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The Royal Scots, Regimental Association, AGM will be held on 28th Feb in the Royal Scots Club, Abercrombie Place.
Congregate at the bar 18:30 for 19:00. The meeting will be held in the Princess Royal Suite. During the meeting there will be a short presentation then we will retire to the bar. After the meeting we’ll be served with the usual lovely club curry and a good catch-up. Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Many thanks.
Paul
Mr Jade Hastie
It is with great sadness that we report the death on 27 January 2025 of Mr Jade Hastie. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Further details will be promulgated when known.
My sincere condolences to all The Hastie family and friends at this sad time, as many ex-Royals are aware for my love of boxing and I was always very interested in former Battalion Boxers and Inter Company boxers who went on to represent The Regiment so if my memory serves me well I believe Jade was a very good middleweight boxer 1978 Munster
The Ten Bells will chime out loud and may you Rest In Peace fellow boxer.
My Sincere Condolences to the Hastie family will be sadly missed. I remember Jade from Munster R I.P.
Association AGM
The Association AGM will be held at 1900 on Friday 28 February 2025 in The Royal Scots Club. Further details are on the Upcoming Events page at https://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/association-agm/
Hello everyone,
My name is Marley and I’m one of the family and historic research volunteers in The Royal Scots Museum.
I’m also currently in my fourth year at Edinburgh University and in the middle of writing my dissertation, which is about the Waterloo Colours and, by extension, the museum as a whole. It would be incredibly useful to my research if anyone would like to answer a couple of brief questions as part of a survey that I am conducting to try and gather some public opinions of the museum and the purpose of Regimental Museums in general.
If anyone is interested, please reach out to me at s2213977@ed.ac.uk. Any personal information that is then visible to me (specifically names and email addresses) will remain only visible to me and, in some circumstances, possibly my supervisor. It will, however, all be deleted once my work has been marked in a few months.
Obviously, this is completely optional, but I would be extremely grateful for any responses!
Best wishes,
Marley
Lady Candy Richardson
The funeral for Lady Candy Richardson will be held at 11am on Saturday 22 February 2025 at St Mary’s Church, Sidegate, Haddington, EH41 4BZ. Family flowers only. Donations welcome to The Lamp of Lothian, a charity close to Candy’s heart.
Just to say that the funeral will be at 11.30 on Saturday 22nd of February, and not at 11.00.
Many thanks
Lorne Inglis (Lady Candy Richardson’s son)
Mr Barry Doull
It is with great sadness that we report the death on 25 January 2025 of Mr Barry Doull. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Further details will be promulgated when known.
How sad he was a good friend during the A Company Ballykinler days. Great soldier. RIP friend
I don’t think I knew you but i’m thinking of you anyway at this sad time, Rest In Peace Barry
PONTIUS PILATES BODYGUARD FOR THE 2025 RS MUSEUM OUTREACH EXHIBITION
PPBG is recruiting again now!
The 2025 RS Museum Outreach Exhibition, commemorating Gretna 110 will be held in the Out Of The Blue community centre in Dalmeny Street in Leith, formerly the Drill Hall of 7th (Leith) Battalion The Royal Scots 19-24 May 2025, with an Act of Remembrance at Gretna on 22 May 2025 and culminating in our annual Service of Remembrance at Rosebank Cemetary on the morning of Saturday 24 May 2025.
As at Dalkeith Palace in 2023 and Tynecastle 2024, PPBG Volunteer Guides are sought, in the same way as previously, for the RS Museum Outreach Exhibition at the Dalmeny Street Drill Hall. All the usual suspects, and others, are cordially invited to register interest by contacting wjblythe@hotmail.com at early convenience.
Watch this space for emerging details.
Up The Royals!
Jim Blythe
Lady Candy Richardson
It is with great sadness that we report the death on 26 January 2025 of Lady Candy Richardson, widow of Lieutenant General Sir Robert Richardson KCB CVO CBE, late Colonel of the Regiment. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. Further details will be announced when known.
My sincere condolences goes out to all The Richardson family and friends at this very sad time, may you Rest In Peace Lady Richardson
He was a genuine auld sweat , never ever heard him complain about anything. RIP Andy till we meet again
Mr Andy Fitzpatrick
The funeral for Mr Andy Fitzpatrick will be held at 1030 on Thu 30 Jan 2025 at Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh EH7 4HW.