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Those known to have served with 1st Battalion, Royal Scots during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Armstrong Francis Jeremy. Pte.
- Carr Douglas. Pte. (d.10th May 1940)
- Luce MID Leonard. Pte.
- Merritt William Charles. Pte. (d.31st March 1941)
- Reed George Henry Edward. Sgt.
- Reidie John.
- Robinson William Alexander. Cpl. (d.24th May 1940)
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Sgt. George Henry Edward Reed 1st Btn. Royal Scots George Reed was sent to India in 1944 on the Queen of Bermuda. He spent time with several Scottish regiments and then joined the Americans under General Slim and Merrill’s Marauders, seeing action at Myitkyina and Imphal and crossing the Irrawaddy.
After the war, he remained in India at the Red Fort in Delhi for the war trials. His claim to fame was that one day when he was in charge of the sentry at the Red Fort, a high-ranking Indian gentleman insisted on being allowed to enter the fort. George was called forward and without any respect told the gentleman to ‘Foxtrot Oscar’. It later transpired that the gentleman in question was the future prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Many years later, George was attending to his runner beans in the garden when the Red Arrows, returning from an aerobatic display, flew low over the house. In a fright, George dived for the floor and when he opened his eyes he saw that he was surrounded by his beans on trellises. This panicked him into thinking he was back in Burma. It took us ages to calm him down. Like many others he had recurring bouts of malaria over the years.
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Pte. Francis Jeremy Armstrong 1st Battalion Royal Scots Francis Armstrong served with the 1st Royal Scots in France in 1940. The Battalion formed part of the defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and therefore were not evacuated from the beaches. Many were captured by the Germans and a group of 20 believed to have been murdered after surrendering. Francis Armstrong was one of those who were evacuated from further up the coast.
After a couple of years in Bradford where the Batalion was reconstituted he moved with them to India. He was not awarded the Burma Star as he spent the latter part of the War in India.
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Pte. Leonard Luce MID 1st Btn. Royal Scots Leonard Luce served 3l years with Royal Scots being discharged in l950.
He served in India, Palestine, BEF, Overseas, Middle East. He was Mentioned in Dispatches for the Italian Campaign. His son believes he was at Dunkirk and helped rescue some of his colleagues in the chaos. He did not speak much about WW2. Towards the end of his service he was Batman to Colonel Alec Purvis with whom he remained friends till his death.
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John Reidie 1st Battalion Royal Scots My father, John Reidie, served with the Royal Scots in the battle against the Japanese in Burma and in the battle of Kohima and perhaps the ''Battle of the Tennis court'' as it came to be known . There is a story that he told us that the Japs used to climb up into the trees and call people names like "Johnny or Bobby help me please I am hurt",and when that person went to help their comrade they were shot. My Dad was badly injured and his friend, a Gurka soldier, saw him bleeding badly he carried him to safety and medical treatment thus saving his life. My Dad remained in hospital for a year having several operations to successfuly save his arm. He also caught malaria during his service and for years afterward suffered malaria attacks having terrible halucinations of his experiences in Burma.
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