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Known as '''The Gordon Highlanders'''
Known as '''The Gordon Highlanders'''.


== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
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:*'''1880''' [[Battle of Baba Wullee 1880|Kandahar]]
:*'''1880''' [[Battle of Baba Wullee 1880|Kandahar]]


==First World War==
The 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders . Garrison battalions were made up of soldiers unfit for front line duty.
The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 in the UK for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Battalion for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India.<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/gordon-highlanders/ Gordon Highlanders] The Long, Long Trail </ref> The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought  back to England and disbanded.
There were many deaths due to heatstroke in the summer of 1918, when the Battalion was based at Rawalpindi.<ref> GordonMac [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/149267-csm-david-moody-12673-gordon-highlanders-rawalpindi-war-cemetery/ CSM David Moody 12673, Gordon Highlanders Rawalpindi War Cemetery] ''Great War Forum'' 03 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2019.</ref>
Some of the soldiers who served in the Garrison Battalions in India served on the North West Frontier in [[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan in 1919]], almost certainly along the lines of communication.<ref>Frogsmile.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20190426105805/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 Sgt William Connelly, 1st Batt Gordon Highlders, NW Frontier]  ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 26 March 2013, now archived.</ref>  Private Alexander Miller  was one of those who served with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in the Third Afghan War.<ref>
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150609064040/http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=33790 Private Alexander Miller] dnw.co.uk, now an archived webpage.</ref>
==Regimental histories==
''The Life of the Regiment: the history of the Gordon Highlanders'' is available in many volumes at the British Library.
<br>Volumes 1 and 2 cover the history to 1898 and are available online, see below.
<br> Volume 3 by A. D. Greenhill Gardyne covers the period 1898 to 1914. (1939)
<br>Volume 4  by Cyril Falls covers the period 1914-1919. (1958). There is also a reprint edition titled ''The Gordon Highlanders in the First World War, 1914-1919''.
<br>Volume 5 by Wilfrid Miles covers the period 1919-1945 (1961, reprinted 1980).  What is probably a still later reprint edition is titled ''The Gordon Highlanders in the Second World War''
<br>Volume 6 by Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson covers the period 1945-1970 (1974)
<br>Volume 7 by D M Napier covers the period 1969-1994 (2010)
<br>Volume 8 1787-1994 ''The People who made the regiment'' by D M Napier (2016)
<br>Volume 9 1787-1994 ''The Events that shaped the regiment'' by D M Napier (2017)
==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 ==
== External Links ==
===Historical Books Online===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 92nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gordon_Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060525/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/092-798.htm 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233641/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/092-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
*[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<br>
*[http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/ Gordon Highlanders Museum]  Covers the  [[75th Regiment of Foot|75th]] and 92nd Regiments of Foot<br>
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/XG1CiGSCTzqb05nDwIhhjg Original 'Camp Coffee' label 1876 Gordon Highlanders] bbc.co.uk. The 2nd Battalion was in India at this time.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfisherlibrary/sets/72157629220882012/with/6982672601/ Photograph Album Volume 1], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfisherlibrary/sets/72157629619844317 Volume 2]. Photographs from two albums owned by Edward Gilpin-Brown (1854-1904) who served as a Captain with the 92nd Gordon Highlanders from 1874 until 1884. The albums are souvenirs of his journey to, and tour of duty in India in the 1870s and include photographs of the regiment. They include photographs by the commercial photographers Samuel Bourne, Charles Shepherd and Arthur Robertson as well as photographs by unknown photographers. Flickr.com. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, Canada
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/28/readers-favourite-photographs-songs-recipes Article including a photograph of a regimental wedding in Peshawar in 1906] (2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders). The bride was a nanny working for a British family.  Guardian.co.uk
 
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/834/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "The 92nd Gordon Highlanders " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/846/mode/2up page 847] in 1858 and [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/852/mode/2up page 852] in 1868
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/834/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "The 92nd Gordon Highlanders " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/846/mode/2up page 847] in 1858 and [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/852/mode/2up page 852] in 1868
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi00gardgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Volume 2 from 1816-1898'']  including an [http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi00gardgoog#page/n23/mode/2up ''Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881''] by Charles Greenhill Gardyne 1903 Archive.org ([http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi01gardgoog#page/n31/mode/2up Volume 1])
*''The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders'' by Lt.-Col. C. Greenhill Gardyne (Charles)
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03919/mode/1up ''Volume 1 From its formation in 1794 to 1816''] 1901 Archive.org
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi00gardgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''Volume 2 from 1816-1898'']  including an [http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi00gardgoog#page/n23/mode/2up ''Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881''] 1903 Archive.org
:There were also reprint editions in 1929.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/106/mode/2up "Gordon Highlanders, or Ninety-Second Regiment"], page 106, ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org
 
== References ==
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===Other===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 92nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gordon_Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia


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

Latest revision as of 04:55, 23 August 2023

Known as The Gordon Highlanders.

Chronology

  • 1794 raised by the 4th Duke of Gordon as the 100th Regiment of Foot
  • 1798 became 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 75th Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd 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

Service in British India

First World War

The 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders . Garrison battalions were made up of soldiers unfit for front line duty.

The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 in the UK for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Battalion for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India.[1] The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought back to England and disbanded.

There were many deaths due to heatstroke in the summer of 1918, when the Battalion was based at Rawalpindi.[2]

Some of the soldiers who served in the Garrison Battalions in India served on the North West Frontier in Afghanistan in 1919, almost certainly along the lines of communication.[3] Private Alexander Miller was one of those who served with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in the Third Afghan War.[4]

Regimental histories

The Life of the Regiment: the history of the Gordon Highlanders is available in many volumes at the British Library.
Volumes 1 and 2 cover the history to 1898 and are available online, see below.
Volume 3 by A. D. Greenhill Gardyne covers the period 1898 to 1914. (1939)
Volume 4 by Cyril Falls covers the period 1914-1919. (1958). There is also a reprint edition titled The Gordon Highlanders in the First World War, 1914-1919.
Volume 5 by Wilfrid Miles covers the period 1919-1945 (1961, reprinted 1980). What is probably a still later reprint edition is titled The Gordon Highlanders in the Second World War
Volume 6 by Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson covers the period 1945-1970 (1974)
Volume 7 by D M Napier covers the period 1969-1994 (2010)
Volume 8 1787-1994 The People who made the regiment by D M Napier (2016)
Volume 9 1787-1994 The Events that shaped the regiment by D M Napier (2017)

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

Volume 1 From its formation in 1794 to 1816 1901 Archive.org
Volume 2 from 1816-1898 including an Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881 1903 Archive.org
There were also reprint editions in 1929.

References

  1. Gordon Highlanders The Long, Long Trail
  2. GordonMac CSM David Moody 12673, Gordon Highlanders Rawalpindi War Cemetery Great War Forum 03 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. Frogsmile. Sgt William Connelly, 1st Batt Gordon Highlders, NW Frontier Victorian Wars Forum 26 March 2013, now archived.
  4. Private Alexander Miller dnw.co.uk, now an archived webpage.