Scots Guards
The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced back to 1642 in the Kingdom of Scotland, although it was only placed on the English Establishment in 1686.[2]
Not to be confused with Royal Regiment of Scotland and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.Scots Guards
1642–1651
1662–present
Kingdom of Scotland
(1642–1707)
Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
United Kingdom
(1801–present)
Foot Guards
1st Battalion Scots Guards – Mechanized Infantry
F Company – Public Duties
RHQ – London
1st Battalion – Catterick
F Company – London
G (Messines) Company – Army Reserve, London
The Kiddies; Jock Guards
"Nemo Me Impune Lacessit"
(Latin)
"No one assails me with impunity"
Quick – "Hielan' Laddie"
Slow – "The Garb of Old Gaul"
Saint Andrew's Day
30 November
Battle of Mount Tumbledown
13 June
none
SG
Structure and role[edit]
Since 1993, F Company, permanently based in Wellington Barracks, London on public duties, has been 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.[29] F Company was formerly part of the 2nd Bn as its 'support weapons company', operating mortars, anti-tank weapons, and reconnaissance vehicles.[30]
The regiment consists of a single operational battalion, which was based in Catterick between 2008 and 2015, thereafter moving to Aldershot in the armoured infantry role. 1st Battalion will be equipped with Mastiff Vehicles (and later the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)) under Army 2020 Refine and be under the first Strike Brigade. The 1st Battalion will not rotate public ceremonial duties unlike the other guards regiments with F Company performing that role.[31][32][33][34]
Following the Integrated Review A (London Scottish) Company of the London Regiment at Rochester Row, Westminster became G (Messines) Company, Scots Guards.[35]
Training[edit]
Regular Recruits to the Guards Division go through a thirty-week training programme at the Infantry Training Centre (ITC). 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.[36]
Colonels-in-Chief[edit]
King Edward VII assumed the colonelcy-in-chief of the regiment on his accession,[37] and subsequent monarchs have also been colonel-in-chief.[38]
Regimental Colonels have included:
The battle honours of the Scots Guards are as follows:[123]
Australia –
