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Also known as '''The Black Watch'''.
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== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
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*'''1756''' 2nd Battalion, 34th Regiment of Foot redesignated as 73rd Regiment of Foot
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*'''1725''' four Independent Highland Companies raised to police Highlands, commonly called the Reicudan Dhu, or Black Watch
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*'''1763''' became a Regiment of Invalids
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*'''1729''' two additional companies raised
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*'''1769''' disbanded
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*'''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
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*'''1777''' raised as the 1st Battalion 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)
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*'''1751''' became 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
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*'''1778''' 2nd Battalion raised
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*'''1758''' became 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot
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*'''1782''' became the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
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*'''1861''' became 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch
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*'''1809''' became the 73rd Regiment of Foot
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*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[73rd Regiment of Foot]] to become the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
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*'''1862''' became the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
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*'''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
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*'''1881''' became the 2nd Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
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*'''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   
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== Service in British India ==
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*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
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*'''1882''' [[Egyptian Campaign]]
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*'''1897''' [[Subathu]]
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*'''1899''' [[Sitapur]]
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*'''1919''' [[Baluchistan]]
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*'''1921''' [[Allahabad]]
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*'''1923''' [[Quetta]]
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*'''1925''' [[Lahore]]
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*'''1928''' Chakratta
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*'''1931''' [[Meerut]]
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*'''1935''' [[Barrackpore]]
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The 1st Btn BW was stationed in India from September 1919, when they arrived at Allahabad until December 1936 which saw their departure from Barrackpore (after a stay which began October 1934). In between, short visitations were made to [[Quetta]] (November 1922), [[Multan]] (December 1925), [[Chakrata]] (March 1928), and [[Meerut]] (October 1930). The hill stations used by the BW between 1931-35 were:  [[Ranikhet]] 1931 & 1932, [[Chakrata|Kailana]] 1933 & 1934. [[Mussoorie|Lebong]] 1935.<ref>[http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/indianhill.html Indian Hill Stations Visited by the 42nd Regiment 1931-1935] from Ian Davidson's The Black Watch Archive. The information was based on the ''Red Hackle'' Regimental Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2015</ref>
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==Regimental Journal==
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''The Red Hackle :the Chronicle of the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment, and of the Black Watch Association''. First published in April 1921 but not during the war years, 1939 - 45, the [[British Library ]]  has issues from Volume 1, no. 3 (Oct. 1921)
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All volumes from 1921-2010 are available on a 3 volume DVD set from the Black Watch Shop, see the Regimental website below.
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_Foot 73rd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(Royal_Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot 42nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
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[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/lmr/regiments.html#73 Macquarie University's webpage] on the 73rd Foot (includes links to information on [[Seringapatam]] [1799] and [[Mangalore]] [1783])
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/index/index  Black Watch] Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) website
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pm1A_jGr5G8C&pg=PA100&dq=%2242nd+Royal+Highlanders,+Sergeants%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%2242nd%20Royal%20Highlanders%2C%20Sergeants%22&f=false List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces] Limited preview google books. Pages 100-103 details memorials to the 42nd Royal Highlanders who fell in the Mutiny campaigns 1857-1860. Also gives some background about the regiment
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*[http://www.richardmoles.com/ellison.html Private John Ellison in India 1860-1868] from RichardMoles.com
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*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/blackwatch_index.htm The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)] from British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployment of both the 1st and 2nd Battalions in India.
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060322/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/042-751.htm 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch] including  [http://web.archive.org/web/20071130085549/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/042-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071216183323/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/042Black.htm The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071130085549/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/042-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233631/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/073-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website
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*[http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/indianhill.html The 1st Battalion Black Watch in India 1919-1936], [http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/am.html Annual Manoeuvres 1933],  [http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/move.html Barrackpore 1934] from the Black Watch Archive, a memorial to John Davidson, a Black Watch Soldier. Includes many photographs.
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*[http://www.britains-smallwars.com/India/last.html  Sunset on the Raj: The Last to Leave] The last British Army colours to leave the part of India which is now Pakistan were the 2nd Battalion , Black Watch who left Karachi on 26 February 1948. britains-smallwars.com
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====Historical Books Online====
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/324/mode/2up ''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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/418/mode/2up page 419] in 1857.
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyof42ndroy00grovuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the 42nd Royal Highlanders - "The Black Watch" now the first battalion "The Black Watch" (Royal Highlanders) 1729-1893''] by John Percy Groves 1893  Illustrated by Harry Payne.  Archive.org
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/blackwatchrecord00forbuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The "Black Watch": The Record of an Historic Regiment''] by Archibald Forbes 1896 Archive.org
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Revision as of 05:49, 24 January 2015

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

The 1st Btn BW was stationed in India from September 1919, when they arrived at Allahabad until December 1936 which saw their departure from Barrackpore (after a stay which began October 1934). In between, short visitations were made to Quetta (November 1922), Multan (December 1925), Chakrata (March 1928), and Meerut (October 1930). The hill stations used by the BW between 1931-35 were: Ranikhet 1931 & 1932, Kailana 1933 & 1934. Lebong 1935.[1]

Regimental Journal

The Red Hackle :the Chronicle of the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment, and of the Black Watch Association. First published in April 1921 but not during the war years, 1939 - 45, the British Library has issues from Volume 1, no. 3 (Oct. 1921)

All volumes from 1921-2010 are available on a 3 volume DVD set from the Black Watch Shop, see the Regimental website below.

External Links

Historical Books Online

References

  1. ↑ Indian Hill Stations Visited by the 42nd Regiment 1931-1935 from Ian Davidson's The Black Watch Archive. The information was based on the Red Hackle Regimental Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2015

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