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	Scots Guards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 Scots Guards are the Third Foot Guards regiment.
		In 1661, the regiment was reformed as the Scottish Regiment of Foot Guards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scots_Guards (2645 words)

	GUARDS - LoveToKnow Article on GUARDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The importance of such guards regiments in the general development of organized armies is illustrated by a declaration of the House of Commons, made in 1674, that the militia, the pensioners and the Yeomen of the Guard were the only lawful armed forces in the realm.
		Former privileges of foot guard regiments, such as higher brevet rank in the army for their regimental officers, are now abolished, but Guards are still subject exclusively to the command of their own officers, and the officers of the Foot Guards, like those of the Household Cavalry, have special duties at court.
		The Swiss Guards, however, being foreigners, and therefore unaffected by civil troubles, retained their exact discipline and devotion to the court to the day on which they were sacrificed by their master to the bullets of the Marseillais and the pikes of the mob (August JO, 1792).
	50.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GU/GUARDS.htm (4831 words)

	Scots Guards (1914) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In September, the Scots Guards got involved in the Somme Offensive for the first, taking part in the subsidiary Battle of Flers-Courcelette, which saw the first introduction of the tank, and at another subsidiary battle, at Moval, where the Guards captured Lesboeufs.
		The Guards Division soon after the end of the war, was ordered to the Rhine, eventually crossing the frontier on the 11th December.
		The 24th Guards Brigade was then used to protect a number of Norwegian ports from German attack, though all fell by the end of May, and the British, due to the troubling situation in France, the British began evacuating from Norway, which was completed by the 8th June.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scots_Guards_(1914) (3189 words)

	Scots Guards: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The foot guards is a group of regiments in the household division of the british army...
		The swiss guard as part of the military of the vatican city is an exception to the swiss rulings of 1874 and 1927....
		The welsh guards is an infantry regiment of the british army....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sc/scots_guards.htm (5497 words)

	History of the Scots Guards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Scots Guards Regiment is one of the most storied and honored regiments in the British Army.
		This battalion of foot guards was, in 1662, combined with a battalion of foot guards that he had raised from other exiles in France in 1659 to form the lst Regiment of Foot Guards, which is now known as the Grenadier Guards.
		In 1934, an alliance between the Scots Guards and the Winnipeg Grenadiers was approved.
	members.cavtel.net /brownrs/History/history_scots_guards.htm (1542 words)

	Scots Guards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These two battle honours and that of Sevastopol are borne on the Colours to commemorate the gallantry of this Battalion, who endured not only the fury of two great battles and a desperate siege, but also the appalling rigours of a Russian winter for which they were entirely ill equipped and wholly unprepared.
		At home the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards was formed for the first time, and eight new company badges were approved by the Sovereign and taken into use by this Battalion.
		In 1934 a Scots Guards Exhibition was held in London.
	www.scotsguards.co.uk /g1098/history1.htm (3875 words)

	Scottish Military Historical Society - Regulars
		The Scots Guards are the second oldest Scottish corps, having been raised in 1642 when King Charles I commissioned Archibald, Marquis of Argyll, to command and send a regiment to Ireland.
		In 1712 it became known as the "Third Regiment of Foot Guards." From an order issued in 1720 it is interesting to note that the rate for the sale of commissions in the regiment ranged from £150 for Quartermaster to £2,400 for Captain and £5,000 for Lieutenant-Colonel.
		The Scots Guards are still an active serving regiment in the British Army.
	www.btinternet.com /~james.mckay/sguards.htm (739 words)

	Scottish Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Then came an introduction to the Scots Guards (who have been performing since 1642) followed by the Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch (who, I learnt, sailed to the USA to fight both the Native Indians and the French, in order to defend the British Empire).
		The narrator reminds us that many Scots now, including Flora McDonald, have left for Canada and the USA where many would leave their mark (John Muir, the Founder of the National Park System in the USA and Thomas Eddison, inventor of the telephone) while all the while never forgetting the land of their forefathers.
		Now it's the New World and and the Guards perform a moving, patriotic version of the "Maple Leaf Forever" followed by "New York, New York" and a tribute to Dixie ("I wish I was in Dixie, John Brown's Body") and a tribute to Robert Burns and the legacy of words he left the world.
	members.aol.com /farolan1/scot.html (721 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Irish Guards appeared in uniforms similar to those of the other Foot Guards, and were distinguished by blue hackles to their bearskins and shamrock badges.
		The regiment of Irish Guards was raised in the early part of 1662, and the Earl of Arran, fifth son of the Duke of Ormond, was appointed to command it.
		Irish Guards were stationed at Wellington Barracks in London under the command of Lieut.-Colonel W. Faulkner, M.C. Once the Nazi invasion of Norway was underway, the 1st Battalion Irish Guards were made part of the 24th Guards Brigade with 1st Bn.
	home.att.net /~mick3ig/history.htm (14651 words)

