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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise's) |
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Titles |
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pre 1881 |
post 1881 |
| 91st (Princess
Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion,
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
| 93rd (Sutherland
Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion,
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
91st: 1794 when raised as the 98th Argyllshire Highlanders Regiment of Foot,
renumbered the 91st in 1796 |
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93rd: 1799 when raised as the 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot |
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| Motto: |
Sans peur; Ne obliviscaris = Without fear ; Do
not forget. |
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Regimental Journal: |
The Thin Red Line |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 68 |
Victoria Crosses; 6 |
Died; 6900 |
| WWII: |
Battle Honours; 58 |
Victoria Crosses; 2 |
Died; ???? |
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| Amalgamated: |
Officially "united" in 2006 with
The Royal Scots, The Royal Highland Fusiliers,
The King's Own Scottish Borderers, The Black Watch and
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) to form The
Royal Regiment of Scotland. |
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existed 1804-1815 and a Reserve Battalion 1842-1855, the latter having
campaign medal qualifying service in the Kaffir Wars (see below) |
Peninsula War 1808 - 1814 1st Battalion, 91st Regiment. |
Military General Service Medal.
1793 - 1814 |
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95 | 141 |
105 | 14 |
195 | 141 |
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Total Medals |
Max clasps |
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132 | 161 |
177 | 283 |
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Battle Honours: Roleica, Vimiera,
Corunna, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse,
Peninsula. |
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Battle of Waterloo 1815 1st Battalion, 91st Regiment. |
Waterloo Medal 1815 |
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890 |
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1/91st not deployed directly in the Waterloo
battle - positioned at Hal to prevent any potential
surprise attack in the direction of Brussels & the right flank.
[4th Division (Collville) 6th British Brigade (Johnstone) with
2/35th,
54th and the
2/59th ] |
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Casualties: 1 rank and file killed;
2 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 1 sergeant and 6 rank and file wounded
on the 26th June in the assault and taking of Cambray. |
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7th & 8th Kaffir Wars 1846 - 1853
91st Regiment: 1st Battalion and Reserve Battalion present
(Battalions amalgamated 1855) |
South Africa Medal 1834-53 | |
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Battle Honours:
South Africa 1846-7, South Africa 1851-2-3 |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856
93rd Regiment |
"93rd, 93rd !, damn all that eagerness!"
Colin Campbell's command to restrain the 93rd from
counter attacking the Russian Cavalry
which had faltered and began to withdraw in the face of the "Thin
Red Line"
"The Thin Red Line": Robert Gibb 1881
The Russian cavalry advance on the port of Balaklava
halted by the 93rd Highlanders. |
Crimea Medal 1854 -56 | | | |
Clasp: → | ..none... |
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Total Medals | | |
Number: → |
? | 823 approx |
742 approx | ?* |
? | 945** | | | | |
*small number of officers and odd men. **Main
roll figure only, excludes a considerable number on the
supplementary roll. | | |
Battle Casualties; | |
Action. | Killed |
Died of Wounds |
'Wounded' | Dangerously
Wounded | Severely
Wounded | Slightly
Wounded | Missing |
Total | |
The Battle of the Alma |
5 | 1 |
39 | - |
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First bombardment of Sebastopol, first battle of Inkermann and
minor actions |
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The Battle of Inkermann |
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The Assault on the Quarries |
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First Attack on the Redan |
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2 | 4 |
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Final Attack on the Redan |
2 | - |
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4 | 3 |
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2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Bombardments of Sebastopol and Minor
Actions. |
7 | - |
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22 | 15 |
1 | 49 | |
Magazine explosion at the French Siege Train |
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Grand Total: |
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Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: |
Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 | | | | |
Battle Honours: Alma, Balaklava, Sevastopol. |
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Indian Mutiny 1857 93rd Regiment |
Indian Mutiny Medal.
1857 -59 | | | | | |
clasp: |
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963* | 955* |
22 | 1091 | | | |
*849 as two clasp medals | | |  
VCs; 7: Dunlay, Stewart, Grant, MacKay, Munro,
Paton.
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Battle Honour: Lucknow |
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South Africa: Kaffir and Zulu Wars 1877-79 91st Regiment |
South Africa Medal
1877-79 |
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Battle Honour:
South Africa 1879 |
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1881; the 91st and 93rd Regiments now become the 1st and 2nd Battalions,
Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders). Note: second part
of the title reversed to read "Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders"
later the same year. | | |
Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902. 1st Battalion; Nov 1899, to the end
war. Volunteer companies and drafts from the Volunteer Battalions also
served from 1900. |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the
King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 |
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Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: |
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Casualties: |
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Wounded |
Missing / POW |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
Wounded |
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14 |
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208 |
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Battle Honour: Modder River, Paardeberg, South
Africa 1899-1902.
