93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Thin Red Line at Balaclava
Recreated by Frontline Figures in 1996.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders are perhaps one of the best known Highland regiments and the one with the most romantic associations. The regiments history dates back to 1794 but it assumed its present form in 1881 following the amalgamation of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders and the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. Better known in Scotland simply as the Argylls the regiment recruited in central Scotland (in the old counties of Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire) and in the West of Scotland in Argyll.
The Sutherland Branch of the reqiment is particularly famed for its part in the Battle of Balaclava (1854) during the Crimean War.
The regimental badge is a circle inscribed Argyll and Sutherland surrounded by a wreath of thistles. In the centre the cypher of Princess Louise is reversed and interlaced with the princess's coronet mounted above The boar's head of the Duke of Argyll and the cat of the Duke of Sutherland lie within the circle.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders have two mottos. The first is 'Ne Obliviscaris' (do not forget) the motto of the Duke of Argyll, and the second is 'Sans Peur' (Fearless) the motto of the Duke of Sutherland.