The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Active	28 March 2006-
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Armoured Infantry
Size	One Battalion
Part of	7th Armoured Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Fallingbostel, Germany
Motto	Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity)
Commanders
Royal Colonel	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan	Government Cameron of Erracht (Pipers kilts and plaids)

The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
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	Cuidich 'n Righ (Aid the King)
March	Quick: The West Highland Laddie
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
Tartan	Gordon (kilt) Seaforth Mackenzie (trews) Cameron of Erracht (pipers and drummers kilts)

The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) is an infantry battalion of the British Army. Prior to 2006, it was an independent regiment, part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was the only one in the British Army with a Gaelic motto - Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Aid the King". Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (800x1044, 353 KB)Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland Template:Crown copyright File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (88th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Mechanized infantry are infantry troops provided with trucks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat. ... The 7th Armoured Brigade is a unit of the British Army. ... Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... HRH The Duke of Edinburgh His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten), styled HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (born June 10, 1921), is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ... Image File history File links Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_TRF.PNG Summary Royal Regiment of Scotland Tactical Recognition Flash Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (88th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Regular infantry, as distinct from specialised infantry such as Foot Guards, light infantry or special forces. ... Mechanized infantry are infantry troops provided with trucks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat. ... Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned those titles to serve in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, but... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... Symbol of the Austrian 14th Armoured Battalion in NATO military graphic symbols A battalion is a military unit usually consisting of between two and six companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a variable number of battalions - - commanded by a colonel. ... The Scottish Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all Scottish infantry units. ... Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ...

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. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Options for Change was a restructuring of the British military in 1993, aimed at cutting defence spending following the end of the Cold War. ... The Queens Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), officially abbreviated QOH, was an infantry regiment in the Scottish Division of the British Army. ... The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1881 until 1994. ...

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. 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. Therefore, the new battalion is named The Highlanders (4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland). Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The British Forces Germany (BFG) is the successor of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) and Royal Air Force Germany (RAFG), which were disbanded in 1994 after the end of the Cold War. ... The 7th Armoured Brigade is a unit of the British Army. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats) of the British Army was the most famous unit of its type in British service during World War II. It was a regular division in the Middle East, designated the Mobile Division at first, renamed the Armoured Division (Egypt) in September 1939, and... General Characteristics (Warrior) Length: 6. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2003 Defence White Paper, entitled Delivering Security in a Changing World sets out the future of the British military, and builds on the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and the 2002 SDR New Chapter which responded to the challenges raised by the War on Terror. ... The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the only Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (88th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

The regiment wore the Gordon tartan when in kilts and the Seaforth Mackenzie when in trews. The pipers and drummers wore kilts in the Cameron of Erracht tartan. Clan Gordon Crest Clan Gordon, also known as the House of Gordon, is a traditional Scottish clan name and it is now a common forename. ... A tartan is type of pattern, originating in woven cloth, but now used in many materials. ... Formal Highland regalia, kilt and Prince Charlie jacket for Black tie. ... Sir John Sinclair by Henry Raeburn, 1794-95. ... Clan Cameron is a West Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches such as Erracht, Clunes, Glen Nevis, and Fassifern. ...

The regiment's name is still continued by the Army shinty team, The Highlanders. Due to the 4th Battalion's regular placements abroad, the team only plays in cup matches. // A shinty game in progress Shinty (Scottish Gaelic camanachd or iomain) is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. ... The Highlanders is the only shinty team in the British Armed Forces. ...

Alliances

•  Canada - The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
•  Canada - The 48th Highlanders of Canada
•  Canada - The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
•  Canada - The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
•  Canada - The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)
•  Australia - 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
•  Australia - The Royal South Australia Regiment
•  Australia - The Royal Western Australia Regiment
•  New Zealand - The Otago and Southland Regiment
•  New Zealand - The Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Regiment
•  South Africa - The Cape Town Highlanders
• Royal Navy - HMS Sutherland
• Royal Navy - HMS Victorious

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External links

• Official website
• regiments.org page on the Highlanders
• http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders_pages.htm