(1st Vol Btn: South Africa 1900-1902) |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918
( 26 battalions; 11 served overseas:- ) |
Generally awarded the
British War Medal &
Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a
1914 or
1914-15 Star. |
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1* |
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1/5 |
1/6 |
1/7 |
1/8 |
1/9** |
10 |
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Renfrewshire |
Argyllshire |
Dumbarton-
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date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
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20/12
1914 |
14/8
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3/7
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?/5
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16/12
1914 |
?/5
1915 |
?/1
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11/5
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9/7
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20/9
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?/6
1916 |
| France &
Flanders |
x |
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Gallipoli |
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Egypt & Palestine |
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Macedonia |
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Italy |
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possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost an additional officers who
are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions
not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a
battalion.) |
296 |
1193 |
435 |
357 |
960 |
850 |
192 |
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840 |
221 |
327 |
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** 27/2/1916: Moved to base and used to supply
drafts to other battalions |
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Regular |
Territorial Force |
New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
19 officers and 116 men of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
also qualified for this medal. |
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VCs; 6: Henderson, Buchan, MacIntyre, Bissett,
Liddell (RFC), Graham (Att. MGC)
See VC page |
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Battle Honours: Great War: Mons; Le Cateau;
Marne 1914, 1918; Ypres 1915, 1917, 1918; Loos; Somme 1916, 1918;
Arras 1917, 1918; Cambrai 1917, 1918; Doiran 1917, 1918; Gaza.
Retreat from Mons; Aisne 1914; La Bassée 1914; Messines 1914, 1918;
Armentières 1914; Gravenstafel; St Julien; Frezenberg; Bellewaarde;
Festubert 1915; Albert 1916, 1918; Bazentin; Delville Wood;
Pozières; FlersCourcelette; Morval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights;
Ancre 1916; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Arleux; Pilckem; Menin Road; Polygon
Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; St Quentin; Bapaume
1918; Rosières; Lys; Estaires; Hazebrouck; Bailleul; Kemmel;
Béthune; Soissonais-Ourcq; Tardenois; Amiens; Hindenburg Line;
Epéhy; Canal du Nord; St Quentin Canal; Beaurevoir; Courtrai; Selle;
Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18; Italy 1917-18; Struma;
Macedonia 1915-18; Gallipoli 1915-16; Rumani; Egypt 1916; El Mughar;
Nebi Samwil; Jaffa; Palestine 1917-18. |
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1921; Regimental title changed from "Princess Louise's (Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders)" to "The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise's)" | | | |
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Operations on the North West Frontier 1936-39
2nd Battalion |
India General Service Medal 1936-39 | |
clasp: |
North West Frontier 1937-36 |
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WW2 1939 - 1945 |
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Battalion → |
1st |
2nd* |
6th |
7th |
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France and Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) |
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North Africa & Middle East |
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Burma |
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Far East |
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Sicily / Italy |
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Notes. |
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Various Brigades and attachments:14th (Creforce), 16th, 8th &
9th Indian, 28th Infantry Brigades, 15th Army Group and 8th Army
Troops:
Served; Palestine, Egypt, Crete, Abyssinia, Italy. |
12th Indian Infantry Brigade (stationed Malaya at the start),
captured Singapore 15/2/42
Reformed in the UK by redesignation of the 15th Battalion:
227th Independent Infantry Brigade: NW Europe landed D-Day +12. |
MG Btn.
France and Belgium under command GHQ BEFConverted to RA
(Anti-Tank role.) |
154th Infantry Brigade, 51st Highland Div. France and Belgium
(severe losses, Brigade reconstituted Aug 1940). Then served Egypt,
Libya, N. Africa, Sicily, Italy, Returned to UK then NW Europe D-Day
+4 |
154th Inf Bde 3/9/39-5/7/40.France and Belgium (severe losses,
Brigade reconstituted Aug 1940)..... 1st Infantry Brigade
(Guards), [sometime AKA "1st Independent Brigade Group"]
25/12/42-16/2/43... And 36th Infantry Brigade 21/8/42-25/12/42,
16/2/43-27/2/43, 24/3/43-31/8/45 |
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WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding
39-45 star
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Key: A =
Africa, P =
Pacific, B =
Burma, I =
Italy, F&G =
France and Germany |
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* 2nd Btn: After the sinking by the Japanese
of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, the 210 Royal Marine
survivors that were picked up amalgamated with the 2nd Battalion
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. This unit was known as the
Plymouth Argylls, but was destined to be short lived, being captured
by the Japanese just 12 days after its formation. |
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VCs; 2: Campbell, Anderson.
