The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment
Armorial Description
Two sprays of thistle supporting a scroll in the shape of a pointed arch,
bearing the designation THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH; across the thistles a
scroll breaing the motto SEMPER PARATUS; in the centre a shield bearing in
chief three seaxes barwise (alluding to the arms of the County Council of
Essex) in base the White Horse of Kent; the whole surmounted by a lions head
erased.
Official Abbreviation: E & K Scot
Motto: Semper Paratus (Always ready)
Battle Honours (36)
First World War
YPRES, 1915,'17
HILL 70
Festubert, 1915
PASSCHENDAELE
Mount Sorrel
AMIENS
SOMME, 1916,'18
Scarpe, 1918
FLERS-COURCELETTE
HINDENBURG LINE
Thiepval
Canal du Nord
Ancre Heights
CAMBRAI, 1918
Arras, 1917,'18
PURSUIT TO MONS
VIMY, 1917
France and Flanders, 1915-18
Second World War
DIEPPE
SOUTH BEVELAND
BOURGUEBUS RIDGE
The Rhineland
St. Andre-sur-Orne
GOCH-CALCAR ROAD
FALAISE
THE HOCHWALD
Falaise Road
XANTEN
Clair Tizon
Twente Canal
Foret de la Londe
GRONINGEN
THE SCHELDT
OLDENBURG
Woensdrecht
North-West Europe, 1942, 1944-45
Regimental Headquarters:
Windsor Armouries
37 University Avenue East
Windsor, Ontario
N9A 6J4
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