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English: The tartan of the band (musicians) of the 42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch) used at least as early as 1780 through to c. 1865, and also used by the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders bandsmen from c. 1830s to c. 1865 (both later switched to regular Black Watch tartan for musicians). The pattern is Black Watch with the black replaced by red.
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.
The earliest image of Scottish soldiers wearing tartan (belted plaids and trews); 1631 German engraving by Georg Köler.[a]Regimental tartans are tartan patterns used in military uniforms, possibly originally by some militias of Scottish clans, certainly later by some of the Independent Highland Companies (IHCs) raised by the British government, then by the Highland regiments and many Lowland ...
76th Regiment of Foot (MacDonald's Highlanders) 1777–1784 [120] 1756 Raised 1777, disbanded 1784. [120] 76th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot 1787–1812 [120] 76th Regiment of Foot 1812–1881 [120] 1787 Raised by Honourable East India Company for service in India. [120] 1881: 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Royal ...
On 30 April 1782, the War Office notified Sir Guy Carleton, Commander in Chief of British forces in North America, that due to the death of Lieutenant General Fraser, the two battalions of the 71st were to be formed into two distinct units, the 71st Regiment under the command of Colonel Thomas Stirling of the 42nd Regiment, and the Second 71st Regiment under the command of the Earl of ...
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The regiment was known as the "Young Royal Highlanders" until it turned into the 84th Regiment. [29] Small was involved with also recruiting new immigrants as they arrived off transports from the British Isles. On one occasion, the transport George arrived in New York with 172 immigrant Highlanders. Major Small went aboard, explained the ...