Royal Scottish Border Guards, 1st Battalion of Royal Scottish Regiment, Pipes and Drums

2007

Subdivision of the Royal Scottish Border Guards of the 1st Battalion of Royal Scottish Regiment was formed in 2006 by combining the two celebrated units – Royal Scottish Regiment and King’s Scottish Border Guards.

The Royal Scottish Regiment, the oldest and first by seniority infantry regiment of the British Army, was founded in 1633 for service in France and got across to Britain only in 1661. The Regiment distinguished in the battles at Fontenoy, La Coruna, Waterloo, participated in the Anglo-Bursa and Crimean wars, took part in the whole Western Front during World War I. During World War II the regiment battalions fought in the battlefields of Europe and Far East. From then onward the regiment served at Cyprus, in the Suez, Aden, Northern Ireland, and Persian Gulf and on the Balkans.

The King's own Scottish Regiment, formed in 1689, participated in the siege of Gibraltar, battles at Fontenoy and Minden. The Border Guards performed the role of marine infantry during the capture of Martinique and Guadeloupe. They went through the whole Anglo-Bursa War and World War I, during World War II served near Dunkirk and in other sectors of the Western Front, as well as in the Far East. Thereafter this unit fulfilled the military mission in Korea, Malaya, Aden, and Borneo, Northern Ireland and in the Persian Gulf.

At present the Royal Scottish Border Guards are quartered in Edinburgh and is a light infantry battalion of the 4th Mechanised Brigade of the British Army.


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