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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.
On 30 April 1782, the War Office notified Sir Guy Carleton, Commander in Chief of British forces in North America, that due to the death of Lieutenant General Fraser, the two battalions of the 71st were to be formed into two distinct units, the 71st Regiment under the command of Colonel Thomas Stirling of the 42nd Regiment, and the Second 71st Regiment under the command of the Earl of ...
These generally pre-date the more widely known Highland regiments (see below). The senior Lowland regiment was the Royal Scots (the Royal Regiment) which dates from 1633. The Royal Scots Fusiliers and the King's Own Scottish Borderers were subsequently raised in 1678 and 1689 respectively.
Historical reenactors attend a funeral for fourteen American and British soldiers who died fighting in the American Revolution in Camden, South Carolina on Saturday, April 22, 2023. But the dead ...
79th (Cameronian Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1804–1866 79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1866–1873 79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1873–1881 [124] 1793 Raised 16 August 1793. [115] [123] 1881: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: Royal Regiment of Scotland: 80: 80th (Light Armed) Regiment of Foot 1758 ...
HUDSON - A restaurant in Massachusetts was forced to close temporarily after threats were made against its workers. The messages came days after the staff served World War II reenactors who were ...
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The only survivors were a few wounded privates and Captain Thomas Souter, who had wrapped the regimental colours around his waist; the attackers assumed this meant he was a high-ranking officer. [42] Traces of weapons and equipment from the battle could be seen in the 1970s and as late as 2010, the bones of the dead still covered the hillside. [43]