Glad to have found this. My Brother Michael Rodden, drummer behind the tenor drummer. Dearly missed Michael along with Alex and Dennis all of whom served in the Black Watch.
I like to see film footage of the British Army of the 1960s. Smart and professional soldiers. They were deployed all over the world and there were never enough of them. Sad to see so many fine regiments disappear. The Black Watch is now only a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The Scottish regiments had recruiting problems. We will never see them restored as full regiments in their own right.
My stepfather (Harry Scott) was in the Black Watch. When he left and the regiment went to Hong Kong, I lost touch with the friends I'd had. I wonder what they're all doing now?
The narrator mentions that the Black Watch fought in America, but it is of interest that the Regiment states: ""We can boast no Battle Honours for our part in the American War of Independence, because it was rightly decreed that Battle Honours should not be granted for a war with our kith and kin."
Whilst I'm in no way a Royalist the facts prove that the Royal Family generates way more £ than they cost the British taxpayer. They're still a fucked up bunch though.
There's the Queen Mother and Princess Alice. DoE might make it his year. Do you like being envious of people with more than you? Even without the monarchy, you'd just envy someone else.
