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93rd Regiment of Foot

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[[Category:British Army]]
[[Category:Regiments]]
== History ==
*'''1759''' raised as 1st Sutherland Fencibles
*'''1763''' disbanded
*'''1779''' 2nd Sutherland Fencibles raised by Lt-Col Wemyss
*'''1793''' 3rd Sutherland Fencibles raised by Lt-Col Wemyss disbanded 1799
*'''1799''' 93rd Regiment raised by Maj-Gen Wemyss
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to become 2nd Battalion of the Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders)
*'''1968''' amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Foot), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (6th Foot) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th Foot) to form 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93rd_Regiment_of_Foot 93rd Regiment of Foot] ''Wikipedia''<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_HighlandersArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t6e4pZEtBdQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Reminiscences+of+the+Great+Mutiny&as_brr=3&ei=Ah-wSb-aLJ-skAT4o9Rs#PPP1,M1 Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny By William Forbes-Mitchell, Late Sergeant 93rd Sutherland Highlanders] ''Google Books''

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