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*'''1777''' raised as the 1st Battalion 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders) | *'''1777''' raised as the 1st Battalion 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders) | ||
*'''1778''' 2nd Battalion raised | *'''1778''' 2nd Battalion raised | ||
*'''1782''' became the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot | *'''1782''' became the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1809''' became the 73rd Regiment of Foot | *'''1809''' became the 73rd Regiment of Foot | ||
Revision as of 18:49, 7 August 2009
Chronology
- 1756 2nd Battalion, 34th Regiment of Foot redesignated as 73rd Regiment of Foot
- 1763 became a Regiment of Invalids
- 1769 disbanded
- 1777 raised as the 1st Battalion 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)
- 1778 2nd Battalion raised
- 1782 became the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
- 1809 became the 73rd Regiment of Foot
- 1862 became the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became the 2nd 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
External Links
73rd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Black Watch Wikipedia
Macquarie University's webpage on the 73rd Foot (includes links to information on Seringapatam [1799] and Mangalore [1783])