92nd Regiment of Foot

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

• 1879 Charasiah
• 1879 Kabul
• 1880 Kandahar

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