	Scots Guards
		Scots Guardsmen are fiercely proud of their unbroken service and loyalty to the Monarch and their hard won reputation as fighting soldiers.
		Underpinning the highest standards of ceremonial in front of Buckingham Palace in the heart of London is the fact that every Guardsman is a fully trained, self-disciplined infantry soldier ready for war fighting or peacekeeping operations at short notice in arduous conditions in any part of the world.
		Stationed since late 2003 in Oxford Barracks, Munster, the 1st Battalion Scots Guards is in the role of armoured infantry, equipped with the Warrior armoured fighting vehicle, having previously specialised in arid and desert environments.
	www.army.mod.uk /scotsguards (299 words)

	Scottish music from Scots Guards
		The Scots Guards were formed by King Charles I in 1642 for service in Ireland.
		It was reformed at the restoration of the King in 1660 and came to England in 1685.
		The earliest trace of any music in the Scots Guards seems to be of Drum, Fifes and Bagpipes in the year 1662.
	www.footstompin.com /artists/scots_guards (299 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Our troops' life in Basra: smile, shoot, smile&
		The sudden, high-profile VIP visit to the British Army base near Basra did much to raise the morale of the Scots Guards who are on duty this Christmas.
		The Scots Guards have to interpret gunfire as well as respond to it.
		The guards thought at first that he had been hit by their artillery, but it was a nearby landmine.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/24/wirq24.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/12/24/ixnewstop.html (2186 words)

	Scottish Military Historical Society - Regulars
		Owing to constant disturbances and the threatening attitude of the Covenanters it was considered advisable, in the early part of 1678, to augment the military establishment and accordingly two troops of Dragoons were then added to the regular army, a third being raised later in the year.
		In 1971 the Royal Scots Greys were amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers, Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards.
		The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are still an active serving regiment in the British Army.
	www.btinternet.com /~james.mckay/rsg.htm (1058 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| Denial over Scots Guards 'move' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The guards are due to arrive for duty in Basra on Friday.
		The Scots Guards are seen as the most likely to fill in behind the Black Watch, if British assistance continues to be sought by America.
		Tim Reid, BBC Scotland Westminster reporter, said that a move for the Scots Guards on towards Baghdad was feasible.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3965005.stm (456 words)

	Scots Guards [UK]
		Scots Guards, by Charles B. Balfour (The Lowland Scots Regiments, 1918)
		The Scots Guards, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
		Scots Fusilier Guards from Souhampton to Montreal, during the winter of 1861-2.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/guards/f-3SG.htm (701 words)

	The Royal Scots Drgaoon Guards - The Official Edinburgh Military Tattoo Web Site
		Formed in July 1971 by the amalgamation of the 3rd Carabiniers and The Royal Scots Greys.
		Their forebear's the 3rd and 6th Dragoon Guards and the 2nd Dragoons and have an unbroken history from 1678, through European wars, South Africa and two world wars.
		SCOTS DG are also famous for their outstanding Pipes and Drums who held the Top of Charts with 'Amazing Grace' They can often be seen performing world-wide and at the Edinburgh Tattoo.
	www.edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk /tattoo-experience/scottish_regiments1.html (223 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Poll wreckers up against Scots Guards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A battle group composed of Scots Guards, equipped with Warrior armoured fighting vehicles and supplemented with a squadron of Challenger tanks, is on standby at the Shaibah base outside the city ready to move against the first signs of serious disorder.
		Yesterday, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Nickerson, the commanding officer of the Scots Guards, said he was in no doubt that his 500 soldiers could quickly re-establish control.
		The 1st Battalion of the Scots Guards has been in Iraq since November and took over the role of divisional reserve from the Black Watch when that regiment returned from its deployment at Camp Dogwood just south of Baghdad.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=103542005 (1436 words)

	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
		The Royal Dragoon Guards formed on 1st August 1992 as a result of the amalgamation of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
		The Royal Dragoon Guards now carries with it the traditions and history of four of the finest regiments in the British Cavalry; the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the 5th Dragoon Guards, the 7th Dragoon Guards and the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons.
		Further north, in Al Amarah A Squadron worked with The 1st Battalion of the Welsh Guards to secure over 280km of border with Iran; during their time they were involved in a number of dawn raids and arrested several high profile criminals.
	www.army.mod.uk /rac/Main_Battle_Tanks/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards.htm (505 words)

