In 2001, the Rangers switched from a black beret to a tan beret, as the black beret had become the Army standard. Since that time, the tan beret has become a symbol of strength and excellence, and one of the highest honors an Army Soldier can achieve.
Rob Roy's Early Years. It was against this background that Rob Roy MacGregor was born in 1671 in a cottage on the banks of Loch Katrine (pictured here) in the Trossachs area of Stirlingshire. He was the third son of Donald Glas of Glengyle and Margaret Campbell.
Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde: Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde, British soldier who was commander in chief of the British forces in India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The son of a carpenter named Macliver, he assumed his motherâs name of Campbell in 1807 when he was promised a military commission by Frederick Augustus, the Duke of York, then commander in chief.