The famous Highland Regiment, the
Black Watch, camped here one year, and, when the men shook out the straw of their beds in the spring, some seeds of heather took root."
He was in the
Black Watch, when first it was mustered; and, like other gentlemen privates, had a gillie at his back to carry his firelock for him on the march.
Former
Black Watch company sergeant major Joe Hubble served 28 years in the regiment and became a close pal of the Queen Mother and the Royal Family.
A pipe major played a haunting lament as hundreds of veterans gathered at a service to unveil the statue of a
Black Watch soldier on a former Flanders battlefield yesterday.
Olsen Cruise Lines welcomed a delegation of local VIPs on a visit to its 804-guest cruise ship, "
Black Watch," on 7th May 2013, when the ship made its first-ever turnaround call at Harwich International Port, departing on a 14-night 'European Capitals and Canals' cruise.
The Pipes, Drums, Highland Dancers of The
Black Watch 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiments of Scotland are on an extensive North American tour with the Band of the Scots Guards that includes a visit to Mechanics Hall for a performance at 8 p.m.
AWARD-WINNING drama
Black Watch marches back to Coventry next year after playing to tens of thousands of people across three continents and picking up a staggering 22 awards.
TWO
Black Watch soldiers were killed by a Taliban explosion in Afghanistan yesterday.
PLAYWRIGHT GREGORY BURKE refers to
Black Watch as "the unauthorized biography" of the three-century-old Scottish regiment that, in November 2004, was deployed to Iraq, relieving American forces at Camp Dogwood in Babil and freeing them up for their assault on Fallujah.
The
Black Watch was given the Freedom of Fife by the local council - only the second time it has been awarded since introduction in 1997.
Ms Ewing's Perth constituency is the home of the
Black Watch, whose troops have just returned from perilous mission to Iraq.
SOLDIERS of the
Black Watch gathered yesterday to give thanks for their safe return from Iraq and to remember their fallen comrades.