Royal Highland Fusiliers
| Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland | |
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Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland |
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| Active | 28 March 2006- |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Line Infantry |
| Role | Light Role Infantry |
| Part of | 51 Infantry Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Glencorse Barracks, Penicuik |
| Motto(s) | Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity) |
| March | Pipes, Drums and Bugles: Quick Marches - Hielan' Laddie/Blue Bonnets over The Border Slow March - My Home Military Band: Quick Marches - Whistle o'er the Lave o't/The British Grenadiers Slow Marches - The Garb of Auld Gaul/The March of the 21st Regiment. |
| Anniversaries | Assaye (23 September) |
| Commanders | |
| Royal Colonel | HRH The Duke of York |
| Insignia | |
| Tactical Recognition Flash |  |
| Tartan |
Government Red Erskine (Pipers kilts and plaids) |
| Hackle | White From Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| Royal Highland Fusiliers | |
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Former Royal Highland Fusiliers Cap Badge and Mackenzie tartan, now only worn by the Drum major
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| Active | 20 January 1959-28 March 2006 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Line Infantry |
| Role | Light Role Infantry |
| Size | One battalion |
| Part of | 1st Mechanised Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Glencorse Barracks, Penicuik |
| Nickname(s) | The Flickhammers |
| Motto(s) | Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity) |
| March | Whistle o'er the Lave o't/The British Grenadiers |
| Anniversaries | Assaye (23 September) |
| Commanders | |
| Royal Colonel | HRH The Duke of York |
| Insignia | |
| Tartan | HLI Mackenzie Red Erskine (Pipers kilts and plaids) |
| Hackle | White From Royal Scots Fusiliers |
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Prior to 28 March 2006, the Royal Highland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment in its own right, created by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) in January 1959.
The regiment was formed as the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) on 20 January 1959 by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). The Royal Highland Fusiliers, abbreviated as 'The RHF', were part of the Scottish Division
The regiment was initially based at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh before being deployed to Singapore Lines in Aden in 1960. The regimental band played at independence ceremonies in Hargeisa in 1960. It was then posted to St. Patricks barracks in Malta in 1961, to Mons Barracks in Iserlohn in 1963, to Cyprus as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus for six months in 1965 and to Fort George in 1967.
In 1968 the regiment was deployed to Gibraltar for six months on frontier duties after General Franco closed the frontier between Spain and Gibraltar and then undertook five tours in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in the 1970s. It relocated to Kiwi Barracks at Bulford Camp in 1970. After a two-year posting to Malaysia, the regiment returned to Redford Barracks in 1973 moving on to Barrosa Barracks at Hemer in 1979.
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