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Historically, Scotland has a long military tradition that predates the Act of Union with England. Its armed forces now form part of those of the United Kingdom and are known as the British Armed Forces. from http://images. ...
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1881 painting of the Thin Red Line by Robert Gibb The Thin Red Line was a famous military action by the 93rd (Highland) Regiment during the Crimean War. ...
Motto: (Eng: No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by...
The Acts of Union were a pair of Acts of Parliament passed in 1706 and 1707 (taking effect on 1 May 1707) by, respectively, the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
The armed forces of a state are its government sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations. ...
The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown. ...
History prior to the Union
Royal Scots Navy -
The Scots Navy was created around AD 1000 to combat Viking invasions. Initially it consisted of Longships, some captured from the Vikings. After the signing of the Treaty of Perth, the navy fell into perpetual neglect, only becoming properly re-established in the wake of the Scottish Wars of Independence. The Navy steadily increased in size and strength through the reigns of the Stewart Monarchs, from King James I to that of King James IV, when the navy consisted of a fleet of thirty-eight vessels, including the carrack Great Michael. After this point the Royal Scottish Navy again fell into a steady decline, and only consisted of three vessels when it merged with the English Royal Navy in 1707. The Scottish Red Ensign, flown by ships of the Old Scots Navy The Royal Scots Navy (or Old Scots Navy) was the navy of the Kingdom of Scotland from its foundation in the 11th century until its merger with Englands Royal Navy in 1707. ...
The British Royal Navy does not have a well-defined moment of formation; it started out as a motley assortment of Kings ships during the Middle Ages, assembled only as needed and then dispersed, began to take shape as a standing navy during the 16th century, and became a...
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The Red Ensign, as currently used by the United Kingdoms Merchant Navy The Red Ensign is a flag that originated in the early 1600s as an ensign flown by the Royal Navy. ...
A model of Great Michael (a carrack of the Royal Scottish Navy) in the Royal Scottish Museum. ...
A model of Great Michael (a carrack of the Royal Scottish Navy) in the Royal Scottish Museum. ...
The main hall of the Royal Museum of Scotland The Royal Museum is a museum on Chambers Street, in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...
The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne explorers, traders, and warriors of the Norsemen who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ...
The Oseberg longship (Viking Ship Museum, Norway) Oseberg longship from the front, one of the most stunning expressions of Norse art and craftsmanship A longship tacking in the wind Longships were ships primarily used by the Scandinavian Vikings and the Saxons to raid coastal and inland settlements during the European...
The Treaty of Perth ended military conflict between Norway under Magnus the Law-mender and Scotland under Alexander III over the sovereignty of the Western Isles, the Isle of Mann and Caithness. ...
The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of campaigns launched after the English invasion of Scotland in 1296. ...
The Coat of Arms of King James I, the first British monarch of the House of Stuart The House of Stuart or Stewart was a royal house of the Kingdom of Scotland, later of the Kingdom of England, and finally of the Kingdom of Great Britain. ...
James I (December 10, 1394 – February 21, 1437) reigned as King of Scots from April 4, 1406 until February 21, 1437. ...
James IV (March 17, 1473 – September 9, 1513) was King of Scots from 1488 to 1513. ...
The Santa Maria at anchor by Andries van Eertvelt, painted c. ...
A model of Michael in the Royal Museum Michael (later popularly known as Great Michael) was a carrack or great ship of the Royal Scottish Navy. ...
Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 Capital Winchester, then London from 11th century. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
Scottish armies -
Prior to the Scottish Civil War in 1644, there was no standing army in the Kingdom of Scotland. Prior to that, troops were raised by the King when required, a development of the feudal concept of fief (in which a lord was obligated to raise a certain quota of knights, men at arms and yeomanry, under greater control of the King). After the Wars of Scottish Independence, the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France played a large part in the country's military activities, especially during the Hundred Years' War. In 1650, part of the New Model Army invaded Scotland to fight Scottish Covenanters at the start of the Third English Civil War. The Covenanters, who had been allied to the English Parliament in the First English Civil War, had crowned Charles II as King of Scots. Despite being outnumbered, Oliver Cromwell led the Army to crushing victories over Charles's Scottish army commanded by David Leslie at the battles of Dunbar and Inverkeithing. Following the Scottish invasion of England led by Charles II, the New Model Army and local militia forces soundly defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Worcester, the last pitched battle of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. During the Interregnum, Scotland was kept under the military occupation of an English army under George Monck. They were kept busy throughout the 1650s by minor Royalist uprisings in the Scottish Highlands and by endemic lawlessness by bandits known as mosstroopers. Following Cromwell's death, the Restoration of Charles II saw the New Model Army kept as a standing force, and the King raised further regiments loyal to the Crown. On January 26th, 1661 Charles II issued a Royal Warrant that created the genesis of what would become the British Army, although the Scottish and English Armies would remain two separate organisations until the unification of England and Scotland in 1707. The Crown still officially controls the use of the army. However the Claim of Right Act 1689 stated that: "that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law...". Successive British governments were able to circumvent the intent of the Bill of Rights through annual continuation notices, and the technical legality of the British Army, in times of peace, still rests on these annual notices. A large standing army had come into existence by the mid-18th century; the British government of the day continues to command it and both declares and wages wars. The Scottish army of the High Middle Ages for the purposes of this article pertains to the fighting men and military systems that existed in Scotland between the death of Domnall II in 900, and the death of Alexander III in 1286, which fell before and indirectly led to the...
