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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.
1st Battalion, 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot; 1st Battalion, 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) 1st Battalion, 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; One company from the 5th Battalion, 60th (Royal American) Regiment; The division's second brigade: 1st Battalion, 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
The battle cost the lives of 50 British soldiers, including 29 of the 42nd Highlanders, seven of the 60th Royal Americans, six of the 77th Highlanders, and eight civilians and volunteers. [4] The confederacy of the Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Huron suffered an unknown number of casualties, which includes two prominent Delaware chiefs ...
The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot to form two battalions of the newly named Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). The 42nd became the 1st Battalion, and the 73rd became the 2nd Battalion.
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When the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot, to become the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, seven pre-existent militia and volunteer battalions of Fife, Forfarshire, and Perthshire were integrated into the structure of the regiment.
A Highland Brigade was present at the Crimean War (1854–1856), as part of the 1st Division; it was initially under the command of Major-General Sir Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde). It played a significant role in the Battle of Alma. This Highland Brigade consisted of the: 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot
3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot (The Royal Scots) Lieutenant Colonel Colin Campbell: 52 off 588 men 6 off 60 men 12 off 180 men 0 off 0 men 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, the "Black Watch" Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Macara(†) KCB: 39 off 550 men 3 off 42 men 14 off 228 men 0 off 0 men 2nd Battalion, 44th (East Essex) Regiment ...