Royal Regiment of Scotland

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The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the senior line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 2006 by amalgamating Scotland’s historic infantry regiments into a single unit.

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Label Occurrences
Royal Regiment of Scotland canonical 13

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment
regiment of the British Army
allegiance Crown in right of the United Kingdom
surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom

Charles Philip Arthur George
surface form: King Charles III
branch British Army
capBadge Saltire of St Andrew with a lion rampant and crown
country United Kingdom
dateFormed 2006-03-28
engagement Iraq War
surface form: Iraq War (2003–2011)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan

peacekeeping operations
formedByAmalgamationOf Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
surface form: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)

King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical)
surface form: King's Own Scottish Borderers

The Royal Scots
surface form: Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
surface form: The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)

Royal Highland Fusiliers
surface form: The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
garrison Edinburgh
Scotland
hasBattalion 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
surface form: 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland

5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
surface form: 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
hasCeremonialRole public duties in Scotland
state ceremonial in the United Kingdom
hasPipeBand Royal Regiment of Scotland Pipes and Drums
hasPrecedenceOver other line infantry regiments of the British Army
hasReserveBattalion 6th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
7th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
isSeniorLineInfantryRegimentOf British Army
motto Nemo me impune lacessit
surface form: Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
nickname The SCOTS
partOf Infantry of the British Army
patron Princess Royal
surface form: The Princess Royal
primaryRecruitingArea Scotland
regimentalMarch Scotland the Brave
regimentalQuickMarch Scotland the Brave
regimentalSlowMarch The Garb of Old Gaul
role armoured infantry
light infantry
line infantry
mechanised infantry
translationOfMotto No one provokes me with impunity
type regular and reserve infantry regiment
uniformFeature Highland dress elements
multi-terrain pattern combat dress

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Scots mergedInto Royal Regiment of Scotland
King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) mergedInto Royal Regiment of Scotland
subject surface form: King's Own Scottish Borderers
crown of Scotland guardedBy Royal Regiment of Scotland
subject surface form: Crown of Scotland
Honours of Scotland guardedBy Royal Regiment of Scotland
Nemo me impune lacessit usedBy Royal Regiment of Scotland
Nemo me impune lacessit mottoOf Royal Regiment of Scotland
Canadian Scottish Regiment affiliation Royal Regiment of Scotland
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders amalgamatedInto Royal Regiment of Scotland
Black Watch associatedWith Royal Regiment of Scotland
Black Watch mergedInto Royal Regiment of Scotland
1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland partOf Royal Regiment of Scotland