SCOTS GUARDS REGIMENT
Officer To Boost
Recruiting
(Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, August 22. It is probable that some of the more unbending of Britain’s military traditionalists are wondering what things are coming to. It was announced this week that the Scots Guards, one of Britain’s famed guards regiments with battle honours going back to the 17th century, are to appoint a public relations officer. His job will be to help boost recruiting. In the words of the 28-year-old assistant adjutant of the regiment. Lord Napier, he will “project the right image" of the Scots Guards into the public mind.
The Scots Guards were founded in 1660 at the time of the restoration of King Charles 11. They are the third in seniority among the guards regiments, following the Grenadier and the Coldstream Guards.
According to Lord Napier, there has been a falling-off in recruiting to the Scots Guards in the last year. It is not very serious. but it is enough to cause some anxiety.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28981, 24 August 1959, Page 11
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