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The 1st, or the Royal Regiment 1871 The 1st, or The Royal Scot Regiment 1881 The Lothian Regiment (Royal Scots) 1882 The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Letter crest
The Royal Regiment worn prior to 1871 (Dress Regulations 1864) (Ryan fig.3)
Other Rank’s centres with different 1’s, Pre.1871
The Royal Scots Regiment worn post 1871 until 1894 when a Dirk Plate was adopted. (Dress Regulations 1883 1891) (Ryan fig,4)
“GOD IS OUR DEFENCE” / “E.R.V.”
Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers became 4th Volunteer Battalion Royal Scots in 1888.