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Map of Scotland The Scottish Civil War The Scottish Civil War of 1644-47 was part of wider conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which included the Bishops Wars, the English Civil War and Irish Confederate Wars. ...
Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Capital Edinburgh Government Monarchy Head of State King of Scots Parliament Parliament of Scotland Currency Pound Scots This article is about the historical state called the Kingdom of Scotland (843-1707). ...
Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud or fee, consisted of heritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a vassal knights service (usually fealty, military service, and security). ...
The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between Scotland and England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. ...
The Auld Alliance refers to a series of treaties, offensive and defensive in nature, between Scotland and France aimed specifically against an aggressive and expansionist England. ...
Combatants England Burgundy Brittany Portugal Navarre Flanders Hainault Aquitaine Luxembourg France Castile Scotland Genoa Majorca Bohemia Aragon The Hundred Years War was a conflict between England and France, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. ...
The New Model Army became the best known of the various Parliamentarian armies in the English Civil War. ...
The Covenanters, named after the Solemn League and Covenant, were a party that, originating in the Reformation movement, played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent in that of England, during the 17th century. ...
The Third English Civil War (1649–1651) was the third of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars) which refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1652 and include the First English Civil War...
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ...
This is a list of British monarchs, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed on, or incorporated, the island of Great Britain, namely: England (united with Wales from 1536) up to 1707; Scotland up to 1707; The Kingdom of Great Britain...
For the Monty Python song based on the historical figure, see Oliver Cromwell (song) Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599 – September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader, considered by critics to be a dictator, best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. ...
See also David Leslie the Scottish rugby player. ...
The Battle of Worcester was the final battle of the English Civil War. ...
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, Ireland, and England between 1639 and 1651 at a time when these countries had come under the Personal Rule of the same monarch. ...
The English Interregnum was the period of parliamentary and military rule in the land occupied by modern-day England and Wales after the English Civil War. ...
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle by Sir Peter Lely, painted 1665–1666. ...
Moss-troopers were bandits that operated in Scotland during and after the time of the English Commonwealth. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Claim of Right The Claim of Right is an Act passed by the Parliament of Scotland in April 1689. ...
The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the long title An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown and known colloquially in the UK as the Bill of Rights. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
Wars and battles The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between Scotland and England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. ...
The Anglo-Scottish Wars were a series of wars fought between England and Scotland during the sixteenth century. ...
The War of the League of Cambrai (1508–16), sometimes known as the War of the Holy League and by several other names,[1] was a major conflict in the Italian Wars. ...
The Bishops Wars, a series of armed encounters and defiances between England and Scotland in 1639 and 1640, were part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. ...
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, Ireland, and England between 1639 and 1651 at a time when these countries had come under the Personal Rule of the same monarch. ...
Map of Scotland The Scottish Civil War The Scottish Civil War of 1644-47 was part of wider conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which included the Bishops Wars, the English Civil War and Irish Confederate Wars. ...
Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones claimed by his...
The Battle of Largs took place in Largs, North Ayrshire in 1263 between Scotland and the forces of King Magnus III of Man and the Isles as well as the manxmens ally, King Haakon IV of Norway. ...
Combatants Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Commanders Richard Siward John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey Strength Approx. ...
Combatants Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Commanders Robert Bruce Edward II of England Strength about 8,000 20,000 Casualties unknown unknown The Battle of Bannockburn (June 23, 1314 – June 24, 1314) was a significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence. ...
