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Known as '''The Gordon Highlanders'''


== Chronology ==
*'''1794''' raised by the 4th Duke of Gordon as the 100th Regiment of Foot
*'''1798''' became 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[75th Regiment of Foot]] to become the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders
*'''1994''' amalgamated with The Queens' Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
*'''2004''' amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single Royal Regiment of Scotland
== Service in British India ==
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
*'''1878-80''' [[2nd Afghan War]]
:*'''1879''' [[Battle of Charasia|Charasiah]]
:*'''1879''' [[Battle of Kabul 1879|Kabul]]
:*'''1880''' [[Battle of Baba Wullee 1880|Kandahar]]
== External Links ==
===Historical Books Online===
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/834/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "The 92nd Gordon Highlanders " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/846/mode/2up page 847] in 1858 and [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/852/mode/2up page 852] in 1868
===Other===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 92nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gordon_Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia


[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

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