Scots Guards
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| Scots Guards | |
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 Cap Badge of the Scots Guards |
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| Active | 1642-1651, 1661-present |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Foot Guards |
| Role | Armoured (one battalion) Public Duties (one company) |
| Size | One battalion, one company |
| Part of | Guards Division |
| Garrison/HQ | 1st Battalion - Munster, Germany F Company - London |
| Nickname | The Jocks |
| Motto | Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No one assails me with impunity) (Latin) |
| March | Quick - Hielan' Laddie Slow - The Garb of Old Gaul |
| Anniversaries | St Andrew's Day Nov 30 |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel-in-Chief | HM The Queen |
| Colonel of the Regiment |
HRH The Duke of Kent |
| Insignia | |
| Tactical Recognition Flash |  |
| Tartan | Royal Stewart (pipers) |
The Scots Guards are a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division, and have a long and proud history stretching back hundreds of years.
The Scots Guards is ranked as the third regiment of Foot Guards; as such, Scots Guardsmen can be recognised by having the buttons on their tunics spaced in threes. The regiment consists of a single operational battalion, which is currently (2006) based in Germany in the armoured infantry role (due to move to Catterick by 2009). However, since 1993, the regiment has also maintained an independent company permanently based in London on public duties. F Company is the custodian of the colours and traditions of the 2nd Battalion, which was placed in permanent suspended animation in 1993.
| This article is part of the Scots Guards History. |
| Scots Guards |
| Scots Guards (1642) |
| Scots Guards (1805) |
| Scots Guards (1914) |
| Scots Guards (1946) |
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[edit] Battle honours
- Pre-First World: Namur 1695, Dettingen, Lincelles, Egypt, Talavera, Barrosa, Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Nive, Peninsula, Waterloo, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Tel-er-Kebir, Egypt 1882, Suakin 1885, Modder River, South Africa 1899–1902
- First World War:
- Western Front: Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 1917, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 1918, Flers Courcelette, Morval, Pilckem, Poelcapelle, Cambrai 1917 1918, St. Quentin, Albert 1918, Bapaume 1918, Arras 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18
- Second World War:
- North-West Europe: Stien, Norway 1940, Quarry Hill, Estry, Venlo Pocket, Rhineland, Reichswald, Kleve, Moyland, Hochwald, Rhine, Lingen, Uelzen, North-West Europe 1944–45
- North Africa: Halfaya 1941, Sidi Suleiman, Tobruk 1941, Gazala, Knightsbridge, Defence of Alamein Line, Medenine, Tadjera Khir, Medjez Plain, Grich el Oued, Djebel Bou Aoukaz 1943 I, North Africa 1941–43,
- Italy: Salerno, Battipaglia, Volturno Crossing, Roccheta e Croce, Monte Camino, Campoleone, Carroceto, Trasimene Line, Advance to Florence, Monte San Michele, Catarelto Ridge, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943–45
- Post WWII: Tumbledown Mountain, Falkland Islands 1982, Gulf 1991
[edit] References
Scots Guards Homepage: [1]
[edit] Alliances
[edit] Order of Precedence
| Preceded by: Coldstream Guards |
Infantry Order of Precedence | Succeeded by: Irish Guards |
