The Highlanders Regimental Family
In addition to the regular, territorial and cadet battalions, there is a much bigger regimental family consisting of the Regimental Associations and our allied regiments both at home and abroad.
The Colonel in Chief is Field Marshal HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE
The Deputy Colonel in Chief is Major General HRH The Prince of Wales, Duke of Rothesay KG KT GCB AK QSC ADC
Details of the TA and Cadet units are here
The Regimental Associations organize reunions and keep in touch with the old comrades who have served in the battalions of the Seaforth, Gordons, Camerons and Queen's Own Highlanders over the years.
Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Association
The Gordon Highlanders Regimental Association
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Regimental Association
Queen's Own Highlanders Regimental Association
The Highlanders Regimental Association
The London Scottish Regimental Association
The Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association
The Lovat Scouts Regimental Association
The Highlanders are allied to a number of overseas regiments, alongside whom our ancestors have fought in past campaigns. Dates in brackets are dates the affiliation was formally approved by the Sovereign. See the LINKS page for full links to all these units.
The 48th Highlanders of Canada (1904)
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own) (1960)
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (1923)
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (1911)
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada (1912)
The Royal South Australian Regiment 10th/27th Battalion (1952)
The Royal Western Australian Regiment 16th Battalion (1936)
The 5th/6th Battalion The Royal Victoria Regiment (1930)
The 5th/7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1978)
The Cape Town Highlanders (1932)
The 7th Battalion (Wellington [City of Wellington's Own] and Hawkes Bay) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1950)
The 4th Battalion (Otago and Southland) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1948)
The Regiment is affiliated to the following Army Cadet Force units:
The Edinburgh Academy CCF
Robert Gordon's College CCF
1st Battalion The Highlanders ACF
2nd Battalion The Highlanders ACF
We also have three associated Australian Cadet Forces:
The Scotch (PGC) College Queensland (1992)
The Scots College, Perth (1998)
The Scotch College, Melbourne (1999)
We are also affiliated to three Royal Navy ships, (HMS Inverness, HMS Victorious (a Ballistic Missile Submarine!) and HMS Sutherland).
We are also affiliated to 846 Naval Air Squadron, a Commando Squadron.
Note:
On 24th August 1979 the Queen's Own Highlanders grievously lost our Commanding Officer Lt Col DNA Blair and his signaller, LCpl Vic MacLeod. They were murdered at Warrenpoint along with 16 soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA). 1 QO HLDRS had an informal link or affiliation with 2 PARA and the current Chief of the General Staff (General Sir Mike Jackson) and the Colonel of the Regiment are in the process of formalising this affiliation again. Further news to follow.
