Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle was also included among the Brigade locations is it also contains a Regimental Museum - that of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Not only were the staff helpful to our research - facilitating access to Enlistment Books so that men could be traced between Regiments, but we were there on a most significant occasion.

This was the final full-dress parade of the Argylls before they were re-organised to become the Public Duties Company of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Not only was our presence tolerated, when everyone was expremely busy with the parade, but an interest was taken in our work - especially by the Commanding Officer.

We were guided to a spot within the Castle which gave us a grandstand view of the parade, on the understanding that any photographs taken were made available to the Regiment, alongside those being taken by the official MoD photographer, and this we were more than happy to do. Furthermore, the Editor of the British Model Soldier Society Journal, "The Bulletin", featured a selection of the shots as the main pictorial interest in one of the Editions.

An article, prepared by the Lead Researcher, and published by the Journal is included below to accompany the photographs.