| The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) |
Cap badge of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | | Active | 2 July 1971-Present | | Country | United Kingdom | | Branch | Army | | Type | Line Cavalry | | Role | Armoured regiment | | Size | One regiment | | Part of | Royal Armoured Corps
1st Armoured Division
7th Armoured Brigade | | Garrison/HQ | Fallingbostel, Germany | | Nickname | Scotland's Cavalry | | Motto | Nemo me impune lacessit (Nobody touches me with impunity)
Ich Dien (I Serve)
Second to None | | March | Quick (band) - The 3DGs; (pipes & drums) - Hielan' Laddie
Slow (band) - The Garb of Old Gaul; (pipes & drums) - My Home | | Anniversaries | 13 April (Nunshigum) | | Commanders | | Colonel-in-Chief | HM The Queen | Colonel of
the Regiment | Brigadier Melville Stewart Jameson, CBE | | Insignia | | Tactical Recognition Flash |
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 | The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) (SCOTS DG) is the senior Scottish regiment of the British Army and Scotland's only cavalry regiment. It was formed on 2 July 1971 at Holyrood, Edinburgh by the amalgamation of the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) (themselves the product of the amalgamation in 1922 of 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) and 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)), and The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons). Image File history File links Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards. ...
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...
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The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. ...
The 7th Armoured Brigade is a unit of the British Army. ...
Royal Arms in Scotland Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No-one wounds (touches) me with impunity, literally meaning (lacessere = to appeal to, to provoke, to attack): No-one provokes me with impunity) is the royal Scottish motto, used historically for the Kingdom of Scotland where it appeared on the Royal...
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Image File history File links RSDG_TRF.PNG‎ TRF of Royal Scots Dragoon Guards I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a group of battalions, usually four and commanded by a colonel. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
Motto: (Latin for 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 Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by Kenneth I...
Soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat are commonly known as cavalry (from French cavalerie). ...
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
The name Holyrood may refer to: the official seat of the Scottish Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament Building Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh Holyrood Park near Edinburgh, facing the palace one of the areas of Edinburgh Holyrood is an anglicisation of the Scots haly ruid (holy cross). ...
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The 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Waless Dragoon Guards) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. ...
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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 regiment has won numerous battle honours and two Victoria Crosses, and, through the Royal Scots Greys, is the oldest surviving Cavalry Regiment of the Line in the British Army. Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
The regiment is currently based in Fallingbostel, Germany, as part of the 7th Armoured Brigade ('The Desert Rats'). Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...
The 7th Armoured Brigade is a unit of the British Army. ...
Organisation
The regiment is a Type 58 Challenger 2 tank regiment (i.e. it is equipped with 58 Challenger 2 tanks), which are organised into four Sabre Squadrons. It was the first regiment to be equipped with Challenger 2. The Challenger 2 is the most recent main battle tank in service with the United Kingdom and Oman. ...
A Squadron is a small unit or formation of cavalry, aircraft (including balloons), or naval vessels. ...
In addition the regiment also fields a close Reconnaissance Troop mounted in eight CVR(T) Scimitar, and a large Headquarters Squadron, which supplies ammunition, fuel, and rations, and includes specialist technicians, mechanics and artisans, as well as clerical and medical staff. Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...
A troop is a military unit, originally a small force of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron and headed by the troop leader. ...
Sabre is a variation of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), featuring the turret from a Fox reconnaisance vehicle mounted on the hull of a Scorpion. ...
History The Regiment has deployed on 2 tours of Northern Ireland, suffering one loss in 1972, when Trooper Caie was killed by a landmine in Moybane, County Armagh. Motto: (Latin) Who will separate us?[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
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Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Armagh Area: 1,254 km² Population (est. ...
It saw active service during the Gulf War in 1991, in Bosnia as part of SFOR in 1996/97 and deployed to Kosovo twice, in 2000 and 2001, as part of KFOR. Combatants Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Egypt Qatar France Canada UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf Saddam Hussein Strength 660,000 1,000,000? [Most likely 360,000] Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 dead, 75,000 wounded The Gulf War (2 August 1990...
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Motto: none Anthem: Intermeco Capital (and largest city) Sarajevo Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Government Republic - Presidency members Haris Silajdžić1 (Bosniak) Nebojša Radmanović (Serb) Željko Komšić (Croat) - Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzić Independence from Yugoslavia - Recognized 6 April 1992 Area - Total 51,197 km² (127th...
