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The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch.Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment (mustered 1739) and numbered 43rd in the line, in 1748, on the disbanding of Oglethorpe's Regiment of Foot, they were renumbered 42nd, and in 1751 formally titled the 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot.
When the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot, to become the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, seven pre-existent militia and volunteer battalions of Fife, Forfarshire, and Perthshire were integrated into the structure of the regiment.
3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot (The Royal Scots) Lieutenant Colonel Colin Campbell: 52 off 588 men 6 off 60 men 12 off 180 men 0 off 0 men 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, the "Black Watch" Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Macara(†) KCB: 39 off 550 men 3 off 42 men 14 off 228 men 0 off 0 men 2nd Battalion, 44th (East Essex) Regiment ...
A Highland Brigade was present at the Crimean War (1854–1856), as part of the 1st Division; it was initially under the command of Major-General Sir Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde). It played a significant role in the Battle of Alma. This Highland Brigade consisted of the: 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot
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The battle cost the lives of 50 British soldiers, including 29 of the 42nd Highlanders, seven of the 60th Royal Americans, six of the 77th Highlanders, and eight civilians and volunteers. [4] The confederacy of the Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Huron suffered an unknown number of casualties, which includes two prominent Delaware chiefs ...
42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Stirling: 639 44th Regiment of Foot: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hope 334 4th Brigade Major General Charles Grey 33rd Regiment of Foot: Lieutenant Colonel James Webster 365 37th Regiment of Foot: Major James Cousseau 386 46th Regiment of Foot: Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Markham 319
In 1756, he was called into active service and joined the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (also known as the Black Watch Regiment) and served under James Wolfe.. He was wounded in the Battle of Carillon in the French and Indian War and, on his recovery, was appointed major of the King's 17th Regiment of Foot, later the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, and now the Royal Anglian Regiment.