Great Britain

The Royal Scots

The King’s Own Borderers

1625:	John Hepburn’s Regiment │
1627:	in Danish service │
1630:	in Swedish service │
	Kingdom of Scotland
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1633:	The Royal Regiment of Foot on the Scottish establishment │
1635:	in French service Régiment de Hebron │
1637:	Régiment de Douglas │
1637:	Régiment de Dumbarton │
1662:	in English service │
1662:	in French service │
1667:	in English service │
1667:	in French service │
1678:	on the English establishment │
1684:	His Majesty’s Royal Regiment of Foot Earl of Dumbarton’s │
1686:	2nd Battalion raised │
1688:	Duke of Schomberg’s │
1689:	│ │ │ │	Edinburgh Regiment of Foot Earl of Leven’s │
1691:	Robert Douglas’s │	│ │
1692:	Earl of Orkney’s │	│ │
1694:	│ │	James Maitland’s │
1707:	Kingdom of Great Britain
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1711:	│ │	William Breton’s │
1715:	│ │	Viscount Shanon’s │
1721:	│ │	John Middleton’s │
1732:	│ │	Earl of Rothes’s │
1737:	James St. Clair’s │	│ │
1742:	ranked as 1st Foot │	ranked as 25th Foot │
1745:	│ │	Baron Semphill’s │
1746:	│ │	Earl of Crawford’s │
1747:	│ │	Earl of Panmure’s │
1751:	1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot │	25th (Edinburgh) Regiment of Foot │
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1782:	│ │ │	25th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot │
1795:	│ │	2nd Battalion raised │
1796:	│ │	2nd Battalion disbanded │
1801:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1804:	3rd Battalion and 4th Battalion raised │	2nd Battalion raised │
1805:	│ │ │	25th (King’s Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot │
1812:	1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) │	│ │ │
1816:	4th Battalion disbanded │	2nd Battalion disbanded │
1817:	3rd Battalion disbanded │	│ │
1860:	│ │	2nd Battalion raised │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	1st Battalion,    2nd Battalion,	1st Battalion,    2nd Battalion,
	The Lothian Regiment (Royal Scots) │	The York Regiment (King’s Own Borderers) │
	The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) see also the Militia Battalion and the Edinburgh Volunteer Battalions and more Volunteer Battalions and one more Volunteer Battalion	The King’s Own Borderers no regimental district formed
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1887:	│ │ │ │	The King’s Own Scottish Borderers see also the Militia Battalion and the Volunteer Battalions
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1921:	The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) │	│ │ │
1922:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1948:	│ │	2nd Battalion disbanded │
1948:	part of The Lowland Brigade │	part of The Lowland Brigade │
1949:	2nd Battalion disbanded │	│ │
1958:	│	│
1968:	part of The Scottish Division │	part of The Scottish Division │
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2006:	The Royal Scots Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland │ │	The King’s Own Scottish Borderers Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland │
	The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
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2021:	1st Battalion, The Ranger Regiment

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