The Pictou Highlanders

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=The Pictou Highlanders
country=Canada
country=flag|Canada|1921
type=Line Infantry
branch=Militia
dates=1871- 1954
specialization=Motor
command_structure=Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
size=One battalion
garrison=New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
motto="Cuidich' N Righ" (Save the Monarch)
colors=Facing colour buff
march=Quick - "Pibroch O' Donald Dhu
mascot=
identification_symbol= [http://www.regiments.org/tradition/tartans/govermt.htm Seaforth]
identification_symbol_label=Tartan

The Pictou Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Originally founded in 1871 as the Colchester and Hants Provisional Battalion of Infantry it went through several name changes including: 1871 - 78th Colchester and Hants, or Highlanders Battalion of Infantry; 1879 - 78th Colchester, Hants and Pictou Battalion of Infantry, 'Highlanders'; 1900 - 78th Colchester, Hants and Pictou Regiment, 'Highlanders'; 1910 - 78th Pictou Regiment 'Highlanders'; 1921 - The Pictou Highlanders, and; 1946 - The Pictou Highlanders (Motor). In 1954, as a result of the Kennedy Report on the Reserve Army, this regiment was amalgamated with The Cape Breton Highlanders and The North Nova Scotia Highlanders to form the 1st Battalion The Nova Scotia Highlanders.

The Pictou Highlanders were allied to the Seaforth Highlanders (Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) and were kitted as Seaforth's except for regimental badges and the Bugle cords were Royal. The regiment perpetuated the 17th & 246th Battalions C.E.F and held its final Order of Precedence as 33.

Battle honours

Ypres 1915

Festubert 1915

Mount Sorrel

Somme 1916

Amiens

References

*Barnes, RM, "The Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments", London, Sphere Books Limited, 1972.

External links

* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/ns-inf/078pictou.htm www.regiments.org - The Pictou Highlanders]