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*[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/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://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
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*Victorian Wars Forum thread  [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders] The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Bn for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India. The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought  back to England and disbanded.
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*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/india_1895_rolls/gordon_highlanders_relief_chitral_1.htm  Medal Roll  1st Battalion , Gordon Highlanders: Relief of Chitral 1895] northeastmedals.co.uk
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*[http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/sixth-scale-action-figure-news-reviews-discussion/92919-private-gordon-highlanders-north-west-frontier-1895-a.html Photographs of scale models: Private, Gordon Highlanders. North West Frontier, 1895] onesixthwarriors.com
 
*[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]]
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*[http://www.craigcross.co.uk/History/Findlater/findlater.htm The story of Piper Findlater, V.C., the Hero of Dargai]. [http://www.craigcross.co.uk/History/Findlater/Chapter1.html Chapter 1] with links to other chapters.craigcross.co.uk
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*[http://www.pipesofwar.com/hero-of-dargai/history.php Hero of Dargai George Findlater VC] pipesofwar.com
 
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=763 Tirah: photographic journalism] A photograph album from ''Black and White War Album: No. 3 The Tirah Campaign'' published 1899 “includes photography of war fighting, camps, mountain terrain, war dead, the  Gordon Highlanders in action, wounded soldiers and gun batteries” King’s College London Collections
 
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=763 Tirah: photographic journalism] A photograph album from ''Black and White War Album: No. 3 The Tirah Campaign'' published 1899 “includes photography of war fighting, camps, mountain terrain, war dead, the  Gordon Highlanders in action, wounded soldiers and gun batteries” King’s College London Collections
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*Victorian Wars Forum thread  [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders] The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Bn for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India.  The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought  back to England and disbanded.
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**Victorian Wars Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=149267 thread] about the 1st Garrison Battalion and deaths due to heatstroke.
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**[http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/viewspecialcollections/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=33790 Alexander Miller] served with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in the [[3rd Afghan War|Third Afghan War]] dnw.co.uk
 
*[http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/ Gordon Highlanders Museum]  Covers the 75th and [[92nd Regiment of Foot|92nd Regiment]]s of Foot
 
*[http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/ Gordon Highlanders Museum]  Covers the 75th and [[92nd Regiment of Foot|92nd Regiment]]s of Foot
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====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 06:54, 28 March 2013

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

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

Historical Books Online

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