The Scots Guards are a regiment of the British Army. The regiment cherishes its traditions, especially on the parade ground where the scarlet uniform and bearskin have become synonymous with the regiment and the other Guards regiments. The regiment takes part in numerous events, most notably the Beating Retreat, Changing of the Guard, Queen's Birthday Parade, Remembrance Sunday and State Visits. The Guards' regiments ceremonial uniforms differ from each other only slightly, the differentiations being in the tunic and the type of plume on the bearskin, if any, they have. The Scots Guards uniform consists of tunic buttons in threes, the Order of the Thistle on the shoulder badge, the Thistle on the collar badge and no plume on the bearskin. World War II history Both battalions were back in the UK by 1946, having returned from Germany and Trieste respectively. In 1948, the 1st Battalion assumed the role of Guards Training Battalion, a role that lasted until 1951. The Malayan Emergency The 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards, as a part of the 2nd Guards Brigade was deployed to Malaya in October to crush a communist led anti-colonial uprising known as the Malayan Emergency. The communist rebels, known as the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), were led by veteran anti-fascist and trade union leader Chin Peng, were a continuation of an earlier communist guerrilla force known as the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army which was funded by the British to resist the Japanese occupation of Malaya. During its time in Malaya, the 2nd Battalion performed a variety of duties, including, in their involvement in the Emergency, guarding duties, patrolling into the dense jungle, and assaults upon MNLA guerrillas. The patrols were difficult for the Commonwealth forces, who did not know where the MNLA guerrillas were positioned, and who had to contend with all the many aspects of the jungle, such as the diverse animals and sounds that make the jungle their home (especially leeches), with the soldiers having probably been accustomed to living in relatively wide-open cities. A very apparent danger was the deadly booby traps laid by the MNLA Patrols at times, despite hard slogging in the energy-sapping jungle, gave very little to show for the hard-work, but when contact was made with the MNLA, it invariably ended in fierce, close-quarters combat, with much valour and professionalism often displayed by the battalion. By the time the battalion departed Malaya