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Also known as '''The Black Watch'''
Also known as '''The Black Watch'''.
 
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1725''' four Independent Highland Companies raised to police Highlands, commonly called the Reicudan Dhu, or Black Watch
*'''1725''' four Independent Highland Companies raised to police Highlands, commonly called the Reicudan Dhu, or Black Watch
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*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
*'''1882''' [[Egyptian Campaign]]
*'''1882''' [[Egyptian Campaign]]
*'''1897''' Subathu
*'''1897''' [[Subathu]]
*'''1899''' Sitapur
*'''1899''' [[Sitapur]]
*'''1919''' [[Baluchistan]]
*'''1919''' [[Baluchistan]]
*'''1921''' [[Allahabad]]
*'''1921''' [[Allahabad]]  
*'''1923''' [[Quetta]]
*'''1923''' [[Quetta]]  
*'''1925''' [[Lahore]]
*'''1925''' [[Lahore]]  
*'''1928''' Chakratta
*'''1928''' Chakratta  
*'''1931''' [[Meerut]]
*'''1931''' [[Meerut]]  
*'''1935''' Barrackpore
*'''1935''' [[Barrackpore]]
    
    
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(Royal_Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot 42nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(Royal_Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot 42nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia<br>


[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 19:54, 9 October 2009

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

External Links

42nd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Black Watch Wikipedia