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
- 93rd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Wikipedia
- Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
- 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived website
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)-the Museum. Located in Stirling Castle, in the city of Stirling, Scotland
- This Victorian Wars Forum post contains a photograph of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders on the Northwest Frontier (2nd Battalion c late 1890s)
Historical Books Online
- Historical Records of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders now the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders compiled by Roderick Hamilton Burgoyne 1883 Archive.org
- History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2 "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
- Recollections of a Highland Subaltern, during the Campaigns of the 93rd Highlanders in India, under Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, in 1857, 1858 and 1859 by Lieut.-Colonel W. Gordon-Alexander 1898 Archive.org
- "Topographical and Sanitary Report on Subathoo (A Lower Himalayan Station)" by Dr Munro Surgeon, 93rd Highlanders 1859-60, page 362 Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1861 (published 1863) Google Books