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*A List of 'Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the 71st Highland Light Infantry killed or died from wounds during the Ambela Campaign of 1863' may be found on page 163 of ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910), available on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, computer page 180. There is also another mention on the previous page. What appears to be the same information may be seen [http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/umbeylamems.htm here, scroll down] from [http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm Soldiers Memorials]
*A List of 'Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the 71st Highland Light Infantry killed or died from wounds during the Ambela Campaign of 1863' may be found on page 163 of ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910), available on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, computer page 180. There is also another mention on the previous page. What appears to be the same information may be seen [http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/umbeylamems.htm here, scroll down] from [http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm Soldiers Memorials]
*''Highland Light Infantry Chronicle''  
*''Highland Light Infantry Chronicle''  
**Google Books. Readers in some countries may be able to access the following editions, but they are no longer freely available.
**Google Books. Readers in some countries may be able to access all the following editions, but some  editions are no longer freely available.
***[http://books.google.com/books?id=y6IkO2EyWxUC&pg=PA3 Jan 1893-Oct 1895]
***[http://books.google.com/books?id=y6IkO2EyWxUC&pg=PA3 Jan 1893-Oct 1895]
***[http://books.google.com/books?id=x2-j7t031foC&pg=PA555 Jan 1896-Jan 1897]
***[http://books.google.com/books?id=x2-j7t031foC&pg=PA555 Jan 1896-Jan 1897]

Revision as of 07:58, 15 January 2015

Crest of the Highland Light Infantry

Chronology

  • 1758 raised from 2nd Battalion 32nd Regiment of Foot
  • 1763 became a Regiment of Invalids
  • 1768 disbanded
  • 1775 raised as 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders)
  • 1786 redesignated as the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)
  • 1809 became 71st (Glasgow Highland Light Infantry) in 1809 then 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
  • 1881 united with the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot to form the 1st 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)

Regimental Journal

A regular regimental journal can be a valuable source of information. The Highland Light Infantry Chronicle was published quarterly, from Volume 1, no. 1 January 1893 to Volume 54, no. 3, December 1958. Some editions are available online, see below. The British Library has this publication in its catalogue. Another source may be the National Army Museum, or the Regimental Museum.

External Links

71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Highland Light Infantry Wikipedia
Royal Highland Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
71st (Glasgow Highland Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
The Royal Highland Fusiliers rhf.org.uk including Museum and Library. Covers the 21st, 71st and 74th Regiments
The Highland Light Infantry British Light Infantry Regiments at Britisharmedforces.org
Highland Light Infantry Memorial at Peshawar: deaths 1888-1891 from Soldiers Memorials

Historical Books Online

1906 1907 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1920 1921 Volume XLIX, no 1 February 1953
Page 29 of the 1953 pdf briefly mentions the experiences of Tam Gray in India 1933-1939 at Razmak and Peshawar with the 2nd Battalion.