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Lt Col John Charteris MBE MC
The funeral of Lt Col John Charteris MBE MC will be a private family funeral next week.
A memorial service will be held in Dumfries near the end of March. Further details will be circulated once the arrangements have been made.
Mr Bill Pettigrew
The funeral for Mr Bill Pettigrew will be held at 1000 on Thursday 11 January 2024 at the West Lothian Crematorium, off Starlaw Road, Livingston EH54 7FD.
Lt Col John Charteris
It is with great sadness that we report the death on 23 December 2023 of Lt Col John Charteris MBE MC. Our thoughts are with Antoinette and the rest of his family and friends. Further details will be promulgated when known.
Sad news indeed my thoughts are with Antoinette and Family and friends.
The Colonel was my old Company Commander in Tidworth and I was
always pleased too see him at events over the years.
Alex Moore and all the Southern Branch.
A truly excellent officer and a great character. Served in the Far East as a helicopter pilot with Gurkhas, including my own Battalion, 1/10GR who were closely associated with 1RS. He will be long remembered and sadly missed.
Mrs Anna McKinnon
It is with great sadness that I report the death on Sunday 17th December 2023 of Mrs Anna McKinnon wife of Sandy McKinnon (Dykes) Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Further details will be promulgated when known.
My sincere condolences to all the family. I first met Anna 45 years ago when she welcomed me into her life when I was a new and naive army wife. A lot of memories. RIP.
Gill and I send Sincere condolences to Dykes and family at this sad time. Many fond memories and laughs with Anna and Dykes,
Gill and Jimmy
Mr Bill Pettigrew
It is with great sadness that we report the death on 16 December 2023 of Mr Bill Pettigrew. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Further details will be promulgated when known.
Sad news indeed on Bill.
He was my Sgt in the A Vehicle Section while in Osnabruck where he trained me
on the AFV 432 and the Ferret when I crossed over from B Vehicles under Stuart Chubb.
He had good management skills and was always there too help you if you needed him.
Obviously we would bump into each other on Reunions etc and have a chat.
My thoughts are with his family at this sad time and also from the Southern Branch.
RIP Boss
Alex Moore
Vice Chairman
Southern Branch.
❤️Just a little message to firstly thank you all for your kind messages and to let you know my Grandad Bill Pettigrew’s Funeral will take place on Thursday the 11th of January 2024 at 10am at West lothian (livingston)Crematorium ❤️
Condolences from Canada. Bill was one of my instructors with Bcoy (5pl) at Dundonald in 1960.
A very knowledgeable NCO who took us new recruits under his wing.
RIP
The Thistle – Journal of The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment).
Hi all, Just a wee reminder that the Thistle is out if you have not seen it yet;
https://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Thistle-2023-Summer-Vol-43.pdf
We are inviting you to send us in you articles. JOCKANORY. Please see below;
Readers articles invitation – “Jock”anory We would like to invite you, “The Royal Scots Family”, to submit articles to your journal, The Thistle. Write a story of some event, a good time had or something funny you were involved in. If possible, support it with a photograph/s with name/s. Please send them to admin@theroyalscots.co.uk Kindly put THISTLE ARTICLE in the email subject heading.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you all.
Yours aye
Ray (Halfchat) Thomson
Museum Exhibition 2023
Keeping the ROYALS in everybody’s minds is so important – gone but not forgotten.
It was an honour to give something back to the Regiment as a Pontius Pilate’s Bodyguard volunteer for the Museum outreach event at Dalkeith Palace, which displayed just how much the Lothians did for our Regiment and the country during war and peace-time, and highlighted the bravery and sacrifices the men of these counties made. Their stories told in this way brought the importance of Remembrance to many in a relatable way.
David Morris
14 DEC
On 14 Dec 1914 Private Henry Robson, whilst serving on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion in the vicinity of Kemmel, near Ypres in Belgium, displayed conspicuous bravery in rescuing a wounded non-commissioned officer under heavy fire and attempting to rescue another wounded soldier until he was incapacitated by his own wounds. For this act of gallantry Private Robson was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Just a quick note to thank all the organisers for the hard work putting the very informative exhibition together at Dalkeith Palace. I think all the volunteers, like me, were very impressed by the organisation and planning that made the event successful.
Without a starting KPI, you now have a quantifiable measure of success through the comments book, the numbers attending and the general feedback from attendees. Surely this will give a great baseline for the next time.
I say the next time! As most of the visitors were from the local Dalkeith area and the standard of the exhibition is such that it should move around to other areas. I understand the great difficulties in finding a similar venue that is in itself a visitor attraction.
All the volunteers, like me, enjoyed being part of a well-planned military operation again. The Connecting People Through Remembrance exhibition has been a success, without a doubt.
Thanks for the opportunity to help and I look forward to the next outing of the exhibition.
Walter and Gina Hutchison
The funeral for Walter Hutchison will be held at 1500 on Mon 18 Dec 2023 at Seafield Cemetery, 40 Seafield Rd, Edinburgh EH6 7LD. This will be a joint funeral with his wife Gina, who died on 2 Dec, one day after Walter. The family have asked, where possible, if men could wear something Hibs green and ladies something powder blue.