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===Historical Books Online=== | ===Historical Books Online=== | ||
''Historical Record of the Twenty - First Regiment or the Royal North British Fusiliers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1678, and of its subsequent services to 1849'' by Richard Cannon 1849. [http://books.google.com/books?id=cd9VURMLu2gC Google Books]. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=cd9VURMLu2gC&pg=PA48 page 48] in Calcutta in 1839 | *''Historical Record of the Twenty - First Regiment or the Royal North British Fusiliers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1678, and of its subsequent services to 1849'' by Richard Cannon 1849. [http://books.google.com/books?id=cd9VURMLu2gC Google Books]. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=cd9VURMLu2gC&pg=PA48 page 48] in Calcutta in 1839 | ||
*''Historical record and regimental memoir of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, formerly known as the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers. Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1678 and its subsequent services until June 1885'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00clarrich#page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org]. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00clarrich#page/n79/mode/2up/search/Calcutta page 43] in 1839 in Calcutta | |||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers Royal Scots Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers Royal Scots Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br> | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 8 January 2010
Also known as The Royal Scots Fusiliers
Chronology
- 1678 raised as the Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot ('Mar's Grey Breeks') also known until 1751 by the names of twelve other colonels
- 1685 became the Scots Fuzileers
- 1688 became the Royal North British Fuzileers
- 1751 became the 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fuzileers)
- 1877 became the 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became The Royal Scots Fusiliers
- 1959 amalgamated with The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), to form The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
- 2006 amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, abbreviated to 2 SCOTS
Service in British India
- 1839 India (1st Btn)
- 1845 Kamptee (1st Btn)
- 1846 Agra (1st Btn)
- 1863 Madras (2nd Btn)
- 1869 Bombay (1st Btn)
- 1875 Burma (1st Btn)
- 1877 Madras (1st Btn)
- 1878 Trimulgherry (1st Btn)
- 1883 Madras (2nd Btn)
- 1885 Burma (2nd Btn)
- 1886 Dagshai (2nd Btn)
- 1888 Hazara Expedition (2nd Btn)
- 1890 Cherat (2nd Btn)
- 1893 Sialkot (2nd Btn)
- 1896 Sialkot 1st Btn)
- 1897 Tirah Campaign (1st & 2nd Btn)
- 1899 Peshawar (1st Btn)
- 1902 Allahabad (1st Btn)
- 1905 Bareilly (1st Btn)
- 1921 Barrackpore (2nd Btn)
- 1923 Sialkot (2nd Btn)
- 1925 Peshawar (2nd Btn)
- 1927 Ferozepore (2nd Btn)
- 1936 Karachi (1st Btn)
- 1939 Poona (1st Btn)
External Links
Historical Books Online
- Historical Record of the Twenty - First Regiment or the Royal North British Fusiliers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1678, and of its subsequent services to 1849 by Richard Cannon 1849. Google Books. Indian Service commences page 48 in Calcutta in 1839
- Historical record and regimental memoir of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, formerly known as the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers. Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1678 and its subsequent services until June 1885 Archive.org. Indian service commences page 43 in 1839 in Calcutta
Other
Royal Scots Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Highland Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia