Great Britain (Volunteers)

51^st Highland Volunteers

	formed from elements of 4th/5th Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (TA) and 6th/7th Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (TA) and 11th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA) and 4th/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) and 1st Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) and 3rd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders (TA) and 1st Battalion, The London Scottish, The Gordon Highlanders (TA) and 7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA) and 8th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA) │	formed from elements of 4th/5th Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (TA) and 6th/7th Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (TA) │	formed from elements of 540th Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (Lovat Scouts) (TA) and 11th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA) and 4th/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │	formed from elements of 3rd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders (TA) │	formed from elements of 7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA) and 8th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	51st Highland Volunteers	3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)	3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders	3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherlandi Highlanders (Princess Louise"s)
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1969:	│ │	reduced to cadre │	reduced to cadre │	reduced to cadre │	reduced to cadre │
1971:	1st Battalion,	← merged into 1st Bn	2nd Battalion,		← merged into 1st Bn
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1975:	│		│		3rd Battalion,
	51st Highland Volunteers
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1994:	3rd (V) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) │		│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │
1995:	│ │ │ │		3rd (V) Battalion, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)		7th/8th (V) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherlandi Highlanders (Princess Louise’s)
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1999:	A (Black Watch) Company,		B (Highlanders) Company, C (Highlanders) Company,		D (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company, E (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company,
	51st Highland Regiment
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2006:	51st Highland, 7th Battalion
	The Royal Regiment of Scotland
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