Combatants England Scotland Commanders Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey James IV †Strength 26,000 approx 30,000 approx Casualties 1,500 dead 10,000 dead Western side of the battlefield, looking south-south-east from the monument erected in 1910. ...
Combatants Jacobite Royalists (Highlanders & Irish) Orange Royalists (Covenanters, Lowlanders) Commanders Viscount Dundee†Hugh Mackay Strength 2400 foot 3500 foot Casualties 800, inc. ...
The Battle of Langside was a battle fought on May 13, 1568 between the forces of Mary Queen of Scots and a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother (who won the battle). ...
The Battle of Inverkeithing [1] (20 July 1651) was a battle in the Third English Civil War. ...
The Battle of Otterburn took place on the 9 August 1388 or 15 August 1388, as part of the continuing border skirmishes between the Scottish and English. ...
See Battle of Preston (1715) for the battle of the Jacobite Rising. ...
In 1402, Scottish nobles launched a coordinated invasion of Northern England. ...
Combatants Scotland England Commanders William Wallace Edward I of England Strength 500 cavalry, 9,500 infantry 2,000 cavalry, 12,000 infantry. ...
Combatants Scotland England Commanders Sir Archibald Douglas Edward III of England Strength 13,000 9,000 Casualties exact figure unknown, but very high exact figure unknown, but very low Battle of Halidon Hill (July 19, 1333) was fought during the second War of Scottish Independence. ...
Combatants Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Commanders Andrew Moray William Wallace Surrey Cressingham†Strength 7,000 infantry and 150 cavalry 30,000[citation needed] infantry and 750 cavalry Casualties ? Over 7,000 killed The Battle of Stirling Bridge was one of the series of conflicts of the Wars of...
Castles Castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle in Scotland. ...
The Donjon seen from the Great Hall Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high steep bank above a bend in the River Clyde between Uddingston and the small town of Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Glasgow. ...
Broughty Castle, completed around 1495, was surrendered to the English in 1547 by Lord Gray following the Battle of Pinkie; it wasnt for another three years, in February 1550 that the French and Scots managed to recapture it. ...
Caerlaverock Castle. ...
Duffus Castle Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and served as a fortress-residence from c. ...
Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Great Britain. ...
Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky outcrop on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles south of Stonehaven. ...
Edinburgh Castle and NorLoch, around 1780 by Alexander Nasmyth Edinburgh Castle is an ancient stronghold on the Castle Rock in the centre of the city of Edinburgh, has been in use by assorted military forces since 900 BC and only transferred from Ministry of Defence administration recently. ...
Loch Duich and Eilean Donan castle Eilean Donan castle and some surroundings Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic for Island of Donan), is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. ...
Kilchurn Castle is a ruined 15th century structure on the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll, Scotland. ...
Ruthven Barracks are the smallest but best preserved of the 4 barracks built in 1717 after the 1715 Jacobite rising, set on an old castle mound. ...
Ruins of St Andrews castle overlooking the North Sea St Andrews castle is a picturesque ruin located in the coastal town of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. ...
Stirling Castle (southwest aspect) For ships named after the castle, see Stirling Castle (disambiguation) Stirling Castle is a castle in Stirling, one of the largest and most important, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland and indeed Western Europe. ...
Part of the British Armed Forces -
After the Act of Union in 1707, the Scottish Army and Navy merged with those of England. The new British Army incorporated existing Scottish regiments, such as the Scots Guards, The Royal Scots, Scots Greys and the Royal Scots Fusiliers. The three vessels of the small Royal Scottish Navy were transferred to the Royal Navy. The new Armed Forces were controlled by the War Office and Admiralty from London. During this period, Scottish Soldiers and Sailors were instrumental in supporting the expansion of the British Empire and became involved in many international conflicts, including the latter stages of the War of the Spanish Succession, the Seven Years' War, the American Wars of Independence, Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, Boer War and the two World Wars. British military history is a long and varied topic, extending from the prehistoric and ancient historic period, through the Roman invasions of Julius Cæsar and Claudius and subsequent Roman occupation; warfare in the Mediaeval period, including the invasions of the Saxons and the Vikings in the Early Middle Ages...
The history of the British Army spans three centuries and numerous European, colonial and world wars. ...
The Acts of Union were a pair of Acts of Parliament passed in 1706 and 1707 (taking effect on 1 May 1707) by, respectively, the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division, and have a long and proud history stretching back hundreds of years. ...
The Royal Scots were the oldest, and therefore most senior, infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of Scotland. ...
