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Colours 2011 152
Date 020711 Location Palace of Holyroodhouse Edinburgh.
Photo by Mark Owens
Photo Caption:
ARMY PRESS RELEASE
THE QUEEN PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF SCOTLAND
Her Majesty The Queen presented new Colours to The Royal Regiment of Scotland on Saturday, 2 July 2011.
The Queen presented the Colours to six battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, for the first time since the Regimentâs formation five years ago.
The parade, which included marching contingents from six of the seven battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland - the 4th battalion is currently deployed on operations in Afghanistan - their pipes and drums, along with the Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, took place in Holyrood Park on Saturday.
This was the first time that six battalions from any regiment have been on parade at the same time. The parade also included several hundred veterans from the Regimentâs antecedent units.
Her Majesty has been the Colonel in Chief of The Royal Regiment of Scotland since its formation five years ago.
Colours are incredibly important to any Army unit as they represent the spirit of the Regiment. They consist of two large brocade and embroidery flags and they were originally carried into battle so that soldiers of a particular unit could see where the rest of their unit was located at all times.
The infantry units of the British Army each have two Colours: The Queenâs Colour, which is a Union Flag; and a Regimental Colour, which has all the unitâs battle honours inscribed on it.
Colours are no longer carried on the battlefield but are held in the greatest of esteem by the soldiers and officers. They are brought out on important parades and Regimental occasions and are escorted by a âColour Partyâ.
When new Colours are presented, the old ones are not destroyed but are laid up in a regimental museum, church, or other military building with significance to its particular unit.
Saturday was the Regimentâs first ever Colours presentation. Colours are normally presented only every 20-25 years â in essence only once in a soldierâs career.
Uniquely 2 SCOTS have the distinction among infantry units of carrying three Colours on parade. The third - the Assaye Colour - was originally awarded by the Governor General in India on behalf of the British East India Company to the 74th Highland Regiment [antecedent regiment] for distinguished service at the Battle of Assaye in India in 1803 while under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington.
The Royal Regiment of Scotland was formed on 28th March 2006. The Regiment consists of a total of seven battalions, five Regular and two Territorial Army: one of these was formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers, while the others are each formed from one of the remaining single-battalion Regiments of the Scottish Division.
Along with The Rifles [Regiment] it is currently the largest infantry regiment in the British Army. There is a common regimental cap badge, tartan, tactical recognition flash, stable belt, and Glengarry headdress.
Different coloured feather hackles are also worn by each separate battalion on the Tam O' Shanter headdress when they are in combat uniform in order to maintain their individual identity.
The pipes and drums of each battalion continue to wear the dress uniform and tartans of their former Regiments.
The full names, locations, and colour of hackles of each battalion are:
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) Headquarters, Edinburgh (black hackle)
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) Headquarters, Penicuik (white hackle)
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS)
Headquarters, Inverness (red hackle)
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)
Headquarters, Fallingbostel , Germany (blue hackle)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS) Headquarters, Canterbury (green hackle)
52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (6 SCOTS)
Headquarters Glasgow , with TA Centres throughout South and Central Scotland
(grey hackle)
51st Highland , 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (7 SCOTS)
Headquarters Perth , with TA Centres throughout the Highlands and North of Scotland (purple hackle).
ENDS
Bill Jamieson
Army Press Officer
07900 607919
2 July 2011
Date 020711 Location Palace of Holyroodhouse Edinburgh.
Photo by Mark Owens
Photo Caption: The Royal Regiment of Scotland step off to march to Holyrood Park for the Colours Parade.
ENDS
ARMY PRESS RELEASE
THE QUEEN PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF SCOTLAND
Her Majesty The Queen presented new Colours to The Royal Regiment of Scotland on Saturday, 2 July 2011.
The Queen presented the Colours to six battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, for the first time since the Regimentâs formation five years ago.
The parade, which included marching contingents from six of the seven battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland - the 4th battalion is currently deployed on operations in Afghanistan - their pipes and drums, along with the Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, took place in Holyrood Park on Saturday.
This was the first time that six battalions from any regiment have been on parade at the same time. The parade also included several hundred veterans from the Regimentâs antecedent units.
Her Majesty has been the Colonel in Chief of The Royal Regiment of Scotland since its formation five years ago.
Colours are incredibly important to any Army unit as they represent the spirit of the Regiment. They consist of two large brocade and embroidery flags and they were originally carried into battle so that soldiers of a particular unit could see where the rest of their unit was located at all times.
