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*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[42nd Regiment of Foot]] to become the the 2nd Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[42nd Regiment of Foot]] to become the the 2nd Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
*'''2006''' merged  with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland  
*'''2006''' merged  with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland  
== Service in British India ==
== Service in British India ==
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*'''1781''' [[Madras]]
*'''1781''' [[Madras]]
*'''1782''' [[2nd Mysore War]]
*'''1782''' [[2nd Mysore War]]
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*'''1914''' [[Bareilly]]
*'''1914''' [[Bareilly]]
*'''1905''' Sitapur
*'''1905''' Sitapur
 
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_Foot 73rd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_Foot 73rd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia<br>

Revision as of 14:25, 12 September 2009

Chronology

  • 1756 2nd Battalion, 34th Regiment of Foot redesignated as 73rd Regiment of Foot
  • 1763 became a Regiment of Invalids
  • 1769 disbanded
  • 1777 raised as the 1st Battalion 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)
  • 1778 2nd Battalion raised
  • 1782 became the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
  • 1809 became the 73rd Regiment of Foot
  • 1862 became the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 42nd Regiment of Foot to become the the 2nd Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
  • 2006 merged with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland

Service in British India

External Links

73rd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Black Watch Wikipedia
Macquarie University's webpage on the 73rd Foot (includes links to information on Seringapatam [1799] and Mangalore [1783])