From the beginning of the service of the Highland Regiments in the British army, the high command did not always treat them in a manner befitting the bravery shown on the field of battle by the ...

Poliwansky of Edinburgh: the story of a Highland regiment fighter November 11 marks the centenary of the World War I armistice that ended fighting. The writer tells the story of her father, who fought ...

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TOM Park is spot-on when he insists the legendary 71st, the HLI, was a light infantry regiment, as evidenced by uniform details in Wellington's day like their cap badge, a bugle, and the green plumes ...

Throughout every imperial conflict – from the Battle of New Orleans to the suppression of the Indian Mutiny – the Highlanders were thrown in to the brunt of the fighting without thought given to ...