The Highlanders' Museum

Today's #PhotoFromTheArchive shows the Queen's Own Highlanders Demonstration Platoon at Jungle Warfare School, 1961 - 1962. (Names of individuals pictured available upon request)

#OTD in 1778, soldiers of the 78th Regiment staged a mutiny at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. For a different perspective, why not check out the handwritten petition on Smartify? app.smartify.org

@Alecjock Hi John, our team haven't seen anything like that before! How interesting!

@HMuseum has the museum encountered one of these before? Relates to Reay Detachment in Caithness of 5th Seaforth Highlanders, came into my possession recently

#OTD in 1793, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders were raised by Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht. Men of Clan Cameron in Lochaber were initially mustered for the regiment. The recruitment area eventually stretched across the Highlands. Happy 230th birthday Camerons! 🎉

Six Highland #museums are now live on @_smartify Freya Samuel, Digital Content Creator tells us all about the project Blog here ➡️ xponorth.co.uk/news/xponorth-…

These six Highland #museums now have collections online thanks to a partnership between #XpoNorth Digital & @_smartify ➡️ @InvMAG ➡️ @GairlochMuseum ➡️ @HMuseum ➡️ @cromcourthouse ➡️ @broraheritage ➡️ @StromnessMuseum Info: xponorth.co.uk/news/six-museu…

In the latest instalment of our Poem From The Archive series, Zem Zem and the 9th Seaforth were relieved from the front lines of the Battle of the Somme, to the forests of Bois de la Haie... Read here: thehighlandersmuseum.com/?p=31904

Aruba was a Dutch protectorate; after the Germans had marched into the Netherlands, Aruba was unprotected. The Camerons were tasked with defending the island, and a refinery that produced high octane gasoline for the British war effort. They remain until February 1942. (3/3)

They left Inverness by train, bound for Gourock where they boarded The Empress of Australia. They arrived on the island on September 3, 1940. (2/3)

#OTD in 1940, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders left Scotland for Aruba... 🧵 (1/3)

Find @HMuseum on the world’s most downloaded museum app @_smartify Explore their collection of objects recounting the history of the Sudan Campaign, an often-forgotten Victorian conflict Click here: app.smartify.org/venues/highlan… #smartify #museumarchive #XpoNorthDigital

'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Inspecting the Parade on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Freedom of Inverness to the Regiment, 6 August 1954' by Ian Eadie #OTD #OnThisDay

Read the latest blog in our anthology of Zem Zem's poems, marking the experience of the 9th Seaforth Pioneer Battalion during the Battle of the Somme. Discover here: thehighlandersmuseum.com/?p=31885

Experience @cromcourthouse online thanks to @_smartify & #XpoNorthDigital Discover archaeological finds that tell the story of the village of Cromarty Explore here: app.smartify.org/venues/cromart…

📣 Did you recently post us some very special photographs of Prisoners of War at Stalag VIII B, 1940? We would love to add these photos to our collection, but we need to get in touch with the donor to do so. Also, if you can identify anyone in these pictures do get in touch!

We are delighted to be part of such an incredible collaboration! 🥳 We can't wait to welcome visitors to discover our Hidden Histories tour. Watch this space! 👀

#OTD 1917 was the 1st day of the Battle of Passchendaele. It was a brutal battle with heavy casualties on both sides and has come to be associated with mud, blood and futility. Both the Seaforth and Cameron Highlanders were present, as well as the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.

#OTD in 1857, Lieutenant Andrew Cathcart Bogle received the Victoria Cross for his actions at Oonao during the First War of Indian Independence. His VC, alongside his Indian Mutiny Medal and India General Service Medal are on display in the Seaforth Highlanders Room.

To celebrate our upcoming exhibition, this is one of the #PhotosFromTheArchive that will be on display. Sadly we know very little about the photograph, but it dates from the 1890s, and shows soldiers of an Indian regiment driving a 'waggon' possibly in Chitral.

#OTD in 1812, the 79th took part in the Battle of Salamanca. The Anglo-Portuguese army, under the Duke of Wellington, defeated French forces at Arapiles during the Peninsular War. (Painting of the French infantry attacked by British infantry by Richard Simkin)