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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]
*[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
*[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
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/638/mode/2up Ten years in India from 1854], page 638
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/50/mode/2up "Seventy-Fourth Regiment"], page 51 ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/50/mode/2up "Seventy-Fourth Regiment"], page 51 ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277 74th Highlanders at Bellary] page 277 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277 74th Highlanders at Bellary] page 277 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 01:04, 18 August 2012

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