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A Scottish regiment is any regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
 (or similar military unit) that at some time in its history has or had a name that referred to Scotland
Scotland

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 or some part, thereof, and adopted items of Scottish dress. These regiments were and are usually a product of the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
, either directly serving the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, serving as colonial
Colonialism

Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over Territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler or exploitation colony in which Indigenous people populations are direct rule, Population transfers, or Genocide....
 troops, or later as part of Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 country military establishments. Their "Scottishness" is not necessarily due to recruitment in Scotland nor any proportion of members of Scottish ancestry.






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A Scottish regiment is any regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
 (or similar military unit) that at some time in its history has or had a name that referred to Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 or some part, thereof, and adopted items of Scottish dress. These regiments were and are usually a product of the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
, either directly serving the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, serving as colonial
Colonialism

Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over Territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler or exploitation colony in which Indigenous people populations are direct rule, Population transfers, or Genocide....
 troops, or later as part of Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 country military establishments. Their "Scottishness" is not necessarily due to recruitment in Scotland nor any proportion of members of Scottish ancestry. Traditionally, Scottish regiments cultivate a reputation of exceptional fierceness in combat and are often given romantic portrayals in popular media. Within Scotland, itself, regiments of the Scottish Lowlands
Scottish Lowlands

The Scottish Lowlands , although not officially a geographical area of the country, in normal usage is generally meant to include those parts of Scotland not referred to as the Scottish Highlands , that is, everywhere due south and east of a line between Stonehaven and Helensburgh ....
 did not adopt as strong a "Scottish" (specifically Highland Scottish) character until the late Victorian Era
Victorian era

The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901....
.

Highland Regiments

Many of these regiments are also known as "Highland regiments" or "Highland Scottish/Scot/Scots regiments" due to their adopting of Highland
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
 Scottish apparel
Scottish apparel

The term Scottish dress describes the national dress of Scotland. It is often characterized by the appearance of tartan patterns in some form....
. Many extant Highland regiments that are not in the armed forces of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 have formed formal honorary affiliations with Highland regiments therein.

Scottish Regiments of the British Army


Current Regiments

  • Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
    Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

    The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is a Cavalry regiments of the British Army of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment. It was formed on 2 July 1971 at Holyrood, Edinburgh, by the amalgamation of the 3rd Carabiniers , and Scots Greys....
  • Scots Guards
    Scots Guards

    The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland....
  • Royal Regiment of Scotland


Lowland Line Infantry (Lowland Brigade
Lowland Brigade (Scottish)

The Lowland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army which has been formed a number of times. It is traditionally Scotland as the name derives from the Scottish Lowlands....
)

  • The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (1633-2006)
  • The Royal Scots Fusiliers
    Royal Scots Fusiliers

    The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a Regiment of the British Army....
     (1678 - 1959)
  • The King's Own Scottish Borderers
    King's Own Scottish Borderers

    The King's Own Scottish Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. It was raised on 18 March 1689 by the David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James II....
     (1689 - 2006)
  • The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
    The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

    The Cameronians was an infantry regiment of the British Army, the only rifle regiment amongst the Scotland regiments of infantry. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of two other regiments:...
     (1881 - 1968)
  • 52nd Lowland Regiment
    52nd Lowland Regiment

    The 52nd Lowland Regiment now forms the 6th Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 6 SCOTS. Due to its erstwhile association with the 1st Regiment of Foot, it is the British Army Order of Precedence Territorial Army British Army Infantry battalion in the British Army....


Highland Line Infantry (Highland Brigade
Highland Brigade (Scottish)

The Highland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army, which has been formed a number of times. It recruited men from the Scottish Highlands of Scotland....
)

  • The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
    Black Watch

    The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Black Watch from 1931 to 2006, and The Royal Highland Regiment from 1881 to 1931....
     (1725 - 2006)
  • The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
    Highland Light Infantry

    The Highland Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1959. In 1923 the regimental title was expanded to the Highland Light Infantry ...
     (1881 - 1959)
  • The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
    Seaforth Highlanders

    The Seaforth Highlanders was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the World War I....
     (1881 - 1961)
  • The Gordon Highlanders (1881 - 1994)
  • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
    Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

    The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1793. In 1961 it was merged with the Seaforth Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders....
     (1793 - 1961)
  • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
    Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

    The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. In 2004, as part of the Delivering Security in a Changing World, it was announced that the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders would be amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single Royal Regiment of Scotla...
     (1881 - 2006)
  • 51st Highland Volunteers
    51st Highland Volunteers

    The 51st Highland Volunteers was a regiment and is now a battalion in the British Army's Territorial Army or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands, forming the 7th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 7 SCOTS....


