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The regiment was re-ranked as the 92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot in October 1798. [2] The regiment embarked for Holland in August 1799 and saw action at the Battle of Alkmaar in October 1799 during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, an intervention which was aimed to overthrow the Batavian Republic, a French client republic. [9]
92nd Regiment of Foot 1779–1783 [153] 1779 Raised 1779. Disbanded 1783. [153] 92nd Regiment of Foot 1794–1795 1793 Raised as George Hewett's Regiment of Foot 1793, numbered as 92nd in 1794, disbanded 1795. [153] 92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1798–1861. 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1861–1881 [153] 1793
The 92nd Regiment of Foot, also known as the Yorkshire Rangers, was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in 1779 to provide garrison troops for the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War. [1]
Since reforms in 1747 each infantry regiment carried two colours, or flags, to identify it on the battlefield: a king's colour of the union flag and a regimental colour of the same colour as the regiment's facings. The colours were regarded as talismans of the regiment and it was considered a stain on the unit's honour if they were captured.
The Kings's colour of Barrell’s Regiment of Foot that was carried at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. National Museum of Scotland, accession number M.1931.299.2 [1]. Prior to 1743, each infantry regiment of the British Army was responsible for the design and quantity of standards carried, often with each company having its own design.
Colonels of the regiment were: [12] 1881–1890: (1st Battalion): Gen. John Thomas Hill (ex 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot) 1881–1884 (2nd Battalion): Gen. Mark Kerr Atherley (ex 92nd Gordon Highlanders) 1884–1895 (2nd Battalion only to 1890): Gen. Sir John Alexander Ewart, KCB; 1895–1897: Lt-Gen. Charles Edward Parke Gordon, CB
In Cambodia, the Colours of the Military and other uniformed institutions follow British, US, and French practice.. Until 2022, what was essentially a large version of the Flag of Cambodia with the unit name below in white in the bottom blue stripe was used as the King's Colour of RCAF formations before being reassigned as the National Colour for parades and ceremonies.
92nd Regiment or 92nd Infantry Regiment may refer to: 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery; 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; American Civil War regiments. 92nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 92nd Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment