prisoners of war, and only 40 personnel were able to make it as a formed unit to
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to be evacuated to England. After 2 years spent on home defence in the United Kingdom, the battalion and brigade were detached from the 5th Division, and like the 1st Battalion, fought in Madagascar. The battalion next saw service fighting in Sicily. In 1944 the division fought in the
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in some of the fiercest fighting of the Italian Campaign thus far. The Anzio landings were an attempt to outflank the German
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, one of many defensive lines the Germans had created across Italy. After the fierce fighting there, the 2nd RSF and the rest of 5th Division were withdrawn, in July 1944, to
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to rest and refit. They returned to Italy briefly in early 1945 but were transferred, along with
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from
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, to Belgium to join the
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in the Allied invasion of Germany. The 4/5th and 6th battalions both saw service in the European Campaign in 1944-1945 with the 6th also serving in France in 1940, assigned to
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and part of the BEF. The 4/5th Battalion was the TA 4th and 5th battalions merged and became part of 156th Infantry Brigade assigned to the
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. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Corbett commanded the 6th Battalion during the
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in June 1940. The 6th Battalion was reassigned to the 46th Infantry Brigade part of
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, the 2nd Line duplicate of the 52nd, and served with them during the
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. The 50th (Holding) Battalion was raised in late May 1940 and was later redesignated the 11th Battalion in October and was assigned to the 222nd Infantry Brigade, where it remained until September 1942 when it transferred to the 147th Infantry Brigade, alongside the 1/6th and 1/7th
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, part of the
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, where it was to remain for the rest of the war.


Amalgamations of 1959

The Royal Scots Fusiliers were amalgamated with the
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusi ...
in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers, (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment). The regular 1st battalions of the two Regiments combined at
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,
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to form the 1st Battalion of the new regiment (1 RHF).


Battle honours

The Regiment was awarded the following
battle honours A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible. In European military ...
. Those shown in bold from the two World Wars were those selected to be emblazoned on the King's Colour. *Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Dettingen, Bellisle, Martinique 1794, Bladensburg, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, South Africa 1879, Burma 1885–87, Tirah, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899–1902 *''The Great War (18 battalions)'': Mons, Le Cateau,
Retreat from Mons The Great Retreat (), also known as the retreat from Mons, was the long withdrawal to the River Marne in August and September 1914 by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French Fifth Army. The Franco-British forces on the Western F ...
, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914,
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,
Ypres 1914 Ypres ( ; ; ; ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres/Ieper ...
'17 '18, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos,
Somme 1916 __NOTOC__ Somme or The Somme may refer to: Places *Somme (department), a department of France *Somme, Queensland, Australia *Canal de la Somme, a canal in France *Somme (river), a river in France Arts, entertainment, and media *Somme (book), ''Somm ...
'18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin,
Delville Wood The Battle of Delville Wood was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire and the British Empire. Delville Wood , was a thick tangle of trees, chiefly beech and ...
, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Le Transloy,
Ancre Heights The Ancre (; ) is a river of Picardy, France. Rising at Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of Albert, it flows into the Somme at Corbie. It is long. For most of its length it flows through the department of Somme. For a short stretch near Puisi ...
, Ancre 1916,
Arras 1917 Arras ( , ; ; historical ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France; before the regions of France#Reform and mergers of regions, reorganization of 2014 it was in No ...
'18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Messines 1917, Pilckem,
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,
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, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenberg Line, Canal du Nord, Courtrai, Selle, France and Flanders 1914–18, Doiran 1917 '18, Macedonia 1916–18, Helles, Gallipoli 1915–16, Rumani,
Egypt 1916–17 Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem,
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, Tel Asur, Palestine 1917–18 *''The Second World War'': Defence of Arras, Ypres-Comines Canal, Somme 1940, Withdrawal to Seine, Odon, Fontenay le Pesnil, Cheux, Defence of Rauray, Mont Pincon, Estry, Falaise, Le Vie Crossing, La Touques Crossing, Aart, Nederrijn, Best, Le Havre, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, Scheldt, South Beveland, Lower Maas, Meijel, Venlo Pocket, Roer, Rhineland, Reichswald, Cleve, Goch, Rhine, Dreirwalde, Uelzen, Bremen, Artlenberg,
North-West Europe 1940 The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A ''compass rose'' is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each ...
'44–45, Landing in Sicily,
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, Sangro, Garigliano Crossing, Minturno, Anzio, Advance to Tiber, Italy 1943–44, Madagascar, Middle East 1942, North Arakan, Razabil, Pinwe, Shweli, Mandalay, Burma 1944–45 *''4th Battalion'':
South Africa 1900–02 The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic an ...
*''5th Battalion'': South Africa 1900–01


