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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot 72nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders Seaforth Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Highlanders Queen's Own Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons) The Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot 72nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080202074704/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072-786.htm 72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055653/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/072-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders Seaforth Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071224055059/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072Seaf.htm Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055653/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/072-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Highlanders Queen's Own Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=312 Kidnapped by the Afghans! 72nd Highlander 1874/75]  Victorian Wars Forum<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons) The Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com  The Highlanders Museum] Covers the 72nd, [[78th Regiment of Foot|78th (Ross-shire Buffs)]] and the [[79th Regiment of Foot|79th (Cameron Highlanders)]] Regiments of Foot
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080202074704/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072-786.htm 72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055653/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/072-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071224055059/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072Seaf.htm Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055653/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/072-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=312 Kidnapped by the Afghans! 72nd Highlander 1874/75]  Victorian Wars Forum<br>
*[http://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com  The Highlanders Museum] Covers the 72nd, [[78th Regiment of Foot|78th (Ross-shire Buffs)]] and the [[79th Regiment of Foot|79th (Cameron Highlanders)]] Regiments of Foot
*[https://www.facebook.com/archive150/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=597286880296394&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1368451730.&type=3&theater Photograph:  c 1900s: The 72nd Highlanders Crossing the River Indus] Archive150 on Facebook. The comments place the location possibly in the [[Kohat]] region.
   
   
====Historical Books Online====
====Historical Books Online====
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/28/mode/2up "Seaforth’s Highlanders, previously the Seventy-Eighth, now the Seventy–Second Regiment"], page 29 ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/28/mode/2up "Seaforth’s Highlanders, previously the Seventy-Eighth, now the Seventy–Second Regiment"], page 29 ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org


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

Revision as of 13:52, 14 May 2013

Known as The Seaforth Highlanders

Chronology

  • 1778 raised by the 1st Earl of Seaforth as the 78th Highland Regiment of Foot
  • 1823 renamed the 72nd Regiment of Foot, or 78th Highlanders (Duke of Albany's Own)
  • 1881 amalgamated with 78th Highlanders as 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
  • 1961 combined with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
  • 1994 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders was further amalgamated with 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders to form 1st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
  • 2006 amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland and called The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)

External Links

Historical Books Online