72nd Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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1778 raised by the 1st Earl of Seaforth as the 78th Highland Regiment of Foot
1823 renamed the 72nd Regiment of Foot, or 78th Highlanders (Duke of Albany's Own)
1881 amalgamated with 78th Highlanders as 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
1961 combined with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
1994 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders was further amalgamated with 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders to form 1st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
2006 amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland and called The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)

Historical Record of the Seventy-Second Regiment, or the Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1778, and of its subsequent services to 1848 by Richard Cannon 1848. Archive.org. Indian Service commences page 6 in 1782 in Madras. 247 men died on the voyage to India.
History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2 "Seaforth’s Highlanders, formerly the Seventy-Eighth, now the Seventy-Second Regiment or Duke Of Albany’s Own Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences page 545 in 1782 in Madras

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 *'''1881''' amalgamated with [[78th Regiment of Foot|78th Highlanders]] as 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
 *'''1961''' combined with the [[79th Regiment of Foot|Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]] to form the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
-*'''1994''' 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders was further amalgamated with 1st Battalion, [[100th Regiment of Foot|The Gordon Highlanders]] to form 1st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
+*'''1994''' 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders was further amalgamated with 1st Battalion, [[Gordon Highlanders]] to form 1st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
 *'''2006''' amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland and called The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)