Archives: July 2023

Gold Employer Recognition Scheme Award Winners Revealed 2023 ►

12.07.2023

19 Scottish employers from the Lowlands have received the Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Award from the Ministry of Defence for their outstand...

Members of the 32 Signal Regiment Team striking a pose at the starting line for Cateran Yomp

Over £10,000 raised for Soldier’s Charity ►

27.06.2023

Between 3 and 4 June, a number of teams from Lowland Reserve and Cadet units took to the Perthshire countryside for this year’s Cateran Yomp.Known a...

Rachel peers through the car bonnet as she works on the engine

INWED23: It’s Never too Late to Chase your Dream with the Army Reserves ►

23.06.2023

International Women in Engineering Day (IWED) is an opportunity to celebrate the amazing work that female engineers are doing around the world. The ev...

On The Lothian Buses With Royal Marines Reserve Scotland ►

21.06.2023

It’s always exciting when a collaboration comes together. Over the last few months, Lowland RFCA has been working with Lothian Buses (one of the reg...

Royal Marine Band and RAF contingeant muster at Talafalgar Square. The 1.42 miles-long Coronation Procession was formed of eight groups from the Household Division, Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force and Commonwealth, together with 19 bands. Led by the Household Cavalry Mounted Band and The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery, the route was the reverse of the initial Procession to the Abbey, taking in Parliament Square, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Admiralty Arch, and The Mall. More than 5,000 personnel took part, including 4,000 people in the procession itself, 1,000 street-liners, 200 members of the Guard of Honour and 200 people carrying the Standards, Colours, Guidons and Truncheon. The Procession Group bands played up to eight marches, depending on their position in the Procession, before reducing to a drumbeat as they processed into position in the Buckingham Palace Garden for the Royal Salute.

Reserves Day with Edinburgh’s Royal Air Force Reserve ►

20.06.2023

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is an awful lot more than pilots and planes. Whilst aviators and aircraft are an essential component, the RAF contains many ...

Cadets from Glasgow & Lanarkshire Battalion on their annual camp last year.

A Cadet’s Guide to Annual Camp ►

15.06.2023

The summer holidays are almost here and, for many young people up and down the country, that also means a return to one of the biggest highlights in t...

Emma McMullan talking to guests at Silver ERS Award

Upskilling in the Digital Realm with Emma McMullan ►

14.06.2023

Article written by Emma McMullan, Lowland RFCA’s Communications Officer.Over the past two months, I’ve been lucky enough to enhance my communi...

Reservists and veterans attending the Coronation service in Glasgow on Sunday 7 May.

Lowland Reservists and Cadets Turn Out in Full Force for Coronation ►

23.05.2023

The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on Saturday 6 May was an enormous and historic occasion celebrated by many throughout the UK and the Co...

Members of Lowland Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association enjoying an informal catch-up before the start of the Annual Association Meeting.

Lowland RFCA Hosts Annual Association Meeting ►

15.05.2023

On Thursday 11 May Lowland Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association had the great pleasure of welcoming its military and civilian Association membe...

Reserves visit to RAF Lossiemouth, visit to provide key RAF reserves stakeholders with a positive engaging oportunity to find out how RAF Reservists are used to meet defence outouts in the UK and worldwide. Taken around station at RAF Lossiemouth on 26/4/23.

RAF Lossiemouth Wows Employers ►

10.05.2023

On Wednesday 26 April 2023, employers from the Lowlands of Scotland travelled north to RAF Lossiemouth for an insight and engagement day. RAF Los...

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