Royal Scots Fusiliers
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The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers which was later itself merged with the Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Black Watch, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Highlanders to form a new large regiment, the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Uniform of the 21st Regiment of Foot in 1742
Blenheim Tapestry; Grenadier with captured French colour.
A soldier from the 21st Foot, Canada, 1777.
Fontenoy; the French invite the British to fire first
Highland Light Infantry
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The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers which later merged with the Royal Scots Borderers, the Black Watch, the Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, becoming the 2nd Battalion of the new regiment.
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Troops of the Highland Light Infantry resting by the roadside on the way up to attack, 24 September 1917.
Gravestones of HLI soldiers who died in the First World War in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Gaza City
Lorries carrying men of the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry towards the front line, 9 June 1942.