The Regimental Association

Why do you still march old man, With medals on your chest?

Why do you still grieve old man, For those friends you laid to rest?

Why do your eyes gleam old man, When you hear those bugles blow?

Tell me why you cry old man, For those days so long ago?

 

I'll tell you why I march young man, With medals on my chest.

I'll tell you why I grieve young man, For those I laid to rest.

Through misty fields of gossamer silk Come visions of distant times.

When boys of tender age Marched forth to distant climes.

 

We buried them in a blanket shroud, Their young flesh scorched and blackened.

A communal grave, newly gouged, In blood-stained gorse and bracken.

And you ask why I march young man? I march to remind you all,

That but for those apple-blossom youths You'd never have known freedom at all

REMEMBERING (Submitted by Crichton Reynolds, Pembroke from "Dekho!", magazine of the Burma Star Association)

 

Regimental Annual General Meetings (The Highlanders)

The 2nd Annual Regiment General Meeting held in Elgin on 8 March 2003 (A report)

The 1st Annual Regimental General Meeting held in Elgin on 22 March 2002  (A report)