Welcome the 3rd Rifles back...

Thousands lined the route along the Royal Mile last Saturday to welcome the 3rd Rifles back to Edinburgh having just returned from active service in Afghanistan.

As the riflemen marched past the City Chambers, the salute was taken by the regiment’s Colonel- in- Chief Princess Alexandra.

150 years ago when the Seaforth Highlanders arrived in Edinburgh following service in India, thousands lined the route from the Waverley Station to Edinburgh Castle to welcome them.

During a banquet held in the Grassmarket Corn Exchange, the officers and men were presented with their campaign medals by Lady Havelock.

Although Eleanor Atkinson did not mention the name of the regiment in her novel ‘Greyfriars Bobby’ the Seaforths were the only Highland regiment stationed at the Castle during the terrier’s lifetime.

The Corn Exchange was demolished in 1969.

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