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1642 |
Marquis of
Argyll's Royal Regiment |
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1650 |
Foote Regiment
of His Majestie's Lyffe Guard |
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disbanded |
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1660.11.23 |
six independent
companies in Scotland |
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1661.05.01 |
Scots Regiment
of Foot Guards
(also known as The King's Regiment, The King's
Foot Guards, or Scotch Guards) |
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1686 |
placed
on English Establishment, ranking as 3rd Foot Guards |
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1713 |
3rd Regiment
of Foot Guards |
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1831.04.29 |
Scots Fusilier
Guards |
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1877.04.03 |
Scots Guards |
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Scots
Guards (official Army site) |
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Scots
Guards, by Glenvil Roberts. |
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Scots
Guards, by Diana M. Henderson (Scots at War) |
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Scots
Guards, by Charles B. Balfour (The Lowland Scots Regiments,
1918) |
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Scots
Guards (Scottish Military Historical Society) |
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Scots
Guards (Edinburgh Tattoo) |
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Brigade
of Guards in America History [American Revolution], by William
W. Burke and Linnea M. Bass. |
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Brigade
of Guards during the Revolutionary War, by G. Marsden |
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The
Scots Guards, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great
War). |
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The
Scots Guards, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) |
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The
Scots Guards 1914-18, by Paul Reed |
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Scots
Guards , by Dave Depickere (World War II Analyzed) |
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RHQ and Depot: |
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RHQ: Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London |
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Recruiting Area: Scotland |
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Brigade of Guards,
Caterham [1946-1968] |
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Guards Division,
Caterham [1968-present] |
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Regulars:
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1st
Battalion [1660-present] |
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2nd
Battalion [1689-1993] |
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3rd
Battalion [1899-1906] |
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Hostilities-Only
Units (First and Second World War): |
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3rd
(Reserve) Battalion [1914-1919] |
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3rd
Battalion [1940-1946] |
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4th Battalion [1940-1943] |
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Holding Battalion [1940-1943]
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Namur
1695, Dettingen,
Lincelles,
[Egypt]1,
Talavera,
Barrosa, Fuentes d’Onor, Salamanca, Nive, Peninsula, Waterloo,
Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol,
Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt
1882, Suakin 1885,
Modder River, South
Africa 1899-1902
The
Great War (3 battalions): Retreat
from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 ‘17,
Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve
Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert
1915, Loos, Somme 1916 ‘18, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Pilckem,
Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai
1917 ‘18, St. Quentin, Albert 1918, Bapaume 1918, Arras 1918,
Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg
Line, Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, Selle, Sambre, France
and Flanders 1914-18
Second
World War: Stien,
Norway 1940, Mont
Pincon, Quarry
Hill, Estry,
Venlo Pocket, Rhineland,
Reichswald, Cleve, Moyland, Hochwald, Rhine, Lingen, Uelzen, North-West
Europe 1944-45,
Halfaya 1941, Sidi Suleiman, Tobruk 1941, Gazala,
Knightsbridge, Defence of Alamein Line, Medenine,
Tadjera Khir, Medjez Plain, Grich el Oued, Dejbel
Bou Aoukaz 1943 I, North
Africa 1941-43, Salerno,
Battipaglia, Volturno Crossing, Roccheta e Croce, Monte
Camino, Anzio,
Campoleone, Carroceto, Trasimene Line, Advance to Florence, Monte
San Michele, Catarelto Ridge, Argenta Gap, Italy
1943-45
Tumbledown
Mountain, Falkland
Islands 1982, Gulf
1991
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1660.10.23 |
Maj-Gen. George (Livingstone), 3rd Earl
of Linlithgow |
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1684.06.13 |
Lt-Gen. Hon. James Douglas |
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1691.09.01 |
Lt-Gen. Hon. George Ramsay |
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1707.04.25 |
Lt-Gen. William (Kerr), 2nd Marquess of
Lothian, KT (Lord Jedburgh) |
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1713.10.10 |
Gen. John (Murray), 2nd Earl of Dunmore |
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1752.04.29 |
Gen. John (Leslie), 10th Earl of Rothes,
KT |
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1767.12.16 |
F.M.
HRH William Henry,
1st Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh, KG |
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1770.04.30 |
Gen. John (Campbell), 4th Earl of Loudoun
[also 30Foot,
60Foot, 64Foot]
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1782.05.09 |
F.M.
John (Campbell), 5th Duke of Argyll (Marquess of Lorne)
[also 14th Dgns, 1st
Foot, 54th Foot; C-in-C Scotland
1762-65, 1767] |
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1806.05.26 |
F.M.
HRH William Frederick,
2nd Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh, KG, GCB, GCH |
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1834.12.12 |
Gen. George (Gordon), 5th Duke of Gordon,
GCB (Marquess of Huntly) [also 1st
Foot, 42nd Hldrs, 92nd
Foot] |
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1836.05.30 |
Gen. George James (Ludlow), 3rd Earl Ludlow,
GCB |
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1842.04.25 |
F.M.
HRH Francis Albert
Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (The
Prince Consort), KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, KSI |
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1852.09.23 |
F.M.
HRH George William
Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCSI,
GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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1861.12.15 |
F.M.
Sir Alexander Woodford, GCB, GCMG |
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1870.08.27 |
Gen. Sir John Aitchison, GCB |
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1875.05.13 |
Gen. Henry (Robinson-Montagu), 6th Baron
Rokeby, GCB |
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1883.05.26 |
Gen. Sir William Thomas Knollys, KCB |
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1883.06.24 |
F.M.
HRH Arthur William
Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT,
GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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1904.05.01 |
F.M.
Paul Sanford (Methuen), 3rd Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO [also
Hon. Col. 2nd VB Wiltshire
Regt] |
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1932.10.31 |
F.M.
HM King George VI
[as Duke of York] |
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1937.03.12 |
F.M..
HRH Henry William
Frederick Albert, 1st Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG,
GCVO |
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1974.09.09 |
F.M.
HRH Edward, The Duke
of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC |
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Motto: |
Nemo me impune
lacessit |
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Nicknames: |
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Anniversaries: |
St. Andrew's Day
(30 Nov.) |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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Regimental
Journal: |
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The Brigade of Guards' Magazine.
Vol. 1. no. 1 (Jan. 1888)-v. 10. no. 20 (Dec. 1897). |
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The Household Brigade Magazine.
Jan. 1898-Spring 1968. |
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The Guards Magazine. Summer
1968- |
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The Scots Guards magazine. |
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Full Histories:
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Goodinge, Anthony. The Scots Guards
(the 3rd Guards). London : Leo Cooper Ltd, 1969. (Famous
regiments) ISBN: 0850520126 |
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Kinloch, Wallace ; Couser, Ralph. 350
glorious years : 1642-1992. Edinburgh : Lady Haig's Poppy
Factory, Printing Dept, 1993. ISBN: 0952159805; 0952159813 (pbk) |
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Maurice, Frederick, Sir. The history
of the Scots Guards, from the creation of the regiment to the eve
of the great war. London : Chatto & Windus, 1934. [2 v.] |
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Erskine, David Hervey. The Scots Guards,
1919-1955. London : W. Clowes, 1956. |
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Naylor, Murray. Among friends : the
Scots Guards, 1956-1993. London : Leo Cooper, 1995. ISBN:
0850524555 |
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Short Histories:
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Balfour, Charles B. The Scots Guards.
Glasgow : James Maclehose and Sons, 1919. ["Reprinted
from the volume on the Lowland Scots regiments: their origin, character
and services previous to the Great War of 1914, edited by Sir Herbert
Maxwell."] |
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Balfour, Charles B. The Scots Guards.
Glasgow : Jackson, Wylie, 1929. ["Reprinted from the
volume on the Lowland Scots regiments: their origin, character and
services previous to the Great War of 1914, edited by Sir Herbert
Maxwell."] |
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A short history of the Scots Guards.
Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1925. |
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A loan exhibition depicting the history
of the Scots Guards : Grosvenor Square, December 1st-23rd, 1934.
[Aldershot] : Gale & Polden, 1934. |
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Scots Guards : Scotland's own regiment
of Foot Guards. Glasgow : Paramount Press, 1959. |
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Swinton, J. A short history of the
Scots Guards, with some notes on the Colours, badges and customs of
the regiment. Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1963. |
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First World
War: |
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Petre, F. Loraine (Francis Loraine) ; Ewart,
Wilfrid ; Lowther, Cecil, Sir. The Scots Guards in the Great
War, 1914-1918. London, J. Murray, 1925. |
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Other Wars: |
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Voyage and journey of the 2nd Batt.
Scots Fusilier Guards from Souhampton to Montreal, during the winter
of 1861-2. Montreal : Printed for the publisher by J. Wilson,
1862. |
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Cuthbert, James Harold (ed.) The
1st Battalion Scots Guards in South Africa, 1899-1902. London,
Harrison, 1904. |
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2nd Battalion Scots Guards, Malaya
1948-1951. Kuala Kubu Bharu : Caxton Press, 1951. |
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Spicer, T. S. West Belfast : 1st
Battallion Scots Guards, May-November 1992. Salisbury : Owl,
1993. ISBN: 0951591797 (pbk.) |
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Special Topics: |
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Standing orders and interior regulations
of the Scots Fusilier Regiment of Guards. London : Parker,
Furnivall, and Parker, 1851. |
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The standing orders of His Majesty's
: Scots Regiment of Foot Guards. Aldershot : Gale & Polden,
1931. |
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Hunter, David J. The Scots Guards.
[Tollerton] : D.J. Hunter, 1999. (Famous regiments on cigarette
and trade cards) |
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by A. Melville-Brown
