42nd Regiment of Foot

Also known as The Black Watch.

Chronology

• 1725 four Independent Highland Companies raised to police Highlands, commonly called the Reicudan Dhu, or Black Watch
• 1729 two additional companies raised
• 1739 Earl of Craufurd's Regiment formed by regimentation of existing six coys and four new coys; also known until 1751 by the names of other colonels
• 1751 became 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
• 1758 became 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot
• 1861 became 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch
• 1881 amalgamated with the 73rd Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
• 2006 merged with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland

Service in British India

• 1857 Indian Mutiny
• 1882 Egyptian Campaign
• 1897 Subathu
• 1899 Sitapur
• 1919 Baluchistan
• 1921 Allahabad
• 1923 Quetta
• 1925 Lahore
• 1928 Chakratta
• 1931 Meerut
• 1935 Barrackpore

External Links

Historical Books Online

History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2 "The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment “The Black Watch” " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences page 419 in 1857.

Other

42nd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Black Watch Wikipedia