Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Badge of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Grays) ( SCOTS DG ; German  " The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards " ) are the only Scottish cavalry - regiment of the British Army ( British Forces Germany ).

history

Banner of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in front of the Waterloo Column

In 1971, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Grays) were founded in Edinburgh by merging The Royal Scots Grays (2nd Dragoons) and the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) . It continues the tradition of the two united regiments and therefore bears the nickname Carabiniers and Grays and the word " Waterloo " in the badge. In the battle of Waterloo the Scots Grays had distinguished themselves.

As part of the 7th Armored Brigade (also known as Desert Rats ), the regiment was involved in the Second Gulf War in 1991 ( Operation Desert Storm ) and in the Iraq War in 2003 ( Operation Iraqi Freedom ).

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - were since the end of World War II garrison Hohne , location Bad Fallingbostel ( Lower Saxony , Germany ), right on the NATO military training area Bergen stationed and were with the modern Challenger-2 - battle tanks equipped. Since November 2015 the regiment has been stationed in Leuchars in Scotland. In November 2013, the regiment gave up its Challenger II and received the Jackal reconnaissance vehicle in accordance with its new role as a light reconnaissance regiment.

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  The SCOTS DG with the Challenger 2 main battle tank during the maneuver in Basra in 2008

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  The SCOTS DG (Squadron D) with Challenger 2 main battle tanks on the way to the base

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  The SCOTS DG (Squadron C) with Challenger 2 main battle tanks during combat exercises at the NATO military training area in Bergen

Pipes and Drums

Bagpipe band

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Spirit of the Glen   UK 13  gold 12/08/2007 (11 weeks) Spirit of the Glen - Journey   UK 29  gold 12/13/2008 (7 weeks) Spirit of the Glen - Ultimate Collection   UK 33 01/30/2010 (3 weeks)

Singles

Amazing grace   DE 11 05/15/1972 (13 weeks)   CH 3 06/06/1972 (10 weeks)   UK 1 04/01/1972 (27 weeks)   US 11 05/20/1972 (9 weeks) Heykens Serenade / The Day Is Ended   UK 30th 08/19/1972 (7 weeks) Little drummer boy   UK 13 02.12.1972 (9 weeks)

Like many Scottish military units, the regiment has its own bagpipe band , the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and a marching band . The military band tours all over the world and plays in competitions, open air concerts and military parades . Her most famous piece is Amazing Grace . With this title, they succeeded on April 15, 1972, the top position of the single - charts in the UK (and also in Australia to achieve). Their official name on the single was The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards . That made them the longest-name number one band in the UK, but also the first number one to feature Scotland's traditional instrument, the bagpipes.

Amazing Grace recorded the pipes and drums for the LP Farewell to the Grays - a farewell gift to one of the regiments that was absorbed into the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards . At the time of its hit, the regiment was stationed in Germany (in Herford, East Westphalia ), so that most of the musicians did not even notice that their piece was getting a lot of audience response on British radio . As many asked about the piece, it was ultimately released as a single by RCA . Within three weeks she was number 1 and stayed there for five weeks. It reached 3rd place in Switzerland and 11th place in Germany.

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band had two more singles in the British charts in their successful 1972: Heykens Serenade / The Day Is Ended (highest ranking: No. 30) and a version of Little Drummer Boy (No. 13) for Christmas .

Discography

Albums

• 1958: The Pipes and Drums (8th. (Lothians and Peeblesshire) Battalion and The Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
• 1967: The Amazing Sound of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (as The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
• 1971: The Legendary Amazing Grace (as The Military Band and Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
• 1971: Farewell to the Grays
• 1972: Amazing Grace - Fanfares & Marches Ecossaises (as The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Grays))
• 1972: Amazing Grace (as The Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
• 1973: Amazing Grace - The Original Version
• 1975: Amazing (as The Military Band & Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
• 1977: The Golden Sounds of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
• 1978: The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) In Concert Mood (as Pipes and Drums and Regimental Band of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment))
• 1978: The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
• 1992: The Flower of Scotland
• 1998: Highland Cathedral
• 2007: Spirit of the Glen
• 2008: Spirit of the Glen - Journey

Compilations

• 1998: Amazing Grace
• 2010: Spirit of the Glen - The Ultimate Collection

Singles

• 1972: Amazing Grace (as The Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Grays))
• 1972: Heyken's Serenade (Standchen) (as The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
• 1972: The Day Is Ended (The Day Thou Gave Us Lord, Is Ended) (as The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Grays))
• 1972: Little Drummer Boy (as The Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Grays))
• 1973: The Water Is Wide
• 1973: Little Donkey (as The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), with The Pipes and Regimental Band of 1st Bn)
• 1976: Largo
• 1978: Arrival (as The Military Band and Pipes of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
• 1988: Highland Cathedral (as The Regimental Band, Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)

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1. ↑ Chart sources albums: UK
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
3. ↑ Chart sources singles: DE, CH, US UK1 UK2

Web links

Commons : Royal Scots Dragoon Guards  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Scotland's Cavalry
• Official website 7th Armored Brigade - The Desert Rats
• Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band