Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

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Armoured regiment Cavalry regiment Regiment of the British Army

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is a senior Scottish cavalry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its armoured warfare role and ceremonial traditions, including its famous regimental pipes and drums.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Royal Scots Greys	2
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	1
Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Armoured regiment ⓘ Cavalry regiment ⓘ Regiment of the British Army ⓘ
allegiance	Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: Charles III
associatedWithNation	Scotland ⓘ
battleHonour	Afghanistan ⓘ Sevastopol ⓘ surface form: Balaklava El Alamein ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ surface form: Iraq 2003 Somme River ⓘ surface form: Somme Waterloo ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
capBadgeFeature	Crown ⓘ Gallic rooster ⓘ surface form: Eagle of the French Imperial Guard Thistle wreath ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed	1971-07-02 ⓘ
equipment	Challenger 2 main battle tank ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) ⓘ Royal Scots Dragoon Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
garrison	Leuchars ⓘ surface form: Leuchars Station
garrisonCountry	Scotland ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Leuchars ⓘ
hasCeremonialUnit	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.scotsdg.org.uk/ ⓘ
militaryRole	Armoured warfare ⓘ Cavalry ⓘ
motto	Nemo me impune lacessit ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation	No one provokes me with impunity ⓘ
nickname	Scots DG ⓘ
notableFor	Armoured warfare capability ⓘ Ceremonial duties ⓘ Regimental pipes and drums ⓘ
patronSaint	Saint Andrew ⓘ
recording	Amazing Grace (bagpipes version) ⓘ
recordingChartSuccess	UK Singles Chart ⓘ surface form: UK Singles Chart number one
recordingReleaseYear	1972 ⓘ
regimentalColour	Green ⓘ Red ⓘ Yellow ⓘ
regimentalMarch	Scotland the Brave ⓘ
regimentalQuickMarch	Scotland the Brave ⓘ
regimentalSlowMarch	Black Bear ⓘ
subbranch	Royal Armoured Corps ⓘ
type	Senior Scottish line cavalry regiment ⓘ
uniformFeature	Black horsehair plume on parade helmet ⓘ Grey beret ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards → formedByMergerOf → Royal Scots Dragoon Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards → hasCeremonialUnit → Royal Scots Dragoon Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Royal Armoured Corps → includes → Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ⓘ

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent → militaryUnit → Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Scots Greys

Sir Ranulph Fiennes → militaryUnit → Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Scots Greys