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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
|image= 52LowlandBadge.png
|caption=
|dates=28 March 2006 – present
|country=
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}
|branch={{army|United Kingdom}}
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|role=[[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|TA Reserve]] [[Light infantry|Light Role]]
|size= [[Battalion]]<br/>470 personnel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616|title=Army – Question for Ministry of Defence|page=1|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
|command_structure=[[4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East]]
|garrison= BHQ – [[Glasgow]]<br> HQ Company – [[Glasgow]]<br> A Company – [[Edinburgh]]<br>B Company – [[Ayr]]<br> C Company – [[Glasgow]]
|motto=''[[Nemo Me Impune Lacessit]]'' (No One Assails Me With Impunity) ([[Latin]])
|march=Quick – ''Across the Lowlands'' <br> Slow – ''Mist Covered Mountains'' <br> Royal Salute – ''St. Andrew's Cross (Pipes and Drums)''<br>''[[God Save the King]] (Military Band)'' Commanding Officer's Orders – ''[[A Man's A Man for A' That]]''
|anniversaries= [[Walcheren|Walcheren Day]] (8 November)
|identification_symbol=[[Image:Royal Regiment of Scotland TRF.png|70px]]
|identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash
|identification_symbol_2= [https://web.archive.org/web/20060103175104/http://www.regiments.org:80/tradition/tartans/govermt.htm Government]<br>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060117173412/http://www.regiments.org/tradition/tartans/erskine.htm Red Erskine (Pipes and Drums)]<br> [https://web.archive.org/web/20060117163516/http://www.regiments.org:80/tradition/tartans/stuarth.htm Hunting Stewart (Military Band)]
| identification_symbol_3 = Grey
|identification_symbol_4=6 SCOTS
|identification_symbol_2_label=Tartan
|identification_symbol_3_label=Hackle
|identification_symbol_4_label=Abbreviation
|current_commander=
|current_commander_label=Commanding Officer
|ceremonial_chief=[[Anne, Princess Royal|The Princess Royal]] KG KT GCVO GCStJ QSO CD GCL
|ceremonial_chief_label=Royal Colonel
|colonel_of_the_regiment= Major-General [[Alastair Bruce of Crionaich]] CB OBE VR<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=64301 |date=30 January 2024 |page=1770 |supp=y}}</ref>
|colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Honorary Colonel
}}
The '''52nd Lowland
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 (United Kingdom)|Lowland Brigade]], the name commemorated the [[52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division|52nd (Lowland) Division]] of the [[Territorial Force]], within which many of the Regiment's antecedent Territorial Battalions served during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars.
==History==
===Origins and First World War===
{{see also|Volunteer Force|Territorial Force|52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division}}
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 (Great Britain)|Volunteer Force]] by [[Lord Lieutenant]]s in every [[Lieutenancy area|county]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishmilitaryresearch.org.uk/scottish-rifle-volunteers|title=Scottish Rifle Volunteer units: 1859–1908|access-date=8 August 2019|archive-date=27 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142508/http://www.scottishmilitaryresearch.org.uk/scottish-rifle-volunteers|url-status=dead}}</ref> These included: the Queens City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1a.htm |title=The Queens Rifle Volunteer Brigade, Royal Scots |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053221/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1b.htm |title=4th and 9th Volunteer Battalions, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment) |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref> the Midlothian Rifle Volunteers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1c.htm |title=5th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment) |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055348/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1c.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1d.htm |title=The 6th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment) |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055426/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1d.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1e.htm |title=7th and 8th Volunteer Battalions, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment) |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055441/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_1e.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteers, the Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_2.htm |title=1st and 2nd Volunteer Battalions, The Royal Scots Fusiliers |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053411/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Roxburghshire and Selkirk (The Border) Rifle Volunteers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_4a.htm |title=1st Roxburghshire and Selkirk (The Border) Rifle Volunteers |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053421/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_4a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Berwickshire Rifle Volunteers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_4b.htm |title=2nd (Berwickshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Kings Own Scottish Borderers |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053430/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_4b.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_4c.htm |title=3rd (Dumfries) Volunteer Battalion, The Kings Own Scottish Borderers |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053506/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_4c.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Galloway Rifle Volunteers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_4d.htm |title=The Galloway Rifle Volunteers |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053530/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_4d.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_5a.htm |title=1st Lanarkshire (Glasgow 1st Western) Rifle Volunteers |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225222400/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_5a.htm |archive-date=25 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_5b.htm |title=2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055608/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_5b.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_5c.htm |title=4th Volunteer Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053544/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_5c.