Queens Own Highlanders
(Seaforth & Camerons)
Tours of Duty
1961 Queen’s Own Highlanders Formed in Redford Barracks Edinburgh
1961 - 1964 Far East: Singapore & Brunei (First active service)
1964 Edinburgh: Milton Bridge
1964 - 1966 BAOR: Osnabruck
1966 - 1968 Berlin Infantry Brigade
1968 - 1971 Edinburgh: Redford Barracks
1969 - 1970 Middle East: Sharjah, Trucial States & Oman
1971 - 1976 BAOR: Osnabruck
1971 - 1972 NI: Operation Motorman
1973 - 1974 Northern Ireland
1976 - 1980 Edinburgh: Kirknewton
1976 - 1977 Belize Operational Tour
1978 Northern Ireland
1979 Northern Ireland
1980 - 1981 Hong Kong
1981 Tidworth
1982 Falkland Islands
1982 - 1983 Tidworth
1983 - 1985 Northern Ireland
1985 - 1988 Fort George (Regiment’s Home)
1987 Belize Operational Tour
1988 - 1993 BAOR: Munster
1990 Northern Ireland
1991 Gulf (Awarded Battle Honour “Gulf 1991”)
1992 - 1993 Northern Ireland
1993 - 1994 Edinburgh: Dreghorn Barracks
1994 Amalgamated with 1 Gordons to form “The Highlanders”
1994 The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
The name “Queen’s Own Highlanders” was gone, but not forgotten!