New Development in Scottish "Super-Regiment" Story

**sav** · 16th August 05, 11:59 AM

Check out this story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4157274.stm
Shameful...

**Miah** · 16th August 05, 12:03 PM

well it is sad, but it happens there are many units that come and go, it is sad that the ones in the UK with such a great history have to fall into the catagory.
Look at the ANGLICO units of the Marine Corps they have come and gone and come back again.
I know it is not the same but it is somewhat close.

**cajunscot** · 16th August 05, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by sav

Check out this story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4157274.stm
Shameful...

It's the "Crucified Moose" part duex:

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Aden/700.htm

Scroll about half-way down the page and you'll see the badge I'm referring to.

Todd

**bubba** · 16th August 05, 01:20 PM

So they go from the crucified moose to the crucified cat. This is an improvement?

**sav** · 16th August 05, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by bubba

So they go from the crucified moose to the crucified cat. This is an improvement?

Absolutely not...

**Colin** · 16th August 05, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

It's the "Crucified Moose" part duex:

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Aden/700.htm

Scroll about half-way down the page and you'll see the badge I'm referring to.

Todd

Good slogan on the crucified Moose!

**cajunscot** · 16th August 05, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Colin

Good slogan on the crucified Moose!

A tip o' the glengarry to the lads of the Argylls for that one, Colin -- they despised the badge!

T.

**Colin** · 16th August 05, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

A tip o' the glengarry to the lads of the Argylls for that one, Colin -- they despised the badge!

T.

But as a MacKenzie, I like it just fine.

**cajunscot** · 16th August 05, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Colin

But as a MacKenzie, I like it just fine.

True, Colin -- really, both badges are not "bad" looking badges per se, just the meaning behind them.

That is the one thing I will give the Highlanders credit for -- the new badge they adopted in 1994 combined elements of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforths & Camerons) and the Gordons, just as the Highlanders have used all three tartans (Cameron of Erracht, Mackenzie of Seaforth and Gordon) as part of the regimental uniform.

Cheers,

Todd

**An t-Ileach** · 16th August 05, 04:26 PM

My family has an historic involvement with the ASH (not me, I served elsewhere).

But it struck me when the stupid idea was first mooted to amalgamate the Six that the only way to preserve the traditions and history of Scotland's soldiers was to keep at least two (not one) "big" regiments - one formed around the First of Foot and the other around the Black Watch (the Royal Highland Regiment) as they were the first regiments raised (in the Royal Scots' case in the 17th Century; and the Black Watch in the 18th).

But many of us British ex-servicemen have had a hunch for a long time that the government is hell bent on forging a Corps of Infantry, in the long run, with numbered regiments having no local affiliations at all.

So they'll even change the historic numbering of the surviving regiments (if any of the old ones do) - so 1st Infantry Regiment won't be the Royal Scots, 22nd won't be The Cheshire Regiment, and 42nd won't be The Black Watch. Quite why they want to do this is a moot point.