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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/116/mode/2up "The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)"] from ''The Lowland Scots Regiments : their origin, character and services previous to the great war of 1914'' edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1918 Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/116/mode/2up "The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)"] from ''The Lowland Scots Regiments : their origin, character and services previous to the great war of 1914'' edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1918 Archive.org
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=hjQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Narrative of the captivity of an officer, who fell into the hands of the Burmāhs during the late war''] by Captain Richard Bennett 1827 Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=hjQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Narrative of the captivity of an officer, who fell into the hands of the Burmāhs during the late war''] by Captain Richard Bennett 1827 Google Books
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*"Narrative of the Captivity of Capt R Bennett, Royal Regiment, who fell into the hands of the Burmahs during the late war" ''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military magazine 1829''
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:''Part 1'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OEDzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA680 page 680], ''Part 2'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9EHzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA65 page 65], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9EHzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA306 page 306], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9EHzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA721 page 721] Google Books
 
*"Burma and the Burmese During the Late War" by Major Bennett, Royal Regiment. ''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 1838 Part 3'' [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA76 page 76],[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA207, page 207], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA371, page 371], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA511, page 511] Google Books
 
*"Burma and the Burmese During the Late War" by Major Bennett, Royal Regiment. ''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 1838 Part 3'' [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA76 page 76],[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA207, page 207], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA371, page 371], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA511, page 511] Google Books
  
  
 
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 12:08, 10 March 2011

Also known as The Royal Regiment and The Royal Scots

Chronology

  • 1625 raised as John Hepburn's Regiment
  • 1633 became the Royal Regiment of Foot
  • 1684 became His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot also known until 1751 by the names of colonels
  • 1751 became the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot
  • 1812 became the 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots)
  • 1821 became the 1st or The Royal Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
  • 1921 became The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
  • 2006 amalgamated with The Royal Highland Fusiliers, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, The Black Watch, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), and The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, to form The Royal Regiment of Scotland

Service in British India

1st Battalion alternated with 2nd Battalion
1857 Ceylon 1801 Egypt
1884 Egypt 1807 Madras
1912 Allahabad 1814 India
1920 Rangoon 1817 3rd Maratha War
1922 Secunderabad 1825 Burma
1942 Burma 1826 Bangalore
1947 India 1858 China
1866 India
1891 India
1893 Madras
1897 Mandalay
1899 Poona
1904 Kamptee
1909 Bombay
1931 Baluchistan
1835 Lahore

External Links

The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion regiments.org
Royal Scots Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
Chris Paton’s William Alexander Halliday abt 1800 - 6/11/1831

Historical Books Online

Part 1, page 680, Part 2, page 65, page 306, page 721 Google Books
  • "Burma and the Burmese During the Late War" by Major Bennett, Royal Regiment. The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 1838 Part 3 page 76,page 207, page 371, page 511 Google Books