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This is a picture/ photograph taken from the exhibit which recreates the time when the Regiment (Cameronians, Scottish Rifles) was disbanded in 1968. The disbanding of the Regiment was an emotional occasion as the Regiment refused to amalgamate. The ending of a remarkable story of a regiment who was in fact set up almost as a church congregation.

The first muster of the regiment took place at Douglas Parish Kirk, Lanarkshire on 14th May 1689. Here a declaration was read out, and explained to the assembled men:

"All shall be well affected, of approved fidelity and of a sober conversation. The cause they are called to appear for, is the service of the King’s Majesty and the defence of the Nation, recovery and preservation of the Protestant Religion; and in particular the work of reformation in Scotland, in opposition to Popery prelacy and arbitrary power in all its branches and steps, until the Government of Church and State be brought back to that lustre and integrity which it had in the best times."

Source: With acknowledgement to Diana M Henderson 'The Scottish Regiment' Published by Harper Collins.

This extraordinary regiment was, therefore, as much a congregation as a military force. Each company had its elder (a position of ecumenical seniority in the Church of Scotland) and every man carried a Bible.