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_5d.htm |title=5th Volunteer Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053551/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_5d.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_7a.htm |title=1st Volunteer Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053608/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_7a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_7b.htm |title=2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055334/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_7b.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_7c.htm |title=3rd Volunteer Battalion (The Blythswood) Highland Light Infantry |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_7d.htm |title=9th Lanarkshire and 5th (Glasgow Highland) Volunteer Battalions, The Highland Light Infantry |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053654/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/Scottish_RV_7d.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The 1st Battalion of the [[Lanarkshire]] Rifle Volunteers were raised in 1860, and counted [[Boys' Brigade]] founder [[William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade)|William Alexander Smith]] amongst its ranks. The 3rd Battalion of the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, raised in 1859, was also notable for its football team, which became the famous [[Third Lanark]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/printerv/thirdlanark.htm |title=Scots at War Trust – Third Lanark |publisher=Scotsatwar.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927002230/http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/printerv/thirdlanark.htm |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk/livingston.htm |title=3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers Football Club |publisher=Hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927102317/http://www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk/livingston.htm |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> and the 105th ([[Glasgow Highlanders]]) Battalion of the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, which was raised in 1868, was one of several Volunteer Force units that first saw overseas service during the [[Second Boer War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_BoerWar1899_1902.htm|title=Scottish Regiments shipping out to the Boer War|publisher=Scottish Military History|access-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419214259/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_BoerWar1899_1902.htm|archive-date=19 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The various county battalions of Rifle Volunteers first became affiliated to a newly designated local regular Line Infantry Regiment with the [[Childers Reforms]] of 1881.<ref>[http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/hlli/high_tabatts.htm Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Battalions that later became Territorial Battalions in the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The current unit is the direct descendant of the infantry battalions that made up the [[52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division|52nd Lowland Division]], of which Lowland Rifle Volunteer units, including the Glasgow Highlanders et al, became a part. This division was formed as part of the [[Haldane Reforms]], which integrated the [[Volunteer Force (Great Britain)|Volunteer Force]], [[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]] and the [[Yeomanry]] into the nascent [[Territorial Force]], created by the [[Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907]].<ref name=line>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_Lineage_TA1908.htm |title=Lineage of Scottish Territorial Infantry Battalions: 1908–1920 |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053148/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_Lineage_TA1908.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The local Regular Line Infantry Regiments at the time were: the [[Royal Scots]] ([[Lothian]]), the [[Royal Scots Fusiliers]] ([[Ayrshire]]), the [[Highland Light Infantry]] ([[Glasgow]]), the [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]] ([[Scottish Borders|Borders]], [[Dumfries and Galloway]]) and the [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)|Cameronians]] ([[Lanarkshire]]). At this time the various Volunteer Battalions were also reformed as fully integrated Territorial Battalions within their affiliated Lowland Infantry Regiments.<ref name=line/>
{| class="wikitable"
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! The Royal Scots (TF Battalions), c. 1908
! The Royal Scots Fusiliers (TF Battalions), c. 1908
! The Highland Light Infantry (TF Battalions), c. 1908
! The King's Own Scottish Borderers (TF Battalions), c. 1908
! The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TF Battalions), c. 1908
|-
| 4th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Bn, The Royal Scots, at [[Forrest Hill drill hall|Forrest Hill]] in Edinburgh
| 4th Bn, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, at [[Titchfield Street drill hall, Kilmarnock|Titchfield Street]] in Kilmarnock
| 5th (City of Glasgow) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at [[Haldane Building|Hill Street]] in Glasgow
| 4th (Border) Bn, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, at [[Paton Street drill hall, Galashiels|Paton Street]] in Galashiels
| 5th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at [[West Princes Street drill hall|West Princes Street]] in Glasgow
|-
| 5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Bn, The Royal Scots, at Forrest Hill in Edinburgh
| 5th Bn, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, at [[Burns Statue Square drill hall, Ayr|Burns Statue Square]] in Ayr
| 6th (City of Glasgow) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at [[Yorkhill Street drill hall|Yorkhill Street]] in Glasgow
| 5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Bn, The King's Own Scottish Borderers at [[Loreburn Hall]] in Dumfries
| 6th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at Muirhall in Hamilton{{efn|Located at the corner of Muir Street and Almada Street and since demolished}}
|-
| 6th Bn, The Royal Scots, at [[Gilmore Place drill hall|Gilmore Place]] in Edinburgh
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| [[Blythswood Rifles|7th (Blythswood) Bn]], The Highland Light Infantry, at Main Street in Bridgeton<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowhistory.co.uk/Books/Bridgeton/BridgetonChapters/Services.htm|title=Headquarters & drill hall of the 7th (The Blythswood) Battalion (demolished)|publisher=Glasgow history|access-date=17 June 2017|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726201838/http://www.glasgowhistory.co.uk/Books/Bridgeton/BridgetonChapters/Services.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 7th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at [[Victoria Road drill hall|Victoria Road]], [[Pollokshaws]], south side Glasgow
