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The regiment originated on September 3rd, 1912 when the 88th Regiment, Victoria Fusiliers was authorized. The current unit is the product of an amalgamation of the 50th Regiment and the Victoria Fusiliers.

Since its early beginnings, the Regiment has had a high standard of conduct on the battlefield. It has also been commanded by some of Canada's outstanding soldiers. One such was Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie, KCMG, who rose to command the Canadian Corps during WW1. Currie was a master tactician whose skills led the Canadians to victory at Vimy Ridge and Amiens. In addition, four members of the regiment have won the Victoria Cross. This is the Commonwealth's highest award for valour in the face of battle.

The Scottish set out for WW2 after their training ended in August 1941 in Debert, N.S. On June 6th, 1944, 1Bn C Coy was in the first wave to step ashore in Normandy, the rest of the Bn following in the second wave. 1Bn C Scot R proceeded to advance a total of six miles - farther than any other assault brigade of the British Second Army that day. The regiment went on to earn 17 Battle Honours, including the liberation of Wagenborgen, a small Dutch village.
Battle Honours

First World War

Ypres, 1915-17
Gravenstafel
St. Julien
Festubert, 1915
Mount Sorrel
Somme, 1916
Pozi�res
Thiepval
Ancre Heights
Arras, 1917-18
Vimy, 1917
Arleux
Scarpe, 1917-18
Hill 70
Passchendael
Amiens
Drocourt-Qu�ant
Hindenburg Line
Canal du Nord
Pursuit to Mons
France and Flanders, 1915-18
Second World War
Normandy Landing
Putot-en-Bessin
Caen
The Orne
Falaise
The Laison
Calais, 1944
The Scheldt
Leopold Canal
Breskens Pocket
The Rhineland
Waal Flats
Moyland Wood
The Rhine
Emmerich-Hoch Elten
Deventer
Wagenborgen
North-West Europe, 1944-45

Allied Regiment - The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) headquartered in The Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland

Authorized March - Blue Bonnets Over The Border

Motto - Deas Gu Cath (Ready For the Fray)

Tartan - Hunting Stewart

Perpetuations - 16th, 48th, 67th, 88th, 103rd, 143rd Battalions, CEF

CEF Colonel-in-Chief - Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra The Honourable Mrs. Angus Ogilvy, GCVO, CD

Victoria Cross Citations