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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) was formed in 1881, the 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot became the 1st Battalion and
the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot became the 2nd Batalion.
In 2006 The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders became part of The Royal Regiment of Scotland joining with The Royal Scots, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, The Black Watch, and The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
In 1914 the Regiment had two Regular Battalions (1st and 2nd), two Militia Battalions (3rd and 4th) and five Territorial Battalions (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th) Each being split into 1st, 2nd and 3rd-line Battalions). Seven Service Battalions were raised for 'Kitchener's Army' numbered 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th.
431 Officers and 6475 Other Ranks of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders gave their lives and six Victoria Crosses were awarded.
Battalions during the Great War:
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Cpl. John Bellringer 1/5th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.12th Jul 1915) Corporal John Bellringer. no: 1326. of 'C'Coy. 1st/5th Bn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, died on Monday 12th July 1915, aged 23 years. He was the son of Edward & Jane Bellringer of Clune Brae, Port Glasgow, a reserve player for Ayr United. He is commemmorated on the Helles Memorial, panel 183 & 184, on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsulain Turkey along with 20,000 men who fell in the Dardenelles campaign. |
Cpl. Robert Kinghorn 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
This is a extract from an Autograph Book which at a guess belonged to a nurse who treated wounded soldiers in various hospitals in the UK between 1913 and 1917. My Mother rescued the book which was about to be thrown away with the rubbish in 1968.
Robert Kinghorn served with the 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He must have recovered from his injuries as his medal card shows him as Lance Corporal and later a Lance Sergeant with the Royal Highlanders. |
L/Cpl. Robert Lightburn 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.23rd Apr 1917) Lance Corporal Robert Lightburn, my father's brother in law, was killed (aged 29) in the Second Battle of Arras, he was serving with 11th. Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. My father's step brother, Emmerson Beckwith (aged 25) was killed just 6 days before in the same battle, but different sectors. The two families lived within 1 mile of each other in the same mining village in North West Durham |
Pte. Alexander Mackenzie 11th Battalion Argyll & Southern Highlanders (d.28th Aug 1916) Alexander Mackenzie's name is on the Glendale War Memorial honouring the 21 Glendale residents who died in combat during World War 1. |
List of those who served with The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during The Great War.
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Alastair Of Airds Campbell
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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: A Concise History Trevor Royle
The Argylls have a stirring history of service to the British Crown. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is one of the best known regiments in the British Army. When it was ordered to disband in 1968 as part of wide-ranging defence cuts, a popular 'Save the Argylls' campaign was successful in keeping the regiment in being. They served all over the empire, taking part in the Indian Mutiny and the Boer War, and fought in both World Wars.In the post-war period the Argylls captured the public imagination in 1967 when they re-occupied the Crater district of Aden following a period of riots. Recruiting mainly from the west of Scotland, the regiment has a unique character and throughout its history has retained a fierce regimental pride which is summed up by its motto: 'sans peur', meaning 'without fear'. "The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders" puts its story into the context of British military history and makes use of personal testimony to reveal the life of the regiment.
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Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-19: Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
A roll call of those killed during the Great War whilst serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. A valuable research tool.
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History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 F.W. Bewsher
The Highland Division was one of the pre-war Territorial divisions. Its HQ was in Perth with brigade HQs in Aberdeen, Inverness and Stirling. On mobilization the division moved down to its war station in Bedford where it remained, carrying out training till embarking for France in May 1915. During this period six of its battalions were sent to France, three in November 1914 and three in the following March, replaced by two Highland battalions and a brigade of four Lancashire battalions; it is not clear whether the latter were required to wear kilts. They were transferred to the 55th (West Lancashire) Division when that division reformed in France in January 1916 and were replaced, appropriately, by Scottish battalions. It was in May 1915, just as the division arrived in France, that it was designated 51st and the brigades 152nd, 153rd and 154th; by the end of the war the 51st (Highland) Division had become one of the best known divisions in the BEF.
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