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| 7th Bn, The Royal Scots, at [[Dalmeny Street drill hall|Dalmeny Street]] in Leith
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| 8th (Lanark) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Lanark (Disbanded 1914)
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| 8th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at Cathedral Street in Glasgow<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/333011/glasgow-cathedral-street-drill-hall|title=Glasgow, Cathedral Street, Drill Hall (demolished)|publisher=Canmore|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 8th Bn, The Royal Scots, at Nungate in Haddington<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojqzAwAAQBAJ&q=8th+battalion+royal+scots+headquarters+haddington+drill+hall&pg=PT82|title=Blood on the Thistle - The heartbreaking story of the Cranston family and their remarkable sacrifice in the Great War|first1= Stuart |last1=Pearson|first2=Robert G |last2=Mitchell|publisher=John Blake Publishing|year=2014|isbn=9781784180751}}</ref>
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| 9th ([[Glasgow Highlanders|Glasgow Highland]]) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Greendyke Street in Glasgow<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scotlandsurbanpast.org.uk/site/333020/glasgow-greendyke-street-drill-hall|title=Glasgow, Greendyke Street, Drill Hall (demolished in the 1930s)|publisher=Scotland's urban past|access-date=17 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| 9th (Highlanders) Bn, The Royal Scots, at [[Hepburn House|East Claremont Street]] in Edinburgh
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| 10th ([[Bicycle infantry|Cyclist]]) Bn, The Royal Scots, at the High Street in Linlithgow<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/333053/linlithgow-high-street-drill-hall|title=Linlithgow, High Street, Drill Hall (demolished in the 1930s)|publisher=Canmore|access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref>
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Although the 7th Battalion, Royal Scots was severely depleted by the [[Quintinshill rail disaster]], they and the other Territorial Battalions of the 52nd (Lowland) Division fought in the First World War at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]], in [[Egypt]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] as part of the [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]], and on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] in France, where it fought in the [[Second Battle of the Somme (1918)|2nd Battle of the Somme]], the [[Battle of Arras (1918)|2nd Battle of Arras]] and at the [[Battle of the Hindenburg Line]] during the [[Hundred Days Offensive]]. Notable 52nd Lowlanders who served during this period included footballer [[Willie Reid (footballer, born 1884)|William Reid]], motorcycle racer [[Jimmie Guthrie]], [[Winston Churchill]], who briefly commanded the 6th Battalion of the [[Royal Scots Fusiliers]] in the "[[Kitchener's Army|New Army]]" and [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith]], who was a subaltern with the 5th Battalion of the [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)]]. [[Victoria Cross]] recipients [[John Brown Hamilton]] and [[David Ross Lauder]] served with the Glasgow Highlanders and the 4th RSF respectively. [[James Youll Turnbull]] served with the 17th (Chambers of Commerce) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, one of three HLI "[[Pals battalion]]s" formed during the war. VC recipient and [[Celtic F.C. and World War I|Celtic]] player [[William Angus (VC)|William Angus]], also served with the antecedent 8th [[Royal Scots]], as part of the [[7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|7th Division]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29210|page=6269|date=29 June 1915}}</ref>
===Interwar period and Second World War===
After the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|Armistice]], the Territorial Force and its formations were disbanded. It was re-established, by the Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921, as the Territorial Army however, and the original Lowland Territorial Battalions were reconstituted, although there were several amalgamations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_Lineage_TA1920.htm |title=Lineage of Scottish Territorial Infantry Battalions: 1920–1947 |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053213/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_Lineage_TA1920.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! The Royal Scots (TA Battalions), c. 1921
! The Royal Scots Fusiliers (TA Battalions), c. 1921
! The Highland Light Infantry (TA Battalions), c. 1921
! The King's Own Scottish Borderers (TA Battalions), c. 1921
! The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA Battalions), c. 1921
|-
| 4th/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Bn, The Royal Scots, at Forrest Hill in Edinburgh
| 4th/5th Bn, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, in Kilmarnock and Ayr
| 5th (City of Glasgow) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Hill Street in Glasgow
| 4th (Border) Bn, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, at Galashiels
| 5th/8th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at West Princes Street and Cathedral Street in Glasgow
|-
| 6th Bn, The Royal Scots, at Gilmore Place in Edinburgh (Transferred to [[Royal Garrison Artillery]])
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| 6th (City of Glasgow) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Yorkhill Street in Glasgow
| 5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Bn, The King's Own Scottish Borderers at Dumfries
| 6th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at Muirhall in Hamilton
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| 7th/9th (Highlanders) Bn, The Royal Scots, at Dalmeny Street in Leith and East Claremont Street in Edinburgh
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| 7th (The [[Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood|Blythswood]]) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Bridgeton in Glasgow (Transferred to [[Royal Artillery]] in 1938)
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| 7th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at Victoria Road, Pollokshaws in Glasgow
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| 8th Bn, The Royal Scots, in Haddington (Transferred to Royal Garrison Artillery)
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| 9th ([[Glasgow Highlanders|Glasgow Highland]]) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Greendyke Street in Glasgow
