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TRADITIONS

Some more pages with Scottish Information and Army/Regimental Traditions

Scottish

Regimental/Army

 

 

Officers CRs Alleged comments from some Officers' Confidential reports....

Tartans (To follow) The history of the Regimental Tartans (Mackenzie Seaforth and Cameron of Erracht)

Spoof pep talk - the best use of Army speak yet! (Thanks to SOLDIER Magazine Feb 03)

Atholl Brose  The official Highland Warriors recipe (Thanks to the RLC Chefs of 1 HLDRS)

Military Plans - NEW! We've all been there!

 

Army Slang

The Declaration of Arbroath translated into the English

What is a Squaddie ?

The original Latin Declaration 'So long as a hundred of us remain alive etc"

 

The tune and words of Scotland the Brave 

Advice on Trauma and how to cope with it from the Warrington Peace project which I have been helping. (Webmaster)

The Selkirk Grace

Scots Wha Hae - wham Wallace bled 

 

Flower of Scotland

 

Have you Forgotten? This song is very popular in the US just now - email Webmaster if you want a copy of the audio file (mp3) by return!

Scottish Soldier "There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier..."

Elgin   - The City and Royal Burgh of Elgin - a brief history

 

Some pictures of the area and surrounding towns are here

 

 

War poetry

 

The Pipes of Lucknow  (Seaforth Highlanders won 6 VCs here in 1857)

 

In Flanders Field           

 

High Flight (An Airman's Prayer)

 

Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna 

 

Kohima Memorial

 

Tommy by Rudyard Kipling

 

Freedom - very appropriate in this day and age

 

The Soldier's Song

 

D Coy 1 QO HLDRS: Remember Mac 49 and Tam Smith (or was it Dougie Hill) singing this during NI training at Lydd just weeks before Mac was killed at Crossmaglen 4th July 1979.

 

     More to follow!