Black Watch

Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Cap badge of the Black Watch
Founded	1 July 1881 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Line infantry
Role	Recce-strike
Size	Battalion
Part of	11th Brigade
Garrison/HQ	RHQ – Balhousie Castle[1] Battalion – Fort George, Inverness
Motto(s)	Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin) "No One Provokes Me with Impunity"
March	Quick: "All the Blue Bonnets Are O'er the Border" Slow: "The Garb of Old Gaul" Pipes & Drums Quick: "Hielan' Laddie" Pipes & Drums Slow: "My Home" Pipes & Drums Slow: "Highland Cradle Song"
Anniversaries	Red Hackle Day (5 January)
Battle honours	see below
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Robert Smith
Royal Colonel	The King
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Hackle	Red

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot. It was known as The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) from 1881 to 1931 and The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) from 1931 to 2006. Part of the Scottish Division for administrative purposes from 1967, it was the senior Highland regiment. It has been part of the Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division for administrative purposes since 2017.