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In 1939 the 52nd (Lowland) Division was instructed to form a duplicate division as a second-line, as part of [[Rearmament (UK, 1930s)|rearmament]] efforts. The duplicate division of the 52nd Lowland Division was entitled the [[15th (Scottish) Infantry Division|15th (Scottish) Division]] and consisted of newly raised Lowland TA Infantry Battalions. Both Divisions were mobilised on the outbreak of the Second World War.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/units_british/15InfDiv.html|title=15th Scottish Division|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
The 52nd (Lowland) Division became the only completely [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial]] Division to fight in the Second World War.<ref>{{cite news|author=Published on Sat 27 May 01:00:34 BST 2006 |url=http://news.scotsman.com/thefutureofscotlandsregiments/A-voluntary-and-vital-force.2778616.jp |title=The Scotsman – A voluntary and vital force |work=The Scotsman |___location=UK |access-date=20 November 2011 |date=27 May 2006}}</ref> The Division was initially part of the ill-fated [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)#The Second BEF and Operation Aerial|Second British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF) landed in France in June 1940 under [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke|Alan Brooke]], later being evacuated from the continent during [[Operation Aerial]]. Members of the 52nd at the time included the future [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]], [[Alastair Pearson]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35764 |date=27 October 1942 |page=4698 |supp=y }}</ref>
It subsequently trained as a [[mountain warfare]] division in the Scottish Highlands under General [[Neil Ritchie|Sir Neil Ritchie]]. As the [[invasion of Normandy]] approached, the 52nd (Lowland) Division were involved in an elaborate deception plan, [[Operation Fortitude]], designed to deceive the Germans into believing that there would not be one invasion area but several, and that the 52nd would have formed the nexus of a strong force that was to be landed in Norway. As a mountain warfare formation, it had little heavy equipment and transport, and therefore was optimal for conversion to operations as an [[Airborne forces|Airborne force]], being assigned to the [[First Allied Airborne Army]]. It was in this role that the division was anticipated to take part in [[Operation Market Garden]]. Instead the division was reassigned to the [[First Canadian Army]], eventually landing at [[Ostend]] in October 1944, as part of the wider [[Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine]].<ref name="With the Jocks">{{cite web|title=ABOUT THE 52nd (Lowland) DIVISION |url=http://www.with-the-jocks.co.uk/withthejocks.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218183719/http://www.with-the-jocks.co.uk/withthejocks.html |archive-date=18 December 2009 }}</ref>
They were ordered to capture the vital [[Port of Antwerp]] and as a result were involved in the [[Battle of the Scheldt]] in Belgium and the Netherlands, which included [[Operation Vitality]], [[Operation Infatuate]] and the ultimate capture of [[Walcheren|Walcheren Island]], in order to open the mouth of the [[Scheldt]] estuary to Allied shipping.<ref>{{cite book|title=Walcheren 1944, Storming Hitler's island fortress|first=Richard |last=Brooks|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year= 2011|isbn=978-1-84908-237-2}}</ref>
In January 1945 they participated in the [[Operation Blackcock|Battle for the Roer Triangle]], which involved the clearance of the area between the rivers [[Meuse]] and [[Roer]].<ref name=RA39-45>{{cite web|title=ra39-35 |url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/atk/page21.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130160929/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/atk/page21.html |archive-date=30 January 2013 }}</ref> It was during this operation that [[Dennis Donnini]] of the 4/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, was awarded the Victoria Cross, becoming the youngest winner of the VC during World War II.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36988|date=16 March 1945|page=1485|supp=y}}</ref> The division crossed the [[River Rhine]] at [[Xanten]] on 24 March 1945, eventually advancing as far as [[Bremen]], where it fought its last battle of the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/the-territorial-battalions-in-ww-2%EF%BB%BF/|title=The Territorial Battalions in World War II|publisher=The Royal Scots|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
===Post-war restructuring and Cold War===
In August 1946 the 52nd (Lowland) Division was disbanded at [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]]. Shortly afterwards however the formation was revived as part of the 51st/52nd (Scottish) Division, created via an amalgamation with the [[British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II)|51st (Highland) Division]]. They once again became a Territorial Division upon demobilisation in 1948.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_Lineage_TA1947.htm |title=Lineage of Scottish Territorial Infantry Battalions 1947–1967 |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053710/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_Lineage_TA1947.htm |archive-date=8 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! The Royal Scots (TA Battalions), c. 1947
! The Royal Scots Fusiliers (TA Battalions), c. 1947
! The Highland Light Infantry (TA Battalions), c. 1947
! The King's Own Scottish Borderers (TA Battalions), c. 1947
! The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA Battalions), c. 1947
|-
| 7th/9th (Highlanders) Bn, The Royal Scots, at Dalmeny Street in Leith and East Claremont Street in Edinburgh
| 4th/5th Bn, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, in Kilmarnock, Ayr and Cumnock
| 5th/6th (City of Glasgow) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Hill Street in Glasgow
| 4th (Border) Bn, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, at Galashiels, Melrose, Hawick, Selkirk and Duns
| 6th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at Hamilton, Motherwell, Bothwell and Wishaw
|-
| 8th (Lothians and Peeblesshire) Bn, The Royal Scots, in Haddington, Midlothian and Peebles
|
| 9th ([[Glasgow Highlanders|Glasgow Highland]]) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Maryhill in Glasgow
| 5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Bn, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, at Dumfries, Stranraer, Castle Douglas and Sanqhar
| 7th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at Victoria Road, Pollokshaws in Glasgow
|}
