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The regiment was re-ranked as the 92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot in October 1798. [2] The regiment embarked for Holland in August 1799 and saw action at the Battle of Alkmaar in October 1799 during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, an intervention which was aimed to overthrow the Batavian Republic, a French client republic. [9]
The 92nd Regiment of Foot, also known as the Yorkshire Rangers, was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in 1779 to provide garrison troops for the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.
Colonels of the regiment were: [12] 1881–1890: (1st Battalion): Gen. John Thomas Hill (ex 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot) 1881–1884 (2nd Battalion): Gen. Mark Kerr Atherley (ex 92nd Gordon Highlanders) 1884–1895 (2nd Battalion only to 1890): Gen. Sir John Alexander Ewart, KCB; 1895–1897: Lt-Gen. Charles Edward Parke Gordon, CB
92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1798–1861. 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1861–1881 [153] 1793 Raised as 100th Foot in 1794, renumbered in 1798 on ...
The 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot, was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881.
Beach joined the British Army at the age of sixteen, being assigned to the 92nd Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders) on 30 April 1840. [2] He was posted to a variety of locations, including the West Indies and the Greek Isles. When the Crimean War broke out in 1854, his regiment was posted to Gibraltar as a garrison force.
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, a British Army regiment, renumbered from 100th Regiment in 1798 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title.
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 of Foot Lieutenant-Colonel John Miller Hamerton: 36 off 427 men 2 off 10 men 15 off 94 men 0 off 17 men 92nd Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)