See VC page |
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Most also entitled to the
1939-45 War Medal and many the
Defence Medal |
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Battle Honours: Odon; Rhine; Sidi Barrani; El Alamein;
Akarit; Longstop Hill 1943; Italy 1943-5; Crete; Grik Road; Malaya
1941-2.
Somme 1940; Tourmauville Bridge; Caen; Esquay; Mont Pinçon;
Quarry Hill; Estry; Falaise; Dives Crossing; Aart; Lower Maas;
Meijel; Venlo Pocket; Ourthe; Rhineland; Reichswald; Uelzen;
Artlenberg; North-West Europe 1940, 1944-5; Abyssinia 1941;
Medenine; Djebel Azzag 1942; Kef Ouiba Pass; Mine de Sedjenane;
Medjez Plain; North Africa 1940-3; Landing in Sicily; Gerbini;
Adrano; Centuripe; Sicily 1943; Termoli; Sangro; Cassino II; Liri
Valley; Aquino; Monte Casalino; Monte Spadura; Monte Grande; Senio;
Santerno Crossing; Argenta Gap; Heraklion; Middle East 1941; North
Malaya; Central Malaya; Ipoh; Slim River; Singapore Island. |
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Jewish / Arab Unrest, Palestine 1945 - 48 1st
Battalion (1947) |
General Service Medal 1918 -62 | |
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1948: Regulars reduced to a single battalion (the 1st) | | |
Korean War 1950 - 1953
1st Battalion |
Queen's Korea Medal |
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Casualties / Honours and Awards.
(extracted from "The 38th Parallel" Peter Gaston: Pub A.D.
Hamilton Glasgow 1976 and the separate POW roll
compiled by the same individual ) |
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KIA or DOW |
Wounded |
POW |
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Awards: |
VC |
OBE |
MBE | DSO |
Bar to MC |
MM |
US Silver / Bronze Star |
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VCs; 1: Muir
See VC page |
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Battle Honours : Pakchon; Korea 1950-1. |
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The Cyprus Emergency 1955 - 1960 1st Battalion
(February 1958 - February 1959) |
General Service Medal 1918-62 | |
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C.O.; Lt. Col. C. P. Anderson. |
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Northern Ireland; Operation Banner 1969-2007 1st Battalion
(numerous tours 1972 -2001 ) |
General Service Medal 1962-2007 | |
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Iraq War, or Second Gulf War 2003- 1st Battalion; main deployments
Operation Telic III & IV, 2004-?. (20 Armoured Brigade and 1
Mechanised Brigade) |
Iraq Medal 2003- | |
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Selected Links |
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The Regimental Museum. (Located in ) |
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Selected Bibliography; |
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| Author/ Ed.. Etc. |
Title |
Publisher |
| Lieut.-Col. H. G. Robley
and P. J. Aubin |
History of the 1st
Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders. Compiled from the Regimental Records and other
authorities |
Cape Town: Murray & St.
Leger, printers, 1883 |
| Arranged by G. L. Goff |
Historical Records of the
91st Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess
Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; containing an
Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1794 and of its
subsequent Services to 1881. 361 pp. |
London: Richard Bentley
and Son, 1891 |
| Lieut.-Col. Percy Groves.
(Illustrated by Harry Payne.) |
History of the 91st
Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st
Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, 1794-1894. 43 pp. |
Edinburgh: W. & A. K.
Johnston, 1894. |
| R. A. Dunn-Pattison, late
Lieutenant |
The History of the 91st
Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess
Louis's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). 413 pp. |
Edinburgh: William
Blackwood & Sons, 1910 |
| Brig. R. C. B. Anderson. |
History of the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders. 1st Battalion, 1909-1939.192 pp. |
Edinburgh: privately
printed by T. & A. Constable Ltd., 1954 |
| Brig. R. C. B. Anderson. |
History of the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders. 1st Battalion, 1939-1954. 304 pp. |
Edinburgh: T. & A.
