Tayforth UOTC
Tayforth Universities Officers' Training Corps is a Scottish University Officers' Training Corps formed of three sub-units: A Squadron, which draws its members from the University of St Andrews, B Squadron, which draws its members from the universities of Dundee and Abertay, and C Company, which draws its members from Stirling University. History Pre-UOTC Tayforth is descended from a militia formed from the time of Charles II and the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745. In 1859 a committee was formed in St Andrews to form a volunteer corps of both rifle and artillery. This was carried out in a town meeting on 5 December 1859 and was carried unanimously and 3rd (St Andrews) Fife Artillery Volunteers was formed. In 1881 Professor Peter Scott Lang formed the St Andrews University Volunteer Battery of Artillery, named the Anstruther No 7 Battery of the 1st Fife Brigade of Garrison Artillery, although made up entirely of university students and staff. In 1883 the Battery changed its name to University Company 1st Fife VA and the Senatus Academicus pledged £20 per year to the Battery. Throughout its early history, the Battery followed an annual training programme including an annual camp, an annual dinner and a