1RS will always be in my heart.. Was proud to serve alongside some amazing characters, and excellent soldiers. "Once a Royal, always a Royal".

The oldies regiment of Scotland was my little brother's regiment and he loved it so much one big family I still remember him on his passing out parade and the look on my mum and dad's face🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Amazing recalls from these gentlemen thankyou.

That's what the UK regimental system is all about. Long may it continue.

My uncle Stewart Snedden aka big sneds served with this great regiment early 80s to late 90s I believe.... Sadly passed away suddenly in 2019 and miss him massively as all his family and army family do.... Rip big stug see you some day for a pint and a blether big man

@guywithhisownopinion

Жыл бұрын

He served from July 1981 starting at Gordon Barracks until just after 2004 I enl8sted with him in 1981 as a Royal

@ascottishview694

7 ай бұрын

I remember him from the 80s in the Royals, I used to drink with him, in Edinburgh and Germany, he was a good guy..

My great uncle Lewis was as a Captain in the Royal Scots in WW1 , my dad was in the Royal Navy in WW2, i joined REME went to bosnia and Kosovo and my sonn was in the Queens Dragoon Guards.......

@Stanly-Stud

3 ай бұрын

" Son "

Cool military history 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💂

God bless all of them.

Just done research on ma grandas medals he fought in burma royal scots 5th fusiliers based in air proud of you granda and all the troops

My Great Grandfather was originally Scots Guards then transferred to The Royal Scots ,a long time ago, a Pipe Major, he was in Sudan , The Boer War, and lost his life in France in 1916 aged 54. He was a crack shot and thought the Royal family Scottish dancing.

Sorry typo, taught The Royal Family Scottish dancing. Apologies

No mention of the HLI ?

Only one i respected in the royal family and still is ANNE.

Superb ex ruc

@1gerard47

7 ай бұрын

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****VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS/ ROYAL SCOTS...! TRANSFERED TO MY BROTHERS, REGIMENY ROYAL SCOTS..THEY WERE LIKE THE BOY 👦 SCOUTS AFTER THE STRICT DISAPLINE IN THE GUARDS...BEEN AN JUNIOUR BEFORE I JOINED R.S. WAS PICKED ON BECAUSE OF THIS...*** ""

Was in the Royals for 6 years back in the 80s, there were some notorious bullies in the Regiment back in those days , Davey Henderson AKA "The Rock" loved nothing better than picking on the young boys in the Regiment and making their lives a misery , also David Pugh AKA "The Pugh" loved being violent with the young prisoners in the Guardroom and was always allowed to get away with it, and plenty more bullies as well. Also a lot of sectarianism and racism in this Regiment. Not so much like a family back then as they would have you believe.

@ascottishview694

7 ай бұрын

Yes I can remember some of those people as well, back then there was a real racist and sectarian attitude in the Regiment, a real hatred of Catholics and black people as well as gay people, like any institution it had its share of bully boys as well, nowadays most of these characters would be in jail for their behaviour but back then in a funny way they were respected and feared in equal measure, what people forget is that a lot of these guys were not soldiers, they worked in the stores and were in HQ Company with all the malingerers and weirdos.

@franceselliott5975

4 ай бұрын

The Rock died of cancer a few years ago. Murphy took over the mantle of hard man

* ***ANYONE REMMEMBER DINO AKA SCOTT MARTIN 1969 TO 73...??

Used, always.