Badge of The Essex and Kent Scottish

Blazon

On a shield Gules fimbriated Or three seaxes in pale points to the sinister, in base a horse forcene Argent, all environed by a scroll Gules ensigned by a lion’s head erased Or, reversed at the base, binding two thistles slipped proper, and inscribed in chief THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH and in base SEMPER and PARATUS in letters Or;

Symbolism

The badge is based on the regimental badge of The Essex Scottish, with the addition of the white horse taken from the badge of The Kent Regiment, which were amalgamated in 1954. The three seaxes refer to the arms of Essex County, England, the location of the regiment’s former allied regiment The Essex Regiment (now, through amalgamation, The Royal Anglian Regiment). The white horse is from the arms of Kent County, Ontario and its namesake in England, the location of the regiment’s former allied regiment The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment (now, through amalgamation, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment). The thistles (the national flower of Scotland) and lion are common devices among badges of highland infantry regiment. “THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH” is the regimental title and “SEMPER PARATUS” is the motto of the regiment.