Cape Town Highlanders (SA) Choose:By the metre Harrison of Johnstons of Elgin

Harrison of Johnstons of Elgin

At Namur it advanced without firing a shot

with its headquarters in Lismore

The First City revered back to independent status in 1946

Cape Town Highlanders (SA) Choose:By the metre Harrison of Johnstons of ElginGordon Descendants of Scottish immigrants to South Africa raised the Cape Town Highlanders in 1885. On 24 April of the same year, their services were accepted since then, this date has always been celebrated as the regiment's official birthday. The Cape Town Highlanders served in the Boer War and subsequently renamed the Duke of Connaught and Strathearns Own Cape Town Highlanders in 1906 They also served in the Senussi Campaign in North Africa and