The Glasgow Highlanders [UK]

Authors and Contributors this page: Wienand Drenth, Cliff Lord, Graham Watson, T.F. Mills

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Page created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated 04.05.2006

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	The Glasgow Highlanders
	1868-1973
	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


	1868.09.01	105th Lanarkshire (Glasgow Highland) Rifle Volunteer Corps formed with HQ at Greendyke Street, Glasgow by Highlanders, including many from Highland coys of 4th Lanarkshire RVC
		A Company in Glasgow B Company in Glasgow C Company at Partick D Company in Glasgow E Company at Crosshill F Company in Glasgow, raised from natives of Islay G Company in Glasgow, raised from natives of Argyllshire H Company in Glasgow I Company in Glasgow K Company in Glasgow L Company in Glasgow M Company in Glasgow
	1880.06.15	10th Lanarkshire (Glasgow Highland) Rifle Volunteer Corps
	1881.07.01	volunteer battalion of The Highland Light Infantry
	1887.12.01	5th (Glasgow Highland) Volunteer Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry
	1891.07.25	Blairlodge School cadet corps formed and affiliated (disbanded 1904)
	1900	cyclist coy formed
	1908.04.01	9th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry transferred to T.F. with HQ and coys at Greendyke Street, Glasgow
		A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company
	1909.03	9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry
	1915.03	1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry redesignated upon formation of 2/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion
	1920.02.07	9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Greendyke Street, Glasgow
		A Company at ? B Company at ? C Company at ? D Company at ?
	1939.09?	1st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland Light Infantry formed duplicate 2nd Battalion
	1947.01.01	9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Glasgow
		A Company at Glasgow B Company at Glasgow C Company at Glasgow D Company at Glasgow
	1949?	1st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
	1959.01.20	transferred to corps of The Royal Highland Fusiliers without change of title
	1967.04.01	disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as:
		HQ Company (Glasgow Highlanders), 52nd Lowland Volunteers, formed in TAVR II at Glasgow C Company (1st Glasgow Highlanders), 3rd (T) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, formed in TAVR III at Glasgow
	1969.04.01	TAVR III element reduced to cadre at Glasgow as 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers [q.v.], sponsored by 52nd Lowland Volunteers, and Glasgow Highlanders lineage therein discontinued (cadre reconstituted 1971 as an RHF coy at Glasgow)
	1973	HQ Coy redesignated as HQ Company (The Royal Highland Fusiliers), 1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers, and Glasgow Highlanders lineage discontinued

History (Links) & War Service

Introduction to Volunteers


	*History:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	*Deployment and War Service of Units:*
		1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion [1914-1919]
		2/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion [1914-1918]
		9th (Reserve) (Glasgow Highland) Battalion [1915-1916]
		1st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders [1939-1945?]
		2nd Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders [1939-1946]

	*Biography and Gallantry Awards:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
		2nd Glasgow Highlanders (WW2 re-enactment unit, North Carolina)

	*Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:*
		[no external sites have been found]

Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars


	South Africa 1900-02 The Great War: [honours awarded jointly with The Highland Light Infantry] The Second World War: [honours awarded jointly with The Highland Light Infantry]

Colours, Standards and Guidons

Introduction to Colours


	Record of Colours:

Uniforms and Badges

Badges:

Uniform:

Honorary Colonels

Index of Royal Colonels


	1871.01.17	Lt-Col. (Hon.Col.) John Douglas Sutherland (Campbell), 9th Duke of Argyll, KT, GCMG, GCVO, VD
	1914	vacant
	1928.12.01	Lt-Col. C.C. Murray, CMG, TD
	1934.01.03	Lt-Col. A.H. Menzies, DSO, TD


		Maj. (Hon. Lt-Col.) T. G. Robinson, OBE, TD

Traditions


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	*Mascot:*
	*Miscellaneous Tradition Links:*

Bibliography

How To Find Books


	Full Histories:
		[see parent regiment]

	First World War:
		Lyon, Thomas M. *In kilt and khaki : glimpses of the Glasgow Highlanders in training and on foreign service*. Kilmarnock : Standard Press, 1915.
		Lyon, Thomas M. *In kilt and khaki : glimpses of the Glasgow Highlanders in training and on foreign service*. 3rd ed. Kilmarnock : Standard Press, 1916.
		Lyon, Thomas M. *More adventures in kilt and khaki : sketches of the Glasgow Highlanders and others in France*. Kilmarnock : Standard Press, 1917.
		McLaren, Donald R. A silver lining : the Glasgow Highlanders in France. Glasgow : J. Smith & Son, 1916.
		Aiken, Alex. *Courage past: a duty done*. Glasgow : Alex. Aiken, 1971. ISBN: 0950213403
		Weir, Alec. *Come on highlanders! : the Glasgow highlanders in the Great War*. Stroud : Sutton, 2005. ISBN: 0750942304

	Second World War:
		Johnston, R. T. ; Steward, D. N. ; Dunlop, A. Ian. *Campaign in Europe : the story of the 10th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) 1944-1945*. [Glasgow : McCorquodale Printers], 1946.
		*1st Bn. The Glasgow Highlanders H.L.I. (form October 1944 to May 1945 during the campaign in North West Europe)*. Glasgow : Eucation Departmet, 1st Battalion The Glasgow Highlanders H.L.I., 1945.
		*Concise official history of the 2nd Battalion, the Glasgow Highlanders, the Highland Light Infantry*. Lübeck, Germany, 1946.