93rd Regiment of Foot
Also known as Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
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 (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 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)
- 2004 amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single Royal Regiment of Scotland
External Links
Historical Books Online
History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments "The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences page 878 in 1857.
Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny By William Forbes-Mitchell, Late Sergeant 93rd Sutherland Highlanders 1893 Archive.org
Other
93rd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia