Lowland Brigade (Scottish)
- Lowland Brigade (Scottish)
The Lowland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army which has been formed a number of times. It is traditionally Scottish as the name derives from the Scottish Lowlands.
World War II
There was a Lowland Brigade (the 44th, part of the 15th Scottish Division) in World War II; it fought in the Normandy invasion, and in North-West Europe.
Administrative Brigade 1948 - 1968
After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. The depots were territorially organised, and Infantry Depot B was the headquarters for the Scottish lowland regiments. In 1948, the depots adopted names and this depot became the Lowland Brigade, with all regiments being reduced to a single regular battalion at the same time.
The Lowland Brigade was reformed on July 14, 1948, merging the depots of the following regiments:
*The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
*The Royal Scots Fusiliers
*The King's Own Scottish Borderers
*The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Under the Defence Review announced in July, 1957, the infantry of the line was reorganised, leading to the transfer of the Highland Light Infantry from the Highland Brigade in 1958, and its amalgamtion with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers on January 20, 1959. [Army Order 95/1958]
In 1958 the regiments adopted a common cap badge. This depicted the saltire of St. Andrew, on which was superimposed a thistle within a circlet inscribed with motto of the Order of the Thistle, "nemo me impune lacessit". [A L Kipling and H L King, "Head-dress badges of the British Army", Volume 2, London, 1979] The various Territorial Battalions that were also part of the four Lowland Regiments were split off in 1967 and grouped together, eventually forming the 52nd Lowland Volunteers.
The Brigade continued to administer the four regiments until 1968. On May 14 of that year The Cameronians were disbanded, having chosen this option rather than amalgamation. On July 1 the Lowland Brigade was amalgamated with the Highland Brigade to form the Scottish Division.
References
External links
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/948low.htm Lowland Brigade]
* [http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=332322004 Veterans' homage to comrades]
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