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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 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.
The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881.
Pages in category "Gordon Highlanders officers" The following 124 pages are in this category, out of 124 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
James Gordon Hay and Elizabeth Forbes Major Malcolm Vivian Hay of Seaton (1881–1962) was an officer in the Gordon Highlanders , a cryptographer during the First World War , a historian of Catholic and Jewish history, and the last Laird of Seaton House in Aberdeen, Scotland .
The first reference to a Gordon Highlanders football club is from the 1884–85 season, when the regiment was based in Devon.Usually based in Aberdeen, the club was a regular entrant to Highland competitions in the amateur era of football.
The Gordon Highlanders. Private E. Lawson. During the attack on the Dargai Heights on the 20th October, 1897, Private Lawson carried Lieutenant K. Dingwall, the Gordon Highlanders (who was wounded and unable to move), out of a heavy fire, and subsequently returned and brought in Private McMillan, being himself wounded in two places. [1]
On 22 January 1881, Gordon was commissioned as a subaltern, with the rank of second lieutenant, into the British Army. [5] That year, he served as an officer in the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and the Gordon Highlanders. [4]
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