The Scots Greys was the unofficial and later official name of a dragoon regiment of the British Army from 1678 until 1971, when they amalgamated to form The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys). ...
The Royal Scots Fusiliers is a Regiment of the British army. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London - the former location of the War Office The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. ...
Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...
Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain. ...
Combatants Prussia (led by Friedrick the Great) Great Britain (led by King George II and Duke of Cumberland) Hanover Ireland Portugal Brunswick (led by Prince Ferdinand) Hesse-Kassel Austria (led by Queen Maria Theresa) France (led by King Louis XV) Russia Sweden Spain Saxony Strength 160,000 120,000 Casualties...
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
Combatants Allies: Great Britain (until 1801)/United Kingdom(from 1801) Prussia Austria Sweden Russia Ottoman Empire Portugal Spain and others France Client States to France: Denmark-Norway Kingdom of Holland Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Naples Grand Duchy of Warsaw Confederation of the Rhine: Bavaria Saxony and others Commanders Mikhail...
Combatants United Kingdom France Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease 256,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War lasted from 1854 until 1 April 1856 and was...
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There have been two World Wars, now more commonly known as World War I or First World War (from 1914 to 1918), and World War II or Second World War (from 1939 to 1945). ...
Sensitive defence establishments In the wake of the Jacobite risings, several fortresses were built throughout the Highlands in the 18th Century by General Wade in order to pacify the region, including Fort George, Fort Augustus and Fort William. Later, due to their topography and perceived remoteness, parts of Scotland have housed many sensitive defence establishments, with mixed public feelings. During World War II, Allied and British Commandos trained at Achnacarry in the Highlands and the island of Gruinard was used for an exercise in biological warfare. Between 1960 and 1991, the Holy Loch was a base for the U.S. fleet of Polaris ballistic missile submarines. Today, Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, 25 miles (40 km) west of Glasgow, is the base for the four Trident-armed Vanguard class ballistic missile submarines which are armed with approximately 200 Trident nuclear warheads.[1] Since the decommissioning of free-falling bombs in 1998, the Trident ICBM system is the UK's only nuclear deterrent. HMS Caledonia at Rosyth in Fife is the support base for navy operations in Scotland and also serves as the Naval Regional Office (NRO Scotland and Northern Ireland). The Royal Navy's submarine nuclear reactor development establishment, is located at Dounreay, which was also the site of the UK's fast breeder nuclear reactor programme. HMS Gannet is a search and rescue station based at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire and operates three Seaking Mk.5 helicopters. RM Condor at Arbroath, Angus is home to 45 Commando, Royal Marines. Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones usurped by his...
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Fort George, Ardersier, Highland, Scotland, is a large 18th century fortress near Inverness with perhaps the mightiest artillery fortifications in Europe. ...
Fort Augustus is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. ...
Fort William from Loch Linnhe Fort William is the largest town in the western Scottish Highlands (in the Highland unitary authority), and a major tourist centre. ...
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Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. ...
The British Commandos were first formed by the Army in June 1940 during World War II as a well-armed but unregimented raider force employing unconventional and irregular tactics to assault, disrupt and reconnoitre the enemy in mainland Europe and Scandinavia. ...
Achnacarry is a small hamlet, private estate, and a castle in the Lochaber region of Highland, Scotland, about 15 miles north of the town of Fort William near the village of Spean Bridge. ...
The Scottish Highlands are the mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. ...
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Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease-causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war. ...
The Holy Loch seen across the Firth of Clyde with Dunoon on the left The Holy Loch is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. ...
Polaris (α UMi / α Ursae Minoris / Alpha Ursae Minoris) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor. ...
SSBN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a fleet ballistic missile submarine. ...
This is a list of fleet bases of the Royal Navy. ...
Location of Faslane and RNAD Coulport Faslane Naval Base, HMNB Clyde Her Majestys Naval Base Clyde is the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Scotland, best known as the home of the United Kingdoms strategic deterrent submarine force. ...
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...
The Trident missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it an SLBM. There are 14 active US Ohio class submarines and 4 UK Vanguard class submarines equipped with the two variants of Trident: the initial Trident-I...
Vanguard Class Submarine Test launch of a Trident D5 SLBM The Royal Navys Vanguard class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), each armed with 16 Trident II SLBMs, includes four boats: Vanguard (S28), Victorious (S29), Vigilant (S30), and Vengeance (S31), all built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, now...
SSBN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a fleet ballistic missile submarine. ...
The Trident missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it an SLBM. There are 14 active US Ohio class submarines and 4 UK Vanguard class submarines equipped with the two variants of Trident: the initial Trident-I...
