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Wednesday 22 May 2013

Scottish troops of the Commonwealth

One of the by products of emigration from Scotland to the colonies, eventually led to the formation of Scottish Regiments to emulate the home country.
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The original units of the Scottish Division in the British Army consisted of

The Royal Scots
The Royal Highland Fusiliers
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
The Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment
The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Cameron's)
The Gordon Highlanders
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The Cameronions
The 51st Highland Volunteers
The 52nd Lowland Regiment
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The Canadian Army:
1st Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders
The Cape Breton Highlanders
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
The 48th Highlanders of Canada
The Lorne Scots
The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
The Toronto Scottish Regiment
The Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment of Canada
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
1st Air Defence Regiment Lanark and Renfrew Scottish
The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
The Essex and Kent Scottish
The Calgary Highlanders
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada
Otherwise not a part of the Canadian Army but still perpetuates their heritage
78th Rosshire Buffs, garrison of Halifax Citadel 1869-71
2nd Battn, 84th Regiment, Royal Highland Emigrants, garrison of Atlantic Canada during the American Revolution 1775-84


The Australian Army:
The Royal Victoria Regiment, Victorian Scottish Regiment
The Royal South Australian Regiment, The South Australian Scottish
The Royal Western Australia Regiment, The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia
The Royal New South Wales Regiment, The Byron Scottish Regiment

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The New Zealand Army:
1st Royal New Zealand Armoured Regiment of the New Zealand Scottish.

The South African Army
The First City Regiment, Tartan: Gramham of Montrose
The Pretoria Highlanders
The Transvaal Scottish
The Cape Town Highlanders
The Witwatersrand Rifles, Tartan: Douglas

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