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The 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. History.
In some cases the nickname actually replaced it: in 1881, the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot became officially known by its nickname, The Black Watch. What follows is a list of nicknames of Canadian regiments, arranged alphabetically by regimental title.
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada is a reserve infantry regiment in 34 Canadian Brigade Group, 2nd Canadian Division, of the Canadian Army.The regiment is located at 2067, rue Bleury (2067, Bleury Street) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is currently commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel R.M. Unger.
Detail from a painting showing 42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch) recruits being reviewed on Glasgow Green, c. 1758 42nd Regiment of Foot at Fontenoy, 1745 A Sentry at Ease, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1892 Major General Andrew Wauchope c.1899 The Black Watch in the Battle of Magersfontein, Second Boer War, 1899 Black Watch firing rifle grenade in 1917
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.
42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF: 7 November 1914 15 September 1920 The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada: 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), CEF: 7 November 1914 30 August 1920 The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada: 44th Battalion (Manitoba), CEF, later 44th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF: 7 ...
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Canadian soldiers aboard LCAs headed for Juno Beach Active 1915–1918 1940–1946 Country Canada Branch Canadian Army Type Infantry Size Brigade Part of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division Nickname(s) "Water Rats" Engagements World War I Western Front World War II Juno Beach Normandy landings Battle of Normandy Battle of the Scheldt Commanders Notable commanders ...
The Rifle and Highland battalions were regimented by forming Regular Force units of the senior rifle and highland regiments of the Militia, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. A further infantry regiment, the Canadian Airborne Regiment, was formed in 1968 as a new airmobile rapid-reaction ...
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