Talk:Scots Greys

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Should there be a separate Royal Scots page? User:duncharris

Yes, it's an entirely different regiment. The Royal Scots are an infantry regiment; the Royal Scots Greys were a cavalry regiment. -- Necrothesp 14:34, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Motto

"The Scots Greys had the motto "Second to none". It referred to their seniority in the British Army and their fighting prowess. " That is they claimed to be the oldest Dragoon Regiment in the British Army. I thought that the the Motto of the Royal Scots Dragoons Guards "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No one provokes me with impunity)." and "Second to none" comes from two diffrent regements which amalgameted: the 3rd Carabiniers supplied the "Nemo..." and the Scots Greys supplied the "second..." So unless this is incorrect I would like to revert the moto sentence to the previous version. Philip Baird Shearer 14:14, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

According to Brassey's Companion to the British Army, the motto of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) was Nemo Me Impune Lacessit. It is the motto of the Order of the Thistle, so it is unlikely to have been the motto of the 3rd Carabiniers, which wasn't a Scottish regiment. www.regiments.org gives both mottoes for the Scots Greys. -- Necrothesp 14:31, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Ewart

The article refers to "Sergeant Ewart" - wasn't he an ensign? Certainly this is how he's generally referred to, and it's what they named the pub... Shimgray | talk | 13:54, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

I think he was commissioned for his gallantry, but was a sergeant at the time. -- Necrothesp 15:53, 1 November 2005 (UTC)