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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071219095458/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/071HLI.htm The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213220200/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/071-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071220001213/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/074-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071219095458/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/071HLI.htm The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213220200/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/071-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071220001213/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/074-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26 The Royal Highland Fusiliers] rhf.org.uk including [http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=37 Museum]  and [http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=73 Library].  Covers the [[21st Regiment of Foot|21st]],  [[71st Regiment of Foot|71st]] and 74th Regiments
*[http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26 The Royal Highland Fusiliers] rhf.org.uk including [http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=37 Museum]  and [http://rhf.org.uk/rhf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=73 Library].  Covers the [[21st Regiment of Foot|21st]],  [[71st Regiment of Foot|71st]] and 74th Regiments
 
*[http://www.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army] wellingboroughrec.org.uk. William Damerun, a [[Anglo Indian| Eurasian]] enlisted at age 7 and served in the 74th Foot 24/09/1800-27/09/1805 (under age), the [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th Foot]], period not noted, but under age, the [[69th Regiment of Foot|69th Foot]], 25/09/1807-19/07/1824, the [[48th Regiment of Foot|48th Foot]],  20/07/1824-31/07/1834, and the [[55th Regiment of Foot|55th Foot]], 01/07/1834-30/11/1837 when he was discharged on medical grounds. He was a musician by trade. His brother James joined the 69th Foot 01/08/1808 as a drummer, aged 7 or 8, served in the same regiments and was discharged on medical grounds 30/11/1842
====Historical Books Online====
====Historical Books Online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=DMkJ3xvg34AC&pg=PR21 ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment (Highlanders) containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1787, and of its subsequent services to 1850'']  by Richard Cannon 1850. Google Books. The Regiment sailed for Madras in 1788, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DMkJ3xvg34AC&pg=PA4 page 4]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=DMkJ3xvg34AC&pg=PR21 ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment (Highlanders) containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1787, and of its subsequent services to 1850'']  by Richard Cannon 1850. Google Books. The Regiment sailed for Madras in 1788, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DMkJ3xvg34AC&pg=PA4 page 4]

Revision as of 02:08, 3 February 2012

Chronology

  • 1787 raised as 74th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 merged with 71st (Highland) Light Infantry to become the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry
  • 1959 amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
  • 2003 amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
  • 2006 known as the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS)

External Links

Historical Books Online