The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders are still an active serving regiment in the British Army. Here they are pictured playing in Baghdad on March 2004, at what is now the U.S. Embassy located in the Green Zone. Great music.
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The regiment as it is now known was formed by the union in 1881 of the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) and the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders). The 91st became the 1st Battalion and the 93rd the 2nd Battalion.
The 91st was raised in 1794 by the Duke of Argyll in response to an appeal from the King when Britain was threatened by the French Republicans. They were a kilted regiment and wore the Government or Black Watch tartan.
The 93rd was raised under the patronage of the Sutherland family in 1799 also at a request from the Throne. A proportion of the able-bodied sons of tenants on the Sutherland estates were required to join the ranks of the Sutherland regiment as a test of feudal duty, and this form of conscription is believed to have been the last instance of the exercise of feudal influence on a large scale in the Highlands. The 93rd also wore kilts of the same tartan, which in official records is also sometimes referred to as the Sutherland tartan.
In 1814, the 91st was fighting at Bergen-op-Zoom in Holland while the 93rd was engaged at New Orleans. The 93rd lost 520 officers and men in the fruitless attack on the formidable entrenchments at New Orleans. The 91st were present during the Waterloo campaign of 1815.
In the Crimean War the 93rd formed part of the Highland Brigade, which distinguished itself at Alma, Balaclava and Sevastopol. At Balaclava the regiment won immortal fame when, it formed line in two ranks and repelled a charge of Russian cavalry, gaining the title of "The Thin Red Line".
"Sans Peur".
The 91st was raised in 1794 by the Duke of Argyll in response to an appeal from the King when Britain was threatened by the French Republicans. They were a kilted regiment and wore the Government or Black Watch tartan.
The 93rd was raised under the patronage of the Sutherland family in 1799 also at a request from the Throne. A proportion of the able-bodied sons of tenants on the Sutherland estates were required to join the ranks of the Sutherland regiment as a test of feudal duty, and this form of conscription is believed to have been the last instance of the exercise of feudal influence on a large scale in the Highlands. The 93rd also wore kilts of the same tartan, which in official records is also sometimes referred to as the Sutherland tartan.
In 1814, the 91st was fighting at Bergen-op-Zoom in Holland while the 93rd was engaged at New Orleans. The 93rd lost 520 officers and men in the fruitless attack on the formidable entrenchments at New Orleans. The 91st were present during the Waterloo campaign of 1815.
In the Crimean War the 93rd formed part of the Highland Brigade, which distinguished itself at Alma, Balaclava and Sevastopol. At Balaclava the regiment won immortal fame when, it formed line in two ranks and repelled a charge of Russian cavalry, gaining the title of "The Thin Red Line".
"Sans Peur".
The regiment as it is now known was formed by the union in 1881 of the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) and the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders). The 91st became the 1st Battalion and the 93rd the 2nd Battalion.
The 91st was raised in 1794 by the Duke of Argyll in response to an appeal from the King when Britain was threatened by the French Republicans. They were a kilted regiment and wore the Government or Black Watch tartan.
The 93rd was raised under the patronage of the Sutherland family in 1799 also at a request from the Throne. A proportion of the able-bodied sons of tenants on the Sutherland estates were required to join the ranks of the Sutherland regiment as a test of feudal duty, and this form of conscription is believed to have been the last instance of the exercise of feudal influence on a large scale in the Highlands. The 93rd also wore kilts of the same tartan, which in official records is also sometimes referred to as the Sutherland tartan.
In 1814, the 91st was fighting at Bergen-op-Zoom in Holland while the 93rd was engaged at New Orleans. The 93rd lost 520 officers and men in the fruitless attack on the formidable entrenchments at New Orleans. The 91st were present during the Waterloo campaign of 1815.
In the Crimean War the 93rd formed part of the Highland Brigade, which distinguished itself at Alma, Balaclava and Sevastopol. At Balaclava the regiment won immortal fame when, it formed line in two ranks and repelled a charge of Russian cavalry, gaining the title of "The Thin Red Line".
"Sans Peur".
The 91st was raised in 1794 by the Duke of Argyll in response to an appeal from the King when Britain was threatened by the French Republicans. They were a kilted regiment and wore the Government or Black Watch tartan.
The 93rd was raised under the patronage of the Sutherland family in 1799 also at a request from the Throne. A proportion of the able-bodied sons of tenants on the Sutherland estates were required to join the ranks of the Sutherland regiment as a test of feudal duty, and this form of conscription is believed to have been the last instance of the exercise of feudal influence on a large scale in the Highlands. The 93rd also wore kilts of the same tartan, which in official records is also sometimes referred to as the Sutherland tartan.
In 1814, the 91st was fighting at Bergen-op-Zoom in Holland while the 93rd was engaged at New Orleans. The 93rd lost 520 officers and men in the fruitless attack on the formidable entrenchments at New Orleans. The 91st were present during the Waterloo campaign of 1815.
In the Crimean War the 93rd formed part of the Highland Brigade, which distinguished itself at Alma, Balaclava and Sevastopol. At Balaclava the regiment won immortal fame when, it formed line in two ranks and repelled a charge of Russian cavalry, gaining the title of "The Thin Red Line".
"Sans Peur".
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