Scottish regiment

A Scottish regiment is any regiment (or similar military unit) that at some time in its history has or had a name that referred to Scotland or some part, thereof, and adopted items of Scottish dress. These regiments were and are usually a product of the British Empire, either directly serving the United Kingdom, serving as colonial troops, or later as part of Commonwealth country military establishments. Their "Scottishness" is not necessarily due to recruitment in Scotland nor any proportion of members of Scottish ancestry. Traditionally, Scottish regiments cultivate a reputation of exceptional fierceness in combat and are often given romantic portrayals in popular media. Within Scotland, itself, regiments of the Scottish Lowlands did not adopt as strong a "Scottish" (specifically Highland Scottish) character until the late Victorian Era.

Highland Regiments

Many of these regiments are also known as "Highland regiments" or "Highland Scottish/Scot/Scots regiments" due to their adopting of Highland Scottish apparel. Many extant Highland regiments that are not in the armed forces of the United Kingdom have formed formal honorary affiliations with Highland regiments therein.

Scottish Regiments of the British Army

Current Regiments

• Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
• 1st Royal Tank Regiment
• Scots Guards
• Royal Regiment of Scotland
• 19th Regiment Royal Artillery
• 40th Regiment Royal Artillery
• 105th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers)
• 32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment
• The Scottish Transport Regiment
• The London Scottish (a Company of The London Regiment)
• The Liverpool Scottish (a platoon of the 4th Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment)

Lowland Line Infantry (Lowland Brigade)

• The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (1633-2006)
• The Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678 - 1959)
• The King's Own Scottish Borderers (1689 - 2006)
• The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1881 - 1968)
• 52nd Lowland Regiment

Highland Line Infantry (Highland Brigade)

• The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (1725 - 2006)
• The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) (1881 - 1959)
• The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) (1881 - 1961)
• The Gordon Highlanders (1881 - 1994)
• The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1793 - 1961)
• The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) (1881 - 2006)
• The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) (1994 - 2006)
• 51st Highland Volunteers

Former Yeomanry of Scotland

• Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
• Lothian and Border Horse
• Lanarkshire Yeomanry
• Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
• Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse
• Lovat Scouts
• Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry
• Scottish Yeomanry

Current Yeomanry of Scotland

• A (Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry) & C (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse) Squadrons of the Queen's Own Yeomanry Regiment

Scottish and Highland Regiments in other countries

Australia

Current

• 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment (Victorian Scottish Regiment);
• 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment (Boothby and South Australian Scottish Regiment);
• 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment (Cameron Highlanders);
• 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (Byron Scottish Regiment).

Former

• 30th Battalion (The New South Wales Scottish Regiment);
• 61st Battalion (The Queensland Cameron Highlanders).

Canada

• 1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish)
• 48th Highlanders of Canada
• The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
• The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
• The Calgary Highlanders
• The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
• The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
• The Essex and Kent Scottish
• The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
• The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
• The Nova Scotia Highlanders
• The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
• The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
• The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
• The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
• The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)

New Zealand

• 1st Royal New Zealand Armoured Regiment of the (New Zealand Scottish) 1 Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps

South Africa

• First City
• Cape Town Highlanders
• Transvaal Scottish
• Witwatersrand Rifles
• Pretoria Highlanders

United States

• 79th New York Volunteer Infantry (Cameron Highlanders)

See also

• Military of Scotland