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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.
Napoleonic Wars Crimean War Indian Rebellion Battle of Majuba Hill: The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, raised ...
British Army: Type: Infantry Regiment: Size: One battalion (two battalions, 1794–96 and 1804–16) Garrison/HQ: Fort George, near Inverness (1873–81) [1] Nickname(s) The King's Men [2] Mascot(s) Elephant: Engagements: French Revolutionary Wars Second Maratha War Napoleonic Wars Anglo-Persian War Indian Rebellion Second Afghan War: Insignia ...
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions from 1813-1816 94th Regiment of Foot - called ‘The Scotch Brigade’ until 1802. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) - formed in 1800 as the Experimental Corps of Rifles, renamed the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) in 1803. 2nd Battalion raised in 1805. 3rd Battalion raised in ...
These Highland regiments were disbanded after the war, but other Highland regiments were raised later and, like the rest of the British Army, saw service in various wars including in the Napoleonic Wars. Depiction of The Thin Red Line at the Battle of Balaclava. Highland regiments played a conspicuous role in conflicts throughout the Victorian era.
Napoleonic Wars: The 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Line Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the ...
The regiment embarked for Portugal in January 1810 for service in the Peninsular War. [13] It saw action at the Battle of Bussaco in September 1810, [14] the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 [15] and the Battle of El Bodón in September 1811, [16] before further combat at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in January 1812, [17] the siege of Badajoz in March 1812 [18] and the Battle of ...
Regimental uniform, 1852 71st Highlanders in 1856 Memorial to men of the regiment killed or fatally wounded on the North West Frontier of India in 1863. Remaining in India, the regiment fought at the siege of Pondicherry in August 1793 [15] during the French Revolutionary Wars before transferring to Ceylon in August 1795 [15] and returning to Scotland in August 1798.