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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
===Historical Books Online===
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=DMkJ3xvg34AC&pg=PR21 ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment (Highlanders) containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1787, and of its subsequent services to 1850'']  by Richard Cannon 1850. Google Books. The Regiment sailed for Madras in 1788, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DMkJ3xvg34AC&pg=PA4 page 4]
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/n701/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments  Volume 2''] “74th Highlanders” by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org.  Indian service commenced  in 1788 in Madras
 
 
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*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=74th_Regiment_of_Foot:_Officers_dying_in_India_1790-1804 74th Regiment of Foot: Officers dying in India 1790-1804] Your Archives
 
*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=74th_Regiment_of_Foot:_Officers_dying_in_India_1790-1804 74th Regiment of Foot: Officers dying in India 1790-1804] Your Archives
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot 74th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot 74th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
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*[http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26 The Royal Highland Fusiliers] rhf.org.uk including [http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=37 Museum]  and [http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=73 Library].  Covers the [[21st Regiment of Foot|21st]],  [[71st Regiment of Foot|71st]] and 74th Regiments
 
*[http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26 The Royal Highland Fusiliers] rhf.org.uk including [http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=37 Museum]  and [http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=73 Library].  Covers the [[21st Regiment of Foot|21st]],  [[71st Regiment of Foot|71st]] and 74th Regiments
  
 
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====Historical Books Online====
 
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=DMkJ3xvg34AC&pg=PR21 ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment (Highlanders) containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1787, and of its subsequent services to 1850'']  by Richard Cannon 1850. Google Books. The Regiment sailed for Madras in 1788, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DMkJ3xvg34AC&pg=PA4 page 4]
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/n701/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments  Volume 2''] “74th Highlanders” by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org.  Indian service commenced  in 1788 in Madras
  
 
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 17:14, 23 October 2011

Chronology

  • 1787 raised as 74th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 merged with 71st (Highland) Light Infantry to become the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry
  • 1959 amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
  • 2003 amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
  • 2006 known as the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS)

External Links

Historical Books Online