Officer’s shoulder belt plate, South Fencibles (Midlothian), 1778-1783.

Rectangular brass shoulder belt plate with crown above.

The Southern Regiment of Fencible men in North Britain were generally known as the South Fencibles and were raised in Dalkeith, Midlothian on the 10 April 1778. It comprised a Grenadier Company, Light Infantry Company, and eight battalion companies. It could only be called to serve in Scotland, except in case of invasion. It recruited from Edinburgh, Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgow, Peeble, Selkirk and Roxburgh. It was disbanded in 1783.