In 1950, the 51st/52nd (Scottish) Division was split, restoring the independence of the 52nd Lowland Division, which took regional command of Territorial Army units based in the Scottish Lowlands, including the TA infantry battalions of the [[Lowland Brigade (Scottish)|Lowland Brigade]] regiments.<ref>''Reorganizing Territorials'', the Times, 21 July 1960</ref>
British forces contracted dramatically as the end of [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|National Service]] took place in 1960, as announced in the [[1957 Defence White Paper]]. As a result, on 20 July 1960, a reorganisation of the TA was announced by the [[War Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1960/jul/20/territorial-army-reorganisation|title=Territorial Army Re-organisation|publisher=Hansard|date=20 July 1960|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! The Royal Scots (TA Battalions), c. 1961
! The Royal Highland Fusiliers (TA Battalions), c. 1961
! The King's Own Scottish Borderers (TA Battalions), c. 1961
! The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA Battalions), c. 1961
|-
| 8th/9th Bn, The Royal Scots, at Dalmeny Street in Leith, East Claremont Street in Edinburgh, Tranent, Haddington, Broxburn, Bathgate, Penicuik, Dalkeith and Peebles
| 4th/5th Bn, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, in Kilmarnock, Ayr and Cumnock
| 4th/5th Bn, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, at Galashiels
| 6th/7th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), at Hamilton, Motherwell, Bothwell and Wishaw and Victoria Road, Pollokshaws in Glasgow
|-
|
| 5th/6th (City of Glasgow) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Hill Street in Glasgow
|
|
|-
|
|1st [[Glasgow Highlanders]] Bn, The Highland Light Infantry, at Maryhill in Glasgow
|
|
|}
===The 1966 Defence White Paper and after===
This was followed by complete reorganisation as announced in the [[1966 Defence White Paper]]. A comprehensive reorganisation of the reserve forces took place, with the Territorial Army being disbanded and the Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) was formed on 1 April 1967. Instead of forming large reserve formations, the role of the new TAVR was to provide smaller sub-unit-sized reinforcements for the Regular Army via a multi-tier system established to meet the NATO reserve (TAVR II) and Home Defence (TAVR III) requirements.<ref name="briefguide">{{cite web | url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05714/| title=A Brief Guide to Previous British Defence Reviews | publisher=UK Parliament | date=2010-10-19 | access-date=2013-06-29 | author=Taylor, Claire | pages=6}}</ref>
The Territorial Battalions within the four regiments of the [[Lowland Brigade (Scottish)|Lowland Brigade]] were significantly reduced from full Battalions to [[Company (military unit)|Company]] strength [[en cadre|cadre]]s, with three new reserve Battalions raised to incorporate them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_52ndLowland.htm |title=52nd Lowland Volunteers and it's (sic) successors: 1967–1999 |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055317/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_52ndLowland.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> These three units were; The 52nd Lowland Volunteers, which was a TAVR II unit with a [[NATO]] reserve role, and both the 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers and The Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials, which were TAVR III units with responsibility for Home Defence.<ref name=tavr>{{cite web|url=http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/the-territorial-army/|title=The Territorial Army|publisher=The Royal Scots|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
The 52nd Lowland Division was also reduced to a brigade sized formation and the three new Lowland Territorial Battalions came under the command of what would become [[British 52nd Infantry Brigade|52nd Lowland Brigade]], within Scotland District (which was later absorbed into the [[British 2nd Infantry Division|2nd Division]] in 1998).<ref name=tavr/>
;52nd Lowland Volunteers (TAVR II), c. 1967
*HQ (Glasgow Highlanders) Company at Maryhill in Glasgow
*A (Royal Scots) Company at Edinburgh and Bathgate
*B (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Company at Ayr
*C (The Kings Own Scottish Borderers) Company at Dumfries and Galashiels
*D (Cameronians) Company at Hamilton
*E (Highland Light Infantry) Company at Maryhill in Glasgow
;3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (TAVR III), c. 1967
*HQ (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Company at Ayr
*A (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Company at Ayr
*B (Highland Light Infantry) Company at Victoria Road, Pollokshaws in Glasgow
*C (Glasgow Highlanders) Company at Maryhill, Glasgow
;The Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials (TAVR III), c. 1967
*HQ (Royal Scots) Company at Edinburgh
*A (Royal Scots) Company at Bathgate
*B (Cameronians) Company at Hamilton
The TAVR III units were effectively disbanded in 1969, with the two Battalions being reduced to [[Section (military unit)|Section]]-sized "cadres". The cadres became part of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers, although continuing to wear the badges and perpetuating the traditions of their forebears. An increase in the size of the TAVR in 1971 however lead to an expansion in the size of the Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials and the 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers cadres, which were amalgamated and became the separate 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers (2/52 LOWLAND) in 1971.<ref name=tavr/>
;1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers (1/52 LOWLAND), c. 1971
*HQ (Glasgow Highlanders) Company at Maryhill, Glasgow
*A (Royal Scots) Company at Edinburgh and Bathgate (Transferred to 2/52 Lowland in 1982)
*B (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Company at Ayr
*C (The Kings Own Scottish Borderers) Company at Dumfries
*D (Cameronians) Company at Hamilton
*E (Highland Light Infantry) Company at Maryhill, Glasgow
;2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers (2/52 LOWLAND), c. 1971<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-infantry/lowland-volunteers.html|title=British Army units from 1945 on - Lowland Volunteers|website=british-army-units1945on.co.uk|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-infantry/royal-scots-2.html|title=British Army units from 1945 on - Royal Scots|website=british-army-units1945on.co.uk|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref>
*HQ (Royal Scots) Company at Edinburgh
*No.1 (Royal Scots) Company at Penicuik
*No.2 (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company at Auldhouse Road, Pollokshaws (Assaye House at Shawfield, Rutherglen from 1982, becoming A Coy in 1/52 Lowland).
