Royal Scots Museum Research Team
We now have a research team made up of five willing volunteers; each of the volunteers have their own area of expertise, whether that is Military History Knowledge, and or Genealogy Research Knowledge. The team is based in The Old Provost Marshal’s House, the building up the steps to the right as you look at the Museum entrance. The Museum Library and Archive are also housed there. Visitors seeking further information are welcome to call-in but it is better to give warning of a visit by telephoning 0131 226 2688 or e-mail to museum@theroyalscots.co.uk
Donations
Genealogical and Historical enquiries incur costs in both time and manpower. A donation of £25 (or more if you wish) is requested towards this. While all is done to answer these enquiries as fully as our archive permits, a successful search cannot always be guaranteed.
Our Records
Please take note that the records we hold are limited.
Our records include:
Royal Scots Enlistment Books (1920 – c1942)
Battalion War Diaries (Both WW1 & WW2)
Rolls of Honour (Various Battalions & Burghs)
The Royal Scots WW1 Roll of Honour.
Casualty lists of the First World War
Prisoner of war lists.
Regimental Journal (1890 – Present)
Battalion Roll Books (Not for every Battalion)
Our records do not include:
Service records
Medal Rolls
Research Enquiries
Please submit your research enquiry to archive@theroyalscots.co.uk
You will receive an automated response email providing further information. Research is conducted by voluteers, so we request a donation to The Royal Scots Regimental Trust to support our work. Further details are provided in the response email.
Self Help – Researching a Royal Scot
Service Records
These records are not held by the Regiment, but are held elsewhere. Follow the RED Hyperlinks.
1760-1913
These records are held at the National Archives at Kew.
These records are now also available on-line at Find My Past.
1914 – 1920
These records are held at the National Archives at Kew.
These records are now also available on-line at Ancestry, and Find My Past.
Please Note, that many of these records were lost to bombing during the Second World War and only 40% have survived.
1920s – Present Day
These records are held by the Army Personnel Centre.
These are confidential documents and, as such, are available only to relatives.
Medal Rolls are not held by the relevant regiment, but in various other places:
1793-1949 Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls
These records are held at the National Archives at Kew.
These records are now also available on-line at Ancestry.
1935-1990 Recommendations for Honours and Awards Index,
These records are held at the National Archives at Kew.
These records are now also available on-line at Ancestry, and National Archives.
Prisoners of War
Details for those captured during the First World War can be found on-line at the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Rolls of Honour
Scottish National War Memorial
The Roll of Honour for the First World War to 2006 is held at the SNWM in Edinburgh Castle.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
For the First & Second World Wars, these can be found on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
National Memorial Arboretum
The period from the Second World to the present day is covered by the Armed Forces Memorial located at the National Memorial Arboretum. There is a SCOTS Memorial Stone in the Arboretum which includes all the Scottish Antecedent Infantry Regiments.
Useful Links
Forces War Records
Ancestry
Army Museums Ogilby Trust
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
First World War
Imperial War Museum (London)
McCrae’s Battalion – Great War Memorial
National Archives
National Army Museum
Scotlandspeople
Armadale & District Roll of Honour
Newbattle at War
