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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.
The Black Watch was the last British military unit to leave Hong Kong in 1997, ... Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Cartwright, Commanding Officer of The Black Watch ...
The Black Watch fielded 25 battalions and lost 8,390 officers and other ranks during the course of the war. [9] The regiment's territorial components formed duplicate second and third line battalions. As an example, the three-line battalions of the 5th Black Watch were numbered as the 1/5th, 2/5th, and 3/5th respectively.
Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Grant Duff, C.B. (29 September 1869 – 14 September 1914), was a British officer and administrator. He was responsible for creating the "War Book", the British Army's plan to deploy to the European continent, and commanded the 1st Battalion the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) during the opening months of World War I.
He was a member of the International Observer Team (1968-69) during the Nigerian Civil War, founding chair of the Scottish Trust for the Physically Disabled from 1971, chair of the British Council 1972-76, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1973 and 1974, and Honorary Colonel of the Black Watch 1969-76. [10]
In retirement he was honorary colonel of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment). [5] He served as Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Kincardineshire in 1959 and then as Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire from 1960 to 1966. [6] Coat of Arms of the Viscounts of Arbuthnott.
The Earl of Crawford. The grave of John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, Ceres, Fife The vault of John Lindsay (often called Lady Boyd's House) Ceres Churchyard. Lieutenant-General John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford (4 October 1702 – 25 December 1749) was a Scottish peer and the first colonel of the Black Watch on its formation in 1739.
He was promoted to colonel in 1888, made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1889, and given command of the 2nd Battalion of the Black Watch in 1894. In 1898, he commanded a brigade during the reconquest of Sudan, seeing action at the Battle of Atbara and the Battle of Omdurman. As a result of his service, he was promoted to major ...