The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ...
An inert bomb originally used for training, shown here on its trolley in a museum WE.177 was the last British air-launched nuclear bomb. ...
A Minuteman III missile after a test launch. ...
The United Kingdom was the third country to test an independently developed nuclear weapon in October 1952. ...
Rosyth (pronounced Ross-sythe) (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Saoithe) is located on the Firth of Forth on Scotlands east coast, a mile (1. ...
Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ...
Motto: [citation needed] (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...
The Rolls-Royce pressurised water reactor (PWR) series has powered British nuclear submarines since the Valiant class, commissioned in 1966. ...
Dounreay (Ordnance Survey Grid reference NC982669) is the name of a now ruinous castle on the north coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. ...
The fast breeder or fast breeder reactor (FBR) is a type of fast neutron reactor that produces more fissile material than it consumes. ...
Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ...
There have been nine vessels of the Royal Navy named HMS Gannet, after the seabird: HMS Gannet, a wooden sloop commissioned in 1800 and sold in 1814 HMS Gannet, a cruiser launched in 1814 and paid off in 1838 HMS Gannet, a sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in...
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport (IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK) is a facility situated north of the town of Prestwick in Ayrshire, Scotland. ...
Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ...
The Westland Sea King is a license-built version of the Sikorsky helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. ...
The ruined Arbroath Abbey, built from local red sandstone. ...
Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. ...
In military science, the term commando can refer to an individual, a military unit or a raiding style of military operation. ...
His/Her Majestys Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the Royal Navys Light Infantry, the United Kingdoms amphibious force and specialists in Arctic and Mountain Warfare. ...
Three important Royal Air Force bases are in Scotland today. These are RAF Lossiemouth, the RAF's primary base for the Panavia Tornado GR4 strike aircraft, RAF Kinloss, home to the Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft and RAF Leuchars, the most northerly air defence fighter base in the United Kingdom. The only open air live depleted uranium weapons test range in the British Isles is located near Dundrennan.[2] As a result, over 7000 radioactive munitions lie on the seabed of the Solway Firth.[3] This has led to many environmental concerns.[4] The large amount of military bases in Scotland has led some to use the euphemism "Fortress Scotland".[5] In 2004, the MoD land holdings in Scotland (owned, leased or with legal rights) was 115,200 hectares representing around 31% the MoD's UK estate.[6] The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland. ...
RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India RaÄunarski Fakultet RAF...
The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine fighters, which was jointly developed by the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. ...
The Panavia Tornado was produced in three major variants; the strike/reconnaissance Interdictor/Strike (IDS), the IDS-based Electronic Combat/Reconnasiance (ECR) and the Air Defence Variant (ADV). ...
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RAF Kinloss is an Royal Air Force station on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. ...
The BAE Systems (formerly Hawker-Siddeley) Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft is derived from the De Havilland Comet, the worlds first jet airliner. ...
RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. ...
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Depleted uranium storage yard. ...
Dundrennan Range, on the Solway Firth, in South West Scotland, is used for the testing of ammunition. ...
Map of Solway Firth. ...
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ...
Royal Navy bases in Scotland Location of Faslane and RNAD Coulport Faslane Naval Base, HMNB Clyde Her Majestys Naval Base Clyde is the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Scotland, best known as the home of the United Kingdoms strategic deterrent submarine force. ...
Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic) is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy Area in Scotland. ...
Rosyth Dockard is a large naval dockyard in Rosyth which today primarily undertakes refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels. ...
Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ...
Beith is a small town in North Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of approxiamately 7,000. ...
North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ...
There have been nine vessels of the Royal Navy named HMS Gannet, after the seabird: HMS Gannet, a wooden sloop commissioned in 1800 and sold in 1814 HMS Gannet, a cruiser launched in 1814 and paid off in 1838 HMS Gannet, a sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in...
Prestwick Prestwick is a town located in South Ayrshire on the central west coast of Scotland, approximately 30 miles to the south-west of Glasgow. ...
South Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. ...
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Condor after the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. ...
The ruined Arbroath Abbey, built from local red sandstone. ...
Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. ...
