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2012 3 scots scotland regular soldiers freedom parade homecoming
Date 180412 Location Inverness Town Center Scotland Photo by Mark Owens Photo Caption:Around 450 soldiers from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) paraded through Inverness to mark their recent return from operations in Afghanistan. From: Army Headquarters Scotland 17 April 2012 ARMY PRESS RELEASE SCOTTISH SOLDIERS TO HOLD HOMECOMING PARADE IN INVERNESS ON 18TH APRIL 2012 Soldiers from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland will take part in a series of Homecoming parades to mark their recent return from a six month operational tour in Afghanistan. The soldiers returned to their permanent base in Fort George, Inverness throughout April 2012 and will hold the parades to thank families, friends and local communities for the support they received while on deployment. Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Fenton said: "I would like to thank the people of Scotland who offered extensive support to the battalion. Families and friends have been very supportive as have the people of Inverness. They sent so many parcels and messages of support that it gave the soldiers a real boost to know that so many people cared." The parades will take place in Inverness on Wednesday 18th April, Forfar and Kirkcaldy on Thursday 19th April and Perth and Dundee on Friday 20th April. ENDS Media wishing to send a representative should contact Fiona Mcnaught, Army Press Officer on Tel: 0131 310 2091 or Mob: 07768 606689.
Fort George, Inverness, Scotland
The english Fort in the scottish highlands The Black Watch 3 Scots - Battalion Headquarters
British 42th Regiment of Foot, “Black Watch”, 1776
Plate from Lt. Charles M. Lefferts "Uniforms of the Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783" published by the New York Historical Society. (New York, NY. 1926)