	No Grazie to Scots Guards in Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A planned appearance by the regimental band of the Scots Guards at an Irish festival in Italy has been cancelled after intervention by supporters of the family of murdered Belfast teenager Peter McBride.
		The regimental band of the Scots Guards boasted of having composed a special pipers tune called ‘Freedom’ calling for the release from jail of Fisher and Wright.
		The ‘regimental family’ of the Scots Guards played a key role in the racially motivated campaign to bring about the release of two convicted murderers.
	www.serve.com /pfc/pmcbride/pmc25062001a.html (486 words)

	American civil war, foundation of Guards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As a result, in 1645 the New Model Army was formed under the command of Lord Fairfax and two of the infantry regiments of this army are the direct ancestors of the Coldstream Guards.
		Each regiment can be distinguished by the position and colour of the plume in the bearskin, the spacings of the tunic buttons according to seniority, and the badges (pips) on the collar.
		By tradition the three old guards regiments always fought together, the senior, Grenadier on the right (plume on the left) the Coldstream on the left (plume on the right) and the Scots in the middle who did not therefore need a plume.
	www.colfremantle.com /guards.html (475 words)

	Scottish music from Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
		The history of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is the record of three ancient regiments: The Royal Scots Greys, the 6th Dragoon Guards and the 3rd the Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards.
		Through The Royal Scots Greys, whose predecessors were raised by King Charles II in 1678, the regiment can claim to be the oldest surviving Cavalry of the Line in The British Army.
		The Pipes and Drums of the current regiment have their origin in the small pipe band that came to the Royal Scots Greys in 1946.
	www.footstompin.com /artists/royal_scots_dragoon_guards (239 words)

	BRITISH FOOT GUARDS IN AMERICA, 1776 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The cap is not associated with the Jaegers or Rangers, nor is it the standard light infantry cap of the period.
		Unless otherwise noted, details in the description of the Guards uniform in England are from the Guards Warrants, the Darmstadt figures, or the existing coats.
		A lieutenant in the Guards held the rank of captain in the Army; Guards captains held the rank of Army lieutenant colonel.
	www.military-historians.org /company/journal/guards/guards.htm (7471 words)

	www.brucefamily.com - Family of Bruce International, Inc. - Bruce Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However, in June, 1314, the Scots lead by King Robert defeated King Edward II English Army at the Battle of Bannockburn and the decline of English power over Scotland started to come to end.
		In 1320 the Declaration of Arbroath was written by the Earls and Barons of Scotland to the Pope, in recognition of the cause of independence of Scotland from English rule.
		Since the king was of a young age, Edward III installed Edward de Balliol as King, who ruled for a short time, causing the Scots to revolt, and to be defeated at he battle of Halidon Hill in 1333; which forced David to flee to France in exile at Chateau Gaillard.
	www.brucefamily.com /biopage.htm (3148 words)

	Scots Guards saving the Colours at Alma, 1854, 1899 Giclee Print by Lady Butler at AllPosters.com
		Scots Guards saving the Colours at Alma, 1854, 1899 Giclee Print by Lady Butler at AllPosters.com
		Scots Guards saving the Colours at Alma, 1854, 1899 by Lady Butler
		The Giclee printing process delivers a fine stream of ink on archival paper, resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for museum or gallery display.
	www.allposters.com /-sp/Scots-Guards-saving-the-Colours-at-Alma-1854-1899_i1347757_.htm?aid=974174 (117 words)

	Scots Guards Band - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Scots Guards were formed in 1642 by King Charles I. However the precise origins of the Band of the Scots Guards are lost in the midst of time, although it is known that in 1716 a small band of 'hautbouys' existed.
		During the early part of the 19th Century the band grew in strength and by 1838 could boast some 32 performers.
		In 1990 the Scots Guards were the only Foot Guards Band to be deployed on active service during the Gulf War.
	education.music.us /S/Scots-Guards-Band.htm (557 words)

	B-P's Brother: Major Baden Baden-Powell
		He served with the Scots Guards, one of England's most distinguished regiments.
		Major Baden F. Baden Powell was a pioneering thinker in the use of military aviation and a Fellow and later President of the Royal Aeronautical Society and was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
		Served in the Nile Expedition in and was a member of the Guards Camel Corps, 1884-1885.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /bp-brother-baden.htm (696 words)

	The Scots Guards - The Official Edinburgh Military Tattoo Web Site
		The Regiment was formed to protect Scottish settlers in Ulster and become part of the Royal Guard for Charles 1.
		Over the centuries the Regiment has been known by a number of different names such as the Scots Fusilier Guards, before having the present title restored by Queen Victoria in 1877.
		Battalion Scots Guards Battle Group is now fully operational in Iraq, and is working closely with the Royal Dragoon Guards.
	www.edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk /tattoo-experience/scottish_regiments2.html (144 words)

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