A history of the 9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots
Gilhooley, Neill2019
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Edinburgh is forever bound to The Royal Scots, the oldest in the British Army and now part of The Royal Regiment of Scotland. For a period in the early twentieth century, it also had a Highland battalion, the kilted 9th Royal Scots, which became affectionately known as the Dandy Ninth. The battalion was formed in the aftermath of the Boer War's Black Week. It sent volunteers to South Africa and established itself as Edinburgh's kilted battalion, part of the Territorial Force of part-time soldiers. Mobilised in 1914 as part of the Lothian Brigade, they defended Edinburgh and environs from the threat of invasion, and constructed part of the landward defences around Liberton Tower.
Main title:
A history of the 9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots / Neill Gilhooley.
Author:
Gilhooley, Neill, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2019.
Collation:
356 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526735270 (hbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2566196