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The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Once a regiment, it is now a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. ==History== The regiment was formed on 20 January 1959 by the then amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). The Royal Highland Fusiliers remained an infantry regiment in its own right; the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) was part of the Scottish Division, and abbreviated as 'The RHF'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Highland Fusiliers )〕 The regiment was initially based at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh and was deployed to Singapore Lines in Aden in 1960.Then was posted to St. Patricks barracks in Malta in 1961. The Regiment then moved to Mons Barracks in Iserlohn in 1963. In 1965/66 the battalion went to Cyprus as part of UNFICYP for six months and then to Fort George, Scotland in 1967. In 1968 thr Regiment was deployed to Gibraltar for six months on frontier duties after General Franco closed the frontier with Spain.The regiment undertook five tours in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in the 1970s. It relocated to Kiwi Barracks at Bulford Camp in 1970. the regiment did a two-year posting to Malaysia then returned to Redford Barracks in 1973 and moved on to Barrosa Barracks at Hemer in 1979.〔 The regiment moved to Palace Barracks at Holywood in 1983, went on to Berlin in 1985 and returned to Redford Barracks before going to Oakington Barracks at Cambridge in 1989.〔 After taking part in the Gulf War in 1991, the regiment moved to St Barbara Barracks at Fallingbostel in 1993 from where it deployed units to Bosnia in 1994 and to Macedonia and Kosovo in 1999.〔 The regiment moved back to Fort George in 2000 and to Salamanca Barracks in Cyprus from where it sent units to Iraq for Operation Telic in 2003.〔 As part of the Delivering Security in a Changing World Review of the Armed Forces, the regiment was amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become the 2nd Battaion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland which was formed on 28 March 2006.〔 Currently as a light role battalion under the command of 51st Infantry Brigade, the battalion also has responsibility for public duties in Edinburgh. The battalion is based at Glencorse Barracks in Penicuik.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SCOTS Battalions )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Highland Fusiliers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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