Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Dates Locations Higher Formation/Remarks
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. 7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) .
1947.01.01 Reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Stirling 154 (Highland) Infantry Brigade
. A Company at Stirling (Stirlingshire) .
. B Company at Falkirk (Stirlingshire) .
. C Company at Alloa (Clackmannan) .
. D Company at Kinross (Kinross-shire) .
1967.04.01 Disbanded and concurrently amalgamated with 8th Battalion, to form TAVR elements of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) .
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. 8th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) .
1947.01.01 Reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Dunoon and concurrently amalgamated with duplicate 11th Battalion 154 (Highland) Infantry Brigade
. A Company at Lochpilhead .
. B Company at Campbelltown .
. C Company at Oban .
. D Company at Dunoon .
1961.05.01 Absorbed R Battery from 277 (Highland) Field Regiment RA .
1967.04.01 Disbanded and concurrently amalgamated with 7th Battalion, to form TAVR elements of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) .
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1967.04.01 T.A. elements [7th Bn and 8th Bn] of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as two Higher Formation, constituting the Territorial infantry for Argyllshire, Clackmannan and Kinross, Dumbartonshire, Renfrewshire and Stirlingshire: .
. E Company (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), 51st Highland Volunteers formed in TAVR II at Stirling, successor to 7th Bn and 8th Bn The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .
. 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), formed in TAVR III with HQ at Stirling: .
. A Company at Grangemouth, successor to 7th Bn The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .
. B Company at Dumbarton, successor to 8th Bn The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .
. C Company at Lochgilphead, successor to 8th Bn The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .
1969.04.01 TAVR III element reduced to cadre at Stirling, sponsored by 51st Highland Volunteers; also formed No. 3 (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company 51st Highland Volunteers at Dumbarton with Pln at Campbeltown .
1971.04.01 reorganised as three companies: .
. C (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company, 1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers at Grangemouth, reconstituted from cadre .
. D (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company, 1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers at Dumbarton with Pln at Campbelltown, redesignation of No. 3 Coy .
. E (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company, 1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers at Stirling .
1975.04.01 3rd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers formed C Coy and D Coy transferred to 3rd Battalion as its C Company and D Company respectively .
1981.01.01 3rd Battalion HQ moved to Stirling and companies reorganised, effectively making the battalion an A&SH unit: .
. HQ Company at Stirling, newly raised .
. A (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company at Stirling, redesignation of E Coy 1st Battalion .
. C (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company at Grangemouth .
. D (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company at Dumbarton with Plns at Campbelltown and Dunoon .
1984 W (HSF) Company formed at Stirling, Dumbarton and Grangemouth .
1985.01.01 Battalion renamed 3rd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) .
. B Company formed at Cumbernauld .
1992 W (HSF) Coy disbanded .
1993.03 reorganised into a three rifle company establishment: .
. HQ Company at Stirling, absorbed A Coy .
. B Company at Cumbernauld .
. C Company at Falkirk (moved from Grangemouth) .
. D Company at Dumbarton with Plns at Campbelltown and Dunoon .
1995.02.10 Battalion renamed 7th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) .
. HQ Company at Meadowforth Road, Stirling .
. B Company at Cumbernauld .
. C Company at Falkirk .
. D Company at Dumbarton with Pln at Dunoon .
1999.07.01 Battalion amalgamated with 3rd (V) Battalion, The Black Watch and 3rd (V) Bn, The Highlanders to form 51st Highland Regiment; companies reorganised: .
. D (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company at Dumbarton with Pln at Dunoon, redesignation of D Coy 7th/8th Bn The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .
. E (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company at Stirling with Pln at Cumbernauld, Assault Pioneer Pln attached, amalgamation of HQ Coy and B Coy 7th/8th Bn The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; Cumbernauld det transferred later to D Coy .
2006.03.28 51st Highland Regiment redesignated 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, HQ at Perth; companies reorganised: .
. A (Black Watch and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company at Dundee with plns at Kirkcaldy (newly raised) and Stirling (reduction of E Coy); Forfar element converted and transferred to C (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse) Sqn, Q O Yeomanry .
. D (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company at Dumbarton with det at Dunoon (Cumbernauld det disbanded) .
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