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slowed down so that you can keep up with Piper Ian McDowall, who was Acting Pipe
us!’ Sergeant at Douglas in 1968, is Honorary
Piper to Kilwinning Burns Club. He
From a lady spectator at Douglas on May provided a Cameronian Medley at the
12 to a former Scots Guardsman: interval at this year’s Kilwinning Burns
‘Do you never wish you’d joined a decent
Supper and has agreed to be Piper at The
Regiment?’
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and Family
I understand that the Scots Guardsman still
members Association Burns Supper at
speaks to the lady in question. His response
Tannochside on February 2.
was, ‘Well, we always had to send for the
Cameronians to clear up the mess we
started!’
In August, 2002, I went up to Dunkeld to
see the grave of Lieutenant-Colonel William
From an old Seaforth Highlander explaining
Cleland, the first Commanding Officer of
the difference between Cameronians and
the Regiment. I was unable to see the grave
Cameron Highlanders:
as it was covered over to protect it against
‘The Cameronians were intelligent fighters.
falling masonry while the stonework in
The Cameron Highlanders were neither.’
that part of the Cathedral is being restored.
However, Dunkeld is well worth a visit as it
Someone ‘who should have known better’
is very easy to visualise the battle of 1689
suggested that Ross Tollerton, V.C., was
in the town to-day. The Cathedral contains
a Cameronian. The Seaforth Highlander,
a fine memorial tablet to Col. Cleland,
who was a close personal friend of Ross
erected by ‘an old Cameronian’ as well as a
Tollerton, may have been prejudiced
memorial tablet honouring those from the
following on the enforced amalgamation of
district who died on active service with the
his Regiment with the Camerons in 1961.
Regiment in the First World War.
His thoughts on the later amalgamation
Also worth a visit is the Regiment Memorial
with the Gordons in 1994 are not printable
on the North Inch in nearby Perth: this is
a fine obelisk commemorating the 90th
Perthshire Light Infantry. It is not to be
Random Jottings.
confused with the wrought iron memorial
to the 51st Highland Division, which stands
Old Cameronian Douglas Stewart is alive
nearby. Both memorials are breathtakingly
and well and living in Monymusk Road,
simple and awesomely beautiful.
Aberdeen. Douglas, who served with the
Regiment in 1955-57, spends much of
his time as a guide at the Museum of the
The Cameronians (S.R.) & Family Members
Gordon Highlanders in Aberdeen. When
Associations. These are some of the
asked about his service with the Gordons,
Remembrance Services that we attended in
he said that he was really there under
November 2002
false pretences as he had never served
with the Gordons. He went on to say, ‘I’ve
something here I’ll show you. Nobody else
Garden of Remembrance
gets to see it, but I keep it with me under
hamilton
my jacket lapel all the time.’
The Joint Ex-Servicemans Committee
Back went a reply straight from the pages
Invited us to the Service that was held on
of ‘Three Hundred Years of Service’ I said,
Saturday 2nd November 2002 in Hamilton
‘Any man should be proud to say, I served
Beginning outside Crightons Shoe Shop
with The Cameronians!’
where tea and biscuits were served, in
I went to look round the Museum and
Quarry Street at the Bottom Cross at
when I returned I noted with pleasure that
10.30hrs the Standard was carried by Mr
the Cameronian Badge had been transferred
W Gough to the garden of remembrance
to the face of his lapel!
the Service was conducted by Monsignor
Incidentally, the Cameronians are a family
Rev Devany was laid by Mr J Kane, he
regiment but they would seem to be was supported by several members of
outclassed in that respect by the Gordons - the organisation then to the Garden
in a painting of a charge in their museum, of Remembrance and thereafter to the
each of the Gordons has the same facial Hamilton Council Offices in Almada Street
features! For Refreshments.
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