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Page created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated 13.07.2006
 
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The London Scottish
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  Titles & Lineage
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  Colonels
 Traditions
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage English County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles
1793 Highland Armed Association of London (or Loyal North Britons)
1816 disbanded
1859.11.02 The London Scottish Rifle Volunteer Corps
six companies raised with HQ at Adelphi Terrace, London
 
  • No. 1 (Highland) Company at Pall Mall, East London
  • No. 2 (City) Company at The Oriental Bank; redesignated 1861 as No. 7 Coy
  • No. 3 (Northern) Company at Rosemary Hall, Islington; absorbed 1865 by other coys
  • No. 4 (Central) Company at Scottish Corporation House
  • No. 5 (Southern) Company at Jermyn Street
  • No. 6 (Western) Company at Chesterfield House
1859 15th Middlesex (London Scottish) Rifle Volunteer Corps
1861 new No. 2 Company and No. 8 Company raised
1866 coys reorganised:
 
  • A Company, formerly No. 1 Coy
  • B Company, newly raised
  • C Company, formerly No. 4 Coy
  • D Company, formerly No. 5 Coy
  • E Company, formed by amalgamation of No. 2 Coy and No. 6 Coy
  • F Company, formerly No. 7 Coy
  • [G Company vacant]
  • H Company, formerly No. 8 Coy
1873 HQ moved to Adm Street
1880.09.03 7th Middlesex (London Scottish) Rifle Volunteers
1881.07.01 [1st] volunteer battalion, The Rifle Brigade
 G Company formed
1884 I Company and K Company formed
1886 HQ moved to Buckingham Gate
1889 battalion came within boundaries of new County of London, formed from parts of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey
1891.12 7th Middlesex (London Scottish) Volunteer Rifle Corps
1908.04.01 14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish)
transferred to T.F. with HQ and coys at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London SW
 
  • A Company
  • B Company
  • C Company
  • D Company
  • E Company
  • F Company
  • G Company
  • H Company
1915.03 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish)
renumbered on formation of 2/14th Battalion
1916.07.07 transferred to corps of The Gordon Highlanders without change in title
1920.02.07 14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish)
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ and coys at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, SW1
 
  • A Company
  • B Company
  • C Company
  • D Company
1922 14th London Regiment (London Scottish)
1937.08.10 The London Scottish, The Gordon Highlanders
1947.04.01 reconstituted in T.A. with HQ and coys at Buckingham Gate, Westminster
 
  • A Company
  • B Company
  • C Company
  • D Company
1967.04.01 disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as:
 
1969.04.01 TAVR III element reduced to cadre as The London Scottish at Buckingham Gate, sponsored by 51st Highland Volunteers
1971.04.01 G Coy now in 1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers
1975.04.01 cadre disbanded
1993.04.20 A (London Scottish) Company, The London Regiment
at Westminster, Pln at Catford, redesignation of G Coy
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Volunteers
History:
crown A (London Scottish) Company, The London Regiment, (Army site)
crown London Scottish (regimental site)
crown A (London Scottish) Company, (Reserve Forces and Cadets of London site)
pip Regimental History (regimental site)
pip History of the London Scottish, by G Company Association.
pip The London Scottish, by Scottish Military Historical Society.
pip The London Regiment, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War)
pip The London Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
   
Deployment and War Service of Units:
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Biography and Gallantry Awards:
Victoria Crosses [14th London Regiment], by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
Victoria Crosses [London Scottish], by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
VCs in the London Scottish Museum, by Iain Stewart.
Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
swords Regimental Associations (Regimental site)
swords G (London Scottish) Company Assocation
Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
monument London Scottish Regimental Museum, London (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
monument London Scottish Regimental Museum, London (Simonides listing)
Alliances:
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The Toronto Scottish Regiment (The Queen Mother's Own)

1921?-present
 
 
  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

South Africa 1900-02

The Great War (3 battalions):  Messines 1914, Ypres 1914 '17 '18, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Langemarck 1917, Cambrai 1917 '18, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Courtrai, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1916-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordan, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917-18

The Second World War:  Primosole Ridge, Sicily 1943, Teano, Monte Camino, Calabritto, Garigliano Crossing, Damiano, Anzio, Carroceto, Gothic Line, Coriano, Croce, Senio Pocket, Rimini Line, Ceriano Ridge, Valli di Commachio, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943-45