Victoria Crosses

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British ...
es awarded to members of the regiment were: *Second Lieutenant Stanley Henry Parry Boughey,
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(1 December 1917) *Sergeant Thomas Caldwell, First World War (31 October 1918) *Second Lieutenant John Manson Craig, First World War (5 June 1917) *Fusilier
Dennis Donnini Fusilier Dennis Donnini VC (17 November 1925 – 18 January 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth for ...
,
Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
(18 January 1945) *Private David Ross Lauder, First World War (13 August 1915) *Private
George Ravenhill George Albert Ravenhill VC (21 February 1872 – 14 April 1921) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and other Commonwealth A commonwealt ...
,
Second Boer War The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and ...
(15 December 1899)


Colonels of the Regiment

Colonels of the regiment were: *1678–1686: Col. Charles Erskine, 5th Earl of Mar; resigned June 1686; *1686–1689: Col.
Thomas Buchan Thomas Buchan (c.1641–1724) was a Scottish professional soldier from a Catholic family in Aberdeenshire who served in the armies of France, the Netherlands and Scotland. He remained loyal to James II after the 1688 Glorious Revolution and pa ...
; removed for refusing to swear allegiance to William III, March 1689;


21st Regiment of Foot

*1689–1695: Brig-Gen.
Francis Fergus O'Farrell Major General Francis Fergus O’Farrell 1650 to 1712, was an Irish-born professional soldier who served in the Dutch States Army under William III until 1689, when he transferred into the English Army. During the Nine Years' War in 1695, he ...
; cashiered September 1695 for the surrender of Deinze (later reinstated); *1695–1697: Col. Hon. Robert Mackay; died of disease December 1696; *1697–1704: Col. Archibald Row; killed at Blenheim May 1704; *1704–1706: Brig-Gen.
John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt Brigadier (United Kingdom), Brigadier John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt ( 1681 – 5 April 1710) was an English soldier and politician. Career The eldest son of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, he was educated at Christ Church, O ...
; transferred to 28th Foot June 1706; *1706–1709: Maj-Gen. Sampson de Lalo; killed at Malplaquet September 1709.


The North British Fusiliers

*1709-1710: Brig-Gen.
John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt Brigadier (United Kingdom), Brigadier John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt ( 1681 – 5 April 1710) was an English soldier and politician. Career The eldest son of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, he was educated at Christ Church, O ...
; reappointed September 1709, died of smallpox April 1710; *1710: Lt-Gen. Thomas Meredyth; removed for political opposition to the
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Tory government December 1710; *1710-1716: Maj-Gen.
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery KT PC FRS (28 July 1674 – 28 August 1731) was an English nobleman, statesman and patron of the sciences. Early life The second son of Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery, and his wife Lady Mary Sackvill ...
; removed for political opposition to the Whigs July 1716;


The Royal North British Fusiliers

*1716–1727: Lt-Gen. George MacCartney *1727–1738: Maj-Gen.
Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet (died 1738) was a Scottish officer of the Dutch States Army and later the British Army. He was the son of Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet, of Bonyngtoun in Forfarshire, by his wife Anne, daughter of James Ogilvy, 2nd Earl o ...
*1738–1752: Gen.
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll General John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, KT, PC ( – 9 November 1770) was a Scottish military officer, Whig politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1713 to 1761. Early life John Campbell was born , the son of Jo ...
, KT


21st (Royal North British) Fusiliers

*1752–1770: Gen. William Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure *1770–1789: Lt-Gen. Hon. Alexander Mackay *1789–1794: Gen. Hon. James Murray *1794–1803: Gen.
James Inglis Hamilton General James Inglis HamiltonIn his obituary, he is called "James Inglis Hamilton"; however, on the British Army Lists and the Cambridge parole he is listed as just "James Hamilton". (1728 – 27 July 1803) was a Scottish soldier. He enl ...
*1803–1816: Gen. Hon. William Gordon of Fyvie *1816–1843: Gen. James Ochoncar Forbes, 17th Baron Forbes *1843–1853: Gen. Sir
Frederick Adam General Sir Frederick Adam (17 June 178117 August 1853) was a Scottish major-general at the Battle of Waterloo, in command of the 3rd (Light) Brigade. He was the fourth son of William Adam of Blair Adam and his wife Eleanora, the daughter of ...
, GCB, GCMG *1853–1870: Gen. Sir George de Lacey Evans, GCB *1870–1890: Gen. Sir
Frederick William Hamilton General Sir Frederick William Hamilton, (8 July 1815 – 4 October 1890) was a British Army officer who served as Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards from 1868 to 1870. Early life Hamilton was born in London in 1815, the son of Wil ...
. KCB


The Royal Scots Fusiliers

*1890–1909: F.M. Sir Frederick Paul Haines, GCB, GCSI, CIE *1909–1919: Lt-Gen. John Thomas Dalyell *1919–1946: Marshal of the RAF (Col.) Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, GCB *1946–1957: Maj-Gen. Sir Edmund Hakewill Smith, KCVO, CB, CBE, MC *1957–1959: Brig. Archibald Ian Buchanan-Dunlop, CBE, DSO


See also

*
21st Royal Scots Fusiliers F.C. The 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers F.C. was an association football club from Glasgow, which caused a surprise in the 1891–92 Scottish Cup qualifying round. History The club was an army side, taken from the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and based at t ...


References


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Further reading

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