Scots Guards

Scots Guards
Regimental badge of the Scots Guards[a]
Active	1642–1651 1662–present
Country	Kingdom of Scotland (1642–1707) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom (1801–present)
Branch	British Army
Type	Foot Guards
Role	1st Battalion Scots Guards – Mechanized Infantry F Company – Public Duties
Size	One battalion – 707 personnel[1] One company One reserve company
Part of	Guards and Parachute Division
Garrison/HQ	RHQ – London 1st Battalion – Catterick F Company – London G (Messines) Company – Army Reserve, London
Nickname(s)	The Kiddies; Jock Guards
Motto(s)	"Nemo Me Impune Lacessit" (Latin) "No one assails me with impunity"
March	Quick – "Hielan' Laddie" Slow – "The Garb of Old Gaul"
Anniversaries	Saint Andrew's Day 30 November Battle of Mount Tumbledown 13 June
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	The King
Colonel of the Regiment	The Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan	Royal Stewart
Plume	none
Abbreviation	SG

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]

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