The Glasgow Highlanders was a former infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, later renamed the Territorial Army. The regiment...
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football team, which became the famous Third Lanark, and the 105th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion of the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, which was raised...
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(Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders), by the amalgamation of the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot...
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peacetime, the divisional headquarters was at 7 West George Street in Glasgow. The famous territorial regiments that were incorporated in the division...
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Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which later merged with the Royal Scots Borderers, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Highlanders (Seaforth...
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11th Battalions, Highland Light Infantry; and the 2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders. The division was initially assigned to Scottish Command, and Major-General...
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John Brown Hamilton (category Glasgow Highlanders soldiers)
forces. He was 21 years old, and a lance-corporal in the 1/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, British Army during the...
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Artillery. In the same year the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion was redesignated 1st Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders but still retained the Highland Light...
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The Calgary Highlanders sent two companies over in succession, the second attack opening up a bridgehead on the island. The Highlanders were eventually...
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Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). Although the 'Gordon Highlanders' had existed...
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higher ground overlooking Esquay-Notre-Dame were attacked by the 2nd Glasgow Highlanders of the 227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade (227th Brigade), supported...
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Battle of Walcheren Causeway (category Calgary Highlanders)
November, but were forced back onto the Causeway. A battalion of Glasgow Highlanders were ordered to pass through, but they also were unable to expand...
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schoolteacher. Her father served in the Second Battalion of the Glasgow Highlanders during the Second World War and was awarded a Military Cross for...
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Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (from 15 November 1941) 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (from 18 November...
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standardised". Additionally, the Glasgow dialect has Highland English and Hiberno-English influences owing to the speech of Highlanders and Irish people who migrated...
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Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), the Black Watch, the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form...
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mud. After the initial landing, the Cameron Highlanders and the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders were landed by Franks. Once again, the Germans...
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the amalgamation of The North Nova Scotia Highlanders, The Cape Breton Highlanders, and The Pictou Highlanders and 189th Light Anti Aircraft Battery, Royal...
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Black Watch (redirect from The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders))
Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders – to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, a single...
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(Welsh) Division), B Company to 2nd Gordon Highlanders (15th (Scottish) Division), C Company to 2nd Glasgow Highlanders (15th (Scottish) Division) and D Company...
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Fred Jordan (publisher) (category Glasgow Highlanders soldiers)
then enlisted in the British Army when he turned 18, serving in the Glasgow Highlanders. Jordan returned to Vienna when World War II ended. He found employment...
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Gordon Highlanders F.C. was a British association football club. It was the footballing side of the Gordon Highlanders regiment in the British Army. The...
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Walcheren Barracks (category Buildings and structures in Glasgow)
originally constructed in 1935 as the new headquarters of the 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, which had moved from 81...
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Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) to form a new large regiment...
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Scottish regiment (redirect from Highlander unit)
(City of Glasgow Regiment) (1881–1959) The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) (1881–1961) The Gordon Highlanders (1881–1994)...
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Nova Scotia Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army founded in 1936. In 1954, it was amalgamated with The Pictou Highlanders and 189 LAA...
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The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised...
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had ceased playing senior football. The 10th was formed out of the Glasgow Highlanders, which had been founded in 1868. The regiment had briefly played...
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overlooking Esquay-Notre-Dame were attacked by the 2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders of the 227th Infantry Brigade, supported by Churchill tanks of the...
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(Scottish Rifles) (TF) (joined and left February 1918) 1/9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry (TF) (joined 29 May 1916) 100th Machine...
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