The Black Watch regiment was the first and now I think the last Scottish regiment left in the UK army. The other once proud regiments are now represented by mere companies and battalions.
Not quite. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards remain very much at full Regimental strength with four squadrons of Challenger II tanks, very much an important part of the British military establishment as Scotland's only cavalry regiment. Further details at the FReeppost Black Watch post *here*.
Now both units are serving with the British 7 th Armored Brigade, the legendary British Desert Rats whose insignia was the little red desert jebael mouse, and who, I expect, will long be telling the tale of the time they've spent in this war, fighting as they are alongside the U.S. four-star general serving as the commander of the U.S. Fifth Corps. It's hard to imagine that few Yanks seem to have yet made the connection.
