52nd Lowland Volunteers

52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Active28 March 2006 – present
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeLine Infantry
RoleTA Reserve Light Role
SizeBattalion
470 personnel[1]
Part of4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East
Garrison/HQBHQ – Glasgow
HQ Company – Glasgow
A Company – Edinburgh
B Company – Ayr
C Company – Glasgow
Motto(s)Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity) (Latin)
MarchQuick – Across the Lowlands
Slow – Mist Covered Mountains
Royal Salute – St. Andrew's Cross (Pipes and Drums)
God Save the King (Military Band) Commanding Officer's Orders – A Man's A Man for A' That
AnniversariesWalcheren Day (8 November)
Commanders
Royal ColonelThe Princess Royal KG KT GCVO GCStJ QSO CD GCL
Honorary ColonelMajor-General Alastair Bruce of Crionaich OBE VR[2]
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
TartanGovernment
Red Erskine (Pipes and Drums)
Hunting Stewart (Military Band)
HackleGrey
Abbreviation6 SCOTS

The 52nd Lowland Volunteers (52 LOWLAND) is a battalion in the British Army's Army Reserve or reserve force in the Scottish Lowlands, forming 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 senior Reserve line infantry battalion in the British Army. It is one of two Reserve battalions in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, along with 51st Highland (7 SCOTS), a similar unit located in the Scottish Highlands.

Originally formed as the 52nd Lowland Volunteers in 1967, as a result of the amalgamation of Territorial Battalions within the infantry Regiments of the Lowland Brigade, the name commemorated the 52nd (Lowland) Division of the Territorial Force, within which many of the Regiment's antecedent Territorial Battalions served during the First and Second World Wars.

  1. ^ "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "No. 64301". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 2024. p. 1770.