The Queen's Colour contains I0 selected scrolls for each of the two World Wars, some scrolls contain more than one battle honour, e.g. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (SCOTSDG) is a working regiment whose soldiers operate in a role that is much the same as that of their predecessors.
They are awarded by the Sovereign to commemorate a particularly gallant action. These consist: 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of … The Regiment’s Last Battle Honour; Nights out of bed; Museum & Heritage. All four battalions served with distinction, and, by 1812, the Regiment had earned thirteen battle honours.

The Battle Honours “DJEBEL BOU AOUKAZ, 1943, I” and “NORTH AFRICA, 1941-43” were added to the Colours. A ‘battle honour’ is an officially awarded recognition of a regiment’s achievements and accomplishments, either at a particular battle or during a campaign.

The Regiment was subsequently awarded a total of 29 pre-World War 1 Honours, from Tangier 1680 to South Africa 1899-1902, and these were carried on The Regimental Colour along with the post World War 2 campaign award of Gulf 1991. 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. Battle Honours LE CATEAU MARNE 1914 MARNE 1918 YPRES 1915 YPRES 1917 YPRES 1918 LOOS SOMME 1916 SOMME 1918 ARRAS 1917 ARRAS 1918 LYS STRUMA The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is a light cavalry regiment that specialises in reconnaissance. In the early nineteenth century, the Royal Scots (or the Royal Regiment as they were known until 1812) had four distinct battalions serving in the West Indies (1st Battalion), Egypt and India (2nd), the Penninsula (3rd) and in Britain (4th). After the Restoration of Charles II, the Earl of Linlithgow received a commission dated 23 November 1660 to raise a regiment which was called The Scottish Regiment of Footguards. The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) to form The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys).. The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) to form The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys).. The Regiment’s Last Battle Honour This is the then Lieutenant Colonel Iain Johnstone OBE personal report as Commanding Officer on 1 RS’s participation in Operation Desert Storm- the liberation of Kuwait from Iraq in 1991 for which it was awarded its 147th and 148th (final) Battle Honours over its 383 years of Service, Wadi El Batin and GULF 1991, the latter carried on the Regimental Colour. Maine 1914, 18. King Charles I was on the Throne at the time who had married Henrietta Maria of France, the youngest sister of King Louis XIII of France.