52nd Lowland Volunteers
| 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland | |
|---|---|
| Active | 28 March 2006 – present |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Line Infantry |
| Role | TA Reserve Light Role |
| Size | One Support Company Three Rifle Companies |
| Part of | 51 (Scottish) Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | BHQ – Glasgow HQ Company – Glasgow A Company – Edinburgh B Company – Ayr C Company – Glasgow |
| Motto(s) | Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity) (Latin) |
| March | Quick – Across the Lowlands Slow – Mist Covered Mountains Royal Salute – St. Andrew's Cross (Pipes and Drums) God Save the Queen (Military Band) Commanding Officer's Orders – A Man's A Man for A' That |
| Anniversaries | Walcheren Day (8 November) |
| Commanders | |
| Commanding Officer | Lieutenant Colonel Jules McElhinney |
| Royal Colonel | HRH The Princess Royal KG LT GCVO |
| Honorary Colonel | Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch |
| Insignia | |
| Tactical Recognition Flash |  |
| Tartan |
Government 1A Red Erskine (Pipes and Drums) Stewart (Military Band) |
| Hackle | Grey |
| Abbreviation | 6 SCOTS |
The 52nd Lowland Regiment (52 LOWLAND) now forms the 6th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 6 SCOTS. Due to its erstwhile association with the 1st Regiment of Foot, it is the senior Territorial line infantry battalion in the British Army. It is one of two Territorial battalions in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, along with 51st Highland (7 SCOTS), a similar unit located in the Scottish Highlands.
Originally formed as the 52nd Lowland Volunteers in 1967, as a result of the amalgamation of Territorial Battalions within the infantry Regiments of the Lowland Brigade, the name commemorated the 52nd (Lowland) Division of the Territorial Force, within which many of the Regiment's antecedent Territorial Battalions served during the First and Second World Wars.
The current Battalion traces its lineage back to the reserve Rifle Volunteer units that were originally raised in the Scottish Lowlands as part of the Victorian Volunteer Force by Lord Lieutenants in every county. These included: the Queens City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers, the Midlothian Rifle Volunteers, the Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteers, the Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteers, the Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers, the Roxburghshire and Selkirk (The Border) Rifle Volunteers, the Berwickshire Rifle Volunteers, the Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers, the Galloway Rifle Volunteers, and the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers.
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