Yeomanry of Scotland

  • Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
    Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry

    The Ayrshire Yeomanry was a Regiment of the British Yeomanry and is now an armoured Squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry , part of the British Territorial Army....
  • Lothian and Border Horse
    Lothian and Border Horse

    The Lothians and Border Horse was a Yeomanry regiment, part of the British Territorial Army. It was ranked 36th in the Yeomanry order of precedence, and based in the Scottish Lowland area, recruiting in the Lothian and along the border with England....
  • Lanarkshire Yeomanry
    Lanarkshire Yeomanry

    The Lanarkshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1819, which served as a dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two field artillery regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry in 1956....
  • Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
    Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry

    The Queen's Own Glasgow can trace their formation back to the late 1700s, when King George III was on the throne, William Pitt the Younger was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and across the English Channel, Britain was faced by a French nation that had recently guillotined its king and possessed a revolutionary army numbering half...
  • Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse
    Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse

    The Fife & Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse is a Yeomanry Squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry part of the British Territorial Army. It is an amalgamation of both The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and The Scottish Horse Regiments....
  • Lovat Scouts
    Lovat Scouts

    The Lovat Scouts is now a platoon of the British Army's 51st Highland Regiment. The unit was first formed during the Second Boer War as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army and is the first known military unit to wear a ghillie suit....
  • Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry
  • Scottish Yeomanry
    Scottish Yeomanry

    The Scottish Yeomanry was a Yeomanry Regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1992 to 1999 when it was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Yeomanry....


Scottish and Highland Regiments in other countries


Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....

  • 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
    5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment

    The 5th/6th Battalion is one of two battalions of the Royal Victoria Regiment, an Australian Army Reserve unit, and sister unit to 8th/7th Battalion....
     (Victorian Scottish Regiment)
  • 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment
    Royal South Australia Regiment

    The Royal South Australia Regiment is a reserve regiment of the Australian Army consisting of a single battalion, the 10th/27th Battalion, part of the Australian 9th Brigade....
     (Boothby and South Australian Scottish Regiment)
  • 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment
    16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment

    The 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment is an Australian Army reserve infantry battalion located in Western Australia and one of the two battalions of the Royal Western Australia Regiment....
     (Cameron Highlanders)
  • 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
    41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment

    The 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment , is an Army General Reserve Infantry Battalion and is a part of 8th Brigade ....
     (Byron Scottish Regiment)


Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....

  • 1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish)
  • 48th Highlanders of Canada
    48th Highlanders of Canada

    The 48th Highlanders of Canada is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve infantry regiment based in Toronto, parading out of Moss Park Armoury. The regiment is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group....
  • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
    The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)

    The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada , or A & SH of C, is a Primary Reserve Scottish regiment infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces, based at John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton, Ontario....
  • The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
    The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

    The Black Watch of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment in 34 Brigade Group, Land Force Quebec Area. The regiment is located on rue de Bleury in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is currently commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas MacKay....
  • The Calgary Highlanders
    The Calgary Highlanders

    The Calgary Highlanders is a Canadian Forces Canadian Forces Land Force Command Primary Reserve infantry regiment, headquartered at Mewata Armouries in Calgary, Alberta, Canada....
  • The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
    The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa

    The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces....
  • The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
    The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)

    The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment located in Victoria, British Columbia, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia....
  • The Essex and Kent Scottish
    The Essex and Kent Scottish

    The Essex and Kent Scottish is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of The Essex Scottish Regiment and The Kent Regiment....
  • The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
    The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment

    The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment is Located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and is part of 38 Canadian Brigade Group....
  • The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
    The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)

    The Lorne Scots is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group....
  • The Nova Scotia Highlanders
    The Nova Scotia Highlanders

    The Nova Scotia Highlanders is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces....
  • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
    The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

    The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces....
  • The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
    The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada

    The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. Prince Andrew, Duke of York, as a member of the Monarchy in Canada#Canadian Royal Family, acts as Colonel-in-Chief....
  • The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
    The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

    The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve, infantry regiment, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The regiment is part of Land Forces Western Area's 39 Canadian Brigade Group....
  • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
    The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders

    Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.They have served in the War of 1812, the Great War and World War II....
  • The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)
    The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)

    The Toronto Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. It is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group....


South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....

  • Pretoria Highlanders
    Pretoria Highlanders

    The Pretoria Highlanders Regiment is a regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit....
  • Transvaal Scottish Regiment
    Transvaal Scottish Regiment

    The Transvaal Scottish Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a United Kingdom Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit....
  • Cape Town Highlanders Regiment
    Cape Town Highlanders Regiment

    The Cape Town Highlanders Regiment is a mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a United Kingdom Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit....
  • First City Regiment


United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...

  • 79th New York Volunteer Infantry
    79th New York Volunteer Infantry

    The 79th New York Volunteer Infantry was an antebellum military regiment organized on June 20, 1859 in the state of New York. Prior to the American Civil War it was one of the three regiments which formed the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the New York State Militia....