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'''Known as Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders'''
Known as the '''Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders''' from 1881.
 
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1794''' raised as the 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
*'''1794''' raised as the 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
*'''1796''' redesignated 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
*'''1796''' redesignated 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
*'''1872''' renamed 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
*'''1872''' renamed 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot becoming the 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[93rd Regiment of Foot|93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot]] becoming the 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
*'''2004''' amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
*'''2004''' amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
== External Links ==
==Regimental histories==
===Historical Books Online===
*''History of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st Battalion, 1909-1939'' by Brigadier R. C. B. Anderson 1954. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001096997 .
''Historical Records of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, containing an account of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1881'' by Gerald Lionel Joseph Goff 1891 [http://www.archive.org/details/historicalrecord00goffuoft Archive.org]. Indian services commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00goffuoft#page/232/mode/2up page 232] in 1858 in Bombay. The voyage there involved a seventeen miles trek across the desert to Suez by donkey.
*''History of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion (Princess Louise's) 1939-1945'' by Lt.-Col. F. C. C. Graham 1948. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001096999 .
*''History of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st Battalion, 1939-1954'' by Brigadier R. C. B. Anderson 1956. Available at the [[British Library]].
 
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st_(Argyllshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 91st Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia <br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders] Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218193017/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/091-794.htm 91st (The Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055803/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/091-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118041311/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/091ASH.htm The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055803/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/091-1.htm  1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071217103413/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/093-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://www.argylls.co.uk/ The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)-the Museum].  Located in Stirling Castle, in the city of Stirling, Scotland
 
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/788/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "The 91st Princess Louise Argyllshire Highlanders " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org.  Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/810/mode/2up page 810] in 1858
*[https://archive.org/details/1stbattargyllsutherland/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders''] by Lieut.-Col. H G Robley  and P J Aubin 1883 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/historicalrecord00goffuoft ''Historical Records of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, containing an account of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1881''] by Gerald Lionel Joseph Goff (1891Archive.org. Indian services commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00goffuoft#page/232/mode/2up page 232] in 1858 in Bombay. The voyage there involved a seventeen miles trek across the desert to Suez by donkey.
*[https://archive.org/details/historystprince00grovgoog/page/n8/mode/2up ''History of the 91st Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders''] by John Percy Groves 1894 Archive.org.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015080251906?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''The History of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)''] by R P Dunn-Pattison, late Lieutenant, 91st Highlanders 1910 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/91stargyllshirehighlanders1910 Archive.org version]. The Introduction indicates that this volume includes information about the earlier history of the regiment from (then) recently available new sources, in addition to the more recent history.
*''Records of Service and Campaigning in Many Lands'' by Surgeon General Munro 1887. [https://archive.org/details/recordsservicea00munrgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Volume 1] The author was appointed in late 1844 Assistant Surgeon to the 91st Regiment of Foot then in South Africa, and departed England in February 1845. In 1854 he was promoted to Surgeon and joined the [[93rd Regiment of Foot]] which is covered in [https://archive.org/details/recordsservicea01munrgoog/page/n6/mode/2up  Volume 2] Both Archive.org.
 
 


===Other===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st_(Argyllshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 91st Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia <br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders] Wikipedia
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 08:13, 29 October 2025

Known as the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from 1881.

Chronology

  • 1794 raised as the 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • 1796 redesignated 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • 1872 renamed 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot becoming the 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
  • 2004 amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

Regimental histories

  • History of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st Battalion, 1909-1939 by Brigadier R. C. B. Anderson 1954. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001096997 .
  • History of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion (Princess Louise's) 1939-1945 by Lt.-Col. F. C. C. Graham 1948. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001096999 .
  • History of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st Battalion, 1939-1954 by Brigadier R. C. B. Anderson 1956. Available at the British Library.

External links

Historical books online