Thursday 25th August 2011
Fort George near Inverness to mark links to Liverpool
BBC News
Liverpool's military links to the Highlands are to be remembered in a new museum display.
The museum at Fort George, near Inverness, is being upgraded a cost of £3.2m. So far £2.5m has been raised.
A donation of £1,500 covers the cost of a display dedicated to the Liverpool Scottish, which was raised to fight in the Second Boer War in 1900.
In 1937, it became a territorial battalion of the Cameron Highlanders, based in Inverness.
The Highlands Museum is dedicated to the Cameron Highlanders, Seaforth Highlanders, Queen's Own Highlanders and their affiliated regiments.