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''The Red Hackle :the Chronicle of the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment, and of the Black Watch Association''. First published in April 1921 but not during the war years, 1939 - 45, the [[British Library ]]  has issues from Volume 1, no. 3 (Oct. 1921)
''The Red Hackle :the Chronicle of the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment, and of the Black Watch Association''. First published in April 1921 but not during the war years, 1939 - 45, the [[British Library ]]  has issues from Volume 1, no. 3 (Oct. 1921)


All volumes from 1921-2010 are available on a 3 volume DVD set from the Black Watch Shop, see the Regimental website below.
All volumes from 1921-2010 may be  available on a 3 volume DVD set from the Museum Shop, see the Museum website below.


== External Links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(Royal_Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot 42nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(Royal_Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot 42nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia
*[http://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/index/index Black Watch] Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) website
*[https://theblackwatch.co.uk The Black Watch Castle and Museum] in Balhousie Castle, Perth, Scotland. Includes a Research Room (user donation required)
**[https://theblackwatch.co.uk/regimental-association/red-hackle-magazine/ ''The Red Hackle'' Magazine] Regimental Association page. Advises that digitised copies of all magazines from 1921-2010 are available on a 3 volume DVD set from the Museum Shop. Currently (2018/03) however, this item does not appear to be  not listed in the items available from the shop.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pm1A_jGr5G8C&pg=PA100&dq=%2242nd+Royal+Highlanders,+Sergeants%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%2242nd%20Royal%20Highlanders%2C%20Sergeants%22&f=false List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces] Limited preview google books. Pages 100-103 details memorials to the 42nd Royal Highlanders who fell in the Mutiny campaigns 1857-1860. Also gives some background about the regiment
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pm1A_jGr5G8C&pg=PA100&dq=%2242nd+Royal+Highlanders,+Sergeants%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%2242nd%20Royal%20Highlanders%2C%20Sergeants%22&f=false List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces] Limited preview google books. Pages 100-103 details memorials to the 42nd Royal Highlanders who fell in the Mutiny campaigns 1857-1860. Also gives some background about the regiment
*[http://www.richardmoles.com/ellison.html Private John Ellison in India 1860-1868] from RichardMoles.com
*[http://www.richardmoles.com/ellison.html Private John Ellison in India 1860-1868] from RichardMoles.com
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130721143247/http://britains-smallwars.com/India/last.html  Sunset on the Raj: The Last to Leave] The last British Army colours to leave the part of India which is now Pakistan were the 2nd Battalion , Black Watch who left Karachi on 26 February 1948. britains-smallwars.com, now archived
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130721143247/http://britains-smallwars.com/India/last.html  Sunset on the Raj: The Last to Leave] The last British Army colours to leave the part of India which is now Pakistan were the 2nd Battalion , Black Watch who left Karachi on 26 February 1948. britains-smallwars.com, now archived


====Historical Books Online====
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/324/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment “The Black Watch” " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org.  Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/418/mode/2up page 419] in 1857.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/324/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment “The Black Watch” " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org.  Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/418/mode/2up page 419] in 1857.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyof42ndroy00grovuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the 42nd Royal Highlanders - "The Black Watch" now the first battalion "The Black Watch" (Royal Highlanders) 1729-1893''] by John Percy Groves 1893  Illustrated by Harry Payne.  Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyof42ndroy00grovuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the 42nd Royal Highlanders - "The Black Watch" now the first battalion "The Black Watch" (Royal Highlanders) 1729-1893''] by John Percy Groves 1893  Illustrated by Harry Payne.  Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/blackwatchrecord00forbuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The "Black Watch": The Record of an Historic Regiment''] by Archibald Forbes 1896 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/blackwatchrecord00forbuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The "Black Watch": The Record of an Historic Regiment''] by Archibald Forbes 1896 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofbl00waucuoft ''A Short History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); 42nd, 73rd, 1725-1907. To which is added an account of the second battalion in the South African War, 1899-1902''] by [Arthur Grenfell  Wauchope] 1908 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofbl00waucuoft ''A Short History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); 42nd, 73rd, 1725-1907. To which is added an account of the second battalion in the South African War, 1899-1902''] by [Arthur Grenfell  Wauchope] 1908 Archive.org
*[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/library/A-History-of-The-Black-Watch-Royal-Highlanders-in-the-Great-War-1914-1918-Volume-III/files/assets/basic-html/page1.html ''A History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in the Great War 1914-1918''] Edited by Major General A G  Wauchope 1926. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. A transcribed version. Contents page states "Contents of Volume Three". Covers the Eighth Battalion onwards.
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Revision as of 13:04, 21 March 2018

Also known as The Black Watch.

Chronology

  • 1725 four Independent Highland Companies raised to police Highlands, commonly called the Reicudan Dhu, or Black Watch
  • 1729 two additional companies raised
  • 1739 Earl of Craufurd's Regiment formed by regimentation of existing six coys and four new coys; also known until 1751 by the names of other colonels
  • 1751 became 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
  • 1758 became 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot
  • 1861 became 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 73rd Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
  • 2006 merged with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland

Service in British India

The 1st Btn BW was stationed in India from September 1919, when they arrived at Allahabad until December 1936 which saw their departure from Barrackpore (after a stay which began October 1934). In between, short visitations were made to Quetta (November 1922), Multan (December 1925), Chakrata (March 1928), and Meerut (October 1930). The hill stations used by the BW between 1931-35 were: Ranikhet 1931 & 1932, Kailana 1933 & 1934. Lebong 1935.[1]

Regimental Journal

The Red Hackle :the Chronicle of the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment, and of the Black Watch Association. First published in April 1921 but not during the war years, 1939 - 45, the British Library has issues from Volume 1, no. 3 (Oct. 1921)

All volumes from 1921-2010 may be available on a 3 volume DVD set from the Museum Shop, see the Museum website below.

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. Indian Hill Stations Visited by the 42nd Regiment 1931-1935 from Ian Davidson's The Black Watch Archive. The information was based on the Red Hackle Regimental Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2015