1st Battalion

The Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders

 

Commanding Officers

 

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Gathering of former 1st Bn CO's & RSM's on 25th March 2006 to mark the end of the 1st Bn

 

Succession List of Commanding Officers

1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

 

 

                                            Lt.-Colonel C.P.R. Palmer OBE                                                              15.1.1972 – 2.8.1974

                                            Lt.-Colonel A.W. Scott-Elliot                                                                   2.8.1974 – 5.1977

                                            Lt.-Colonel I.C. Purvis-Hume                                                                  5.1977 – 4.3.1980

                                            Lt.-Colonel H.L. Clark                                                                             4.3.1980 – 10.9.1982

                                            Lt.-Colonel D.P. Thompson MC                                                              10.9.1982 – 18.3.1985

                                            Lt.-Colonel G.A. Neilson OBE                                                                18.3.1985 – 24.9.1987

                                            Lt.-Colonel M.R. McVittie                                                                      24.9.1987 – 4.1990

                                            Lt.-Colonel A.W. Blackett OBE                                                              4.1990 – 8.7.1992

                                            Lt.-Colonel A.K.M. Miller OBE                                                              8.7.1992 – 13.1.1995

                                            Lt.-Colonel A.J.N. Graham MBE                                                            13.1.1995 – 17.1.1997

                                            Lt.-Colonel R.N.H.A. de V. Wade OBE                                                  17.1.1997 - 7.1999

                                            Lt.-Colonel B.W. Russell MBE                                                               7. 1999 – 7.12.2001

                                            Lt.-Colonel J.D. Gray                                                                               7.12.2001 - 5.2004

                                            Lt.-Colonel S.R. West                                                                               5.2004 - 28.3.2006

28th March 2006 renamed The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

                                            Lt.-Colonel S.R. West                                                                               28.3.2004 - 11.2006

                                            Lt.-Colonel D. C. Richmond                                                                     11.2006 -

 

 

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                Palmer                   Scott-Elliot            Purvis-Hume                 Clark                  Thompson                  Neilson                   McVittie          

 

                                                 

                Blackett                     Miller                     Graham                       Wade                    Russell                      Gray                     West

 

 

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Updated: 06 April 2008