SCOTS GUARDS.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| The Scots Regiment of Guards. 1660–1708 3rd Foot Guards. 1708–1831 Scots Fusilier Guards. 1831–1877 The Scots Guards. 1877—— | Scarlet, 1660—. | White, 1660–1708. Blue, 1708—. | Walcourt, 1689. Boyne, 1690. Neer-Landen, 1693. Namur, 1695. Flanders, 1689–1695. Saragossa, 1710. Spain, 1709–1713. Dettingen, 1743. Fontenoy, 1745. Val, 1747. Flanders, 1742–1748. Cherbourg, 1758. Denkern, 1761. Wilhelmstahl, 1762. Germany, 1759–1762. Brooklyn, 1776. Brandywine, 1777. | Germantown, 1777. Freehold, 1778. Guildford, 1781. America, 1776–1781. Valenciennes, 1793. Lincelles, 1793. Flanders, 1793–1795. Helder, 1799. Crabbendam, 1799. Bergen, 1799. Egmont-op-Zee, 1799. Alkmaer, 1799. Aboukir, 1801. Alexandria, 1801. Marabout, 1801. Egypt, 1801. Copenhagen, 1807. | Flushing, 1809. Douro, 1809. Talavera, 1809. Barrossa, 1811. Badajos, 1812. Burgos, 1812. Cuid=ad Rodrigo, 1812. St. Sebastian, 1813. Bayonne, 1814. Peninsula, 1809–1814. Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814. Quatre-Bras, 1815. Waterloo, 1815. Netherlands, 1814–15. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1854. |
The Regiment was raised in Scotland.
It bears one of the ancient Badges conferred by Royal Authority on each of the companies, the Badges being borne in turn as the Colours are renewed; and “the Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
And also in
- 1st Battalion—The Royal Arms of Scotland, with motto “En! Ferus Hostis.”
- 2nd Battalion—The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, with motto “Unita Fortior.”