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.
Robert Service â The bard of the Yukon. No one immortalized Yukon tales quite like Robert Service. Robert Service is one of Canadaâs best-known poets, inspired by the Yukon to pen the ballads that would catapult him to worldwide literary fame. Hereâs how he ditched his life as a Scottish banker, roamed as a penniless wanderer and became an accomplished author and pride of the north. Born on January 16, 1874 in Preston, England to a Scottish father and a mother half her husbandâs age, Robert was the eldest of ten children.