Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Seaforth Highlanders Scotland
Old photograph of Seaforth Highlanders at the railway station in Grantown on Spey, Scotland. The regiment was created through the amalgamation of the 72nd Highlanders, Duke of Albany's Own, and the 78th Highlanders, Ross-shire Buffs, as part of the Childers Reforms of the British Army in 1881. Its name is derived from Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, who initially raised the 72nd Regiment. Fort George near Inverness in the Highlands, served as Depot for The Seaforth Highlanders for most of the regiment's life, The regiment served in Britain's later colonial wars, in Egypt in 1882, the Sudan in 1885), India in 1895 and the Boer War from 1899 to 1902. At the outbreak of the Great War, the 1st Battalion was serving in India. The 2nd Battalion was stationed at Shorncliffe Camp near Cheriton, Kent in southern England. The 2nd Battalion was sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force.
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