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The Highlanders
File:Royal Regiment of Scotland.svg
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Active 2006—Present
Country

Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom

  • Flag of Scotland Scotland
Branch

Flag of the British Army British Army

Type Line Infantry
Role Mechanized Infantry
Size Battalion
Part of 1st Strike Brigade
Garrison/HQ Fallingbostel, Germany
Nickname(s) 4 SCOTS
Motto(s) Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity)
Engagements Operation Telic
Operation Herrick
Operation Shader
Commanders
Royal Colonel HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash Royal Regiment of Scotland TRF
Tartan Government
Cameron of Erracht (Pipers kilts and plaids)
Hackle Blue
From Queens Own Cameron Highlanders/Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
Queen's Own Highlanders
Cap Badge of the Highlanders
Active 17 September 1994-28 March 2006
Country United Kingdom
Branch Army
Type Line Infantry
Role Armoured Infantry
Size One Battalion
Garrison/HQ Fallingbostel, Germany
Motto(s) Cuidich 'n Righ (Help the King)
March Quick: Wee Highland Laddie
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
Tartan

Gordon (kilt)[dead link]
Seaforth Mackenzie (trews)[dead link]


Cameron of Erracht (pipers and drummers kilts)[dead link]

The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Prior to 28 March 2006, the Highlanders was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was the only one in the British Army with a Gaelic motto - Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Help the King".[citation needed]

The regiment was formed September 17, 1994, as part of the Options for Change defence review, by the amalgamation of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and The Gordon Highlanders.

In 2004, as part of the restructuring of the infantry, it was announced that The Highlanders would be amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland. The amalgamation took place on 28 March 2006. As with the other Scottish regiments, the Highlanders were permitted to retain their former name as the new battalion's primary title, with the battalion number as a subtitle. The current battalion is based in Fallingbostel, British Forces Germany, part of 7 Armoured Brigade, the descendants of World War II's Desert Rats, equipped with the Warrior Infantry Vehicle.

The regiment wore the Gordon tartan when in kilts and the Seaforth Mackenzie when in trews. The pipers and drummers continue to wear the regimental cap badge and kilts in the Cameron of Erracht tartan. The battalion primarily recruits from the Hebrides, the Northern Isles, the mainland counties of Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Moray and Nairnshire, and from the traditional Gordon heartlands in Aberdeenshire. The Battalion Headquarters is located at Cameron Barracks in Inverness.

The battalion is the mainstay of the British Army's only shinty team, The Scots Shinty Club. Due to the 4th Battalion's regular placements abroad, the team only plays in cup matches.

Under the future Army 2020 concept, This battalion will be equipped with Mastiff then FRES UV vehicles as a heavy protected mobility battalion under 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade.[1]

After the Army 2020 refine, the battalion is now joining 2nd Strike Brigade along with the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. The battalion was initially supposed to joined the 1st Strike Brigade, but this seems to have been called off following the 1 August 2019 Field Army reforms.

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Alliances[]

Army Cadets[]

The 4Scots also have alliances to the cadet world, the 1st Battalion the Highlanders, Army Cadet Force (Royal Regiment of Scotland) and the 2nd Battalion the Highlanders, Army Cadet Force (Royal Regiment of Scotland.)

The 1st Battalion covering the Highlands (Ross, Caithness, Moray, Inverness, Western Isles and Orkney Indep Lovat's Scouts). Then 2nd Battalion covers The Grampian Region spanning from Aberdeen to Keith.

Lineage[]

Lineage
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) The 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own) Highlanders
The 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)
The Gordon Highlanders The 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot

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