Scots Guards
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The Scots Guards is one of the British Army’s oldest and most prestigious infantry regiments, renowned for its ceremonial role in guarding the monarch as well as its distinguished combat service.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scots Guards canonical | 36 |
| 1st Battalion Scots Guards | 1 |
| 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | 1 |
| Scots Guards Regiment | 1 |
| Scottish Guard | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army regiment
ⓘ
Foot Guards regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| associatedNation | Scotland ⓘ |
| badge | Thistle within the Garter surmounted by a crown ⓘ |
| battleHonour |
El Alamein
ⓘ
Inkerman ⓘ Monte Cassino Abbey ⓘ
surface form:
Monte Cassino
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
surface form:
Somme 1916
Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ Waterloo ⓘ |
| branch | British Army ⓘ |
| ceremonialDuty |
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament ⓘ Trooping the Colour ⓘ guarding the sovereign ⓘ |
| conflict |
Crimean War
ⓘ
English Civil War ⓘ Falklands War ⓘ World War I ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Charles I of England
ⓘ
surface form:
King Charles I of England
|
| garrison |
Aldershot
ⓘ
surface form:
Aldershot Garrison
Wellington Barracks ⓘ
surface form:
Wellington Barracks, London
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| motto | Nemo me impune lacessit ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | No one provokes me with impunity ⓘ |
| nickname | The Scots ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of the Foot Guards regiments responsible for guarding royal residences
ⓘ
one of the oldest regiments in the British Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Guards Division
ⓘ
Household Division ⓘ |
| primaryAllegiance | British monarch ⓘ |
| raisedFor | personal bodyguard of King Charles I ⓘ |
| recruitingArea |
Northern England
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| regimentalColour | Royal blue facings ⓘ |
| regimentalMarch | Hielan’ Laddie ⓘ |
| role |
ceremonial guard
ⓘ
line infantry ⓘ |
| type | armoured infantry (modern role) ⓘ |
| uniformFeature |
buttons arranged in threes
ⓘ
no plumes in bearskin headdress ⓘ |
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Guards Division
this entity surface form:
2nd Battalion Scots Guards
subject surface form:
Household Division
subject surface form:
Household Division
this entity surface form:
1st Battalion Scots Guards
this entity surface form:
Scottish Guard
subject surface form:
2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
subject surface form:
James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
this entity surface form:
Scots Guards Regiment
subject surface form:
Christopher Geidt