Lovat Scouts

Lovat Scouts
Cap badge of the Lovat Scouts
Active1900–present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeYeomanry
Size1900s: Two battalions
World War I: Six regiments
World War II: Two battalions
Motto(s)Je suis prest (I am ready)
Battle honoursSouth Africa 1900–02
Gallipoli 1915
Egypt 1915–16
Macedonia 1916–18
France and Flanders 1916–18
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat
Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat
Donald Cameron of Lochiel

The Lovat Scouts was a British Army unit first formed during the Second Boer War as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment. They were the first known military unit to wear a ghillie suit, and were renowned for their elite reconnaissance capabilities. In 1916, the Lovat Scouts formally became the British Army's first sniper unit, then known as "sharpshooters". The regiment served in the First World War and Second World War.