*No.3 (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) at Galashiels
*No.4 (Cameronians) Company at Motherwell
In 1982, the TAVR reverted to the old title of the Territorial Army, with the Order of Battle being subject to minor reorganisation, with the 1st Battalion transferring A (Royal Scots) Company to the 2nd Battalion and the 2nd Battalion transferring its No.2 (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company to the 1st Battalion.<ref name=bau>{{cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-infantry/lowland-volunteers.html|title=Lowland Volunteers|publisher=British Army Units 1945 on|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
Throughout the remainder of the [[Cold War]], the 1st Battalion of 52nd Lowland Volunteers, now based entirely in Glasgow and the [[Strathclyde|West of Scotland]], and the 2nd Battalion, based primarily in Edinburgh, the [[Lothian]]s and [[Scottish Borders|Borders]], trained for the NATO reinforcement role, with 1/52 LOWLAND's [[MILAN]] anti-tank missile platoon having a war role with the [[British Army of the Rhine]] in Germany. In 1984 however, the 1st Battalion also raised two [[Home Service Force]] companies and the 2nd Battalion raised a further one, which trained exclusively for the home defence role, they were eventually disbanded in 1992 as part of [[Options for Change]]. The 1st Battalion also had its D (Cameronians) Company disbanded and the 2nd Battalion had its No.1 (Royal Scots) Company disbanded.<ref name=bau/>
===Post-Cold War era===
Following the [[Front Line First]] reforms of the British Army in 1994, the 1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers was incorporated into the Royal Highland Fusiliers and as a result, was retitled the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, [[The Royal Highland Fusiliers]] (3 RHF) in 1995. The 2nd Battalion of 52nd Lowland Volunteers, remained a standalone multi cap-badged Battalion, and was simply known as The Lowland Volunteers (LOWLAND).<ref name=bau/>
'''3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (3 RHF), c. 1995'''
*HQ Company at Maryhill, Glasgow
*A Company at Rutherglen
*B Company at Ayr
*C Company at Maryhill, Glasgow
'''The Lowland Volunteers (LOWLAND), c. 1995'''
*HQ (Royal Scots) Company at Edinburgh
*B (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) Company at Galashiels
*C (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) Company at Dumfries
*D (Cameronians/Royal Scots) Company at Motherwell and Bathgate
In 1999, as a result of the [[Strategic Defence Review (1998)|Strategic Defence Review]] of Britain's armed forces, the two Battalions were re-amalgamated to take the name and single battalion form of The 52nd Lowland Regiment (52 LOWLAND).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_TA_51st52nd.htm |title=The 51st Highland Regiment and 52nd Lowland Regiment: 1999–2006 |publisher=Scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055326/http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org.uk/smhsarticle_TA_51st52nd.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> This saw an overall reduction in strength from eight companies in two battalions to five companies in one battalion, although the unit continued to maintain both stands of [[Colours, standards and guidons|Colours]] of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers until July 2011. In 2002, the 52nd Lowland Regiment was transferred from the operational command of the [[52nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|52nd Lowland Brigade]] to [[51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland|51st (Scottish) Brigade]], which took command of all Scottish TA units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/sp/?id=2017-04-20.15.43|title=Defence Basing Reforms|date=20 April 2017|publisher=Scottish Parliament|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref>
'''52nd Lowland Regiment (52 LOWLAND), c. 1999'''
*HQ (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company at Maryhill, Glasgow
*A (Royal Scots) Company at Edinburgh and Bathgate
*B (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company at Ayr
*C (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company at Maryhill, Glasgow and Motherwell
*D (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) Company at Galashiels and Dumfries (Mortar Platoon at Dumfries transferred to B Coy in 2001, retaining KOSB affiliation)
As part of the [[Delivering Security in a Changing World|Delivering Security in a Changing World Review]] of the Armed Forces, the 52nd Lowland Regiment was amalgamated with the other Regiments of the [[Scottish Division]] to become 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The [[Royal Regiment of Scotland]], which was formed on 28 March 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-infantry/royal-regiment-of-scotland-2.html|title=Royal Regiment of Scotland|publisher=British Army units 1945 on|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref> There was also further consolidation of sub-units, with D (King's Own Scottish Borderers) Company, based in Galashiels, amalgamating with A (Royal Scots) Company, to reflect the formation of the regular [[Royal Scots Borderers]].<ref name=bau/>
==Current locations and operations ==
[[Image:52LowlandColurs.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Two stands of [[Colours, standards and guidons|Colours]] were carried by 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland until the presentation of new colours by [[Anne, Princess Royal|The Princess Royal]] in May 2010 and again by [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]] at [[Holyrood Park]] in July 2011.
The previous colours were inherited from the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers. The colours were first presented in 1985 by [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|The Princess Margaret]]. The Queen's Colours are based on the [[Union Flag]] and the [[Regimental colours|Regimental Colours]] upon [[The Saltire]].]]
===Order of Battle===
The Battalion [[Headquarters and Headquarters Company|Headquarters]] is based at [[Walcheren Barracks]] in [[Maryhill]], Glasgow and the Battalion currently has one Support [[Company (military unit)|Company]] and three Rifle Companies, which also incorporate various [[Heavy weapons platoon|Support Weapons]] platoons, based throughout the [[Scottish Lowlands]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/royal-regiment-of-scotland/|title=Royal Regiment of Scotland|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
'''52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (6 SCOTS), c. 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 July 2020|title=Army Reserve locations 2020|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/664382/response/1596315/attach/3/20200706%20FOI05506%20Arbeely%20Response%20Letter%20ArmySec.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1|website=Freedom of Information Response}}</ref>
