A history of the 9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots : the Dandy ninth /
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Author / Creator: | Gilhooley, Neill, author. |
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Imprint: | Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2019. ©2019 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12487414 |
ISBN: | 9781526735287 1526735288 9781526735270 152673527X |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. |
Summary: | Edinburgh is forever bound to The Royal Scots, the oldest 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 of part-time soldiers. Some 6,000 men passed through the ranks of the Dandy Ninth and over a thousand never returned. |
Other form: | Print version: Gilhooley, Neill. History of the 9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots. Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2019 9781526735270 |
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