Royal Highland Fusiliers
Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland | |
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4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East | |
Garrison/HQ | Glencorse Barracks, Penicuik |
Motto(s) | Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity) |
March | Whistle o'er the Lave o't/The British Grenadiers |
Anniversaries | Assaye (23 September) |
Insignia | |
Tactical recognition flash | |
Tartan | HLI Mackenzie |
Hackle | White From Royal Scots Fusiliers |
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Prior to 28 March 2006, the Royal Highland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment in its own right, created by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) in January 1959.
History
The regiment was formed as the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) on 20 January 1959 by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). The Royal Highland Fusiliers, abbreviated as 'The RHF', were part of the Scottish Division.[2]
The regiment was initially based at
In 1968 the regiment was deployed to Gibraltar for six months on frontier duties after General Franco closed the frontier between Spain and Gibraltar and then undertook five tours in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in the 1970s. It relocated to Kiwi Barracks at Bulford Camp in 1970. After a two-year posting to Malaysia, the regiment returned to Redford Barracks in 1973 moving on to Barrosa Barracks at Hemer in 1979.[2]
The regiment were at the
The regiment moved back to
As part of the Delivering Security in a Changing World Review of the Armed Forces, the regiment was amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland which was formed on 28 March 2006.[2] The battalion moved to Glencorse Barracks in Penicuik at the same time.[2]
In Summer 2015 units of the battalion were deployed to
Following the
Regimental heritage
The regiment maintained the traditions of the long 'Attention' command being given on parade (rather than the modern abbreviated Army 'shun') and of referring to the Commanding Officer's orders (disciplinary parade) as 'haul up' from the days of the unit acting as escorts to prisoners being transported to the colonies. Officers wore red 'infantry' piping on the epaulettes of their greatcoats, a detail inherited from the Royal Scots Fusiliers and mentioned by Boris Pasternak in his book Doctor Zhivago, but long lost to other infantry regiments.[10]
The regiment's uniform included the blue
Battle honours
The regiment has been awarded over 200 battle honours, from Blenheim to the Gulf War, gained in every major and many minor conflicts, campaigns and theatres of war since the 21st Regiment's first engagement at the Battle of Walcourt in 1689, a number unsurpassed by any other unit in the British Army.[12]
The regiment's battle honours include:
Colonels-in-Chief
- 1959–2002: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, CI, GCVO
- 2003–2022:[13] Prince Andrew, Duke of York, KG, KCVO, CD, ADC
Regimental Colonels
Colonels of the regiment were:[14]
- 1959: Maj-Gen. Ronald Albert Bramwell-Davis, CB, DSO (ex Highland Light Infantry)
- 1959–1964: Brig. Archibald Ian Buchanan-Dunlop, CBE, DSO (Associate Colonel) (ex Royal Scots Fusiliers)
- 1964–1969: Maj-Gen. Henry Lowther Ewart Clark Leask, DSO, OBE
- 1969–1979: Maj-Gen. Charles Whish Dunbar, CBE
- 1979–1991: Maj-Gen. Robert Leslie Stuart Green
- 1991–1997: Brig. Iain Stuart Reid, OBE
- 1997–2003: Maj-Gen. Angus Iain Ramsay, CBE, DSO
- 2003–2006: Maj-Gen. William Euan Buchanan Loudon, CBE
- 2006: Regiment amalgamated with The Royal Scots, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, The Black Watch, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Pipe band
In the Royal Highland Fusiliers'
Regimental headquarters and museum
The Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed regimental headquarters and museum is operated by the Regimental Secretary and located near Charing Cross at Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.[17] The battalion's recruitment team is also based at Walcheren Barracks in the Maryhill district of Glasgow. A regimental magazine is also published, The Journal of the Royal Highland Fusiliers. There are also various old comrades groups and associations linked to the current and antecedent Regiments of the RHF.[18]
Alliances
- The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
- New Zealand – The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
- Pakistan – 11th Battalion, The Baloch Regiment
- South Africa – Chief Maqoma Regiment
- United Kingdom – Inkerman Company, West Lowland Battalion ACF
See also
References
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- ^ "Somaliland Independence: 26th June 1960". Somaliland News. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "UK Stability Operations in Iraq" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "The Operational Emergency Department Attendance Register (Opedar): A New Epidemiological Tool" (PDF). Royal Army Medical Corps RAMC Journal. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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- ^ "Assaye". Royal Highland Fusiliers. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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- ^ "Tartan types". Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Battle honours". Royal Highland Fusiliers. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Prince Andrew's military affiliations and royal patronages returned to the Queen". Sky News. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
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- ^ "Pipes and Drums". British Army Website. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum". Ogilby Trust. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Welcome to the Regimental Museum". Retrieved 25 May 2014.
Further reading
- Buchan, John. The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1678–1918.
- Oats, Lt. Col. L.B. Proud Heritage. The Story of the Highland Light Infantry (4 Volumes).
- Durie, W. (2012). The British Garrison in Berlin 1945–1994, Nowhere to go. Vergangenheitsverlag, Berlin. ISBN 978-3-86408-068-5.