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which subsequently became the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Secondly,the 21st of Foot did not participate in the Battle of Corunna. The1st Battalion at the time was engaged with the French in Sicilyand the newly-formed 2nd Battalion spent the time betweenScotland and Ireland.Dear Mr Kelly,The National Trust for Scotland28 Charlotte SquareEdinburgh EH2 4ET28th June 2007Thank you for your letter of 6th June highlighting twohistorical inaccuracies contained in the Georgian House video.We have consulted with the National War Museum of Scotlandand I can confirm that the reference to the Royal ScotsFusiliers and also their association with the Battle of Corunnais indeed incorrect. I have been informed that these errors mostlikely stem from the various amalgamations that have takenplace over the years. The Battle of Corunna honour belongs tothe Highland Light Infantry and not the Royal Scots Fusiliers(the Victorian name for the 21st Regiment of Foot) who mergedin 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers.The National War Museum recommends that the video be changed torefer to the Highland Light Infantry who did participate in the battle.I am most grateful to you for bringing these inaccuracies tomy attention.Yours sincerely,Mark AdderleyChief Executiveno more than good but the words, as one might expect from theNational Bard, are truly inspiring.Best wishes. Yours aye,Colin Winter[Editor: not “restoration” but “continued existence”]Dear Alastair,From: Lieutenant Colonel D M Robertson10 Netherby Park, WeybridgeSurrey KT13 0AE(01932 857423)6th December 2007I do applaud the effort that is being made to sustain the identity ofour Regiment through the continuing publication of a dedicatedmagazine. I thought the first issue to be commendable, and I greatlyenjoyed reading it. My enjoyment was enhanced by CorporalCameron’s memoir which he has called The Fight Against Eoka.The period of which he writes in such detail and so accurately isone in which I was serving in 1 HLI, as indeed were you, and hisreport of the year we spent in Bulford stirred many memories.Not least of these was the Presentation of Colours by HRH ThePrincess Margaret, and in the picture that accompanies the articlethe Subaltern who has just received the Queen’s Colour is myself.Ordinarily that would be unremarkable, but four years later whenthe amalgamation took place I was still a Subaltern serving withthe Battalion and I had the great honour and privilege to carrythat same Colour when it was laid up in Glasgow Cathedral. Giventhe normal lifespan of a Stand of Colours it must be very unusual,if not unique, for a Colour to have been carried by the same officeron both Presentation and Laying Up!Dear Alastair,From: Lieutenant Colonel C S WinterShellachanKilchrenanBy TaynuiltArgyll PA35 1HD(01866 833263)4th December 2007I look forward to the next issue of the truncated Journal, and inparticular to the next instalment of Corporal Cameron’s diary.Yours ever,Douglas[Editor: This Edition is less truncated than its predecessor; there is roomfor all the remainder of Corporal Cameron’s ‘Fight Against Eoka’.]Thank you for your newsletter on the latest Regimental Dinner.I was gratified to learn from you of the restoration of HielanLaddie and The 71st Quickstep to the pipe programme.I suppose it was predictable that the Royal Regiment ofScotland would adopt Scotland the Brave as its quick march. Ihave always disliked this irksome tune with its banal words butat least it is infinitely preferable to that dismal dirge Flower ofScotland. No wonder Scottish sports teams always lose whenthis tune lacking words and melody of any merit is played.I have always thought it a pity that Scots Wha Hae has neverachieved greater acclaim and popularity. The tune admittedly isDear Alastair,From: Lieutenant Colonel C S WinterShellacha, KilchrenanBy TaynuiltArgyllPA35 1HD(01866 833263)6th December 2007A few months ago, Flora and I visited Philip Maxwell (RHF 1966–75) and his wife Briar at their fabulous cliff-side home in the farNorthwest corner of the Island of Islay. It is difficult to exaggerate THE ROYAL HIGHLAND FUSILIERS