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The 42nd Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 10 June 1915. It disembarked in France on 9 October 1915, where it fought as part of the 7th Canadian Brigade , 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war.
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) The Riley’s [6] Royal Newfoundland Regiment: The Blue Puttees [11] The Royal Regiment of Canada: The Royals; Royal Regina Rifles: The Regina’s [6] The John's: from the Second World War most members were from Saskatchewan farming backgrounds ie "Farm John" Royal Westminster Regiment: The ...
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 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 to form two battalions of the newly named Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). The 42nd became the 1st Battalion, and the 73rd became the 2nd Battalion. [6]
0–9. 42nd Regiment of Foot; 51st Highland Volunteers; 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders; 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot; 72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders
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.
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - regiment formed in 1881 from the 42nd/43rd Highlanders Regiment until 2006. Black Watch - the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland formed in 2006. Loudon's Highlanders - Highland regiment formed in the 18th century. John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun - founder of the above regiment.
42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF; 73rd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF; B. Bishop's College School; Black Friday (1944)