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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
===Historical Books Online=== | ===Historical Books Online=== | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/834/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "The 92nd Gordon Highlanders " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/846/mode/2up page 847] in 1858 and [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/852/mode/2up page 852] in 1868 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/834/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "The 92nd Gordon Highlanders " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/846/mode/2up page 847] in 1858 and [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/852/mode/2up page 852] in 1868 | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi00gardgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Volume 2 from 1816-1898''] including an [http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi00gardgoog#page/n23/mode/2up ''Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881''] by Charles Greenhill Gardyne 1903 Archive.org ([http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi01gardgoog#page/n31/mode/2up Volume 1]) | |||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 14 April 2011
Known as The Gordon Highlanders
Chronology
- 1794 raised by the 4th Duke of Gordon as the 100th Regiment of Foot
- 1798 became 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 75th Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd 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
Service in British India
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1878-80 2nd Afghan War
External Links
Historical Books Online
- History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2 "The 92nd Gordon Highlanders " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences page 847 in 1858 and page 852 in 1868
- The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Volume 2 from 1816-1898 including an Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881 by Charles Greenhill Gardyne 1903 Archive.org (Volume 1)
Other
92nd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Gordon Highlanders Wikipedia
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) cabarfeidh.com
Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia