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[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060525/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/092-798.htm 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233641/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/092-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br> | [http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060525/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/092-798.htm 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233641/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/092-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br> | ||
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228095038/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075Gordn.htm The Gordon Highlanders] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205933/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/075-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233641/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/092-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site<br> | [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228095038/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075Gordn.htm The Gordon Highlanders] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205933/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/075-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233641/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/092-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site<br> | ||
| + | Victorian Wars Forum thread [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders] The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Bn for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India. The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought back to England and disbanded<br> | ||
[http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/ Gordon Highlanders Museum] Covers the [[75th Regiment of Foot|75th]] and 92nd Regiments of Foot<br> | [http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/ Gordon Highlanders Museum] Covers the [[75th Regiment of Foot|75th]] and 92nd Regiments of Foot<br> | ||
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/28/readers-favourite-photographs-songs-recipes 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<br> | [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/28/readers-favourite-photographs-songs-recipes 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<br> | ||
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*[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 | *[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 06:22, 27 March 2013
Known as The Gordon Highlanders.
Contents
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
Victorian Wars Forum thread 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Bn for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India. The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought back to England and disbanded
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
