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Page created 15 September 2003. Corrected and updated 16.07.2005
 

8th Battalion,
The Royal Scots

[Midlothian, Peebles-shire, and Haddington]

1860-1961
 
United Kingdom 
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons

  Badges and Uniforms
  Colonels
 Traditions
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage Scottish County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles
   
  1862.01.22 1st Administrative Battalion, Midlothian Rifle Volunteers
formed with HQ at Dalkeith to administer existing corps:
   
  • 2nd Midlothian Rifle Volunteer Corps at Dalkeith, raised 25 May 1860
  • 3rd Midlothian Rifle Volunteer Corps at Penicuik, raised 22 May 1860
    • No. 1 Company at Penicuik
    • No. 2 Company at Valleyfield
    • No. 3 Company at Roslin; disbanded 1864
  • 5th Midlothian Rifle Volunteer Corps at Musselburgh, raised 19 Apr.1861
  • 6th Midlothian Rifle Volunteer Corps at Loanhead, raised 29 Apr. 1876
  1863 Peebles-shire corps regimented:
   
  • 1st Peebles-shire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Peebles, raised 31 Aug. 1860
  • 2nd Peebles-shire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Broughton, raised 31 Aug. 1860; disbanded late 1873
  • 3rd Peebles-shire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Inverleithen, raised 31 Aug. 1860
  • 4th Peebles-shire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Linton, raised 16 Oct. 1860; disbanded 1862
  1880.04.13 2nd Midlothian (Midlothian and Peebles-shire) Rifle Volunteer Corps
consolidated with HQ at Penicuik
   
  • A Company at Dalkeith, formed from 2nd Midlothian Corps
  • B Company at Dalkeith, formed from 2nd Midlothian Corps
  • C Company at Dalkeith, formed from 2nd Midlothian Corps
  • D Company at Dalkeith, formed from 2nd Midlothian Corps; moved 1895 to Bonnyrigg
  • E Company at Penicuik, formed from 3rd Midlothian Corps
  • E Company at Valleyfield, formed from 3rd Midlothian Corps
  • G Company at Musselburgh, formerly 5th Midlothian Corps
  • H Company at Loanhead, formerly 6th Midlothian Corps
  • I Company at Peebles, formed from 1st Peebleshire Corps
  • K Company at Peebles, formed from 1st Peebleshire Corps
  • L Company at Inverleithen, formerly 3rd Peebleshire Corps
  1881.07.01 [4th] volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
  1888.04 6th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
  1907 HQ moved to Peebles
  1908.04.01 8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
formed in T.F. with HQ at Haddington, by amalgamation of 6th Volunteer Battalion and 7th Volunteer Battalion
 
  • A Company at Haddington (dets at Aberlady, Gifford, and Pencaitland), formed from 7th VB
  • B Company at Tranent (dets at Ormiston, Elphinstone, and Macmerry), formed from 7th VB
  • C Company at Prestonpans (det at Cockenzie), formed from 7th VB
  • D Company at North Berwick (dets at East Linton, Dunbar, and Gullane), formed from 7th VB
  • E Company at Dalkeith (dets at Bonnyrigg, Pathead, and Gorebridge)
  • F Company at Loanhead (det at Penicuik)
  • G Company at Peebles
  • H Company at Inverleithen (det at Walkerburn)
  1915.03 1/8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
renumbered on formation of 2/8th Battalion
  1920.02.07 8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
reconstituted in the T.A. with HQ at Musselburgh
  1920 amalgamated with 6th Battalion, to form 57th (Lowland) Medium Brigade RGA
 
  1939.08.02 8th (Lothians and Peebleshire) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
formed at Kinghorn as duplicate of 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion
  1947.01.01 8th (Lothians and Peebleshire) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
reconstituted in the T.A. with HQ at Haddington
   
  • <four coys> in Haddington
  • <two coys> in Midlothian
  • <two coys> in Peebleshire
  1961.04.01 amalgamated with 7th/9th Battalion, to form 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
     
     
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Volunteers
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  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

South Africa 1901
  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
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  Uniforms and Badges
   
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  Honorary Colonels Index of Royal Colonels
1879.06.18 A. Learmouth
1899.02.04 Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) Sir George Douglas Clerk, Bt., VD
1914.02.20 Lt-Col. Hon. Walter George Hepburne-Scott (Master of Polwarth), CBE, VD [to 1920]
 
1939.12.30 Rt. Hon. Charles Gideon (Oliphant-Murray), 2nd Viscount Elibank
1947.08.07 Lt-Col. William Thorburn, DSO, TD
1956.08.06 Lt-Col. John Ernest Miller Richard, OBE [to 1961]
  Traditions
 
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  Bibliography How To Find Books
Thorburn, W. 1/8 Battalion : the Royal Scots. Haddington : Haddingtonshire Courier, 1919. ["Reprint from Haddingtonshire Courier"]