  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
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Record of Colours:
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  Uniforms and Badges
   
Badges: On the Cross of St. Andrew a Lion Rampant; above the lion a scroll inscribed LONDON and below the lion a scroll inscribed SCOTTISH; the cross superimposed on a circle, inscribed on the dexter side STRIKE and the on the sinister side SURE; at the bottom a scroll inscribed S. AFRICA 1900-02; the whole surmouted on a wreath of thistles.
Uniform: Hodden grey; facings: blue; tartan: Hodden grey (The regiment originally had one kilted "Highland" company in the same grey as the trouser companies. Two more companies became kilted in 1861 and 1866 respectively, and finally the whole regiment in 1872. Lord Elcho chose grey kilts and plaids since there was no clan tartan appropriate for a regiment who members represented many clan backgrounds.); Government (pipe bags, 1859-1936); Gordon (pipe bags, 1936-present; NCOs' kilts in mess dress)
   
   
     
   
   
  Honorary Colonels Index of Royal Colonels
   
18uu F.M. The Rt Hon Colin (Campbell), 1st Baron Clyde, GCB, KSI
1878.11.13 Col. Francis Richard (Charteris), 8th Earl of Wemyss, 6th Earl of March (Lord Elcho), VD, ADC
1900.08.11 Col. John Douglas Sutherland (Campbell), 9th Duke of Argyll, KT, GCMG, GCVO, VD
  1914 vacant
  1919.07.03 F.M. The Rt Hon Douglas (Haig), 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE
1926 vacant
  1935.05.06 HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother [later Royal Honorary Colonel]
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    Col. Robert James Leslie Ogilby, DSO, JP, DL
1955.11.19 Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) Lewis Duncan Bennett, OBE, MC
1962.11.19 Maj. (Hon. Col.) Andrew Torrance Law, DSO, TD [to 1967]
     
  Honorary Regimental Colonel, The London Scottish:
2000.12.01 The Rt Hon George Islay MacNeill (Robertson), Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, PC
     
     
G (London Scottish) Company, 1st Bn, 51st Highland Volunteers:
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<1991> Col. John Alistair Clemence, TD
A (London Scottish) Company, The London Regiment:
1993.04.20 Col. John Alistair Clemence, TD
1995.11.01 Col. Richard D. Holliday, TD
2000.11.01 Maj. Stephen H. Henwood, TD
     
     
  Traditions
 
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Anniversaries: Messines (31 Oct.)
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Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
  Bibliography How To Find Books
Regimental Journal:
book London Scottish regimental gazette.
   
Full Histories:
book Robson, J. O. (John Osborn). London Scots of the Napoleonic era: the Highland Armed Association, or Royal Highland Volunteers, and the Loyal North Britons. [London? : The Author?], 1970.
First World War:
book Lindsay, J. H. (James Howard). The London Scottish in the Great War. London : Regimental Headquarters, 1925.
book Lindsay, J. H. (James Howard). The London Scottish in the Great War. 2nd ed. London : Regimental Headquarters, 1926.
book Lloyd, Mark. The London Scottish in the Great War. London : Leo Cooper, 2000. ISBN: 0850527139 {book review by Per Finsted, in Danish}
book Blaser, Bernard. Kilts across the Jordan; being experiences and impressions with the Second Battalion "London Scottish" in Palestine. London : H.F. & G. Witherby, 1926
Second World War:
book Barclay, C. N. (Cyril Nelson). The London Scottish in the Second World War, 1939-1945. London : Published for the London Scottish by W. Clowes, 1952.
Special Topics:
book Charteris, Francis Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss and March. London Scottish Volunteer Rifles : speech of Lord Elcho, M.P. at Freemasons' Tavern, July 4 : with a woodcut and appendix. London : J. Ridgway : W.H. Smith & Son, 1859.
book Robson, J. O. (John Osborn). The uniform of the London Scottish, 1859-1959. London : London Scottish Regiment Ogilby Trust, 1960.
book A photographic tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Honorary Colonel The London Scottish, 1935-2002. London : London Scottish Regiment HQ, 2003
book Calder, Julian. A year in the life of The London Regiment : an illustrated record. London : Calder Walker Associates in association with Spellmount Ltd., 2001. ISBN: 1862271453
   
Short Histories:
book The London Scottish (The Gordon Highlanders) T.A. : a centenary supplement to the Regimental gazette. London : London Scottish, 1959.