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Highland regiments
Infantry regiments of the British Army
Royal Regiment of Scotland
4th (The Highlanders) Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Line Infantry
Mechanized Infantry
1st Strike Brigade
Garrison/HQ
Fallingbostel, Germany
4 SCOTS
Motto(s)
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity)
Operation Telic
Operation Herrick
Operation Shader
Royal Colonel
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Tactical Recognition Flash
Cameron of Erracht (Pipers kilts and plaids)
From Queens Own Cameron Highlanders/Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
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Cap Badge of the Highlanders
17 September 1994-28 March 2006
Armoured Infantry
One Battalion
Cuidich 'n Righ (Help the King)
Quick: Wee Highland Laddie
Colonel-in-Chief
Gordon (kilt)[dead link]
Seaforth Mackenzie (trews)[dead link]
Cameron of Erracht (pipers and drummers kilts)[dead link]
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Prior to 28 March 2006, the Highlanders was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was the only one in the British Army with a Gaelic motto - Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Help the King".[citation needed]
The regiment was formed September 17, 1994, as part of the Options for Change defence review, by the amalgamation of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and The Gordon Highlanders.
In 2004, as part of the restructuring of the infantry, it was announced that The Highlanders would be amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland. The amalgamation took place on 28 March 2006. As with the other Scottish regiments, the Highlanders were permitted to retain their former name as the new battalion's primary title, with the battalion number as a subtitle. The current battalion is based in Fallingbostel, British Forces Germany, part of 7 Armoured Brigade, the descendants of World War II's Desert Rats, equipped with the Warrior Infantry Vehicle.
The regiment wore the Gordon tartan when in kilts and the Seaforth Mackenzie when in trews. The pipers and drummers continue to wear the regimental cap badge and kilts in the Cameron of Erracht tartan. The battalion primarily recruits from the Hebrides, the Northern Isles, the mainland counties of Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Moray and Nairnshire, and from the traditional Gordon heartlands in Aberdeenshire. The Battalion Headquarters is located at Cameron Barracks in Inverness.
The battalion is the mainstay of the British Army's only shinty team, The Scots Shinty Club. Due to the 4th Battalion's regular placements abroad, the team only plays in cup matches.
Under the future Army 2020 concept, This battalion will be equipped with Mastiff then FRES UV vehicles as a heavy protected mobility battalion under 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade.[1]
After the Army 2020 refine, the battalion is now joining 2nd Strike Brigade along with the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. The battalion was initially supposed to joined the 1st Strike Brigade, but this seems to have been called off following the 1 August 2019 Field Army reforms.
Assignments Edit
2006—2019 Armoured Infantry at St Barbara's Barracks under 7th Armoured Brigade
2019—2019 Strike Mechanized Infantry at Bourlon Barracks under 1st Strike Brigade
2019—Present Strike Mechanized Infantry at Bourlon Barracks under 2nd Strike Brigade
Alliances Edit
Canada - The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)
Canada - The 48th Highlanders of Canada
Canada - The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Canada - The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Canada - The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)
Australia - 5th/6th Bn, The Royal Victoria Regiment via The Victorian Scottish Regiment
Australia - 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
Australia - The Royal South Australia Regiment
Australia - The Royal Western Australia Regiment
New Zealand - The Otago and Southland Regiment
New Zealand - The Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Regiment
South Africa - The Cape Town Highlanders
Royal Navy - HMS Sutherland
Royal Navy - HMS Victorious
Army Cadets Edit
The 4Scots also have alliances to the cadet world, the 1st Battalion the Highlanders, Army Cadet Force (Royal Regiment of Scotland) and the 2nd Battalion the Highlanders, Army Cadet Force (Royal Regiment of Scotland.)
The 1st Battalion covering the Highlands (Ross, Caithness, Moray, Inverness, Western Isles and Orkney Indep Lovat's Scouts). Then 2nd Battalion covers The Grampian Region spanning from Aberdeen to Keith.
Lineage Edit
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) The 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own) Highlanders
The 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)
The Gordon Highlanders The 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
4 SCOTS - on the British Army official website
↑ http://www.aff.org.uk/linkedfiles/aff/latest_news_information/cregulararmybasingannouncementgridunclas.pdf
Battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Current Battalions:
RSB (1 SCOTS)
RHF (2 SCOTS)
BW (3 SCOTS)
HLDRS (4 SCOTS)
52 LOWLAND (6 SCOTS)
51 HIGHLAND (7 SCOTS)
Current other units:
Balaklava Coy, ASH (5 SCOTS)
Former Battalions:
R SCOTS
KOSB
ASH (5 SCOTS)
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