*Battalion HQ & HQ (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company based at [[Walcheren Barracks|Walcheren Barracks, Glasgow]]
*A (Royal Scots Borderers) Company based in [[Edinburgh]]/[[Galashiels]]/[[Bathgate]]
*B (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company based in [[Ayr]]/[[Dumfries]]
*C (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company based in [[Glasgow]]/[[Motherwell]]
Its members formerly wore a black or white [[hackle]] on their [[Tam o'shanter (hat)|Tam o' Shanters]], the same as those worn by the 1st and 2nd Battalions respectively. In August 2010, the Battalion adopted a new grey hackle to distinguish it within the Royal Regiment of Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.scotsman.com/news/vital-times-conflict-105-regiment-royal-artillery-volunteers-1671535|title=Vital in times of conflict: 105 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers)|date=20 June 2011|newspaper=The Scotsman|access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref>
In the past, Headquarter Company of the 1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers maintained the direct lineage of the [[Glasgow Highlanders]] but rebadged as Royal Highland Fusiliers in 1973. D Company of the Lowland Volunteers also maintained the name and lineage of the [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)|Cameronians]], however it changed its affiliation to the [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]] in 1997.<ref name="bau" />
===Ceremonial===
In [[Public duties|ceremonial duties]], the Battalion has a [[military band]], The [[Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland]], formerly the [[Royal Scots]] Territorial Band. The 52nd Lowland Regiment also maintained a [[Pipe band|Pipes and Drums]], which from 2002 was under the direction of [[Pipe Major]] Gordon Walker, who was formerly a regular piper in the Royal Highland Fusiliers and an instructor at both the [[Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming]] and the [[College of Piping]]. The 52nd Lowland Pipes and Drums were very successful during a period of five years, becoming the best Pipe Band in the British Army at the time, reaching Grade Two of the [[World Pipe Band Championships]]. In 2007, owing to administrative constraints, the band opted to move en masse into civilian ranks and are now known as The [[Mauchline]] & District Caledonia Pipe Band.<ref>{{cite web|author=pipersplay |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8sSxw6GcXw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/_8sSxw6GcXw |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=52nd Lowland Pipes and Drums perform ''Scottish Soldier'' with Isla St. Clair |via=YouTube |date=8 December 2007 |access-date=20 November 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://silvercap.co.uk/index.php/competitors |title=Pipe Major Gordon Walker |publisher=Silvercap.co.uk |access-date=20 November 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008162318/http://silvercap.co.uk/index.php/competitors |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Lowland Band continues to take part in military and civilian events all over the UK and the world on behalf of 6 SCOTS and the Royal Regiment of Scotland, including the Battalion's annual [[Beating Retreat]] and [[Remembrance Day]] ceremonies in [[George Square]], the [[Edinburgh Military Tattoo]] and the Opening of the [[Scottish Parliament]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070921085440/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-07/pa07-062.htm Scottish Parliament article on the Lowland Band]</ref> In August 2009 the Lowland Band was joined by the Combined Scottish Universities Officers Training Corps Pipes and Drums in an exercise to Ottawa, Canada where they participated in Fortissimo<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/cg-gc/events-evenements/index-eng.asp |title=Fortissimo | Ceremonial Guard | Army Reserve | Canadian Army | National Defence and the Canadian Forces |publisher=Army.forces.gc.ca |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903181258/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/cg-gc/events-evenements/index-eng.asp |archive-date=3 September 2011}}</ref> 2009 and the Changing the Guard by the Canadian Ceremonial Guard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/cg-gc/guard-garde-eng.asp |title=Ceremonial Guard | Ceremonial Guard | Army Reserve | Canadian Army | National Defence and the Canadian Forces |publisher=Army.forces.gc.ca |date=13 July 2011 |access-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830185921/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/cg-gc/guard-garde-eng.asp |archive-date=30 August 2011}}</ref>
===Training===
The majority of soldiers and officers in the battalion are part-time members with other full-time civilian careers or are in [[Further education|further]] or higher education. They train and acquire military skills in their spare-time during evening, weekend and holiday periods. Many members are entitled to special leave from their employer to train with the battalion. They are supported by a small number of full-time TA [[Non Regular Permanent Staff]], regular army [[Permanent Staff Instructor]]s and civilian administrative staff. Each member of the Battalion has a minimum commitment to serve 27 training days per annum, which normally includes a two-week-long annual camp in the UK or overseas, as well as regular weekly training evenings and monthly weekend training [[Military exercise|exercises]] in locations throughout Scotland such as [[Garelochhead Training Area|Garelochhead]], [[Barry Buddon Training Area|Barry Buddon]] and [[Dundrennan Range|Kirkcudbright]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/43345/dte_info_leaflet_scotland.pdf|title=Defence Training Estate Scotland|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
After the [[Strategic_Defence_Review_(1998)#SDR_New_Chapter|SDR New Chapter]] was published in 2001, the Battalion took on an additional formal domestic role as the mainstay of [[British 51st Infantry Brigade|51st (Scottish) Brigade's]] [[Military Aid to the Civil Community|Civil Contingency Reaction Force]] (CCRF) in the Scottish Lowlands, which entails the provision of ad hoc support to the emergency services if required.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5113010.stm |title=Huge army 'contingency' exercise |work=BBC News |date=24 June 2006 |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www2.army.mod.uk/15brigade/civil_contingency_reaction_force.htm British Army – Details of CCRF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313154543/http://www.army.mod.uk/15brigade/civil_contingency_reaction_force.htm |date=13 March 2008 }}</ref> The Battalion's Area of Responsibility is contiguous with that of the [[Lothian and Borders Police]], [[Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary]] and Southern divisions of [[Strathclyde Police]].
