Scots Guards

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For the historic Scots Guards who served the monarchs of France, see Garde Écossaise.

For the fabric protectant, see Scotchgard.

The Scots Guards
Cap Star of The Scots Guards
Active	1642-1651, 1661-present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Foot Guards
Role	1st Battalion - Armoured Infantry F Company - Public Duties
Size	One battalion One company
Part of	Guards Division
Garrison/HQ	RHQ - London 1st Battalion - Catterick F Company - London
Nickname	The Kiddies; Jock Guards
Motto	"Nemo Me Impune Lacessit" (Latin) "No one touches me with impunity"
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 KG, GCMG, GCVO
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan	Royal Stewart (pipers kilts and plaids)
Plume	none
Abbreviation	SG

Recruits practicing drill on catterick parade square

Scots Guards drummer, piper, bugler and bandsman, about 1891

The Scots Guards (SG), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Their origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced as far back as 1642, although it was only placed on the English Establishment (thus becoming part of what is now the British Army) in 1686.

The Scots Guards is ranked as the third regiment in the Guards Division; 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 has been based in Catterick since 2008, in the armoured infantry role. However, since 1993, the regiment has also maintained an independent company, F Company, permanently based in Wellington Barracks, London on public duties. It is the custodian of the colours and traditions of the 2nd Battalion, which was placed in permanent suspended animation in 1993 as a result of Options for Change. 1st Battalion will be equipped with Mastiff Vehicles under Army 2020 and be under 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade.^[1]

Training

Recruits to the Guards Division go through a thirty week Gruelling training programme at the Infantry Training Centre (ITC) and is one of the hardest basic training courses in the world and produces some of the best soldiers in the world. The training is two weeks more than the training for the Regular line infantry regiments of the British Army; the extra training, carried out throughout the course, is devoted to drill and ceremonies.^[2]

History of the Scots Guards

Traditions and Affiliations

The Scots Guards and other Guards Regiments have a long standing connection to The Parachute Regiment. Guardsman who have Completed P company are Transferred into the Guards Parachute Platoon who are currently attached to 3 PARA still keeping the tradition of the No 1 (Guards) Independent Parachute Company who were the original Pathfinder Group of 16th Parachute Brigade now renamed 16th Air Assault Brigade.^[3]

Battle Honours

Pre-First World War: Namur 1695, Dettingen, Lincelles, Egypt, Talavera, Barrosa, Fuentes d'Onoro, 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, Rocchetta 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

Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles of the Scots Guards patrolling in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2008

References

Alliances

Australia - 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Royal Navy - HMS Duncan

Order of precedence

Preceded by Coldstream Guards	Infantry Order of Precedence	Succeeded by Irish Guards

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scots Guards.

The Guards Museum - Containing the history of the five regiments of Foot Guards, Wellington Barracks, London.

v t e British Army Infantry Regiments

Foot Guards	Grenadier Guards Coldstream Guards Scots Guards Irish Guards Welsh Guards

Line Infantry	Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Royal Irish Regiment Royal Regiment of Scotland Royal Welsh Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Yorkshire Regiment Mercian Regiment

Rifles	The Rifles Royal Gurkha Rifles

Others	London Regiment Royal Gibraltar Regiment Bermuda Regiment

Airborne	Parachute Regiment

Special Forces	Special Air Service

v t e British infantry regiments World War I

Brigade of Guards	Grenadier Guards Coldstream Guards Scots Guards Irish Guards Welsh Guards Guards Machine Gun Regiment Household Battalion

Scottish regiments	Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) Royal Scots Fusiliers King's Own Scottish Borderers Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) Highland Light Infantry Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's) Gordon Highlanders Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

English regiments	Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Buffs (East Kent Regiment) King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Northumberland Fusiliers Royal Warwickshire Regiment Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) King's (Liverpool Regiment) Norfolk Regiment Lincolnshire Regiment Devonshire Regiment Suffolk Regiment Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) East Yorkshire Regiment Bedfordshire Regiment Leicestershire Regiment Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) Lancashire Fusiliers Cheshire Regiment Gloucestershire Regiment Worcestershire Regiment East Lancashire Regiment East Surrey Regiment Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Border Regiment Royal Sussex Regiment Hampshire Regiment South Staffordshire Regiment Dorsetshire Regiment Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) Essex Regiment Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Northamptonshire Regiment Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) Manchester Regiment Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) York and Lancaster Regiment Honourable Artillery Company Herefordshire Regiment (T.F.) Hertfordshire Regiment (T.F.) Cambridgeshire Regiment (T.F.) London Regiment (T.F.)

Welsh regiments	Royal Welsh Fusiliers South Wales Borderers Welsh Regiment Monmouthshire Regiment (T.F.)

Irish regiments	Royal Irish Regiment Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Royal Irish Rifles Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Connaught Rangers Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Royal Dublin Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers

Light infantry	Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) Durham Light Infantry Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

Rifles	King's Royal Rifle Corps Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

v t e British Infantry Depots

Current	Guards Division Scottish Division King's Division Queen's Division Prince of Wales' Division Royal Irish Regiment Parachute Regiment Brigade of Gurkhas The Rifles

Former	Light Division Guards Brigade Lowland Brigade Highland Brigade Home Counties Brigade Fusilier Brigade East Anglian Brigade Forester Brigade Mercian Brigade Welsh Brigade Wessex Brigade Lancastrian Brigade Yorkshire Brigade North Irish Brigade Light Infantry Brigade Green Jackets Brigade

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