The Queen's Own Highlanders - Our Regimental Family

In addition to the regular, territorial and cadet battalions, there was a much bigger regimental family consisting of the Regimental Associations and the allied regiments both at home and abroad. The former family links of The Gordon Highlanders have been added to this list in The Highlanders pages.

REGULAR AND TERRITORIAL BATTALIONS

Regular (Now amalgamated with 1 GORDONS to form The Highlanders)

1st Battalion The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)

Territorial (formerly 2/51 Highland, 3 HLDRS or V Liverpool Scottish Coy 1/51 Highland)

C (The Highlanders) Company 51st Highland Regiment

The Liverpool Scottish Company (King's and Cheshire Regiment)

REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS

The Regimental Associations organize reunions and keep in touch with the old comrades who have served in the battalions of the Seaforth, Camerons and Queen's Own Highlanders over the years.

Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Association
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Regimental Association
Queen's Own Highlanders Regimental Association
The Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association
The Lovat Scouts Regimental Association

ALLIED REGIMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

The Queen's Own Highlanders were allied to a number of overseas regiments, alongside whom our ancestors have fought in past campaigns.  Dates in brackets are when the affiliations were formally approved.

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 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)

They are also bonded to 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment in recognition of our actions serving together during the Falklands War and in the aftermath of our shared grief at Warrenpoint.

They were also allied to the Royal Ghurkha Regiment, formerly the 7th Battalion (now disbanded) which forms part of the Royal Ghurkha Rifles

CADETS

Edinburgh Academy Combined Cadet Force

1st Battalion The Highlanders Army Cadet Force

 

ALLIED CADET FORCES

 

The Scots (PGC) College Queensland Australia (1992)

The Scotch College Perth (1998)