 In 1938 the 7th/9th Battalion formed a new 8th Battalion as its duplicate.The 7th/9th Battalion and the 8th Battalion amalgamated to form the 8th/9th Battalion in 1961 and the 8th/9th Battalion was reduced to company size as A (Royal Scots) Company of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers, still at the Dalmeny Street drill hall, in 1967.This unit in turn evolved to become HQ (Royal Scots) Company, Lowland Volunteers.