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The Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994, when it was amalgamated with The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons).
The regiment was raised in Aberdeenshire by General George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, as the 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 10 February 1794. [2] It embarked for Gibraltar in September 1794 [3] and then moved on to Corsica in June 1795. [4]
The Gordon Highlanders Museum is based in Aberdeen, Scotland and celebrates the story of the Gordon Highlanders regiment, which originated as the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in 1794, merged with the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881 and was then amalgamated into a new larger unit of the British Army in 1994.
Prior to 28 March 2006, the Highlanders was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was one of only two in the British Army with a Gaelic motto – Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Help the King". [3] (The other is the Royal Irish Regiment.) [4]
1st Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders, Highland Light Infantry (1949–1959) 11th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (1947–1967) 4th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (1947–1961) 5th/6th (Banff, Buchan and Donside) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (1947–1961) London Scottish, Gordon Highlanders (1947–1967) 3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (1961 ...
The 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot, was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881.
Two regiments named the "Gordon Highlanders" have been raised from the Clan Gordon. The first was the 81st Regiment of Foot (Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment) formed in 1777 by the Hon. Colonel William Gordon, son of the Earl of Aberdeen and was disbanded in 1783. The second was the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot raised by Alexander ...
The Gordon Highlanders were right in front. With the advance of the British, the Boers set fire to the veld. The regimental history of the Gordon Highlanders states – "The leading battalion of the 19th Brigade were the Gordon's, there was no chance for selection. Their extension and advance were conducted with machine like regularity.