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The Royal Scots, the oldest
Infantry Regiment of the Line in the British Army, was formed in
1633 when Sir John Hepburn under a Royal Warrant granted by King
Charles I, raised a body of men in Scotland for service in
France.
The 11th, 12th and
13th battalions were raised in August 1914 in Edinburgh, with
the 11th and 12th allocated to 9th (Scottish) Division (Lothian
Regiment) and the 13th to 15th (Scottish) Division, and moved to
France in mid-1915. The
9th (Scottish) Division, was one of the Kitchener's Army
divisions.
They first saw action at the Battle of Loos, where the 11th was
almost wiped out, and spent the remainder of the war on the
Western Front. The 11th and 12th moved into to Germany after the
armistice; the 12th was reduced to a cadre in April 1919 and
disbanded in the UK in June, whilst the 11th was reduced to a
cadre and disbanded at Cologne in November. The 13th remained in
Belgium, being reduced to a cadre in March 1919 and disbanded in
the UK in June. |
