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  • Army stamp of change as super-unit cap badge is unveiled

    08/17/2005 4:45:06 AM PDT · by SittinYonder · 6 replies · 664+ views
    The Scotsman ^ | Wed 17 Aug 2005 | GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN
    THE army yesterday unveiled the emblem that it hopes will help stamp a sense of identity on Scotland's new super-regiment and reverse a worrying slump in recruitment north of the Border. Admitting that the war in Iraq and uncertainty over the future of the Scottish regiments had hit recruitment, Major General Euan Loudon, Scotland's most senior serving soldier, said he hoped that the public would now accept the merger of the country's existing infantry regiments into the Royal Regiment of Scotland and begin to take a pride in the new unit. The first step in the creation of the new...