In 1871 the Queen's daughter, HRH Princess Louise, married the 9th Duke of Argyll and at the wedding, the 91st Highlanders provided the Guard of Honour. A year later in 1872 Princess Louise was appointed Colonel-in-Chief and the 91st became 'Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders'.

With the amalgamation of the Argyll and Sutherland regiments in 1881, the Princess Louise title stayed with the regiment.  Her coronet and cipher and the Argyll Boar's Head and motto of 'Ne Obliviscaris' added to the regimental insignia which today is still part of the cap badge, worn on a backing of tartan cloth on the tam o’shanter and plain on the Glengarry.

Original 7th Bn Argyll dicing and HD flash from The British Soldier, Jean Bouchery

Stirling Castle, Royal Palace of the Stuart Kings, has been the home depot of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders since 1881.  It is here that recruits come to join the regiment and receive their training. It is at Stirling Castle that the regiment’s colours, trophies and most storied relics are preserved and on display

In the history of the regiment, 16 officers and other ranks have been awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most distinguished honor for duty above and beyond that of a British soldier.  Two of those awards were for service in World War II.

  Lt. Col. Lorne M. Campbell, DSO,    7th Bn. A&SH in service in North Africa    6 Apr1943         Wadi Akarit

Maj. John T. McKellar Anderson,DSO   8th Bn. A&SH in service in North Africa     23 Apr 1943     Longstop Hill

 The dicing of the Glengarry has traditionally been red and white.  That strip of red and white dicing was adopted as the “regimental flash” and worn on the sleeve of the battle dress jacket. 

The 7th Battalion, A&S was assigned to serve in the 154 Infantry Brigade of the 51st Highland Division.

Along with the dicing, the regiment wore the red on blue H D of the 51st Highland Division

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The 154 Brigade included the 1st and 7th battalions of the Black Watch and the Argylls. As the “junior” regiment, within the 154 Brigade the Argylls wore three red arm of service stripes.

The 7th battalion of the Argylls saw more combat than any other battalion in the British Army and served throughout the entire war as part of the 51st. As a component of 154 Brigade they saw action with the British Expeditionary Force before the Dunkirk evacuation.

154 Bde was reconstitute along with the 51st in 1940. They were soon joined by their sister battalions 1st and 7th Black Watch and sailed for North Africa on 20 June 1942 fighting at El Alamein, El Agheila and capturing Tripoli. They then participated in Operation Husky, invading Sicily.

In October of 43 the 7th returned to England to take place in Operation Overlord, the liberation of Western Europe. Fighting throughout the Normandy Campaign, the battalion participated in the capture of LeHavre and the channel ports of Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk. Throughout the bitter fall of 1944 they fought throughout Holland. In the spring of 1945 they fought to clear the Reichswald, eventually crossing the Rhine River and ending the war in Northern Germany, where they received the surrender of the 15th PzgrDiv in the town of Lintig, at the conclusion of the European War.

The Argyll & Sutherland Colours are decorated with many battle honors. Among them the Cape of Good Hope, Peninsular, South Africa, Alma, Balaklava, Lucknow and during WWII, such engagements as the Rhine, Sidi Barrani, El Alamein, Longstop Hill, Italy, Crete, and Malaya.

Odessa 2007- 2nd Bn. Argylls, as they appeared in  France in 1944.