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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.
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.
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 ...
Sometimes, the nicknames themselves have overshadowed the actual regimental title, e.g. the "Van Doos" for the Royal 22 e Régiment. 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.
42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF; 73rd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF; B. Bishop's College School; Black Friday (1944)
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.
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, an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I; 42nd Battalion, CEF, reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army; 42nd Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment, one of the 4 armoured infantry battalions of the Singapore Army