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Brigadier Anderson retires

... in 1982 after commanding the 51st Highland Brigade at Perth. Born in Wooler, Northumberland, and educated in Newcastle, Brigadier Anderson joined The Black Watch at Elgin and was commissioned into The Highland Light Infantry, now the Royal Highland Fusiliers ...

Published: Friday 04 November 1988
Newspaper: St. Andrews Citizen
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 151 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

MALAYA COMMAND FOR MAJ.-GEN. URQUHART

... Highland Light Infantry in December 1920. After service. as a regimental officer and graduating from the Staff College, Camberley, he held x{g%g :?gppointments in India during During the desert campaign in North Africa he was G. 5.0.1 with the 51st (Highland) ...

Published: Thursday 09 February 1950
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 185 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

M.P.’s hid to reopen Salerno case fails

... M.P.s have complained that Innes, who was serving with the | those convicted of mutiny suf- Durham Light Infantry in the fered an injustice. famous 51st Division of lh(‘l Mr Radice took up Mr Inne's Eigth Army. | case with Senior Defence Minis- Mr Innes ...

Published: Wednesday 24 March 1982
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 240 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Brigadier to be council’s top official

... Anderson’s distinguished career began in 1946. He enlisted in The Black Watch at Elgin and was commissioned into The Highland Light Infantry, now The Royal Highland Fusiliers, completing his training at the Royal Military Acedemy and Staff College. Brigadier Anderson ...

Published: Friday 05 February 1982
Newspaper: St. Andrews Citizen
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 355 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

rears up: I can't say that any have the beauty of the singles. Yet these doubles must be among the

... Third Division in the Peninsular War, began his career as a 13-year-old infantry officer, and Moo re, the hero of Corunna, started his soldiering as a 14-year-old ensign in the 51st Foot. In the 18th century boy soldiers were given the grisly of administering ...

Published: Thursday 03 May 1984
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1635 | Page: 147 | Tags: none

GAMES AT DUNDEE

... Cup for all units taking part, and the T.A. Challenge Bowl for the best Territorial unit. The Highland Light Infantry Bowl goes to the best infantry unit. The present holder of all these trophies is 11th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.A.). The Scotsman Challenge ...

Published: Thursday 24 May 1962
Newspaper: Forfar Dispatch
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 840 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PICTORIAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

... as regards the cavairy: exclusive of the troops, we have at home seven n.imb—-lic 2nd, 3ed, and Tth Dragoon Geards, the v Light Dragoons, the 71k and 15:h Hussars, the 16th Lancers. From each of them a :L.? to Kulalee, on the Bosphorus, as a ...

Published: Saturday 17 November 1855
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1109 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

- EX-NAVAL GUNNER ONLY R.A. VETERAN Next week at the North Star “‘ RIAD IR' V' l‘ Only World War

... Lerwick. And al- On Monday and Tuesday the|Philip Carey and Nancy Kovack od though Mr Arthur was a gunner emphasis switches from light-|star in “The Great Sioux Mas T in DML wars, in the first wer N hearted fun to nerve-shattering sacre”—the story of Custer’s ...

Published: Friday 03 June 1966
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1535 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WAKEFIELD VOLUNTEERS IN ¢ AT BLAOKPOOL

... WAKEFIELD VOLUNTEERS IN ¢ AT BLAOKPOOL. The annual training of th- 1t Volunteer Batty) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry has beea .:: dunng‘m present woek at Blackpool Last yege was the first tume this ngin:& encamped at thiy pular Luncashire -uru'\ ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1889
Newspaper: Pontefract & Castleford Express
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2896 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BORN IN JOHANNESBURG

... Frontier War. dering of Casson’s O Salutans Hesia,” followed He helongs to the 51st King’s Own Yerkshire Light by the Au{l;m;- prlo.re\-lmn’ul the blessed sacra- | Infantry. ment round the church, the whole con tion “aptain P o See meanwhile siuging the ...