The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system – it is awarded for gallantry “in the presence of the enemy” to members of the British Army Forces. With all the VC centenary paving stone ceremonies going on around the UK during the last 4 years – 628 VCs were awarded […]
This week we celebrate the 215th anniversary of the Battle of Assaye (23 September 1803) and the Museum would like to send Assaye greetings to all members of The Royal Highland Fusiliers (RHF), The Highland Light Infantry (HLI), The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2SCOTS), successor units of The 78th
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum Opublikowane przez: Joyce Steele · 12 godz. · As John Lennon said, “There are no problems, only solutions”; and, so it proved with our very first Walk the Walk with Bugle the Elephant, which got off to a bit of bumpy start, but was eventually judged to be something of a success and lots
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Today marks the centenary of the formation of the Royal Air Force; and curiously, one of our antecedent regiments can claim some of the kudos, as Lord Trenchard (the “Father of the Royal Air Force”) served with The Royal Scots Fusiliers in India and South Africa. Hugh Trenchard was born in Taunton, Somerset, in 1873.
