THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS OFFICERS RANK SLIDES - LIEUTENANT ON OLIVE

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THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS OFFICERS RANK SLIDES - LIEUTENANT ON OLIVE Pair of new and unworn Officers rank slides to a Lieutenant in The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, a famous Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army. The slides are a pair and as new as have never been worn. They are olive green with the rank pips in white and light brown. Below this in black embroidery is the unit designation of The Argylls - A&SH . These slides were worn both on the green issued shirt and jersey, and also on the eppaulettes of the old combat jacket and the chest eppaulette of the later CS95 shirt and smock. They have sadly not been worn since The Argylls were disbanded and amalgamated to form the much maligned Royal Regiment of Scotland, even though the Scottish regiments were to be known primarily by their antecedent regimental titles. Prior to 28 March 2006, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , part of the Scottish Division . In 2004, as part of the restructuring of the infantry , it was announced that the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders would be amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single seven battalion strong Royal Regiment of Scotland. It was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 91st (Princess Louise' s Argyllshire) Regiment and the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment as outlined in the Childers Reforms . The regiment is one of the six Scottish line infantry regiments, and wears a version of the Government Sett as its regimental tartan . It also had the largest cap badge in the British Army. The uniform included the Glengarry as its ceremonial headress. [edit ] World War I When the Great War broke out in 1914 the regiment had two Regular Battalions (1st and 2nd), two Militia Battalions (3rd and 4th) and five Territorial Battalions (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th each of which split into 1st, 2nd and 3rd-line battalions). Seven more Service Battalions were raised for Kitchener's Army and they were numbered 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th.Ten of the battalions served in France and Flanders (1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 14th) gaining 65 battle honours and four served in the Mediterranean area (1st, 5th, 6th and 12th) gaining a further 13 battle honours.431 officers and 6475 other ranks lost their lives and six Victoria Crosses were awarded to the regiment during the war. [edit ] World War II There were nine Argyll and Sutherland battalions raised during the Second World War .The 1st Battalion fought in the Western Desert Campaign , Crete , Abyssinia , Sicily and in the Italian Campaign . The first action for the 1st Battalion was at Sidi Barani where they joined the battle on 10 December 1940 as part of the 16th Brigade . On 17 May 1941 the battalion moved to Crete where they formed part of the defence based on the east side of the island at Tymbaki . Most of the Argylls marched from Tymbaki to the airfield at Heraklion on the night of 24 May to help support the 14th Infantry Brigade in the fighting at that airfield. They were successfully evacuated on 29 May from Heraklion but their convoy suffered air attacks and many casualties on the route away from Crete. The Argylls left at Tymbaki were captured when the island surrendered. The 1st Battalion was shipped to Alexandria and after garrison duties followed by a raid into the Gondar region of Abyssinia, they were sent back to the Western Desert where they were eventually attached to the 10th Indian Infantry Division and fought at the Battle of El Alamein . The 1st Battalion landed on Sicily during Operation Husky in 1943 and fought throughout the Italian Campaign with firstly the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and then the 8th Indian Infantry Division .The 2nd Battalion fought valiantly against the Japanese Army during the fighting in Malaya and Singapore (See Battle of Bukit Timah ). Led by the tough Lieu... read more

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