“Hot sun and no pudding”- The Boer War

By Captain CB Henderson

Over 100 years ago, the 1st Battalion was serving in South Africa throughout the course of the Boer War.  In doing so, the Regiment gained the battle honour “South Africa” for the fourth time, a feature unique in the British Army.

Campaign Maps

By Captain C B Henderson

The Regiment has served around the globe and the Museum has a large collection of maps covering many campaigns and tours of duty.  These range from the hand-drawn map of current day Belgium and northern France, carried by Lieutenant Archibald Campbell of the 91st Highlanders during the Napoleonic campaign of 1815, which is on display in the Museum, to a modern military map of Afghanistan used by members of the 51st Highland Regiment in 2005.

Their Past Your Future: End of Project

- but your Museum still needs your Memories

The Big Lottery Funded Oral History project, Their Past Your Future (TPYF), has now been completed and to prove it, we held an End-of-Project at Erskine on Tuesday 2 August 2010.

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A CENTREPIECE IS CREATED 

Silversmiths Edward Fraser Ltd, from Birmingham, was commissioned by the Regiment to create a unique piece of silver based on the Robert Gibb’s iconic Victorian painting “The Thin Red Line”.

Lucky to be Alive

By Museum

Two objects from the Battalion’s 2008 operational tour in Afghanistan, have been added to our Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland display. Both have a personal story to tell.

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Return to Duty

By Museum

In March (2006) the familiar kilted bronze statue, representative of an Argyll and Sutherland Highlander soldier from the Boer War, was returned once again to guard the Castle entrance after being removed for essential repair and conservation work in November 2005. 

“Keep Right on to the End of the Road”

by Carol Anderson (Volunteer)

Did you know that Harry Lauder penned this famous song in memory of his son, Captain John Currie Lauder, killed in action in December 1916, whilst serving with the 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders?

Your Museum Needs You!

By Joyce Steele (Museum Manager)

We are hoping to take part in the 2nd Phase of “Their Past Your Future”, which is a lottery-funded project that hopes to draw on the experiences of Veterans involved in the conflicts from the end of World War 2 until the present day.