page_title: Transvaal Scottish Regiment
section_title: Battle honours
hierarchical_section_title: Transvaal Scottish Regiment / Battle honours
caption_attribution_description: English: SADF Transvaal Scottish 2nd Battalion Battle Honours
context_page_description: The Transvaal Scottish Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.
context_section_description: The Transvaal Scottish has the following battle honours on its regimental colours:
  Natal 1906
  South West Africa, 1914-1915
  East Africa (As part of the 1st Infantry Division and then later, as part of the independent 1st South African Infantry Brigade) 1940 - 1941
  El Wak
  The Juba
  Yonte
  Diredawa
  Combolcia
  Amba Alagi
  Western Desert (As part of the 1st Infantry Division) 1941-1943
  Sollum
  Sidi Rezegh
  Gazala
  Alem Hamza
  Acroma Keep
  Alamein Defence
  Mega
  El Alamein
  In addition, the regiment (along with the Cape Town Highlanders Regiment) still claims fifteen "missing" battle honours awarded for service in France and Flanders to the 4th South African Infantry (South African Scottish) battalion; these include some of the most famous in South Africa's military history:
  Egypt 1916
  Somme 1916
  Delville Wood
  Arras 1917
  Ypres 1917
  Menin Road
  Messines 1918
  Hindenburg Line
  Cambrai 1918
  Pursuit to Mons
  France and Flanders 1918
  Le Transloy
  Scarpe 1917
  Kemmel
  Lys
caption: Transvaal Scottish 2nd Battalion Battle Honours
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