The Scots Guards.
3 Batts.
Royal Arms of Scotland. The Thistle. The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1660-1713. The Scots Regiment of Guards.
1713-1831. The 3rd Foot Guards.
1831-77. The Scots Fusilier Guards.
1877 (from). The Scots Guards.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1689-95. Flanders.
1689. Walcourt.
1690. Boyne.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1709-13. Spain.
1710. Saragossa.
1742-48. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1747. Val.
1758. Cherbourg.
1759-62. Germany.
1761. Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1776-83. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1778. Freehold.
1781. Guildford.
1793. Valenciennes.
1793-95. Flanders.
*1793. Lincelles.
1799. Helder.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
1801. Aboukir.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Alexandria.
1801. Marabout.
1807. Copenhagen.
*1809-14. Peninsula.
1809. Flushing.
1809. Douro.
*1809. Talavera.
*1811. Barossa.
1812. Badajos.
1812. Burgos.
1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
1813. St. Sebastian.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1814. Bayonne.
1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo.
1826-28. Portugal.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1854. Sevastopol.
*1882. Egypt.
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir
*1885. Suakim.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet and White facings (from 1660 to circa 1713); Scarlet and Blue facings (from circa 1713).
Regimental and Other Badges.—The 1st Batt.: The Royal Arms of Scotland, with motto, "En! Ferus Hostis," surmounted by the Imperial Crown; 2nd Batt.: The Union Badge, viz., the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, with the motto, "Unita Fortior," surmounted by the Imperial Crown. Also two of sixteen company badges, with mottoes borne in rotation, as follows:—
(1) The Royal Crest of Scotland, with "Nemo me impune lacessit."
(2) A Bombshell, with "Terrorem affero."
(3) A Lion erect, with "Intrepidus."
(4) The Badge and Motto of the Order of the Thistle.
(5) The Red Lion rampant of Scotland, with collar and chain of gold, and "Timiere nescius."
(6) A Blue Griffin, with "Belloque ferox."
(7) A Phœnix in flames, with "Per funera vitam."
(8) A Thunderbolt, with "Horror ubique."
(9) A Cannon firing, with "Concussæ cadent urbes."
(10) A Salamander, with "Pascua nota mihi."
(11) St. Andrew's Cross, with "In hoc signo vinces."
(12) A Trophy, with "Honores præfero."
(13) A Dog, with "Intaminata fide."
(14) The Label of the Duke of Connaught, with "Te duce vincimus."
(15) The Galley of Lorne, with "Ne obliviscaris."
(16) The Rose and Thistle, with "Fecit cos en gentem unam."
Also "The Sphinx," for Egypt (1801).
Nickname.—"The Jocks."
Notes.—Raised in Scotland by the Earl of Linlithgow.