Royal Regiment of Scotland

Royal Regiment of Scotland
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Active	28 March 2006 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	2nd Battalion: Light Infantry 3rd Battalion: Light Mechanised Infantry 4th Battalion: Strike Mechanised Infantry Balaklava Coy: Public duties 6th Battalion: Army Reserve 7th Battalion: Army Reserve
Size	Five battalions One reinforced company
Part of	Union Division
Garrison/HQ	RHQ: Edinburgh Castle 2nd Battalion: Edinburgh 3rd Battalion: Fort George 4th Battalion Catterick Balaklava Company: Edinburgh 6th Battalion: Glasgow 7th Battalion: Perth
Nickname(s)	"Scots" "The Jocks"[1]
Motto(s)	"Nemo Me Impune Lacessit" (Latin) "No One Provokes Me With Impunity"
March	Quick: Scotland the Brave Slow: Royal Regiment of Scotland Slow March
Mascot(s)	Cruachan IV (Shetland pony)
Engagements	Operation Telic Operation Herrick
Website	www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/royal-regiment-of-scotland/
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	The King
Colonel of the Regiment	Major-General Robin Lindsay
Insignia
Tartan	Government 1A
Hackle	Blackcock Feathers From the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers
Abbreviation	SCOTS

The Royal Regiment of Scotland (SCOTS) is the senior and only current Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army Infantry. It consists of three regular (formerly five) and two reserve battalions, plus an incremental company, each formerly an individual regiment (with the exception of the former first battalion (now disbanded and reformed into the 1st Bn Rangers based in Northern Ireland), which is an amalgamation of two regiments). However, three regular battalions maintain their former regimental pipes and drums to carry on the traditions of their antecedent regiments.