Former Royal Navy bases in Scotland - Scapa Flow, Orkney
- Invergordon, Easter Ross
- HMS Condor, Arbroath, Angus
- HMS Fieldfare, Evanton, Wester Ross, Highland
- HMS Fulmar, Lossiemouth, Moray
- HMS Jackdaw, Crail, Fife
- HMS Landrail, Macrihanish, Argyll and Bute
- HMS Merganser, Rattray, Aberdeenshire
- HMS Merlin, Donibristle, Fife
- HMS Nighthawk, Drem, East Lothian
- HMS Owl, Fearn, Wester Ross, Highland
- HMS Peewit, East Haven, Angus
- HMS Robin, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkney
- HMS Sanderling, Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire: (Now Glasgow International Airport)
- HMS Sparrowhawk, Hatston, Orkney
- HMS Tern, Twatt, Orkney
- HMS Wagtail, Heathfield, Ayr, South Ayrshire
Aerial Photo of Scapa Flow Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. ...
The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ...
Invergordon is a town and port in northern Scotland. ...
Easter Ross is a loosely defined area in the east of the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty. ...
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Condor after the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. ...
The ruined Arbroath Abbey, built from local red sandstone. ...
Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. ...
Village Welcome Sign Evanton ( or Baile Eòghainn in Gaelic) is a small town, or rather, a large village in Easter Ross, in the Highland region of Scotland. ...
Wester Ross is a western area of Ross and Cromarty, notably containing the villages on the west coast such as: Lochcarron Applecross Shieldaig Torridon Kinlochewe (inland) Gairloch Poolewe Aultbea Ullapool Achiltibuie See Also Easter Ross Ross-shire Ross and Cromarty Categories: Scotland geography stubs ...
The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na GÃ idhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ...
Lossiemouth (Gaelic: Inbhir Losaidh), known by locals as Lossie, is a burgh in Moray, Scotland. ...
Moray (Moireibh in Gaelic), one of the 32 unitary council regions (or areas) of Scotland, lies in the north-east of the country and borders on the regions of Aberdeenshire and Highland. ...
Crail is a burgh in Fife, Scotland. ...
Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ...
HMS Landrail, otherwise known as Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish is in Argyll and Bute not far from Campbeltown. ...
Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic) is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy Area in Scotland. ...
Blairgowrie and Rattray is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying to the south of the ski centre at Glen Shee. ...
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Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ...
Drem is a small village between Haddington and Gullane It has a Railway station where the Edinburgh to North Berwick line branches off the East Coast Mainline Drem Cottages During WW2 the former West Fenton Aerodrome (Later Gullane Aerodrome) became RAF Drem and the Drem Lighting System was developed to...
East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. ...
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Wester Ross is a western area of Ross and Cromarty, notably containing the villages on the west coast such as: Lochcarron Applecross Shieldaig Torridon Kinlochewe (inland) Gairloch Poolewe Aultbea Ullapool Achiltibuie See Also Easter Ross Ross-shire Ross and Cromarty Categories: Scotland geography stubs ...
The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na GÃ idhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ...
East Haven is the name of the following places in the United States of America: East Haven, Connecticut East Haven, Vermont This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. ...
Location within the British Isles Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the coast of northern Scotland. ...
The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ...
Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ...
Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF), located in Renfrewshire, 8 miles (13 km) west of Glasgow, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, is currently the busiest airport in Scotland, and seventh busiest in the UK in terms of annual passenger throughput [1]. It was the first airport in...
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sparrowhark after the bird of prey: Sparrowhawk, launched in 1895, was a Quail-class destroyer, wrecked in 1904. ...
The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ...
The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ...
Heathfield is a major district of Ayr, Scotland. ...
The Royal Burgh of Ayr (Scottish Gaelic, Inbhir Àir) in the south-west of Scotland is a burgh situated on the Firth of Clyde. ...
South Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. ...
Royal Air Force bases in Scotland RAF Kinloss is an Royal Air Force station on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. ...
RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland. ...
RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. ...
RAF Buchan is a Royal Air Force station near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. ...
RRH Benbecula is a Remote Radar Head operated by the Royal Air Force. ...
RAF Tain is a bombing range (formal designation: Air Weapons Range) on the Moray Firth near Tain in Scotland. ...
RAF Prestwick is the home of the Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (Military), which is located within the civilian Scottish and Oceanic Area Control Centre, (ScOACC), at the NATS air traffic control (ATC) facility at Prestwick, in Ayrshire, Scotland. ...
