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*[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com
*[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia
 
*[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]]
====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.

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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

External Links

Historical Books Online