highland regiment in the reg forces?

[Jonny Boy]

By the way, I'm kinda curious here, if you have such a hard-on for wearing a kilt and being in a Scottish unit, why are you a zipperhead cadet?

zipper head cadet? if you mean why didn't i join a Scottish cadet corp. it is because i didn't live anywere near one.

Well, since Canada didn't exist until 1867, NOBODY was "part of the defence back in the early 1800's".  Since the only "war" back then was the war of 1812, you should know that it was fought almost entirely by British army units, defending British property.   That property didn't become Canada for another 55 years.

well not defending canada but defending this land. but arnt you forgeting about the fFenian raids near the american civil war?

there also does not need to be a war for there to be a need for defence.

 

[48Highlander]

I'm guessing you're in North York with C-Coy eh?  And you couldn't take the bus/subway to downtown toronto in order to join a Scottish unit?  Guess that shows how important it must be to you.

 

[TCBF]

So, Hutch, proud oatmeal savage that you are, you started this five pages of digital landfill, and you don't even wear a kilt? 

 

[Jonny Boy]

I'm guessing you're in North York with C-Coy eh?  And you couldn't take the bus/subway to downtown toronto in order to join a Scottish unit?  Guess that shows how important it must be to you.

well when  i first joined cadets i had just moved to the city and i was a shy kid. i didn't know that there were different regiments and i really didn't know how to follow the ttc routes. if i had of known a little bit more about the military when i started cadets i would of joined a Scottish corp.

yes i am the SSM of  C- squadron in north york, how did you know? i have also moved around like 4 times since i lived in the city and all those times were close to the school i go to cadets at.

So, Hutch, proud oatmeal savage that you are, you started this five pages of digital landfill, and you don't even wear a kilt? 

oh i do were a kilt. just not on a regular parade night in uniform. i have a kilt of my own that i wear. my last annual inspection i wore my kilt on parade. it was the only time i was allowed.

i started what turned into five pagers of digital landfill only to find out if there was a possible way that if i were to join the reg force i could be attached to a highland regiment. it just got off topic.

 

[TCBF]

"if i were to join the reg force i could be attached to a highland regiment.

- Well, I guess it's no, sadly, not since the RHC regular was disbanded at Camp Gagetown in the Summer of 1970.

"it just got off topic."

- Well, that's not your fault.  We all get a share in that one.

What Tartan?

 

[Jonny Boy]

"if i were to join the reg force i could be attached to a highland regiment.

- Well, I guess it's no, sadly, not since the RHC regular was disbanded at Camp Gagetown in the Summer of 1970.

"it just got off topic."

- Well, that's not your fault.  We all get a share in that one.

What Tartan?

it is my family tartan  the MacDonald of the Isles

it is nice my dad got it when he was in Scotland like 20 years ago. i want to get a new one the one i have is starting to fall apart. also i am out growing it.

 

[48Highlander]

well when   i first joined cadets i had just moved to the city and i was a shy kid. i didn't know that there were different regiments and i really didn't know how to follow the ttc routes. if i had of known a little bit more about the military when i started cadets i would of joined a Scottish corp.

yes i am the SSM of   C- squadron in north york, how did you know? i have also moved around like 4 times since i lived in the city and all those times were close to the school i go to cadets at.

    I know a lot of QYRangs (reservists), and I'm familiar with the organization of your cadet corps.  I figured if you were in A or B you could have just as easily gone to the 48th or TorScot cadets.  That only left C-coy.

oh i do were a kilt. just not on a regular parade night in uniform. i have a kilt of my own that i wear. my last annual inspection i wore my kilt on parade. it was the only time i was allowed.

i started what turned into five pagers of digital landfill only to find out if there was a possible way that if i were to join the reg force i could be attached to a highland regiment. it just got off topic.

Next time just try not to suggest standing down the RCR    I'm a member of a highland unit, and while I love my kilt, and the traditions that go with the unit, even I'd never suggest standing down any of our reg force regiments just so we could form a highland one.  I also wouldn't be in favour of creating new scottish units; there's really no point.  The scottish militia units we have now have proud and colourful backgrounds and traditions, and they add a unique and interesting element to the CF.  If one of them were to be stood up as a regforce unit, I wouldn't have a problem with it, but I don't see any point in creating new ones.  We're all primarily Canadian, and our military should reflect that.

 

[DSB]

Because you're making the same mistake they are? (that is,you got Muslims and Sikhs mixed up, not that you murder people over their headdress)

Hey I'm a liberal I care about these things.....

Sorry for the tangent.

After 9 11 a Sikh was shot and killed because someone thought he was a Muslim.  There have been many many cases of violence and arson against Sikhs in the States and Canada since 9 11.  If it was done against Muslims that would be terrible.  It sucks even more when you really are not part of that religion or even from countries in the 'axis of evil family'.  I travelled a lot through the states and I get raped at the borders and airports. 

So is life.  Theres a big push by Sikhs to educate people on the religion.  Not to distance ourselves from Muslims, (the whole idea of burn them out and not us is not the intent).  Education can only benefit.  Some number to mull over;

Judaism  about 0.2% of the world
Islam about 21% of the  world, ( hard to be ignorant about such a large percent)
Sikhs in the world  22.5 million.  In Canada there are almost as many Sikhs as Jewish people  (0.9 to 1.1 percent according to the 2001 census)

Cherries
DSB

 

[Zartan]

I would just like to say that during the war of 1812 the majority of the defending forces were raised in Canada (has anyone heard of the Army of Lower Canada besides me? (they actually weren't a particularly large force (6 000 strong) but when you consider how many other soldiers were in Canada up until the fall of Napoleon). Plus once you consider fencibles and militia, and the Canadian Regulars (104th New Brunswick Regiment), and Natives...

Now onto the actual topic:
The first locally raised Highlanders I have heard of and going to war were the Scottish settlers of Glengarry County, Upper Canada, who supported the British advance from the south during the 1838 rebellion. They crossed the Ottawa and crushed (if not intimidated more), the few rebels they encountered. To my knowledge, they suffered no casualties, but they destroyed a large number of homes and crops. In addition to them, there were also the Royal Highland Emigrants, who fought in the American Revolution, and were largely recruited in Halifax and St. Johns. Being an actual military formation (officially), I should consider them a more prevalent unit; however, as the name implies, most of the troops were not born on what is now  soil.
I should think there would have been highlanders from Nova Scotia at the same time, if not earlier (of the 1830's, I mean).  ???

 

[Danjanou]

Amusing as this "digital land fill" has become and to an extent informative. I think it's about run its course here. Anyone object if we shut it down and lock it.  Conversations on Scottish and other ethnic regiments contributions to the defence of Canada/BNA can be continued on existing threads over in Military History and/or new threads. 

Oh Hutch try Richardson's on Yong St (north of Lawrence) for a new kilt. he did mine up and I found prices reasonable and workmanship excellent.

 

[Jonny Boy]

Oh Hutch try Richardson's on Yong St (north of Lawrence) for a new kilt. he did mine up and I found prices reasonable and workmanship excellent.

OK i will. how much would you sat is reasonable?  and how long does it take for them to make one? also i don't want to throw my other one out. do they do repairs?

 

[Danjanou]

Ok then, no objections thread locked and Hutch PM enroute.