The infantry units of the British Army each have two Colours: The Queenâs Colour, which is a Union Flag; and a Regimental Colour, which has all the unitâs battle honours inscribed on it.
Colours are no longer carried on the battlefield but are held in the greatest of esteem by the soldiers and officers. They are brought out on important parades and Regimental occasions and are escorted by a âColour Partyâ.
When new Colours are presented, the old ones are not destroyed but are laid up in a regimental museum, church, or other military building with significance to its particular unit.
Saturday was the Regimentâs first ever Colours presentation. Colours are normally presented only every 20-25 years â in essence only once in a soldierâs career.
Uniquely 2 SCOTS have the distinction among infantry units of carrying three Colours on parade. The third - the Assaye Colour - was originally awarded by the Governor General in India on behalf of the British East India Company to the 74th Highland Regiment [antecedent regiment] for distinguished service at the Battle of Assaye in India in 1803 while under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington.
The Royal Regiment of Scotland was formed on 28th March 2006. The Regiment consists of a total of seven battalions, five Regular and two Territorial Army: one of these was formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers, while the others are each formed from one of the remaining single-battalion Regiments of the Scottish Division.
Along with The Rifles [Regiment] it is currently the largest infantry regiment in the British Army. There is a common regimental cap badge, tartan, tactical recognition flash, stable belt, and Glengarry headdress.
Different coloured feather hackles are also worn by each separate battalion on the Tam O' Shanter headdress when they are in combat uniform in order to maintain their individual identity.
The pipes and drums of each battalion continue to wear the dress uniform and tartans of their former Regiments.
The full names, locations, and colour of hackles of each battalion are:
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) Headquarters, Edinburgh (black hackle)
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) Headquarters, Penicuik (white hackle)
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS)
Headquarters, Inverness (red hackle)
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)
Headquarters, Fallingbostel , Germany (blue hackle)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS) Headquarters, Canterbury (green hackle)
52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (6 SCOTS)
Headquarters Glasgow , with TA Centres throughout South and Central Scotland
(grey hackle)
51st Highland , 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (7 SCOTS)
Headquarters Perth , with TA Centres throughout the Highlands and North of Scotland (purple hackle).
ENDS
Bill Jamieson
Army Press Officer
07900 607919
2 July 2011
Colours 2011 152
Date 020711 Location Palace of Holyroodhouse Edinburgh.
Photo by Mark Owens
Photo Caption:
ARMY PRESS RELEASE
THE QUEEN PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF SCOTLAND
Her Majesty The Queen presented new Colours to The Royal Regiment of Scotland on Saturday, 2 July 2011.
The Queen presented the Colours to six battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, for the first time since the Regimentâs formation five years ago.
The parade, which included marching contingents from six of the seven battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland - the 4th battalion is currently deployed on operations in Afghanistan - their pipes and drums, along with the Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, took place in Holyrood Park on Saturday.
This was the first time that six battalions from any regiment have been on parade at the same time. The parade also included several hundred veterans from the Regimentâs antecedent units.
Her Majesty has been the Colonel in Chief of The Royal Regiment of Scotland since its formation five years ago.
Colours are incredibly important to any Army unit as they represent the spirit of the Regiment. They consist of two large brocade and embroidery flags and they were originally carried into battle so that soldiers of a particular unit could see where the rest of their unit was located at all times.
The infantry units of the British Army each have two Colours: The Queenâs Colour, which is a Union Flag; and a Regimental Colour, which has all the unitâs battle honours inscribed on it.
Colours are no longer carried on the battlefield but are held in the greatest of esteem by the soldiers and officers. They are brought out on important parades and Regimental occasions and are escorted by a âColour Partyâ.
When new Colours are presented, the old ones are not destroyed but are laid up in a regimental museum, church, or other military building with significance to its particular unit.
Saturday was the Regimentâs first ever Colours presentation. Colours are normally presented only every 20-25 years â in essence only once in a soldierâs career.
Uniquely 2 SCOTS have the distinction among infantry units of carrying three Colours on parade. The third - the Assaye Colour - was originally awarded by the Governor General in India on behalf of the British East India Company to the 74th Highland Regiment [antecedent regiment] for distinguished service at the Battle of Assaye in India in 1803 while under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington.
The Royal Regiment of Scotland was formed on 28th March 2006. The Regiment consists of a total of seven battalions, five Regular and two Territorial Army: one of these was formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers, while the others are each formed from one of the remaining single-battalion Regiments of the Scottish Division.
