Dreghorn Barracks (Edinburgh)

Garrison 1st Battalion (The Royal Scots Borders):
The Royal Regiment of Scotland

The Royal Scots Borderers is the name given to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS). The battalion was formed in August 2006 by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers.The origins of the portmanteau, Royal Scots Borderers, dates from the 1990 Options for Change review, when it was initially announced that the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers would amalgamate. This amalgamation was subsequently rescinded and the loss of a battalion transferred to the Queen's Division, which led to the formation of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.

The battalion wears a flat black hackle behind the Royal Regiment of Scotland cap badge on the TOS (Tam O' Shanter) to distinguish itself as the Royal Scots Borderers. It recruits its soldiers from Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, the Lothians, Borders and parts of Lanarkshire, which was traditionally the recruiting ground of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) until they were disbanded in 1968. The battalion home headquarters and museums are based at Edinburgh Castle for The Royal Scots and Berwick for The King's Own Scottish Borderers. A Company of 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland maintains an affiliation to the 1st Battalion.

The Battalion deployed to Afghanistan in early March 2010 under 4 Mechanized Brigade on Operation HERRICK 12. Initially deploying as a composite group to form the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team Battle Group (OMLT BG), the battle group, shortly after deployment, restructured and rebranded as the 3/215 Brigade Advisor Group. The Advisor Group now has a number of advisor teams embedded within the Afghan National Army (ANA) across the Helmand Area of Operations (AO)

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Info on the three sites comprising the City of Edinburgh Garrison is at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redford_Barracks
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