Great Britain (Volunteers)

51st Highland Volunteers

formed from elements of
4th/5th Battalion,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) (TA)
and
6th/7th Battalion,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) (TA)
and
11th Battalion,
The Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs,
The Duke of Albany’s) (TA)
and
4th/5th Battalion,
The Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (TA)
and
1st Battalion,
The Liverpool Scottish,
The Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (TA)
and
3rd Battalion,
The Gordon Highlanders (TA)
and
1st Battalion,
The London Scottish,
The Gordon Highlanders (TA)
and
7th Battalion,
The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders
(Princess Louise’s) (TA)
and
8th Battalion,
The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders
(Princess Louise’s) (TA)
│		 formed from elements of
4th/5th Battalion,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) (TA)
and
6th/7th Battalion,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) (TA)
│		 formed from elements of
540th Light Air Defence Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Lovat Scouts) (TA)
and
11th Battalion,
The Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs,
The Duke of Albany’s) (TA)
and
4th/5th Battalion,
The Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (TA)
│		 formed from elements of
3rd Battalion,
The Gordon Highlanders (TA)
│		 formed from elements of
7th Battalion,
The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders
(Princess Louise’s) (TA)
and
8th Battalion,
The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders
(Princess Louise’s) (TA)
│
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: 51st Highland Volunteers 3rd (Territorial) Battalion,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment)
3rd (Territorial) Battalion,
The Queen’s Own Highlanders
(Seaforth and Camerons)		 3rd (Territorial) Battalion,
The Gordon Highlanders
3rd (Territorial) Battalion,
The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders
(Princess Louise"s)
Highland
│		 Black Watch
│		 QOH
│		 Gordon
│		 ASH
│
1969: │
│		 reduced to cadre
│		 reduced to cadre
│		 reduced to cadre
│		 reduced to cadre
│
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1971: 1st Battalion, ← merged into 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion, ← merged into 1st Battalion
51st Highland Volunteers
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1975: │ │ 3rd Battalion,
51st Highland Volunteers
│ │ │
Territorial Army
│ │ │
1994: 3rd (V) Battalion,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment)
│		 │
│
│
│		 │
│
│
│
1995: │
│
│
│		 3rd (V) Battalion,
The Highlanders
(Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)		 7th/8th (V) Battalion,
The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders
(Princess Louise’s)
Black Watch
│		 Highlanders
│		 ASH
│
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1999: A (Black Watch) Company, B (Highlanders) Company,
C (Highlanders) Company,		 D (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Company,
E (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Company,
51st Highland Regiment
Highland
│
2006: 51st Highland,
7th Battalion
The Royal Regiment of Scotland
SCOTS
│
Army Reserve
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2026-10-14