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Royal Scots Fusiliers
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Royal Scots Fusiliers
The
Royal Scots Fusiliers
was a
line infantry
regiment
of the
British Army
that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
to form the
Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
which was later itself merged with the
Royal Scots Borderers
, the
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
, the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
and the
Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
to form a new
large regiment
, the
Royal Regiment of Scotland
, with the Royal Highland Fusiliers becoming the
2nd Battalion
of the new regiment.
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