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
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 Bn 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
1711:
William Breton’s
1715:
Viscount Shanon’s
1721:
John Middleton’s
1732:
Earl of Rothes’s
1737: James St. Clair’s

1745:
Baron Semphill’s
1746:
Earl of Crawford’s
1747:
Earl of Panmure’s
1747: ranked as 1st Foot
ranked as 25th Foot
1751: 1st (Royal)
Regiment of Foot

25th (Edinburgh)
Regiment of Foot


1st-Foot

25th-Foot
1782:

25th (Sussex)
Regiment of Foot

1795:
2nd Bn raised
1796:
2nd Bn disbanded
1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1804: 3rd Bn and 4th Bn raised
2nd Bn raised
1805:

25th (King’s Own Borderers)
Regiment of Foot

1812: 1st Regiment of Foot
(Royal Scots)



1816: 4th Bn disbanded
2nd Bn disbanded
1817: 3rd Bn disbanded

1860:
2nd Bn raised
1st Foot
25th Foot
layout
25th Foot
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
1881: 1st Bn,    2nd Bn, 1st Bn,    2nd Bn,
The Lothian Regiment
(Royal Scots)
The York Regiment
(King’s Own Borderers)
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
The King’s Own Borderers
Lothian
Kings-Own-Borderers
The-Royal-Scots
Kings-Own-Borderers
1887:
The King’s Own
Scottish Borderers
layout
KOSB
RS
KOSB
1921: The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment)



1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1948:
2nd Bn disbanded
1948:
part of
The Lowland Brigade
part of
The Lowland Brigade
1949: 2nd Bn disbanded

1958: Lowland
Lowland
1968:
part of
The Scottish Division
part of
The Scottish Division
RS
KOSB
2006: The Royal Scots Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of Scotland

The King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of Scotland
layout layout
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion
The Royal Regiment of Scotland
SCOTS
2021: 1st Battalion,
The Ranger Regiment