Along with The Rifles [Regiment] it is currently the largest infantry regiment in the British Army. There is a common regimental cap badge, tartan, tactical recognition flash, stable belt, and Glengarry headdress.
Different coloured feather hackles are also worn by each separate battalion on the Tam O' Shanter headdress when they are in combat uniform in order to maintain their individual identity.
The pipes and drums of each battalion continue to wear the dress uniform and tartans of their former Regiments.
The full names, locations, and colour of hackles of each battalion are:
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) Headquarters, Edinburgh (black hackle)
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) Headquarters, Penicuik (white hackle)
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS)
Headquarters, Inverness (red hackle)
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)
Headquarters, Fallingbostel , Germany (blue hackle)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS) Headquarters, Canterbury (green hackle)
52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (6 SCOTS)
Headquarters Glasgow , with TA Centres throughout South and Central Scotland
(grey hackle)
51st Highland , 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (7 SCOTS)
Headquarters Perth , with TA Centres throughout the Highlands and North of Scotland (purple hackle).
ENDS
Bill Jamieson
Army Press Officer
07900 607919
2 July 2011
Date 020711 Location Palace of Holyroodhouse Edinburgh.
Photo by Mark Owens
Photo Caption: The Royal Regiment of Scotland step off to march to Holyrood Park for the Colours Parade.
ENDS
ARMY PRESS RELEASE
THE QUEEN PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF SCOTLAND
Her Majesty The Queen presented new Colours to The Royal Regiment of Scotland on Saturday, 2 July 2011.
The Queen presented the Colours to six battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, for the first time since the Regimentâs formation five years ago.
The parade, which included marching contingents from six of the seven battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland - the 4th battalion is currently deployed on operations in Afghanistan - their pipes and drums, along with the Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, took place in Holyrood Park on Saturday.
This was the first time that six battalions from any regiment have been on parade at the same time. The parade also included several hundred veterans from the Regimentâs antecedent units.
Her Majesty has been the Colonel in Chief of The Royal Regiment of Scotland since its formation five years ago.
Colours are incredibly important to any Army unit as they represent the spirit of the Regiment. They consist of two large brocade and embroidery flags and they were originally carried into battle so that soldiers of a particular unit could see where the rest of their unit was located at all times.
The infantry units of the British Army each have two Colours: The Queenâs Colour, which is a Union Flag; and a Regimental Colour, which has all the unitâs battle honours inscribed on it.
Colours are no longer carried on the battlefield but are held in the greatest of esteem by the soldiers and officers. They are brought out on important parades and Regimental occasions and are escorted by a âColour Partyâ.
When new Colours are presented, the old ones are not destroyed but are laid up in a regimental museum, church, or other military building with significance to its particular unit.
Saturday was the Regimentâs first ever Colours presentation. Colours are normally presented only every 20-25 years â in essence only once in a soldierâs career.
Uniquely 2 SCOTS have the distinction among infantry units of carrying three Colours on parade. The third - the Assaye Colour - was originally awarded by the Governor General in India on behalf of the British East India Company to the 74th Highland Regiment [antecedent regiment] for distinguished service at the Battle of Assaye in India in 1803 while under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington.
The Royal Regiment of Scotland was formed on 28th March 2006. The Regiment consists of a total of seven battalions, five Regular and two Territorial Army: one of these was formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers, while the others are each formed from one of the remaining single-battalion Regiments of the Scottish Division.
Along with The Rifles [Regiment] it is currently the largest infantry regiment in the British Army. There is a common regimental cap badge, tartan, tactical recognition flash, stable belt, and Glengarry headdress.
Different coloured feather hackles are also worn by each separate battalion on the Tam O' Shanter headdress when they are in combat uniform in order to maintain their individual identity.
The pipes and drums of each battalion continue to wear the dress uniform and tartans of their former Regiments.
The full names, locations, and colour of hackles of each battalion are:
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) Headquarters, Edinburgh (black hackle)
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) Headquarters, Penicuik (white hackle)
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS)
Headquarters, Inverness (red hackle)
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)
Headquarters, Fallingbostel , Germany (blue hackle)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS) Headquarters, Canterbury (green hackle)
52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (6 SCOTS)
Headquarters Glasgow , with TA Centres throughout South and Central Scotland
(grey hackle)
51st Highland , 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (7 SCOTS)
Headquarters Perth , with TA Centres throughout the Highlands and North of Scotland (purple hackle).
ENDS
Bill Jamieson
Army Press Officer
07900 607919
2 July 2011