A History of the 9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots

A History of the 9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots The Dandy Ninth Language:English Format:Paperback Dimensions:6.25" x 9.25" Pages:376 Photos:20 color & 80 mono illustrations plus 25 maps, 1 diagram and 5 graphs Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781399022019 Item No. 9781399022019 Edinburgh is forever bound to The Royal Scots, the oldest regiment in the British Army and now part of The Royal Regiment of Scotland. For a period in the early twentieth century, it also had a Highland battalion, the kilted 9th Royal Scots, which became affectionately known as the Dandy Ninth. The battalion was formed in the aftermath of the Boer War’s Black Week. It sent volunteers to South Africa and established itself as Edinburgh’s kilted battalion, part of the Territorial Force.Mobilised in 1914 as part of the Lothian Brigade, they defended Edinburgh and environs from the threat of invasion, and constructed part of the landwa