Talk:Highland Light Infantry

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Why did they wear trews? Bastie 16:32, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

The HLI were known as "Hell's Last Issue", chiefly because recruits came from the poor and often violent slums of Glasgow. I had a patient who was in the HLI in immediate post-war period. He said the HLI had three times the normal amount of standing orders due to the propensity of the troops to cause trouble. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.65.142 (talk) 11:05, 10 April 2008 (UTC)