Former Royal Air Force bases in Scotland - RAF Alness
- RAF Annan
- RAF Banff
- RAF Black Isle
- RAF Bowmore
- RAF Brackla
- RAF Buttergask
- RAF Castle Kennedy
- RAF Castletown
- RAF Charterhall
- RAF Connel
- RAF Dalcross
- RAF Dallachy
- RAF Dornoch
- RAF Drem
- RAF Dumfries
- RAF Dundonald
- RAF Dunino
- RAF Dyce
- RAF East Fortune
- RAF Edzell
- RAF Elgin
- RAF Errol
| - RAF Fordoun
- RAF Forres
- RAF Fraserburgh
- RAF Gailes
- RAF Grangemouth
- RAF Greenock
- RAF Helensburgh
- RAF Inverness
- RAF Isbister Bay
- RAF Kidsdale (Burrow Head)
- RAF Kirkandrews
- RAF Kirknewton
- RAF Kirkpatrick
- RAF Kirkton
- RAF Kirkwall
- RAF Largs
- RAF Leanach
- RAF Lennoxlove
- RAF Lerwick
- RAF Low Eldrig
- RAF Machrihanish
- RAF Milltown
- RAF Montrose
- RAF Oban
| - RAF Perth
- RAF Peterhead
- RAF Portellon
- RAF Renfrew
- RAF Saxa Vord
- RAF Skatsa
- RAF Skeabrae
- RAF Skitten
- RAF Stornoway
- RAF Stravithie
- RAF Sullom Voe
- RAF Sumburgh
- RAF Tealing
- RAF Tiree
- RAF Turnberry
- RAF Turnhouse
- RAF Twatt
- RAF West Freugh
- RAF Whitefield
- RAF Wick
- RAF Wigtown
- RAF Winterseugh
- RAF Woodhaven
| RAF Drem is a former RAF station, just north of the village of Drem in East Lothian, Scotland. ...
RAF East Fortune is a former RAF station, just south of the village of East Fortune in East Lothian, Scotland. ...
RAF Elgin, often referred to as Bogs O’Mayne, was situated 3 miles to the south west of Elgin, to the east of the B9010, in the area bounded by Pittendreich in the North, Wester Manbeen in the west, Easter Manbeen to the south and the River Lossie to the...
RAF Gailes was a radar station. ...
RAF Kirknewton was primarily an Royal Air Force radar base which also housed United States Air Force personnel. ...
RAF Machrihanish is a former Royal Air Force station three miles from the town of Campbeltown at the tip of Kintyre. ...
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RAF Saxa Vord is a radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. ...
RAF Stornoway was a Royal Air Force station near the town of Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. ...
RAF Sumburgh was located in the Shetland Islands, and was the home base of 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. ...
Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH), (also called Turnhouse) located in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the sixth largest international airport in the UK. It is located 13 km (8 miles) West of the city centre. ...
Scottish Units in the British Army Within the British Army, the Scottish infantry previously comprised a number of 'county regiments', each recruiting from a local area. In 2006, the remaining regiments, known collectively as the Scottish Division, were amalgamated to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The amalgamation was vigorously opposed by supporters of the old regiments. Scottish Soldiers also serve in all Combat Support Arms and Services, Special Forces, the Household Cavalry Regiment and the Parachute Regiment of the British Army, with the following Formations and Units having specific Scottish connections: The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
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. ...
This is a list of Regiments of Foot of the British Army. ...
The Scottish Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all land force units in Scotland. ...
The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the only Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
At the top level, the structure of the British Army is headed by two main administrative top-level budgets - Land Command and the Adjutant-General. ...
The United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is an umbrella directorate overseeing the Special Forces units of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Household Cavalry Regiment has an active operational role in armoured fighting vehicles which has seen them at the forefront of the nations conflicts. ...
The Parachute Regiments display team, the Red Devils at an American airshow The Parachute Regiment is the main body of elite airborne troops of the British Army. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The British 2nd Infantry Division fought in Burma against the Japanese during World War II. See British 2nd Division (World War I) for the divisions World War I history. ...
The Scottish Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all land force units in Scotland. ...
// The British 51st Infantry Brigade began its existence as a formation of the 17th (Northern) Division) during the First World War . ...
The British 52nd Infantry Brigade is a British Army formation that has existed on and off since the early years of this century. ...
The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the only Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division, and have a long and proud history stretching back hundreds of years. ...
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) (SCOTS DG) is the senior Scottish regiment of the British Army and Scotlands only cavalry regiment. ...
The 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1 RTR) is an armoured regiment of the British Army. ...
The Queens Own Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the British Territorial Army consisting of five squadrons, and which bears the running fox cap badge of the old East Riding Yeomanry: A (Ayrshire (Earl of Carricks Own) Yeomanry) Squadron B (North Irish Horse) Squadron C (Fife and Forfar...
The 32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment is a British Territorial Army regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals. ...
