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Freedom Burghs
Five burghs within the Regimental Area have honoured the Regiment by granting their freedom:
Haddington 1947...
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History
The Royal Scots, the oldest Infantry Regiment of the Line in the British Army, was formed in 1633 when Sir John Hepburn under a Royal Warrant granted by King Charles I, raised a body of men in...
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Affiliated Regiments
Most regiments of the British Army have affiliations or alliances with the Regiments of the Brigade of Gurkhas or Regiments from Nations of the British Commonwealth. These are fostered whenever...
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Badges and Tartan
Regimental Badges , like Colours and titles, epitomise a considerable amount of history. From the earliest regulations The Royal Scots were entitled to bear on their Colours the Royal Cypher...
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Colours & Battle Honours
THE COLOURS
The oldest reference to the colours carried by the Regiment, in 1680, shows them to have consisted of the white cross of St Andrew on a blue ground; in the centre, the Thistle...
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Music
Regimental Music
On 30th June, 1667 Samuel Pepys met Lord George Douglas in Rochester and mentions seeing his Regiment; he records that "here in the streets I did hear the Scotch...
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Memorials & Monuments
The Royal Scots Club
On 10th August 1922 HRH Princess Mary, Colonel-in-Chief, opened The Royal Scots Club in Abercromby Place, Edinburgh.
" We devoutly hope that by this club we can...
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Regimental Association
The Royal Scots Regimental Association
Also further down this page: Regimental Benevolence, The Royal Scots Benevolent Society.
Objects:
The objects of the Association are:...
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The Territorial Army
During the 1850s and 1860s a number of Volunteer Units were raised, controlled by the Lord Lieutenants of Counties. In 1888 control was taken over by the War Office and they were grouped with...
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Regular Battalion - 1 SCOTS
On 28 March 2006, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) merged with the other surviving Scottish Infantry Regiments to form The Royal Regiment of Scotland in which our 1st Battalion became The Royal...
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Regimental Silver
Waterloo Snuff Box
Made from the belt plates of the officers of the 3rd Battalion who were killed during the...
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The Expert Swordsman
ONE OF MARLBOROUGH'S MEN;
AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SOLDIER.
Extracts from an autobiography published in Glasgow in 1728;
"The Expert Swordsman's Companion" or "The True Art of...
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A Child of Waterloo
Extract from 'The Thistle', June 1895
From an article written anonymously, signed "An Old Milestone"
"During the Peninsular war and at Waterloo we had four pucka...
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Mr & Mrs Driscoll in the Crimean War
Mrs Frances Driscoll went through the Crimean War with her husband Private Driscoll of the 1st Regiment of Foot. Women were lodged in tents behind the British lines, and "occupied...
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Awards: Victoria Cross & George Cross
Awards: Victoria Cross
In January 1856, Queen Victoria instituted a new award, the Victoria Cross, made from the bronze of Russian guns captured after the siege of Sebastopol in 1855. It is...
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Museum
The Royal Scots Regimental Museum
The Museum is situated in Edinburgh Castle. It is a private one and, as we do not receive any part of the admission charge to the Castle, it is financially...
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Shipwreck
SHIPWRECKED in the GULF OF ST LAWRENCE, CANADA,
and A Useful Cigar
Reminiscence, signed 'Old Royal':
"In 1840, the 2nd Battalion, 1st or Royal Regiment of Foot, left Montreal,...
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About Us
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The Colonel - in - Chief
In 1983 the Regiment celebrated its 350th Anniversary. The highlight of a large number of commemorative events was a Review of the Regiment by Her Majesty The Queen in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. It...
