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*[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]) | *[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]) | ||
*[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 | |||
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Revision as of 11:17, 30 January 2012
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
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1878-80 2nd Afghan War
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
92nd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Gordon Highlanders Wikipedia
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) cabarfeidh.com
Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
The Gordon Highlanders including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
Gordon Highlanders Museum Covers the 75th and 92nd Regiments of Foot
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
Photograph of a Gordon Highlander (2nd Battalion) in Indian white summer dress, Peshawar c 1904-1906 Victorian Wars Forum
Historical Books Online
- 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 page 847 in 1858 and page 852 in 1868
- The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Volume 2 from 1816-1898 including an Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881 by Charles Greenhill Gardyne 1903 Archive.org (Volume 1)
- "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