... for a period in the 70s. Married with two daughters and a son, Brig. Anderson was commissioned into the Ist Bn. Highland Light Infantry at Fort George In 1948. two years after he was recruited to the Black Watch at Elgin. Since then, he has seen service ...

... flashes for its members to wear. The 51st went on to liberate St Valery and slog through Belgium, Holland and across the Rhine into northern Germany until the war’s end, fighting every inch of the way. After the war the 51st reverted to its TA role. It was ...

... Gordon Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The company’s presence on the Rock allowed members of the 2nd Light Infantry the opportunity of training in the UK. Among towns and communities represented in the company are Wick, Thurso, Brora ...

... ’s slogging war as it really was dons were in the 51st, the 2nd Bn. fought in the 15th. The 51st had earlier been brought home by Montgomery from his successful Mediterranean campaigns specially to strengthen, with other similar, battle-hardened formations ...

... Defence in Whitehall. During the last war he served in the Royal Artillery, Royal Fusiliers and the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. In peace-time he served for 17 years in the Territorial Army the sixth/seventh battalion the Black Watch. ...

... hands and (a P A rmv P are Independent elbows a working house- r y Brigade, the Ox and st , a. wife like those of a Bucks Light Infantry, the Royal ra UCn»Aa L » ? F*S?t3,rS V mLlie I■m ■» for massage. River Avon between Rushall and W From Spain comes a ...

... OFFICERS and men of the 51st Highland Division captured j during the retreat from France in 1940 will remember David i Wild as the tall, slightly stooped Church of England padre with ; the 4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry. A chaplain at Eton ...

... Kenneth Shepherd, sen Mr and Mrs David Shepherd 23 Ann Street. Stonehaven, who will carry the Queen's Colour of the Highland Light Infantry at the Coronation parade. Lieut Shepherd is a nephew of Provost Ramsay of Stonehaven. He h:i‘! flown home from Egypt where ...

... found it As They'd done their bit and some vowed followed in the wake of 30 Corps as they ~ infantry who fought. Ive often been told, | may after all, have light heartedly that they wouldn't even Artillery, engineers, signals, machine a charmed Ife ya Christmas ...

... who is the Commanderin-Chief of the State’s National Guard. The two met during Governor Graham’s inspection of the 53rd Infantry Brigade, National Guard at Camp Blanding when 2.500 men — including the “Joeks” — took part. R.S.M. Heskins has had 241, ...

... King's Cup. which has a possible of 100 points the first stage have had to score 76. Col. W. D H Duke, secretary, said: “The light quite good though a slight wind from the south Is blowing across the land and making firing on the longer range difficult. ...

... this fatality. Aberdeen Rifle Teams’ Wins Five of the seven events in the annual regimental rifle meeting held by the 51st Highland Infantry Divisional Signals Regiment (T.A.) at Barry ranges, were won by the two Aberdeen squadrons and a group of cadets from ...