The Scottish Division was a

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command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all

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. It merged with the Prince of Wales' Division, to form the Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division in 2017.

History

The Scottish Division was formed on 1 July 1968 with the amalgamation of the Lowland Brigade and Highland Brigade. From 1970, junior soldiers of the Scottish Division were trained at the Scottish Infantry Depot (SID), Bridge of Don, in Gordon Barracks, and adult recruits trained in the SID Glencorse. In 1994, due to the

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review, the Gordon Highlanders were amalgamated with the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). Changes announced in 2004 involved the amalgamation of the

Royal Scots The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment line infantry, of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of England ...

and the

King's Own Scottish Borderers The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, Royal Highland Fusiliers ...

to form the

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and the formation of a single large regiment to be known as the

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. Regular Army Units * The

, 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland * The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland * The

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, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland * The Highlanders 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland * Balaklava Company, The

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) is a light infantry company (military unit), company (designated as Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland) and was a line infantry regiment of the British Army tha ...

5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland Army Reserve Units * 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland * 51st Highland, 7th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland In addition, the Scottish Division also maintains a single regular

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in the Corps of Army Music, the regimental Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. This was formed in 2006 by the amalgamation of two former divisional bands, the Highland Band and the Lowland Band. In December 2016, the government announced changes to the administrative structure of the infantry as part of the continuing reorganization of the Army under "Army 2020". This saw the

(which encompassed the entirety of the Scottish Division) transferred to a single administrative formation with the

Royal Welsh The Royal Welsh (R WELSH) () is an Infantry, armoured infantry regiment of the British Army. It was established in 2006 from the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Foot) and the Royal Regiment of Wales, Royal Regiment of Wales ...

and the Royal Irish Regiment (which came under the Prince of Wales' Division), known as the Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division.

Past Units

Past units include:Whitaker's Almanack 1969 *1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) – (1633–2006) *1st Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)] – (1959–2006) *1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers – (1689–2006) *1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) – (1881–2006) *1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) – (1961–1994) *1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders – (1881–1994) *1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) – (1881–2006) *Royal Scots Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland – (2006) *King's Own Scottish Borderers Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland – (2006) *The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland – (2006–2014)

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