Members of the Dutch, French, German and U.S. military watch as an Italian honour guard hoists the new Stabilisation Force flag during the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) activation ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the 20 of December 1996 Pocket badge of the SFOR The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was...
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Pocket badge of the KFOR Ukrainian soldier on foot patrolling in Serbian village near Brezovica KFOR vehicle of the French Army The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ...
It recently operated in Iraq during the Iraq War of 2003 (Britain's contribution being known as Operation Telic) where it took part in the advance on Iraq's second largest city, Basra. It met sporadic resistance that included Britain's largest tank engagement since the Second World War, when 14 Challenger 2 tanks from C Squadron, engaged and destroyed 14 Iraqi tanks (the so-called '14-0' engagement). Together with Warriors of the Irish Guards, the regiment entered Basra on 6 April, and left Iraq shortly after the war was officially declared over on 1 May. Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom Poland Australia South Korea Romania Spain Portugal Italy others. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Operation Telic is the codename under which all British operations of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and after are being conducted. ...
Location of Basra Basra (Arabic: ‎ ; BGN: Al Başrah) is the second largest city of Iraq with an estimated population of 2,600,000 (2003). ...
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The FV510 Warrior tracked vehicle family, are a series of British armoured vehicles originally developed to replace the older FV430 series of armoured vehicles. ...
This article deals with the current British Army regiment, for historical regiments, see Historical Irish Guards regiments. ...
April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ...
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Official abbreviation Whilst the regiment's official abbreviation (as listed in Joint Service Publication 101 (Service Writing)) is SCOTS DG (note all capitals and the space), it is often incorrectly abbreviated RSDG. The reason for the official abbreviation may be that the format follows the traditional Cavalry line whereby, for example, The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was abbreviated 4/7DG, and the Royal Scots Greys was abbreviated GREYS.
The regimental cap badge The cap badge features an eagle, which represents the French Imperial Eagle that was captured by the Royal Scots Greys at Waterloo. It is always worn with a black backing in mourning for Tsar Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, who was their Colonel-in-Chief at the time of his murder. A cap badge is a badge worn on the front of uniform headgear and distinguishes the wearers organisation. ...
Genera Several, see below. ...
Although they were presented with Regimental Colours, the regiments of Napoleon I tended to carry at their head the Imperial Eagle. ...
Combatants France Prussia Allied army: -United Kingdom -United Netherlands -Hannover -Nassau -Brunswick Commanders Napoléon Bonaparte Michel Ney Duke of Wellington Gebhard von Blücher Strength 73,000 67,000 Allies 60,000 Prussian (48,000 engaged by about 18:00) Casualties 25,000 dead or wounded 22,000 dead...
Nicholas II of Russia (May 18, 1868–July 17, 1918)[1] (Russian: , Nikolay II) was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland,[2] and Grand Duke of Finland. ...
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Regimental Mottos - The regimental motto is Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (Nobody touches me with impunity), also the motto of the Order of the Thistle, to which it refers.
- The regiment also uses the motto "Second to None".
A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ...
James VII ordained the modern Order. ...
Uniforms The regimental beret is light grey. Basque style Beret Black beret with military emblem A beret (pronounced in English, except in American English in which it is pronounced ) is a soft round cap, usually of wool felt, with a flat crown, which is worn by both men and women. ...
Pipes and Drums The regiment has its own Pipes and Drums, who tour widely and perform in competitions, concerts and parades. Their most famous piece is Amazing Grace, which reached number one in the charts in the United Kingdom and Australia in 1972. Pipes and drums are synonymous with pipe band, and both commonly refer to bands comprised of musicians who play the Scottish Highland bagpipes and drums. ...
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Affiliated Yeomanry 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...
Battle honours - [combined battle honours of 3rd Carabiniers and Royal Scots Greys, plus:]
- Wadi al Batin, Gulf 1991; Al Basrah, Iraq 2003
Bibliography - In the finest tradition : the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys) : its history and treasures by Stephen Wood (Mainstream Pub. Co., 1988. ISBN 1-85158-174-X)
- Shot and captured : photographs of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Battlegroup in Iraq 2003 by Tony Nicoletti & Aidan Stephen (Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, 2003)
External links - British Army. Official website of The Royal Scots Dragoons Guards (Carabiniers and Greys). Retrieved on May 14, 2006.
- Pipes & Drums of The Royal Scots Dragoons Guards. Pipes & Drums website. Retrieved on May 14, 2006.
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