Explore the only weapons ever fired in anger in Fort George through the peculiar 18th Century practice of duelling to defending ones honour.

The third poem of our Zem Zem anthology describes how the 9th Seaforth’s Medical Officer navigated his way around the trenches at night.

The second poem in our monthly Zem Zem anthology reflects on the cheerful fortitude of the 9th Seaforths Pioneer battalion during their first year in France when they took part in the Battles of Loos and the Somme.

125 years ago today a young lad from Forres joined the Army to serve his country and travel the world. He achieved both and, in his own words, we tell his story.

Read the first in the upcoming series of Zem Zem poems in this atmospheric account of the front line in Flanders.

From January 2023, we will be publishing poems from the archive written by ‘Zem Zem’ of the 9th Seaforths.

“Whether in peace or war, a regiment that parades in the kilt cannot be mistaken by friend or foe alike”. Discover the story of tartan in the Highland regiments.

Read about the 1914 Christmas Truce from the letter of a Seaforth, Private James Davie.

Discover the fascinating stories behind 10 beautiful regimental Christmas cards, dating from 1890 to 1960.

This month’s poem reflects a typical day in the trenches on the Western Front, as told by Private T Macgregor of 1st Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders.

This Remembrance Sunday special looks at the aftermath of conflict, focussing on the Queen’s Own Highlanders’ clean up of the Falklands, 40 years on.

Continuing on from the El Alamein 80th Anniversary special, this poem from the archive follows a Highland soldier in the Middle East and North Africa during WWII.