Gaelic song about the Falklands war
The Highlander
English, Mary Kathleen MacNeill - "Cogadh na h-Eileanan Fāclainn" (War
of the Falklands". (NicNčill = daughter of Neill; MacNeill, son of
Neill)
I thought it would interest posters to read about the Highlanders.
This is a little dated, but bear with me!
THE HIGHLANDERS (SEAFORTH, GORDONS AND CAMERONS)
The Highlanders were formed from an amalgamation of the Queen's Own
Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and the Gordon Highlanders on 17
September 1994. Recruiting Northwards from a line drawn between Dundee
to Fort William, The Highlanders can truly claim to be the Highland
Regiment of Scotland. All trained Private soldiers are known as
'Highlander' not 'Private' and they wear the same cap badge as
Officers and Senior NCOs when on parade. These two distinctions make
The Highlanders unique, as does it's motto 'Cuidich n'Righ' (Help the
King) the only Gaelic motto in the British Army. Many of the serving
soldiers speak Gaelic and most of the Regimental toasts and war cries
are Gaelic, for example 'Cabarfeidh agus Erracht agus Huntlich gu
brath!'
The Colonel in Chief is HRH Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh and
the Deputy Colonel in Chief is HRH The Prince of Wales, who is known
as the Duke of Rothesay whenever he visits The Highlanders.
The Colonel of the Regiment is Brigadier The Hon HBHE Monro CBE
currently serving in Bosnia (Jan 06) He is the son of Lord Hector
Monro, former MP for Dumfries and Lockabie.
The 1st Battalion is serving in Fallingbostel, Germany. Soldiers from
the Battalion served in Kosevo during that conflict and others serve
with other units in Bosnia and elsewhere. The Battalion is serving in
Basra, Iraq from October 2005 to May 2006.
The Territorial Battalion has recently been disbanded and the
remaining sub units merged into the 51st Highland Regiment, a new TA
Battalion covering the areas formerly belonging to 3 HLDRS, 3 BW and
7/8 A&SH. The new TA Regiment's headquarters are in Perth, with sub
units in Inverness, Aberdeen, Stirling, Dundee and Perth.
Regimental Headquarters The Highlanders are located at Cameron
Barracks, Inverness with a smaller RHQ at Viewfield Road, Aberdeen.
There is a Queen's Own Highlanders Museum at Fort George, Ardersier
and the Gordons Museum is at St Luke's, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen.
The Highlanders are proud descendants of five famous Scottish
Regiments raised in the late 18th Century.
The new regiment proudly carries on the traditions of its antecedent
regiments who have won 366 battle honours over 200 years in campaigns
worldwide.
The Queen's Own Highlanders were formed after an previous amalgamation
of the Seaforth Highlanders (1778) and the Queen's Own Cameron
Highlanders (1783) on 7 February 1961. Since then the Queen's Own
Highlanders have served on 8 operational tours in Northern Ireland.
In 1982 they sailed to take part in the Falklands War, but ended up
serving as the first Garrison unit after the early Argentinean
surrender, and also fought in the Gulf War resulting in the Battle
Honour 'Gulf 1991' being carried on the Queen's Colour. The Regiment
holds 40 Victoria Crosses.
The Gordon Highlanders were raised in 1794 by the 4th Duke of Gordon
for service in the Napoleonic Wars. Since then the Regiment served in
almost every major campaign fought by the British Army, winning 19
Victoria Crosses.
The traditions are reflected in the uniform. For example, the
regimental cap badge, with its symbolic stag's head and Gaelic motto
Cuidich n' Righ (Save the King), is that worn previously by the
Queen's Own Highlanders, with the royal blue hackle commemorating
Queen Victoria's wish that the Camerons be designated her own
regiment.
The tartan of each antecedent regiment forms part of The Highlanders
dress; the kilt is Gordon, the trews Seaforth Mackenzie, and the
pipers and drummers wear Cameron of Erracht tartan.
A number of different collar badges are worn. Officers wear the Sphinx
of Egypt, where both Camerons and GORDONS served with distinction in
the early 19th century; the Indian Tiger is worn to commemorate the
campaigns of Seringapatam and Mysore between 1799-1807, where the 75th
Regiment fought against Tipoo Sahib's 'Tiger' Battalions. In Central
India in 1803 the Seaforths were part of a force that defeated a much
larger French-trained Maharrata force at the battle of Assaye, earning
the right to wear the Elephant super scribed 'Assaye' as a collar
badge.