105th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) The Scottish & Ulster Gunners is a Territorial Army (TA) regiment of the British Army. ...
The Royal Logistic Corps is a British Army corps that provides the logistical support for the Army. ...
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. ...
The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army. ...
The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is the principal special forces organisation of the British Armed Forces. ...
Former Scottish Units in the British Army The 9th (Scottish) Division, was one of the Kitcheners Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener to serve on the Western Front during the First World War. ...
The British 15th (Scottish) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. ...
The British 51st (Highland) Division was a Territorial Force division that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War. ...
For the First World War unit, see British 51st (Highland) Division (World War I). ...
The British 52nd (Lowland) Division was a Territorial Army division. ...
The British 52nd (Lowland) Division was a Territorial Army division. ...
The Highland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army, which has been formed a number of times. ...
The Lowland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army which has been formed a number of times. ...
51st Highland Volunteers was a regiment in the British Armys Territorial Army (TA) or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands. ...
The 52nd Lowland Regiment forms the 6th Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 6 SCOTS. It is the senior British Territorial Army Line Infantry Battalion. ...
The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1993. ...
Official name Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louises) Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Nicknames Motto Sans Peur Ne Obliviscaris Anniversaries Balaklava (25 October) Marches Quick: The Highland Laddie Quick: The Campbells Are Coming Charge: Monymusk Funerals: Lochaber No More Mascot A Shetland Pony called Cruachan Description Infantry...
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. ...
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry. ...
The Glasgow Highlanders were a former Territorial Army battalion in the British Army, within The Highland Light Infantry. ...
The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1881 until 1994. ...
The Highland Light Infantry later the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) was a regiment of the British Army. ...
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) is an infantry battalion of the British Army. ...
Kings Own Scottish Borderers cap badge and tartan The Kings Own Scottish Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. ...
The Lovat Scouts was a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army, now a platoon of the 51st Highland Regiment. ...
The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders was a regiment of the British Army. ...
The Queens Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), officially abbreviated QOH, was an infantry regiment in the Scottish Division of the British Army. ...
Template:Royal Highland Fusiliers Royal Highland Fusiliers badge and Mackenzie tartan The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margarets Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) is a regular Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division, and known (for short) as The RHF. The regiment was formed on...
The Royal Scots were the oldest, and therefore most senior, infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of Scotland. ...
The Royal Scots Fusiliers is a Regiment of the British army. ...
The Scots Greys was the unofficial and later official name of a dragoon regiment of the British Army from 1678 until 1971, when they amalgamated to form The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys). ...
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albanys) was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. ...
Regular British Army Units currently based in Scotland In the British Army, there have been two regiments titled the Royal Irish Regiment. ...
Fort George, Ardersier, Highland, Scotland, is a large 18th century fortress near Inverness with perhaps the mightiest artillery fortifications in Europe. ...
The Light Infantry is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. ...
Redford Infantry Barracks are located on Colinton Road east of the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...
The Royal Scots Borderers is the name given to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. ...
The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the senior line infantry regiment and only Scottish regiment of the British Army infantry. ...
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The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the senior line infantry regiment and only Scottish regiment of the British Army infantry. ...
Scottish Units that are not part of the British Army The Atholl Highlanders is a Scottish regiment. ...
The Royal Company of Archers is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereigns Bodyguard in Scotland, a role it has performed since 1822 and the reign of King George IV, when the company provided a personal bodyguard to the King on his visit to Scotland. ...
The High Constables of Holyroodhouse are a small corps of ceremonial guards at the Sovereigns official residence in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. ...
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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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See also Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom for use in Scotland Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No-one provokes me with impunity) is the royal Scottish motto, used historically for the Kingdom of Scotland where it appeared on the Royal Arms of Scotland. ...
The National War Museum of Scotland is housed in Edinburgh, Scotland, and forms part of the National Museums of Scotland. ...
The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming is a British Army training establishment that provides instructions of Scottish bagpipe music to military pipers, drummers and pipe bands. ...
A claymore that is a replica of one used in the film Highlander. ...
The Earl Haig Fund Scotland, trading as poppyscotland, is a Scottish charity founded in 1921. ...
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Moriers painting Culloden depicts the Highland Charge in 1745. ...
Edward, who served under Alexander I and David I is called chief of Davids knights (princeps militae), but the exact nature of the Constables military role in the 12th century is unclear. ...
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1881 painting of the Thin Red Line by Robert Gibb The Thin Red Line was a famous military action by the 93rd (Highland) Regiment during the Crimean War. ...
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