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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.
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.
From 1988 to 2000, the Central Ohio Transit Authority operated a customer service center in the building. [29] [30] The site of 185–191 S. High Street was known as the Breyfogle corner. It held the Columbus Hotel, also known as the Red Lion Hotel, which Jeremiah Armstrong began operating as early as 1822.
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 ...
The Gay Gordons is a nickname of the Gordon Highlanders, a former infantry regiment of the British army. It is also applied to: Gay Gordons (solitaire), a form of the card game Solitaire (or Patience) Gay Gordons (dance), a popular ceilidh dance; The Gay Gordons, a 1907 musical comedy
Gordon was brevetted lieutenant colonel in the Gordon Highlanders in 1907. [7] Gordon also served as an aide-de-camp to King George V, [8] having been appointed to that position in October 1913. [9] On 4 May 1923 Gordon was placed on retired pay having achieved the rank of major although as previously noted he was a brevet lieutenant colonel. [10]