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The 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders . Garrison battalions were made up of soldiers unfit for front line duty.
The 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders . Garrison battalions were made up of soldiers unfit for front line duty.


The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 in the UK for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Battalion for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India.<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/gordon.htm The Gordon Highlanders] The Long, Long Trail </ref> The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought  back to England and disbanded.
The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 in the UK for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Battalion for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India.<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/gordon-highlanders/ Gordon Highlanders] The Long, Long Trail </ref> The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought  back to England and disbanded.


There were many deaths due to heatstroke in the summer of 1918, when the Battalion was based at Rawalpindi. <ref> GordonMac [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=149267 CSM David Moody 12673, Gordon Highlanders Rawalpindi War Cemetery] ''Great War Forum'' 03 July 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2015.</ref>
There were many deaths due to heatstroke in the summer of 1918, when the Battalion was based at Rawalpindi.<ref> GordonMac [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/149267-csm-david-moody-12673-gordon-highlanders-rawalpindi-war-cemetery/ CSM David Moody 12673, Gordon Highlanders Rawalpindi War Cemetery] ''Great War Forum'' 03 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2019.</ref>


Some of the soldiers who served in the Garrison Battalions in India served on the North West Frontier in Afghanistan in 1919, almost certainly along the lines of communication.<ref>Frogsmile [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 Sgt William Connelly, 1st Batt Gordon Highlders, NW Frontier]  ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 26 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2015.</ref> Private Alexander Miller  was one of those who served with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in the Third Afghan War.<ref>
Some of the soldiers who served in the Garrison Battalions in India served on the North West Frontier in [[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan in 1919]], almost certainly along the lines of communication.<ref>Frogsmile.  [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 Sgt William Connelly, 1st Batt Gordon Highlders, NW Frontier]  ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 26 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2015.</ref> Private Alexander Miller  was one of those who served with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in the Third Afghan War.<ref>
[http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=33790 Private Alexander Miller] dnw.co.uk</ref>
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150609064040/http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=33790 Private Alexander Miller] dnw.co.uk, now an archived webpage.</ref>


==Regimental  journal==
==Regimental  journal==

Revision as of 11:14, 26 April 2019

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

First World War

The 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders . Garrison battalions were made up of soldiers unfit for front line duty.

The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 in the UK for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Battalion for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India.[1] The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought back to England and disbanded.

There were many deaths due to heatstroke in the summer of 1918, when the Battalion was based at Rawalpindi.[2]

Some of the soldiers who served in the Garrison Battalions in India served on the North West Frontier in Afghanistan in 1919, almost certainly along the lines of communication.[3] Private Alexander Miller was one of those who served with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in the Third Afghan War.[4]

Regimental journal

  • The Tiger and Sphinx, or Gordon Highlanders’ Chronicle. The British Library has issues 5 (1898) and 6 (1899)
  • The Tiger and Sphinx. New Series. The British Library has issues from 1924 to 1994

External Links

Historical Books Online

References

  1. ↑ Gordon Highlanders The Long, Long Trail
  2. ↑ GordonMac CSM David Moody 12673, Gordon Highlanders Rawalpindi War Cemetery Great War Forum 03 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Frogsmile. Sgt William Connelly, 1st Batt Gordon Highlders, NW Frontier Victorian Wars Forum 26 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Private Alexander Miller dnw.co.uk, now an archived webpage.


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