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 ...

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 ...

The success of this regiment led to the formation of others in the Highlands, with the 73rd Highlanders raised by John MacKenzie, Lord Macleod, as the first clan Regiment in 1777, to be followed by ...