Royal Regiment of Scotland

The Royal Regiment of Scotland ( SCOTS ) is an infantry regiment of the British Army . It was formed in 2006 by amalgamating several other regiments and is now the only Scottish regiment of the line .

organization

The traditional recruiting areas of the five active battalions

The regiment was reorganized on March 28, 2006 as part of the restructuring of the British armed forces . It comprised six battalions of the regular army and two battalions of the Territorial Army . In August 2006 two of the regular battalions were merged again. The command of the regiment is the Scottish Division , being the only regiment under their command. When deployed, the battalions are subordinate to different brigades and fulfill different roles.

Regular battalions:

• 1st Battalion - The Royal Scots Borderers , formed from Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers (19th Light Brigade, Light Infantry )
• 2nd Battalion - The Royal Highland Fusiliers (52nd Infantry Brigade, Light Infantry)
• 3rd Battalion - The Black Watch (19th Light Brigade, Light Infantry) Garrison: Fort George , Inverness
• 4th Battalion - The Highlanders ( Seaforth , Gordons and Camerons) (7th Armored Brigade, Mechanized Infantry )
• 5th Battalion - The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ( 16th Airborne Brigade , Airborne Forces / Light Infantry)

Territorial Army Battalions (both 51st [Scottish] Brigade):

• 6th Battalion - 52nd Lowland
• 7th Battalion - 51st Highland

The regimental headquarters are located in Edinburgh Castle , where the regiment also does the watch duty. The battalions are stationed at their respective locations, so the 4th battalion is currently in Bad Fallingbostel / Lower Saxony.

Uniform and customs

A kilt and the glengarry with a black and white rooster feather belong to the service uniform, which is worn for security duty and on formal occasions . The regiment's uniform belt shows the tartan of the Campbell clan or the so-called "government tartan". In combat uniform, the members of the individual battalions wear differently colored plumes ("hackle") on the Tam o 'Shanter , the headgear that looks like a beret .

The regimental badge is made up of the St. Andrew's Cross and the Scottish lion with a crown and shows the motto “Nemo me impune lacessit” (“Nobody irritates me with impunity”). It is worn on the headgear (beret or glengarry).

The head of the regiment of the Royal Regiment of Scotland is HM The Queen , and the individual battalions have Royal Colonels from the ranks of the British royal family .
The current regimental flag was handed over by the Queen on July 2nd, 2011.

The regiment has its own military band ( pipes and drums ) in the Corps of Army Music .

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  Regiment soldier on guard duty outside Edinburgh Castle

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  The band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland at Edinburgh Castle

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  Band Sergeant Major of the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

Lines of tradition

Royal Regiment of Scotland	Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
	Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)	Royal Scots Fusiliers
		Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)	71st (Highland) Light Infantry
			74th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
	King's Own Scottish Borderers
	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot
		73rd Regiment of Foot
	The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)	Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
			Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)	72nd Regiment of Foot (The Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)
				78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs)
		Gordon Highlanders	75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
			92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)	91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
		93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot

See also

• Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
• Scots Guards

Web links

Commons : Royal Regiment of Scotland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Regiment website

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Speechesandarticles/2011/TheQueensspeechtotheRoyalRegimentofScotland2July20.aspx www.royal.gov.uk July 2, 2011