The battalion crossed to the mainland of Italy with the 51st Division on 8 September and six weeks later was on its way back to the UK, eventually to take part in the D-Day operations in Normandy ...

THE world-famous Black Watch battalion could be disbanded as the Army faces large troop cuts. Scottish regiments are in the firing line amid plans to lose up to 18,000 soldiers. Defence Secretary B… ...

The Pipes, Drums and Highland Dancers of Scotland’s Black Watch will join forces with the Band of the Scots Guards to play a collection of traditional folk music and military tunes on March 1 at the ...

The battalion crossed to the mainland of Italy with the 51st Division on 8 September and six weeks later was on its way back to the UK, eventually to take part in the D-Day operations in Normandy ...

On the outbreak of World War Two in September 1939 the 1st battalion was stationed in Dover. It went early to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), spending two months near Lens ...