The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot to form two battalions of the newly named Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). The 42nd became the 1st Battalion, and the 73rd became the 2nd Battalion. The regiment saw extensive service throughout WWI among multiple theatres, from the Western Front to Mesopotamia and Palestine.
Die Damen aus der Hölle (Ladies from Hell) was a nickname apparently given by the Germans to soldiers of the Highland battalions in WWI. The Highlanders still wore kilts as regular battle fatigues, and were always accompanied by the regimental pipers as they stormed over the top, the skirl of the pipes providing a clarion call and rallying point much as it had done during the famous ‘Highland Charges’ of centuries earlier.
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