The Royal Scots

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infantry regiment line infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Royal Scots was the oldest infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, with a long history of service dating back to the 17th century.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Royal Scots Regiment 1
The Royal Scots canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
line infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1st Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Royal Regiment of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamationYear 2006 ⓘ
battleHonours Blenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Alamein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallipoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Normandy 1944 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somme 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
colors Gold ⓘ
Green ⓘ
Royal blue ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 2006 ⓘ
garrison Glencorse Barracks NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrisonCountry Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrisonLocation Penicuik NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1633 ⓘ
laterRole line infantry regiment in British service ⓘ
motto Nemo me impune lacessit NERFINISHED ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
museumLocation Edinburgh Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname Pontius Pilate’s Bodyguard NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor longest continuous service of any line infantry regiment in the British Army ⓘ
originalRole Scottish mercenary regiment in French service ⓘ
participatedIn Crimean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thirty Years’ War NERFINISHED ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedBy Sir John Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedIn France NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMarch Blue Bonnets Over the Border NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dumbarton’s Drums NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Garb of Old Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMuseum The Royal Scots Regimental Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
seniority oldest line infantry regiment in the British Army ⓘ
size multiple battalions at various times ⓘ
successorUnit 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
type line infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Royal Scots Regimental Museum → dedicatedTo → The Royal Scots ⓘ
Royal Scots Regimental Museum → associatedWith → The Royal Scots ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
Royal Regiment of Scotland → formedByAmalgamationOf → The Royal Scots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
Desmond Hume → servedIn → The Royal Scots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Scots Regiment