ROYAL SCOTS
Appearing in Volume 1 of His
Majesty’s Territorial Army, and representing the Edinburgh Territorial Force Association, Richard Caton Woodville’s plate shows dark grey uniforms with rifle-style fur caps, the image featuring a Sergeant, bugler and mounted officer. The
4th and 5th Battalions were the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles and had originated as a strong volunteer corps in 1859. Companies had been raised throughout the city from its many trades and occupations, and these were identified within the regiment as eg, No. 1 (Advocates),
No. 3 (Writers to the Signet), No. 5 (Solicitors Before the Supreme Court), No. 6 (Accountants) and No. 18 (High Constables). Other designations identified the source of the company’s membership: No. 2 (1st Citizens),
No. 4 (Edinburgh University), No. 12 (Freemasons) and No. 16 (Total Abstainers). Thanks to the Anne SK Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library, the illustration shown is the original artwork provided by the artist.