Men At Arms Queen Victoria's Highlanders Osprey Books

In 2006 it was finally announced that after 250 years the 'Highlanders' branch of the British Army will cease to exist. All Scottish regiments are destined to be consumed into a 'Royal Regiment of Scotland'. This marks the final defeat for a unique and stubborn campaign that has striven to keep them alive ever since the 1960s when the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were first threatened with disbandment. This book will not only be a tribute to these proud regiments who have served with such distinction for over two centuries but will also be an insightful study of the period in which they made their name. As the British Empire dominated every corner of the globe, Queen Victoria's Highlanders served in a variety of campaigns from the Indian subcontinent to Africa. This title will study their organization, histories, and evolution of uniforms from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the Anglo-Boer War at the turn of the 20th century. Each of the famous regiments - including the Black Watch, the Gordons, the Argylls, the Camerons - will be covered and the full glory of their romantic, tartan uniforms revealed.