Tyneside Scottish Rauray Dinner

 

Rauray Dinner

 Rauray Dinner to commemorate the Defence of Rauray, a battle honour awarded to 1st Battalion Tyneside Scottish (Black Watch) for their actions on the 1st July 1944.

Rauray Battlefield

Rauray Dinner
Battery Commanders Tyneside Scottish

Rauray Dinner
Battery Commanders / Battery Sergeant Majors TS

Rauray Dinner
Tyneside Scottish Branch Royal Artillery

London - Clarence House

Clarence House

Brings back memories...............

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother and her Tyneside Scottish
Clarence House
June 1994

Op Drum 2 - Handover Ceremony

On the 16th April 2013, the Tyneside Scottish Association paraded at Kingston Park TAC for a ceremony to entrust the Catto drum to 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers).

The Drum was presented to the Tyneside Scottish during a ceremony at 2/Lt Catto's grave in Erquinghem-Lys on the 4th October 2012. It was handed over to Lt Col John Catto RA by Yves Holbeq and the Somme Battlefield Pipe band. It was entrusted to Northumbria ACF for safe return to Tyneside.

Operation Drum October 2012

 

 

The ceremony to return the Drum to the Tyneside Scottish was organised by 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers), and brought together serving Battery members, Tyneside Scottish Assocation, and Tyneside Scottish Cadets. Present at the ceremony was the President of the TSA, Colonel Tony Glenton, and the Commanding Officer 101 (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers). The Tyneside Scottish pipes and drums provided the musical accompaniment.

 

After a journey that had taken 73 years, the Drum returned to Tyneside.

 

Battery Sergeant Major forms the parade up



Battery Sergeant Major on parade

Pipe band play Highland Cathederal

Battery Sergeant Major and TSA on parade

Telling the story of the Drum

Handing over the Dum to the Battery Commander

The drum in its new display cabinet

                 President TSA   CO 101 Regt.         Myself      BC 204 Bty.