"Scots Fusiliers" redirects here. For the Canadian regiment, see The Scots Fusiliers of Canada.
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Regimental cap badge
Active
1678–1959
Country
Kingdom of Scotland (1678–1688) Kingdom of England (1688–1707) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1959)
Branch
British Army
Type
Infantry
Role
Line infantry
Part of
Lowland Brigade
Garrison/HQ
Churchill Barracks, Ayr
Nickname(s)
Duke of Marlborough's Own The Grey Breeks[1]
Motto(s)
Nec Aspera Terrent (Hardships do not deter us)
March
Highland Laddie (Pipes)
Insignia
Hackle
White
Tartan
Hunting Erskine
Military unit
The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which was later itself merged with the Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) to form a new large regiment, the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
^Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
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Kingdom of England (1688–1707)
Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
United Kingdom (1801–1959)
British Army