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The regiment was raised from the Sutherland Fencibles by Major-General William Wemyss on behalf of the Countess of Sutherland as the 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot on 16 April 1799. [1] The first muster of the regiment took place at Skail in Strathnaver in August 1800. [ 2 ]
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) is a light infantry company (designated as Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland) and was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Scotland on 28 March 2006.
When the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, to become Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, nine pre-existent militia and volunteer battalions of Argyllshire, Buteshire, Dumbartonshire, Kinross-shire, Renfrewshire, and ...
Including their antecedents, the 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire) Regiment; the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment; The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada; and the militia battalions. A. Major John Thompson McKellar Anderson VC DSO (1918–1943)
93rd Highland Regiment F.C. was a British football club, formed from the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Regiment of Foot.The club played at a senior level in England, Scotland, and India, depending on where it was stationed; it is the only club to have played in both the FA Cup and the Highland Football League, doing so 20 years apart.
The Regimental Colour is in the regiment's facing colour, yellow, and bears a crimson circle inscribed with 'The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)' surmounted by a crown in the middle. Centred on the crimson circle is a leopard's head, the central device from the regimental cap badge.
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1946–1968) 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1946–1948) 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) (1961–1968)
58th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 154th (Argyll and Sutherland) Brigade 277th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery