Flag of The Essex and Kent Scottish

Blazon

(Regimental Colour) Azure on a guze an escutcheon Gules bearing three seaxes in pale hilts to the dexter above a horse forcene Argent and encircled by an annulus Sanguine edged and inscribed THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH Or, ensigned by the Royal Crown and environed by two branches of thistles and autumnal maple leaves proper bound in base by a ribbon Gules surmounted by a scroll Argent edged Or inscribed SEMPER PARATUS in letters Sable, the whole within two laurel branches Or fructed Gules each surmounted by twelve scrolls Argent edged Or inscribed in letters Sable those to the dexter with DETROIT; NIAGARA; SOMME, 1916, ’18; VIMY, 1917; PASSCHENDAELE; HINDENBURG LINE; PURSUIT TO MONS; BOURGUEBUS RIDGE; THE SCHELDT; GOCH-CALCAR ROAD; XANTEN; OLDENBURG; those to the sinister with MAUMEE; YPRES, 1915, ’17; FLEURS-COURCELETTE; HILL 70; AMIENS; CAMBRAI, 1918; DIEPPE; FALAISE; SOUTH BEVELAND; THE HOCHWALD; GRONINGEN; AFGHANISTAN;

Symbolism

The maple leaves and Royal Crown represent service to Canada and to the Sovereign. The thistles are common devices among badges of highland infantry regiments. The three seaxes refer to the arms of Essex County, England, and the white horse is from the arms of Kent County, England, these counties being the locations of the regiment’s former allied regiments The Essex Regiment and The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment. SEMPER PARATUS, a Latin phrase meaning “Always ready,” is the regiment’s motto. The scrolls record the battle honours given to the regiment.