ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

In 1794 the Duke of Argyll raised a Regiment of Argyllshire Highlanders then in 1881 the Cardwell Reforms twinned the 91st regiment with the 93rd, raised by Major General William Wemyss in 1800. These two units were subsequently brought together to form the Argyll Sutherland Highlanders and given an area comprising the counties of Argyll and Bute, Stirlingshire, Clackmannan, Renfrew and Dumbarton. They saw action in Palestine before taking part in Korea where Major Muir won the Regiment's last VC, followed by the Suez operation in 1956, active service in Cyprus in 1958-9 and they were among the last troops out of Aden in 1969. Their history is now on display in a museum in the heart of Stirling Castle.