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FORMER KEEPER OF TOWER JEWEL HOUSE Death of General Sir Arthur Wynne The death of General Sir Arthur Singleton ..

... House, Tower of London, is announced to day. He was 89. Sir Arthur, who was born in Co. Louth. Ireland, joined the 51st Light Infantry 73 years ago. He served in the Jowaki expedition in 1887, in the Afghan War, the South African War of 1881, and the ...

Published: Friday 07 February 1936
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SERVED IN 5 CAMPAIGNS

... Lancashire, Sir Henry Earle was veteran with five campaigns to his credit. He served with the 51st Light Infantry, now the Ist Batt. the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the 1877 expedition against the Jowaki-Afridis. and also in the ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 1939
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 222 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

51st DIVISION R.A

... 51st DIVISION R.A. Last night's London Gazette gives notice of the following Army appointments: TERRITORIAL ARMY. Commands and Staff. Colonel C. P. James, D.5.0., relinquishes the appointment of Commander, 155 th (E. Scot.) Infantry Brigade, July 31 ...

Published: Wednesday 03 August 1932
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN GAZETTE— FEBRUARY 11 1939 TERRITORIAL AND AUXILIARY UNITS RECRUITING WEEK llth-18th ..

... questions and enrol recruits Units represented will be:— The 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders No 2 Coy 51st (Highland) Divisional Signals 51st (Highland) Divisional RAOC 40th Stirling Coy Auxiliary Territorial Service (popularly known as the WATS) and ...

Published: Saturday 11 February 1939
Newspaper: Bridge of Allan Gazette
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2639 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

13th Highland Light Brigade, Argyli County Territorial Army | RA., (T.A) | Association. | CAMP AT MONTROSE

... 13th Highland Light Brigade, Argyli County Territorial Army | RA., (T.A) | Association. | CAMP AT MONTROSE The 13th Highland Light Brigade R.A. (T.A.), under the command of Lieut.. Colonel Bryce Allan, 0.8. E., T.D., with Captain M. H. A. Fletcher, R ...

Published: Saturday 05 July 1930
Newspaper: Campbeltown Courier
County: Argyll, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 701 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LIEUT.-COL. SMAIL’S NEW COMMAND

... with the Ist Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and spent two years a prisoner of war in Germany. Later he served on the repatriation staff in Berlin and Copenhagen. 1921 he joined the 51st Division and formed the 237 th Field Company, which ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1935
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 121 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SCOTS GENERAL DEAD

... Brigadier-General Robert Black Fell, who commanded the 51st Infantry Brigade in 1915-16, died in London yesterday at the age of seventy-five. Brig.-General Fell joined the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry in 1859. He s'erved the Zulu War, and was second in ...

Published: Friday 23 March 1934
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 54 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SCOTTISH MILITARY CHANGES

... November 9. 1932. 13th (Highland) Light Brigade—2nd Lieut. Mackinnon to be Lieut.. January 11. 1933. Corns of Royal Engineers. ,51st (Highland) Divisional Engineers—2nd L'ent. R. J. Maitland to be Lieut., January 18, 1933. Infantry. 9th Battalion Argyll and ...

Published: Wednesday 01 February 1933
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 128 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

COMMANDED PERTH VOLUNTEERS

... BRIG.-GEN. R. B. FELL. Brig.-Gen. R- B. Fell, who has died in London, aged 74, joined the 90t,h (Perthshire Volunteers) Light Infantry, commanded Colonel Evelyn Wood, f rom Sandhurst in 1878. He served in the Zulu War of 1879, and as second in command of ...

Published: Saturday 24 March 1934
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 139 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ARMY ANNOUNCEMENTS

... the appointment of commander 155 th E. Scottish Infantry Brigade; Colonel J. Marshall-Cornwall, C.8.E., D.SO., M.C.. H.P., to be commander R.A. 51st Highland Division. Royal Artillery, 13th Highland Light Brigade—Officer Cadet George Blakemore Lewis, from ...

Published: Wednesday 03 August 1932
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 74 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

►l.l. CUBS PLEASE NOTE

... at• Military Ceremony on North Inch. COMMEMORATING BIRTH OF PERTHSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. A t ine.honourei I ceremony in commemoration of the raising of the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry was held at the obelisk on the North Inch on Wednesday when a detachment ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1931
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 476 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

TERRITORIALS CAMPS APPROACHING

... Army camps are approaching —in fact, the 13th Highland Light Brigade Royal Artillery is already in camp at Dreghorn. and will return from camp on Saturday. This Brigade includes the 51st (Ross) Light Battery, R.A., from Stornoway. They are now partly mechanised ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1935
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 316 | Page: 13 | Tags: none