93rd Regiment of Foot

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History

  • 1759 raised as 1st Sutherland Fencibles
  • 1763 disbanded
  • 1779 2nd Sutherland Fencibles raised by Lt-Col Wemyss
  • 1793 3rd Sutherland Fencibles raised by Lt-Col Wemyss disbanded 1799
  • 1799 93rd Regiment raised by Maj-Gen Wemyss
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to become 2nd Battalion of the Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders)
  • 1968 amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Foot), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (6th Foot) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th Foot) to form 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

External Links

93rd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
& Sutherland Highlanders Wikipedia
Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny By William Forbes-Mitchell, Late Sergeant 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Google Books