What does commanding the battalion mean to you? Nothing. Nothing? You may have come in...

Major Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.: What does commanding the battalion mean to you? Nothing.
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow: Nothing? You may have come in here as a boy piper, Sinclair, but I was here before you. I was born with this regiment, born into an idea. The bandaged feet at Corunna, the square at Waterloo, the thin red line. the charge of our Highlanders hanging onto the cavalry's stirrups, and "Scotland the Brave." the mud at Passchendaele, in which my own father fell. And I've kept up with the history. I even know the chapter where you took over in the desert, sitting on the edge of a Bren gun carrier like a - bobby at a tattoo. Accuse me of anything you like, Jock, but don't accuse me of not caring. I've eaten, walked, slept and dreamt this regiment since my first toy soldier