The Highlanders' Museum (Queen's Own Highlanders Collection) showcases the history of Highland Regiments from just after the Battle of Culloden to today.
Fort George, near Inverness
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Today's #PhotoFromTheArchive shows the Queen's Own Highlanders Demonstration Platoon at Jungle Warfare School, 1961 - 1962.
(Names of individuals pictured available upon request)
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#OTD in 1778, soldiers of the 78th Regiment staged a mutiny at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.
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#OTD in 1793, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders were raised by Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht.
Men of Clan Cameron in Lochaber were initially mustered for the regiment. The recruitment area eventually stretched across the Highlands.
Happy 230th birthday Camerons! 🎉
In the latest instalment of our Poem From The Archive series, Zem Zem and the 9th Seaforth were relieved from the front lines of the Battle of the Somme, to the forests of Bois de la Haie...
Read here: thehighlandersmuseum.com/?p=…
ALT Army Horse Show in Grounds of Chateau de la Haie June 1917 - Courtesy of IWM
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Aruba was a Dutch protectorate; after the Germans had marched into the Netherlands, Aruba was unprotected. The Camerons were tasked with defending the island, and a refinery that produced high octane gasoline for the British war effort. They remain until February 1942. (3/3)
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They left Inverness by train, bound for Gourock where they boarded The Empress of Australia. They arrived on the island on September 3, 1940. (2/3)
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#OTD in 1940, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders left Scotland for Aruba... 🧵 (1/3)
'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Inspecting the Parade on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Freedom of Inverness to the Regiment, 6 August 1954' by Ian Eadie
#OTD #OnThisDay
Read the latest blog in our anthology of Zem Zem's poems, marking the experience of the 9th Seaforth Pioneer Battalion during the Battle of the Somme.
Discover here: thehighlandersmuseum.com/?p=…
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📣 Did you recently post us some very special photographs of Prisoners of War at Stalag VIII B, 1940?
We would love to add these photos to our collection, but we need to get in touch with the donor to do so.
Also, if you can identify anyone in these pictures do get in touch!
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#OTD 1917 was the 1st day of the Battle of Passchendaele. It was a brutal battle with heavy casualties on both sides and has come to be associated with mud, blood and futility.
Both the Seaforth and Cameron Highlanders were present, as well as the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.
ALT (Image courtesy of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada)
#OTD in 1857, Lieutenant Andrew Cathcart Bogle received the Victoria Cross for his actions at Oonao during the First War of Indian Independence.
His VC, alongside his Indian Mutiny Medal and India General Service Medal are on display in the Seaforth Highlanders Room.
To celebrate our upcoming exhibition, this is one of the #PhotosFromTheArchive that will be on display.
Sadly we know very little about the photograph, but it dates from the 1890s, and shows soldiers of an Indian regiment driving a 'waggon' possibly in Chitral.
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#OTD in 1812, the 79th took part in the Battle of Salamanca.
The Anglo-Portuguese army, under the Duke of Wellington, defeated French forces at Arapiles during the Peninsular War.
(Painting of the French infantry attacked by British infantry by Richard Simkin)
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