THE LONDON SCOTTISH REGIMENT (ESTB. 1859)
See how Private Brooker’s helmet saved his life when caught by an improvised explosive device when serving in Iraq in 2004.
See this Historic set of bagpipes, donated by Lady Elcho and Scottish Ladies resident in London and presented in a ceremony at Westminster Hall in 1861.
These Drums were captured from the Ottoman Army at NEBY MUSA in the Palestine Campaign in February 1918. They were played by the Pipes and drums of the 2nd Battalion for the rest of the campaign.
The Museum is housed within the spectacular surroundings of the London Scottish Regiment’s Drill Hall with balconies, interiors and this original portico, preserved from their Victorian drill hall at 59 Buckingham Gate.
See a uniform and the painted Headquarters Sign for the London Regiment’s Somme Company deployment to Afghanistan in 2006.
The Rampant Lion has long been an unofficial regimental emblem. This one was flown by the Carriers Platoon of the 1st Battalion in World War Two. All of the actions of the Italian Campaign are inked on the flag.
See Richard Caton-Woodville’s magisterial painting entitled “Hallowe’en 1914” commemorating the Regiment’s baptism of fire on 31 October 1914, the first territorials in action in WW1
The Tail fin of a Nazi Junkers Bomber which was brought down by the 319 Battery of the 3rd Battalion (97th HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery) London Scottish in September 1940.
SOUTH AFRICA 1900-02 Is the Regiment’s first Battle Honour. See this Helmet worn by a London Scot serving with the Gordon Highlanders Service Company in South Africa. The damage was caused by a shell burst on 8th September 1900 at Lydenburg.
See the original tunic belonging to the founder of the Regiment, Lord Elcho, later The Earl of Wemyss, dating from 1859.
One of our many unique uniforms – Late Victorian
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