===Operations===
The Battalion's primary operational role is to provide reserve contingents to augment its two affiliated regular Battalions and the wider Royal Regiment of Scotland during any Large Scale Deliberate Intervention (LSDI) Operations. Many members routinely volunteer to serve individually alongside their affiliated regular Battalions or as part of Territorial composite sub-unit formations of up to company-sized strength on exercise and operations all over the world, including [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus|Cyprus]], [[United Nations Protection Force|Bosnia]], [[Kosovo Force|Kosovo]], [[Operation Banner|Northern Ireland]] and, most recently, on [[Operation Herrick]] in Afghanistan and [[Operation Telic]] in Iraq, especially on [[Op TELIC 2|TELIC II]] and [[Operation Telic order of battle#3rd Roulement (Operation TELIC IV)|TELIC IV]], the former on which two fatalities were suffered in 2003, whilst attached to the [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/03/british_casualties/html/default.stm |title=BBC report of Operation TELIC Casualties |work=BBC News |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/beeston.htm |title=Report of incident involving death of 52nd Lowland Soldier at Ali As Sharqi |publisher=Operations.mod.uk |date=6 November 2009 |access-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821104926/http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/beeston.htm |archive-date=21 August 2009}}</ref> 52nd Lowland Regiment was also noted for its involvement in the defence of [[CIMIC-House]] in [[Al Amarah]] during August 2004.<ref>{{cite news|author=Audrey Gillan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/14/iraq.military |title=The weekend warriors go to war – ''The Guardian, Thursday 14 October 2004'' |work=The Guardian |___location=UK |access-date=20 November 2011 |date=14 October 2004}}</ref>
Most operational deployments are for a fixed six-month [[roulement]], although when pre-deployment training and post operational leave are taken into account, members can be away from their work and families for up to ten months. Members of the TA can be mobilised for overseas operations in this way once every three years, although it is rarely more often than once every five years, under the terms of the [[Reserve Forces Act 1996]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/14 |title=Reserve Forces Act 1996|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
From August 2007 until February 2008, 52nd Lowland deployed Bremen [[Platoon]], a composite [[Force protection]] formation in support of [[151st (London) Transport Regiment|151st Transport Regiment]], based at HQ [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]], in the [[Kabul]] area of Afghanistan, as part of Operation Herrick VII, on a 6-month [[Roulement]]. This was the first complete 52nd Lowland sub-unit formation deployed since the Second World War and the platoon received a commendation from ISAF commander [[Dan K. McNeill|General McNeill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/Archives/2008/March/scottishtroopsafghanmedals.htm |title=Glasgow City Council – Scottish troops receive Afghanistan medals from Lord Provost |publisher=Glasgow.gov.uk |access-date=28 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517194802/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/Archives/2008/March/scottishtroopsafghanmedals.htm |archive-date=17 May 2011 }}</ref>
The battalion continues to contribute volunteer reservists in order to sustain the regular [[Royal Regiment of Scotland]]'s and wider British Army's overseas operational deployments, with some elements of the Battalion also volunteering to deploy on [[British Forces Cyprus|Operation Tosca]] as part of the [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus]] in 2008 and as part of the [[Black Watch|3 SCOTS]] [[Battlegroup (army)|battlegroup]] on [[Operation Herrick order of battle|Operation Herrick X]] from April 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmwms/archive/070425.htm#hddr_2 |title=Hansard – Amendment to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 in respect of UNFICYP |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/BlackWatchSeizeTalibanWeapons.htm |title=Black Watch Battlegroup on Operation Herrick X |publisher=Mod.uk |access-date=28 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419110346/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/BlackWatchSeizeTalibanWeapons.htm |archive-date=19 April 2009 }}</ref>
==Lineage==
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|- style="text-align: center; background: #F08080;"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="6"|'''Lineage'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="6" style="width:5%; "| '''52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, [[The Royal Regiment of Scotland]]'''
| rowspan="6" style="width:5%; "| '''52nd Lowland Regiment'''
| rowspan="3" style="width:5%; "| '''3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, [[The Royal Highland Fusiliers]]'''
| rowspan="3" style="width:5%; "| '''1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers'''
| rowspan="3" style="width:5%; "| '''52nd Lowland Volunteers (TAVR II)'''
| style="width:5%; "| '''8th/9th Battalion, [[Royal Scots]]'''
|-
| style="width:5%; text-align:center;"|'''4th/5th Battalion, [[Royal Scots Fusiliers]]'''
|-
| style="width:5%; text-align:center;"|'''5th/6th Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]]'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3" style="width:5%; "| '''The Lowland Volunteers'''
| rowspan="3" style="width:5%; "| '''2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers'''
| rowspan="2" style="width:5%; "| '''3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (TAVR III)'''
| style="width:5%; "| '''1st [[Glasgow Highlanders]] Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry'''
|-
| style="width:5%; text-align:center;"| '''4th/5th Battalion, [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" style="width:5%; "| '''The Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials (TAVR III)'''
| style="width:5%; "| '''6th/7th Battalion, [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)]]'''
|-
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==Alliances==
*{{RSA}} – [[Chief Maqoma Regiment]]
*{{RSA}} – [[Bambatha Rifles]]
*{{CAN}} – [[The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada]]
*{{CAN}} – [[Canadian Scottish Regiment|The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)]]
*{{CAN}} – [[Royal Newfoundland Regiment]]
*{{CAN}} – [[The Royal New Brunswick Regiment|1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York)]]
*{{AUS}} – [[25th/49th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment|25th/49th Battalion, The Royal Queensland Regiment]]
==See also==
* [[Armed forces in Scotland]]
* [[Military history of Scotland]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111003033427/http://www.52lowlandband.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/1.html The Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland]
*[http://www.bebo.com/52lowland 6 SCOTS Bebo Webpage]
*[http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2005776&id=1095674190#/group.php?gid=74541039467&ref=ts 6 SCOTS Facebook Webpage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090430055319/http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/10056.aspx 51 (Scottish) Brigade Webpage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090304013015/http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/2080.aspx 2nd Division Website]
*[http://www.lowlandrfca.org.uk/ Lowland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040724053455/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/67Lowld2.htm Regimental Chronology]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192844/http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/pages/17,The_Territorial_Army.html.html History of Royal Scots Territorials]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930032153/http://www.kosb.co.uk/history.htm History of Kings Own Scottish Borderers, including Territorials]
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