Constable Ltd., 1956 |
| Lt.-Col. F. C. C. Graham. |
History of the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders. 1st Battalion (Princess Louise's),
1939-1945. 262 pp. |
London: Thomas Nelson &
Sons Ltd. [1948] |
| Roderick Hamilton
Burgoyne. |
Historical Records of the
93rd Sutherland Highlanders; now the 2nd Battalion Princess
Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. 430 pp |
London: Richard Bentley &
Son, 1883. |
| Lieut.-Col. Percy Groves.
Illustrated by Harry Payne. |
History of the 93rd
Sutherland Highlanders, now the 2nd Battalion Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, 1800-1895. 49 pp. |
Edinburgh: W. & A. K.
Johnston, 1895 |
| By Brig.-Gen. A. E. J.
Cavendish |
Am Reisimeid Chataich. The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, now
2nd Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess
Louise's), 1799-1927. 446 pp.
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Frome & London: Butler &
Tanner Ltd.. Published privately, 1928 |
| [By] Brig. I. MacA.
Stewart |
History of the Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders. 2nd Battalion (The Thin Red Line).
Malayan Campaign, 1941-42. 171 pp. |
London: Thomas Nelson &
Sons Ltd. [1927] |
| Major W. L. McElwee |
2nd Battalion
(Reconstituted). European Campaign, 1944-45. 212
pp. |
London: Thomas Nelson &
Sons Ltd. [1949] |
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The Thin Red Line Almanac,
1908. 102 pp. |
Edinburgh: W. & A. K.
Johnston Ltd., 1908. |
| J. H. Stevenson |
The Story of the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, 91st and 93rd Foot. 72 pp. |
Glasgow: James Maclehose &
Sons, 1915. |
| Lauchlan Maclean Watt. |
The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders. 63 pp. |
Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo,
Hay & Mitchell [1916]. |
| Capt. G. I. Malcolm. |
The History of the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), 1794-1930.
60 pp |
Edinburgh: M'Lagan &
Cumming, printers, 1930 |
| Lt.-Col. G. I. Malcolm of
Poltalloch |
The History of the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's),
1794-1949. 96 pp. |
Edinburgh: McLagan &
Cumming Ltd., 1955. |
| Lt.-Col. G. I. Malcolm of
Poltalloch |
The Argylls in Korea.
97 pp. |
London: Thos. Nelson &
Sons Ltd. [1952]. |
| Lieut.-Col. Herbert G.
Sotheby |
The 10th Battalion Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, 1914-1919. 163 pp. |
London: John Murray,
printed for private circulation, 1931 |
| Edmund E. Dyer,
Surgeon-Capt. |
The History of the
Volunteers of Clackmannan and Kinross (7th V.B. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders). (South Africa, 1900-1902).
254 pp. |
Alva: Printed by Robert
Cunningham, 1907 |
| Col. William Lamont |
Volunteer Memories. By
Col. William Lamont, late Commanding 1st (Renfrewshire)
Volunteer Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders. 196 pp |
James McKelvie & Sons
Ltd., 1911 |
| John Maclean. |
On Active Service with the
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. A ranker's reminiscence and
war notes. 6th Battalion. . 2 vols. : vol. 1, 94 pp.; vol.
2, 116 pp. |
Edinburgh: The Scottish
Chronicle Press, 1926 |
| By A. D. Morrison |
7th Battalion Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders. The Great War, 1914-1919. 103
pp. |
[Alva: Robert Cunningham &
Sons Ltd., c. 1925] |
| [Foreword signed A. D.
Morrison] |
7th Battalion Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders. To the Undying Memory of of the
Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men who fell during
the Great War. . 56 pp., portraits. |
No imprint. [c. 1919]. |
| Capt. Ian C. Cameron. |
History of the Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders, 7th Battalion from El Alamein to
Germany. 242 pp. |
London: Thomas Nelson &
Sons Ltd. [1947] |
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The 7th Battalion Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders (T.A.); their peacetime life,
1908-1958. 63 pp. |
Glasgow: The Paramount
Press [1958] |
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Additional Bibliography for this
Page. |
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| Author/Compiler |
Title |
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| W.H. and K.D. Bloomer |
Scottish Regimental Badges
1793 - 1971 (73 plates of badges) |
Arms and Armour Press,
London 1982 |
| Officers of the
Regiment. |
Unpublished rolls in
the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. |
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Additional bibliography
same as Northumberland Fusiliers
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