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The 2nd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (formed in 1881 when the 91st Regiment of Foot was amalgamated with the 93rd Regiment of Foot to form the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) consisted of the 93rd (Sutherland) Highlanders. They spent the entire 1914-18 war fighting in France, notably Le Cateau, Loos and the Somme. They defended Polygon Wood in the Third Battle of Ypres in September 1917. The Armistice found them close by Le Cateau where they had started the war.
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Those known to have served with the 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Great War.
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- Cpl. Robert Kinghorn Read their Story.
- L/Cpl. William Smithson (d.18th Aug 1916) Read their Story.
- Pte. John Timlin (d.28th Aug 1916) Read their Story.
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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.
Pte. John Timlin 2nd Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (d.28th Aug 1916)
John Timlin's death during World War 1 was discovered whilst researching my husband's family tree. He was my husband's great great grandfather's brother's son. His service record shows that he was previously in the 6th Argyll and Sutherland Highlander's Band. He enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 10th September 1914. He left behind a wife and two year old daughter.
L/Cpl. William Smithson 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.18th Aug 1916)
When William was 5, his parents John and Mary Jane Smithson split up. John took William from the Bramley area to Stockport near Manchester. Mary Jane had no choice in this matter as money was an issue. She practically lost touch with her son, and through family conversations, Mary Jane was not informed of her sons death, only John smithson. Her only memories were a photograph that was given to her years later by John's family. I have been researching William and his regiment. I have been fortunate to find his place of rest at Caterpillar Cemetery, Lonqueval.
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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.More information on:
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: A Concise History
A roll call of those killed during the Great War whilst serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. A valuable research tool.More information on:
Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-19: Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
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.More information on:
History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918
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