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.
Famous Scots. - Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734) Children of the Mist. The first Gregor in Scotland was said to have been a son of King Kenneth MacAlpin in the 8th century and the clan motto, in Gaelic, means My race is royal.
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.