51st Highland Volunteers

51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
VII Cap Badge of The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Active	28 March 2006 - Present
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Army Reserve Light Role
Size	One Support Company Four Rifle Companies
Part of	51 (Scottish) Brigade
Garrison/HQ	HQ Company - Perth A Company - Dundee B Company - Peterhead C Company - Inverness D Company - Dumbarton
Motto(s)	Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity) (Latin)
March	Quick - Scotland the Brave Slow - The Garb of Auld Gaul
Commanders
Royal Colonel	HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay
Colonel of the Regiment	Major General William Euan Buchanan Loudon, CBE
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan	Government
Hackle	Purple

The 51st Highland Volunteers was a regiment and is now a battalion in the British Army's Army Reserve or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands, forming the 7th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 7 SCOTS. In contrast with 52nd Lowland (6 SCOTS), a similar unit located in the Lowlands of Scotland, 51st Highland (7 SCOTS) consists of a number of infantry companies located throughout the various regions of the Highlands. Both 51st Highland Volunteers and 52nd Lowland Volunteers were unique in that each of their companies was officially the reserve element of a regular infantry regiment in the Scottish Division.

The 51st Highland Volunteers were formed in 1967 from the amalgamation of territorial battalions of regiments in the Highland Brigade. In 1999, however, the regiment was re-organized and became the 51st Highland Regiment.

The name commemorated that of the 51st Highland Division, which consisted of the Regiment's antecedent Territorial Battalions, and fought during the First and Second World Wars.

The 51st Highland Volunteers were formed on 1 April 1967 as a TAVR II (NATO reserve role) unit with headquarters located at Perth, Scotland:

In 1969, the three TAVRIII (Home defence) battalions were reduced in size and amalgamated into the 51st Highland Volunteers, forming three additional companies:

On 1 April 1971, the 51st Highland Volunteers split into two battalions. A third battalion was subsequently formed on 1 April 1975.