Lonach Highlanders

Lonach Highlanders

The Lonach Highlanders is an unofficial British regiment, made up of men from the Strathdon area of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. Unlike the Atholl Highlanders, the Lonach Highlanders have never been presented with colours, and cannot be considered as part of the British Army – or indeed as an independent military force.

The regiment parades once a year during the annual Lonach Highland Games and Gathering, on a march to officially open the games and at various points along the route from Bellabeg to Strathdon, the column stops for a 'wee dram'. This is led by the Patron of the Lonach Highland and Friendly Society, who is part of the Forbes clan. Most of the men in Lonach are Forbes, although there is a Section for the Wallace, and Gordon clans as well, each with their own Tartan.

The current Patron of the Lonach Highlanders is Sir James Forbes.

The Lonach Highlanders are led by the Lonach pipe band at the Lonach Gathering every year, as well as other Society occasions and visits abroad like 1996 when they visited Hungary.

On the 150th anniversery of Lonach, the bipe band and highlanders marched to Braemar to present the new coloures to Queen Elizabeth II.


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