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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 ...
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.
171–191 South High Street is a pair of historic buildings in Downtown Columbus, Ohio.The commercial structures have seen a wide variety of retail and service uses through the 20th century, including shoe stores, groceries, opticians, hatters, jewelers, a liquor store, and a car dealership.
This version of the tartan is the predominantly used Gordon pattern today. The tartan the same as that of the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment tartan, in turn based on Black Watch. One of the Gordon red tartans, first recorded in 1930–1950, but probably considerably older
The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East is an autobiography of Alistair Urquhart describing his six and a half years spent as a Japanese prisoner of war during his service in the Gordon Highlanders infantry regiment during the Second World War. [1] [2] The book was first published on 25 February ...
Irish Cup Final 1889–90, Gordon Highlanders v Cliftonville sides, Northern Whig, 14 April 1890. The club's finest achievements came when the battalion was stationed in Belfast in 1889–90. The Gordons won the Irish Cup, surprising Linfield in the semi-final at Ulsterville, [3] and beating Cliftonville in the final after a replay.
But for Kyle Bohrer, owner of Gordon’s Butcher & Market, that scenario played out Wednesday, when Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance and his wife, Usha, stopped by the meat market at ...
From May 1796 as Colonel-in-Chief, he commanded the newly created regiment: the 92nd Highlanders (usually called the "Gordon Highlanders" in honour of his family). In 1798 he served with the regiment in Ireland as Brigadier General and went with them to Holland in 1799 On 2 October 1799 he was wounded at the battle at Egmont-op-Zee in Holland.