Queen's Edinburgh Rifles 4th/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, Royal Scots 52nd (Queen's Edinburgh, Royal Scots) S/L Rgt, RA 130th (Queen's Edinburgh, Royal Scots) LAA Rgt, RA 587 (Queen's Edinburgh, Royal Scots) LAA Rgt, RA | |
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Active | 31 August 1859 – 1 May 1961 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Army |
Role | Infantry Air Defence |
Part of | 52nd (Lowland) Division 29th Division 32nd Division 65th (2nd Lowland) Division Anti-Aircraft Command |
Garrison/HQ | Edinburgh |
Colors | Hunting Stuart Tartan (Pipers, Royal Stewart) |
March | I'm Ninety-Five |
Engagements | Second Boer War World War I: |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | James, Lord Moncrieff John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh Sir Robert Cranston |
The Queen's Edinburgh Rifles was a brigade of Rifle Volunteers raised in the county of city of Edinburgh in 1859. It later formed two battalions of the Royal Scots, which fought in World War I at Gallipoli, in Palestine and on the Western Front. The two battalions combined between the world wars before being converted into an air defence regiment of the Royal Artillery (RA). This served in Anti-Aircraft Command during World War II and continued in the postwar Territorial Army (TA) until 1961, when its successors were converted into Royal Engineers (RE).