Below is some genealogy information on the 1st Foot, 1st Regiment and Lothian (Royal Scots) regiment of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

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Description: Formed in 1633 they are the oldest and highest ranking line infantry regiment in the British army. Initially called the Royal Regiment of Foot, it served in France for the first 30 years of its existence. In 1684 they were renamed His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession and the 2nd Jacobite rebellion. In 1751 they were renamed the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot. They saw action during the Seven Years War. They saw action during the Napoleonic Wars, fighting in Egypt, the West Indies and at the battle of Waterloo. They saw action during the Crimean War, fighting at Alma, Inkerman and Sevastapol. In 1881 it was re-named The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). They served during the Boer Wars but saw little action. They saw action during the First World War across Western, Balkan and Middle Eastern fronts, fighting at Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Neuve Chapelle, the first battle of Ypres, the second battle of Ypres, Aubers Bridge, Festubert, Loos, Gallipoli, the Somme, Arras, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Lys, the Hindenburg Line and Selle. In 1921 they were renamed The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). During the Second World War they fought across Western, Italian and Far East fronts, fighting in the invasion of Italy. In 2006 they were merged with the King's Own Scottish Borderers to form a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Their nickname is Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard.

Military actions:

• Crimean war: Alma
• Crimean war: Inkerman
• Crimean: Siege of Sevastapol
• Napoleonic war: Waterloo
• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Le Cateau
• WWI: Marne
• WWI: Aisne
• WWI: Ludendorff Offensive
• WWI: Messines
• WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
• WWI: 2nd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Neuve Chapelle
• WWI: Aubers Bridge
• WWI: Festubert
• WWI: Loos
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Hindenburg Line
• WWI: Arras
• WWI: Cambrai
• WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Lys
• WWI: 2nd battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Advance in Flanders
• WWI: Selle
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Vittorio Veneto

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