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The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot. It was known as The ...
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.
There are 16 Canadian-Scottish infantry regiments, and one Canadian-Scottish artillery regiment in Canada's Primary Reserve. The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada is the senior Canadian-Scottish infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Canadian-Scottish regiments in the Canadian Army Reserve:
E ^ William Mackintosh was acting under the command of Angus Mackintosh, chief of Clan Mackintosh, [69] who was a captain in the Black Watch Regiment (43rd Highlanders). [70] F ^ The chief of the Clan Mackenzie in 1745 was Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose who supported the British Government and raised three Independent Highland Companies.
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.
The 'captain' of the Chattan confederation, Lady Anne's husband Aeneas Mackintosh, was an officer in Government service in the Black Watch and command was given to Alexander MacGillivray. The unit suffered very heavy casualties at Culloden, including most officers, and dispersed immediately afterwards. Lord Lovat's Regiment
This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme. ... Black Watch [Note 24] 1/4th Bn, Gordon Highlanders ... (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment: 1 ...
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