Armed forces in Scotland
This is a list of active military units, bases and barracks of the British Armed Forces in Scotland since the Treaty of Union 1707, when the Kingdom of Scotland relinquished its independence and formed a union with the Kingdom of England to the create the Kingdom of Great Britain. As a result, Scottish armed forces were merged, together with the English armed forces, into the British Army. The armed forces in Scotland include the military bases and organisation in Scotland or associated with Scotland. This includes servicemen and women from Scotland and Scottish regiments and brigades. The Military in Scotland includes the three services. The Army (regular and reserve) which has bases across Scotland, the RAF and the Navy.
Prior to the Treaty of Union 1707, the Kingdom of Scotland's army was the Scots Army and its navy was the Royal Scots Navy. Today, the Royal Regiment of Scotland – the most senior and only Scottish regiment line infantry of the British Armed Forces – consists of several infantry battalions, namely, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, the Black Watch, the Highlanders and the Balaklava Company, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Its reserve battalions include the 52nd Lowland Volunteers, the 51st Highland Volunteers, the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and the Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The Scots Guards is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland.