The Royal Highland Fusiliers Home Headquarters & Museum, Glasgow

The Royal Highland Fusiliers Home Headquarters and Museum is to be found on Sanchiehall Street and it is a very interesting museum well worth a visit.

The Royal Highland Fusiliers were formed in 1959 when the 21st Company of the Royal Scots Fusiliers merged with the 71st, 73rd and 74th Companies of the Highland Light Infantry and they moved into their present headquarters in 1960.

The museum covers the twin histories of the RSF and the HLI from 1678 to the present day, with displays spread out in six galleries: Gallery N°1 explains how the regiments were founded; In Gallery N°2 you will see the uniforms and artefacts from campaigns all round the world. Gallery N° 3 also holds uniforms, medals and musical instruments.

Other uniforms and weapons are to be found in Gallery N°4. Gallery N°5 deals with weapons used during World War One and the years between the Wars, while in Gallery N°6 you will find weapons and artefacts from to World War Two to the present day. These last galleries have an impressive display of maps and photos.

You can visit the Colonels’ Room and Dining Room, both of which can be hired for private lunches and parties. The museum library houses history books from the 19th century, lists of the regiments, lists of medals, information about weapons, uniforms and photos, as well as Rolls of Honour from the two World Wars.