Royal Scots

Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
Cap badge
Active1633–2006
Country Kingdom of Scotland (1633–1678)
 Kingdom of England (1678–1707)
 Kingdom of Great Britain (c.1707–c.1800)
 Kingdom of Ireland (c. 1775)[1]
 United Kingdom (1801–2006)
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLine infantry
Part ofScottish Division
Garrison/HQEdinburgh
Nickname(s)Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard
PatronHRH Mary, Princess Royal (1918)
HRH Anne, Princess Royal (1983)
Motto(s)Nemo me impune lacessit
Latin: "Nobody harms me with impunity"
MarchQuick March: Dumbarton's Drums
Slow March: Garb of Old Gaul
EngagementsSee Battle honours list
Insignia
Tactical recognition flash
Royal Scots regimental badge

The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I. The regiment existed continuously until 2006, when it amalgamated with the King's Own Scottish Borderers to become the Royal Scots Borderers, which merged with the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), the Black Watch, the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

  1. ^ 1st Battalion was carried on the Irish Establishment at the time of the American Revolution. See The Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution, Illustrative Appendices to Chapter I