Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers 1868–1881 Highland Light Infantry 1881–1959 Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) 1959–1967 52nd Lowland Volunteers 1967–1973
Garrison/HQ
Greendyke Street, Glasgow
Motto(s)
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity) (Latin)
March
Quick – Highland Laddie
Engagements
Battle of Modder River Battle of Festubert Battle of Loos Battle of the Somme Battle of Arras Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Normandy Battle of the Scheldt Operation Plunder
Insignia
Tartan
MacKenzie Tartan
Military unit
The Glasgow Highlanders was a former infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, later renamed the Territorial Army. The regiment eventually became a Volunteer Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) in 1881. The regiment saw active service in both World War I and World War II. In 1959 the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment). The Glasgow Highlanders was later amalgamated into the 52nd Lowland Volunteers in 1967.
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The GlasgowHighlanders was a former infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, later renamed the Territorial Army. The regiment...
football team, which became the famous Third Lanark, and the 105th (GlasgowHighlanders) Battalion of the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, which was raised...
Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which later merged with the Royal Scots Borderers, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Highlanders (Seaforth...
(Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders), by the amalgamation of the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot...
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). Although the 'Gordon Highlanders' had existed...
mud. After the initial landing, the Cameron Highlanders and the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders were landed by Franks. Once again, the Germans...
higher ground overlooking Esquay-Notre-Dame were attacked by the 2nd GlasgowHighlanders of the 227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade (227th Brigade), supported...
November, but were forced back onto the Causeway. A battalion of GlasgowHighlanders were ordered to pass through, but they also were unable to expand...
The Calgary Highlanders sent two companies over in succession, the second attack opening up a bridgehead on the island. The Highlanders were eventually...
standardised". Additionally, the Glasgow dialect has Highland English and Hiberno-English influences owing to the speech of Highlanders and Irish people who migrated...
originally constructed in 1935 as the new headquarters of the 9th (GlasgowHighlanders) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, which had moved from 81...
Battalion Black Watch, Seaforth Highlanders, Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The Sporran is in the horsehair...
(Welsh) Division), B Company to 2nd Gordon Highlanders (15th (Scottish) Division), C Company to 2nd GlasgowHighlanders (15th (Scottish) Division) and D Company...
Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) to form a new large regiment...
(City of Glasgow Regiment) (1881–1959) The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) (1881–1961) The Gordon Highlanders (1881–1994)...
Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), the Black Watch, the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form...
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