Black Guard Pipes and Drums of the Third Battalion of the Royal Scottish Regiment
The Black Guard is the first by seniority mountain regiment of Scotland. The unusual name is connected with the very dark colour of the regiment tartan (check figure) and its guard functions.
The Black Guard took part for the first time in battle operations on the continent near Fontenoy in Flandre. Since then the regiment participated almost in all the wars and
At present reorganized into a battalion of Royal Scottish Regiment, the Black Guard is quartered in Northern Ireland. The Battalion Band of Pipes and Drums have made numerous tourneys over Europe and USA.