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THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH
Description
A shield of gules edged with gold with three sabers (seax) of silver one on the other, the guards with dexter, accompanied in point of a prancing horse of the same, the whole surrounded by a listel of gules surmounted by a lion's head surrounded by gold, turned in a point and linking two natural thistle thistles, inscribed in chief THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH and in point SEMPER and PARATUS in gold letters.
Symbolism
This badge reproduces the badge of The Essex Scottish, to which was added the white horse of the badge of the Kent Regiment, these two regiments having been amalgamated in 1954. The three slate knives, present in the coat of arms of the county of Essex, in England, evoke the old Allied regiment The Essex Regiment (now The Royal Anglian Regiment, resulting from a merger). The white horse, present in the coat of arms of Kent County, Ontario, and in that of the county of the same name in England, evokes the former Allied regiment The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (now The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, from of a merger). Thistle, the floral emblem of Scotland, and the lion are often used in badges of mountain infantry regiments. "THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH" is the name of the regiment and "SEMPER PARATUS" is its motto.