Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum — Attraction in Great Britain

A big exhibition with an accurate history of the highlander with many interesting things to see. The three stars are due to the lack of more information on the controversal topic about the british occupation in foreign countries for example india or ireland, where the regiment fought liberation forces. There are little information shields with neutral description of the events but compared to the amount of information about the regiment they are very small and thus gave me on some points of the exhibiton some sense of a military/colonialism propaganda museum. Also the movie about the role of media in conflicts had an akward moment as the speaker says soldiers had political opinions and in the next frame a soldier says in an interview he doesn‘t have an opinion which gives a bad impression and representation for soldiers as if they aren‘t caring about anything (but i think they...

The Museum traces over 200 years of one of Scotland’s elite military regiments - The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The Museum traces the history of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders and the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders up to the time of their amalgamation in 1881 when they became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment and thereafter to the present day. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was expanded to fifteen battalions during the First World War (1914–1918) and nine during the Second World War (1939–1945). The 1st Battalion served in the 1st Commonwealth Division in the Korean War and gained a high public profile for its role in Aden...

I have nothing but admiration for the highlanders. The men I met today at the museum were tried and tested men of all ages, hard men who gave themselves to their country. What an absolute service they've given to Scotland and beyond. I've been trying to track down the service records of my grandfather without any luck. I'll be honest and say I'm closer today than I was yesterday but only in inches. Today I moved forward by inches with meters to go. Thank you to the men I spoke to today at the museum who gave me some real honest insight to past and...