VJ 80th Event Success
The event brought dozens of enquiries, several multiple, from members of our extended Regimental Family about their grandfathers, fathers and uncles who fought in the Far East with The Royal Scots. These included soldiers serving with the 1st Battalion in Burma, 2nd Battalion in Hong Kong, and even a gunner from the 4th/5th Battalion who was serving in Burma with the Chindits. In addition, there were a few enquiries about wives and daughters who were Prisoners of War.
Our ‘all in one room’ research area with experts from the Regimental Museum, National Records of Scotland, Scottish Genealogical Society, and Commonwealth War Graves Commission also undertook tri-service enquires, from family members who wanted to know more about their relatives that served in the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and other Army units during the ‘Forgotten War’.
On Friday the 15th, the day that marked the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day we showed via live stream, the service at National Arboretum with his Majesty the King, we then observed the two-minute silence at midday.
Like all our events we also had individuals with enquires about their family members that served with the Royal Scots during the Regiment’s 373 years unbroken service to the Crown. Two that stood out were: a soldier that served as a drummer in the Crimea War with the 1st of Foot (Royal Scots) earning a Crimea medal for his service in what is now the Ukraine, and another soldier that served with the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots in South Africa during the Second Boer War, who was subsequently injured in the 1915 Gretna train disaster whilst serving with the 7th Battalion The Royal Scots.
