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*[[Second Lucknow Relief|Relief of Lucknow 1857]] | *[[Second Lucknow Relief|Relief of Lucknow 1857]] | ||
*[[Tirah Campaign|Tirah 1897]] | *[[Tirah Campaign|Tirah 1897]] | ||
==Regimental journal== | |||
* ''The Tiger and Sphinx, or Gordon Highlanders’ Chronicle''. The [[British Library]] has issues 5 (1898) and 6 (1899) | |||
* ''The Tiger and Sphinx''. New Series. The [[British Library]] has issues from 1924 to 1994 | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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*[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com | *[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060438/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075-787.htm 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205933/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/075-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228095038/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075Gordn.htm The Gordon Highlanders] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205933/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/075-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233641/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/092-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site | |||
*[http://www.war-art.com/dargai.htm Military Art: Dargai] During the [[Battle of Dargai Heights]], on 20 October 1897, the regiment lost three Officers and thirty men and Piper Findlater received the Victoria Cross. This action was one of the [[North West Frontier Campaigns]] | *[http://www.war-art.com/dargai.htm Military Art: Dargai] During the [[Battle of Dargai Heights]], on 20 October 1897, the regiment lost three Officers and thirty men and Piper Findlater received the Victoria Cross. This action was one of the [[North West Frontier Campaigns]] | ||
====Historical Books Online==== | ====Historical Books Online==== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/654/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788. | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/654/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788. | ||
Revision as of 07:31, 5 August 2011
Known as The 75th Stirlingshire Regiment
Chronology
- 1787 raised as 75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot by EIC for service in India
- 1809 lost Highland status & dress and became 75th Regiment of Foot
- 1862 became 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st 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
British India Service
- 4th Mysore War 1798-99
- 5th Mysore War
- 2nd Mahratta War 1803-05
- Seringapatam 1799
- Delhi 1857
- Relief of Lucknow 1857
- Tirah 1897
Regimental journal
- The Tiger and Sphinx, or Gordon Highlanders’ Chronicle. The British Library has issues 5 (1898) and 6 (1899)
- The Tiger and Sphinx. New Series. The British Library has issues from 1924 to 1994
External Links
- 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot www.regiments.org
- The Gordon Highlanders Wikipedia
- The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) cabarfeidh.com
- Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
- 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Gordon Highlanders including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
- Military Art: Dargai During the Battle of Dargai Heights, on 20 October 1897, the regiment lost three Officers and thirty men and Piper Findlater received the Victoria Cross. This action was one of the North West Frontier Campaigns
Historical Books Online
- History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2 " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788.
- The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Volume 2 from 1816-1898 including an Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881 by Charles Greenhill Gardyne 1903 Archive.org
- Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 Muster roll in Malabar Google Books