Royal Highland Regiment
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The Royal Highland Regiment, better known as the Black Watch, is a historic Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army renowned for its distinctive dark tartan and distinguished combat service.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal Highland Regiment canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army regiment
ⓘ
Scottish regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Watch tartan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | British Army ⓘ |
| conflict |
Crimean War
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
Seven Years' War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decoratedWith | multiple battle honours ⓘ |
| garrison | Perth, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Black Watch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Black Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBattleHonour |
El Alamein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Korea 1951–52 NERFINISHED ⓘ Normandy 1944 NERFINISHED ⓘ Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ Ticonderoga NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicDesignation | Highland ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Nemo me impune lacessit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNickname | The Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTradition |
Highland dress
ⓘ
piping and drumming ⓘ |
| hasUniformFeature |
dark tartan
ⓘ
kilt ⓘ red hackle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive dark tartan
ⓘ
distinguished combat service ⓘ service in NATO operations ⓘ service in the British Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Infantry of the British Army ⓘ |
| raisedIn | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
light role infantry
ⓘ
mechanised infantry ⓘ |
| typeOfInfantry | line infantry ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.