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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060438/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075-787.htm 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gordon_Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders] Wikipedia | |||
*[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia | |||
===Historical Books Online=== | ====Historical Books Online==== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/654/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788, presumably in Madras | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/654/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788, presumably in Madras | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Muster roll 1789] Google Books | |||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 5 January 2011
Known as The 75th Stirlingshire Regiment
Chronology
- 1787 raised as 75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot by EIC for service in India
- 1809 lost Highland status & dress and became 75th Regiment of Foot
- 1862 became 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st 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
British India Service
- 4th Mysore War 1798-99
- 5th Mysore War
- 2nd Mahratta War 1803-05
- Seringapatam 1799
- Delhi 1857
- Relief of Lucknow 1857
- Tirah 1897
External Links
- 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot www.regiments.org
- The Gordon Highlanders Wikipedia
- The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) cabarfeidh.com
- Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
Historical Books Online
- History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2 " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788, presumably in Madras
- Muster roll 1789 Google Books