Category: History - British
The title Dragoon--the beginning of the Royal Scots Greys (royal warrants of 1672 and 1678)--the state of Scotland in 1678--warrants appointing officers, 1678--order relating to three Independent Troops of Dragoons--appointment of the Duke of Monmouth, 1679--appointment of Tho...
Alexander Calhoune Alexander Ffrench Alexander Steuart Adam Rutherford Andrew Thomson Andrew Easone Andrew Page David Crichton David Williamson David Stevenson David Wright Davi...
15. CHAPTER VII.Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. P. Alexander. Major W. H. Hippisley. Major H. F. T. Hawley. Capt. J. Crabbie, Act. Quarter-Master. Capt. and Adjt. A. D. Miller. Capt. E. A. Maude. Lieut. E....
9. CHAPTER I.In writing this record of the history of the Royal Scots Greys I have aimed at giving scenes and characters as exactly as possible. I have, therefore, used contemporary language...
12. CHAPTER IV.Before giving the several interesting contemporary records of 1815 in possession of the Regiment, allusion must be made to the two touching original records now belonging to the...
10. CHAPTER II.The campaign of 1704 closed with the Siege of Landau, the Greys forming part of the army covering the siege. In September, when the King of the Romans visited the British camp,...
11. CHAPTER III.The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was signed on October 7th, 1748, and the Greys returned to England, and were stationed at Leicester, Coventry, and Warwick. By the usual mean and m...
14. CHAPTER VI.The following is here set up in type direct from the handwriting of a retired officer of the Greys, giving his own Crimean recollections. He is modest of his name appearing; and...
13. CHAPTER V.Returning to England, the Regiment landed at Bristol in May, 1821, and marched to Birmingham and Coventry. In July, it went to London to attend the coronation of King George IV....
8. CHAPTER VIIIComposition of the Greys at their first recorded muster in 1683, from the original Roll in Edinburgh--pay of the regiment--account of money paid by the Greys' Quartermaster in 1...
7. CHAPTER VIIThe Boer War--account taken from the Historical Records of the Royal Scots Greys, 1899-1902--the Greys embark at Glasgow, 1899--the Greys hold the line of the Orange River, Dece...
1. CHAPTER IThe title Dragoon--the beginning of the Royal Scots Greys (royal warrants of 1672 and 1678)--the state of Scotland in 1678--warrants appointing officers, 1678--order relating to...
2. CHAPTER IIThe siege of Landau, 1704--British camp visited by the King of the Romans--battle of the river Geet--Sir Walter Scott's praise of the regiment--victory of Ramillies--the Greys d...
3. CHAPTER IIITreaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748--short-sighted reduction of the Greys' numbers--the brigade fire the shipping at St. Malo--Greys take part in the capture of Cherbourg--notes fro...
4. CHAPTER IVRecords relating to Colonel Hamilton (originally James Anderson)--account of Colonel Hamilton's heroism when wounded at Waterloo--story of Colonel Hamilton (James Anderson) from...
6. CHAPTER VICrimean campaign, _continued_--account written by a Crimean officer of the Greys--decision to invade the Crimea--Greys embark for Constantinople--French and British fleets in th...
5. CHAPTER VGreys return to England, 1816--and are reduced in numbers, 1816 and 1821--Greys attend on George IV. in Scotland--Greys inspected by Queen Adelaide, 1830--the Crimean campaign,...