Royal Regiment of Scotland celebrates tenth anniversary with pipes and drums march through Edinburgh

Daily Record & Sunday Mail ^ | 23 April 2016 | STEPHEN STEWART

[ConorMacNessa]

SCOTLAND’S super-regiment celebrated their 10th birthday in stunning style yesterday.

Crowds flocked to see the Royal Regiment of Scotland march through Edinburgh with flying colours to mark their historic anniversary.

Regimental mascot Cruachan IV, a Shetland pony, was cheered by onlookers as he led the parade featuring an honour guard of 100 soldiers with the Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland and the pipes and drums of 2 SCOTS, The Royal Highland Fusiliers.



Senior officer Major General James Cowan said: “Our soldiers are proud to parade in Edinburgh symbolising the support we receive from the wider community across Scotland and we are very grateful to Edinburgh City Council for allowing us to ‘Exercise our Freedom’.

“Since the Regiment was formed in 2006, our soldiers have deployed almost continuously on operations around the world so the Regiment are now building their own proud history as we head into the future.

“The service in the Canongate Kirk will provide us with an opportunity to reflect on our first 10 years and commemorate those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country.”

Edinburgh’s Depute Lord Provost Steve Cardownie, said: “It is an honour to welcome The Royal Regiment of Scotland to the City Chambers. This parade is a fitting demonstration of Edinburgh’s support for the brave men and women who continue to put their lives at risk in service of this country.

[Bull Snipe]

as well as the Camerons, Argyll & Sutherland, and the Black Watch

[Candor7]

Thanks Conor, I love the Highand Regiment, and in particular the Black Watch, the 42nd Highland Regiment, when disbanded in 1783 in New Brunswick, Canada, after the US Revolutionary War, settled the lands and fields where I now live, the majority of the men taking land grants along the Nashwaak River :

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7441

[Dartman]

Thanks for the ping !

[redangus]

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