I would be grateful if anyone has information regarding The Queen's Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade from 1900 - 1915. Thanks, Maggie

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:36:34 -0000, "Maggie Ingram" <maggieingram@tetney56.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >I would be grateful if anyone has information regarding The Queen's Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade from 1900 - 1915. The Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade, The Royal Scots, was part of the Volunteer Force, and was made up of part-time soldiers. During the period 1900-1908 it consisted of three battalions (which were effectively the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Volunteer Battalions of the Royal Scots), with the Brigade's HQ being at the Drill Hall in Forrest Hill. This building, between the old Royal Infirmary and George IV Bridge, is still standing, but gave up its connection with the Army in 1993. Each of the three battalions was divided into 8 or 9 companies, and many of the companies were traditionally made up of certain categories of men. C Coy of the 1st Bn had a good proportion of accountants, whilst B coy of the 3rd Bn had a good number of merchants and A Coy of the 3rd Bn had lots of university students. H Coy of the 2nd Bn had originally been made up of total abstainers! In 1908 the Volunteer Force was renamed as the Territorial Force, and the three battalions of the Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade became the 4th and 5th Battalions of the Royal Scots, again based at Forrest Hill. 1908 also saw the creation of the Officers Training Corps, and A Company of the 3rd Bn split off to form the basis of the Edinburgh University contingent of the OTC. In fact, Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities OTC was the last unit to occupy the building at Forrest Hill, before it moved to Colinton Road in 1993. The 4th and 5th Battalions of the Royal Scots served overseas in WW1, and had many casualties at Gallipoli. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson - British Military Genealogical Researcher. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com