The 2nd Battalion was once more involved in war when it deployed to Malaya to fight in the Malayan Emergency against anti-colonial rebels of the Malayan National Liberation Army.
During their time in Malaya the Scots Guards were involved in the Batang Kali massacre in which 24 unarmed civilians were killed.
Then in late 1951, the 1st Battalion was deployed to Cyprus and in February 1952, the battalion deployed to the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt.
Both the 1st and 2nd Battalion deployed to Northern Ireland during the Troubles in the early 1970s.

During the Falklands War in 1982 the main force of the Scots Guards began its advance on the western side of Mount Tumbledown.
During the course of the battle in the early hours of 14 June 1982, men of the 2nd Battalion 'wearing berets instead of helmets' launched a bayonet charge on the stout Argentinian defenders which resulted in bitter and bloody fighting, and was one of the last bayonet charges by the British Army.

In 2004 the 1st Battalion deployed to Iraq on a 6-month posting as part of 4th Armoured Brigade.
The 4th Brigade relieved 1st Mechanised Brigade, and joined the Multi-National Division (South East), which was under UK command.

The 1st Battalion will move back to Bourlon Barracks and  fall under the command of the new Strike Brigade as a result of the Army 2020 Refine reforms.
The 2nd Battalion was once more involved in war when it deployed to Malaya to fight in the Malayan Emergency against anti-colonial rebels of the Malayan National Liberation Army. During their time in Malaya the Scots Guards were involved in the Batang Kali massacre in which 24 unarmed civilians were killed. Then in late 1951, the 1st Battalion was deployed to Cyprus and in February 1952, the battalion deployed to the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt. Both the 1st and 2nd Battalion deployed to Northern Ireland during the Troubles in the early 1970s.
During the Falklands War in 1982 the main force of the Scots Guards began its advance on the western side of Mount Tumbledown. During the course of the battle in the early hours of 14 June 1982, men of the 2nd Battalion 'wearing berets instead of helmets' launched a bayonet charge on the stout Argentinian defenders which resulted in bitter and bloody fighting, and was one of the last bayonet charges by the British Army.
In 2004 the 1st Battalion deployed to Iraq on a 6-month posting as part of 4th Armoured Brigade. The 4th Brigade relieved 1st Mechanised Brigade, and joined the Multi-National Division (South East), which was under UK command.
The 1st Battalion will move back to Bourlon Barracks and  fall under the command of the new Strike Brigade as a result of the Army 2020 Refine reforms.
Scots Guards