Royal Highland Regiment

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The Royal Highland Regiment, better known as the Black Watch, is a historic Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army renowned for its distinctive dark tartan and distinguished combat service.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Royal Highland Regiment canonical 2
Royal Highlanders 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
Scottish regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
associatedWith Black Watch tartan ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Scotland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
conflict Crimean War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

Seven Years' War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decoratedWith multiple battle honours ⓘ
garrison Perth, Scotland ⓘ
hasAlias Black Watch ⓘ
The Black Watch ⓘ
hasBattleHonour El Alamein ⓘ
Korea 1951–52 ⓘ
linked to: Korea 1951–1952

Normandy 1944 ⓘ
linked to: D-Day

Somme ⓘ
linked to: Somme River

Ticonderoga ⓘ
Waterloo ⓘ
hasEthnicDesignation Highland ⓘ
hasMotto Nemo me impune lacessit ⓘ
hasNickname The Watch ⓘ
hasTradition Highland dress ⓘ
piping and drumming ⓘ
hasUniformFeature dark tartan ⓘ
kilt ⓘ
red hackle ⓘ
notableFor distinctive dark tartan ⓘ
distinguished combat service ⓘ
service in NATO operations ⓘ
service in the British Empire ⓘ
partOf Infantry of the British Army ⓘ
raisedIn Scotland ⓘ
role light role infantry ⓘ
mechanised infantry ⓘ
typeOfInfantry line infantry ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Watch → nickname → Royal Highland Regiment ⓘ
42nd Regiment of Foot → hasAlias → Royal Highland Regiment ⓘ
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) → nickname → Royal Highlanders ⓘ
linked to: Royal Highland Regiment