HISTORY IN BATTLE
In 1815, both the 79th (Cameron) and 92nd (Gordon) Battalions played a
central part in the famous victory at Waterloo. Piper Kenneth Mackay
of the 79th of Tongue in Sutherland courageously stepped outside the
safety of the regimental square playing the stirring air Cogadh na
Sith (War or Peace) on his pipes and inspired his regiment to repel
continuous charges of French cavalry and ultimately the Old Guard,
Napoleon's most feared soldiers.
On the same day the 92nd charged against French infantry clutching the
stirrup leathers of the Royal Scots Greys, screaming "Alba gu brath!"
(Scotland Forever).
Six Victoria Crosses were won at Lucknow in 1857 where Seaforth
Highlanders fought valiantly against the Indian Mutineers. 40 years
later on the North West Frontier of India 1st Gordon Highlanders took
the Heights of Dargai from Pathan tribesman. They charged across open
ground under a withering hail of fire encouraged by Piper Findlater,
who continued to play although shot through both ankles. His was one
of two VC's won that day. The following year, in 1898, both Seaforth
and Camerons formed part of Kitchener's force which defeated the
Dervishes at the Battle of Atbara. All 3 regiments fought in the Boer
War, earning 8 VC's between them and the battle honour South Africa
1899-1902.
20th CENTURY WARS
The sheer scale of the fighting in the World War I meant that each
regiment was called on to expand rapidly. By 1918 the Seaforths had
raised 19 battalions, the Gordons 21 and the Camerons 13. No fewer
than 14 VC's were won, and close on 50,000 men lost their lives. The
Second World War started disastrously with 5 battalions captured by
the Germans at St Valery and one by the Japanese in Singapore. But
from 1942 onwards each regiment fought with singular success from
Alamein through North Africa, Sicily, Italy and from the Normandy
Beaches to the Rhine. In the Far East too, fortunes changed and all
battalions distinguished themselves in Burma.
The Highlander
Faodaidh nach ionann na beachdan anns
an post seo agus beachdan a' Ghāidheil.
The views expressed in this post are
not necessarily those of The Highlander.
Whack all imperialists
> Here is a beautiful Gaelic song sung by Màiri Caitlin NicNèill (in
> English, Mary Kathleen MacNeill - "Cogadh na h-Eileanan Fàclainn" (War
> of the Falklands". (NicNèill = daughter of Neill; MacNeill, son of
> Neill)
>
> http://tinyurl.com/388u4j
>
> I thought it would interest posters to read about the Highlanders.
> This is a little dated, but bear with me!
>
> THE HIGHLANDERS (SEAFORTH, GORDONS AND CAMERONS)
>
> The Highlanders were formed from an amalgamation of the Queen's Own
> Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and the Gordon Highlanders on 17
> September 1994. Recruiting Northwards from a line drawn between Dundee
> to Fort William, The Highlanders can truly claim to be the Highland
> Regiment of Scotland. All trained Private soldiers are known as
> 'Highlander' not 'Private' and they wear the same cap badge as
> Officers and Senior NCOs when on parade. These two distinctions make
> The Highlanders unique, as does it's motto 'Cuidich n'Righ' (Help the
> King) the only Gaelic motto in the British Army. Many of the serving
> soldiers speak Gaelic and most of the Regimental toasts and war cries
> are Gaelic, for example 'Cabarfeidh agus Erracht agus Huntlich gu
> brath!'
>
Mí-cheart a dhuine uasal (You are wrong my friend) - "Fág an bealach"
nó an téarma sassanach "Faugh a Ballagh". Royal Inniskillen
Fusiliers. Bunch of west-brit occupational latter day equivalents of
Black & Tans. All scum - gaelic or none.
The Highlander
<seam...@gmail.com> wrote:
Don't argue the toss with me - talk to the regimental historian and
set him straight!
Bi coma! Chan eil ach an sgeulaiche mise, chan eil an sgrìobhadair.
Calm down! I am only the reciter, not the writer.
The Highlander
Faodaidh nach ionann na beachdan anns
an post seo agus beachdan a' Ghàidheil.