Infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
For other uses, see Black Watch (disambiguation).
"Royal Highland Regiment" redirects here. For the related earlier unit by this designation, see 42nd Regiment of Foot.
Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Founded
1 July 1881 – present
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Type
Line infantry
Role
Light infantry
Size
Battalion 628 personnel[1]
Part of
51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland
Garrison/HQ
RHQ – Balhousie Castle[2] Battalion – Fort George, Inverness
Nickname(s)
"The Forty Twa"[3] "Black Jocks" (slang term used by members of other regiments) "Ladies from Hell"
Motto(s)
Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin) "No One Provokes Me with Impunity"
March
Quick: "All the Blue Bonnets Are O'er the Border"
Slow: "The Garb of Old Gaul"
Pipes & Drums Quick: "Hielan' Laddie"
Pipes & Drums Slow: "My Home"
Pipes & Drums Slow: "Highland Cradle Song"
Anniversaries
Red Hackle Day (5 January)
Battle honours
see below
Commanders
Royal Colonel
King Charles III
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Hackle
Red
Military unit
Detail from a painting showing 42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch) recruits being reviewed on Glasgow Green, c. 175842nd Regiment of Foot at Fontenoy, 1745A Sentry at Ease, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1892Major General Andrew Wauchope c.1899The Black Watch in the Battle of Magersfontein, Second Boer War, 1899Black Watch firing rifle grenade in 1917
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot. It was known as The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) from 1881 to 1931 and The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) from 1931 to 2006. Part of the Scottish Division for administrative purposes from 1967, it was the senior Highland regiment. It has been part of the Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division for administrative purposes since 2017.
^"Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^"Balhousie Castle - Castles, Palaces and Fortresses". Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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