The earliest record of The London Scottish Cadet Corps ("LSCC") was in 1902. It existed alongside our sponsors The London Scottish Regiment  Now A (London Scottish) COY The London Regiment. The London Scottish Cadets originally formed as a battalion with three companies and a pipe band. It was also one of a very few cadet battalions to be presented its own Colours. The LSCC is now 235 London Scottish Detachment a member of 23 Group Middlesex and NW London ACF. 235 lives on to share its traditions with the two other Cadet detachments in Greater London & South East Sector ACF.

Members wear the traditional scottish head dress, a Tam O'Shanter sporting the regimental tartan, the Hodden Grey, which has no pattern. This was a unique tradition brought about by Lord Elcho, the first commanding officer of the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers. To prevent inter-clan rivalries, it was decided that a tartan of neutral colour and of practical use should be adopted for use by the regiment. As Lord Elcho said "A soldier is a man hunter. As a deer stalker chooses the least visible of colours, so ought a soldier to be clad."