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The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
 
The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
 
*'''2006''' amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, abbreviated to 2 SCOTS
 
*'''2006''' amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, abbreviated to 2 SCOTS
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== Service in British India ==
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*'''1839''' India (1st Btn)
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*'''1845''' [[Kamptee]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1846''' [[Agra]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1863''' [[Madras]] (2nd Btn)
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*'''1869''' [[Bombay]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1875''' [[Burma]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1877''' [[Madras]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1878''' Trimulgherry (1st Btn)
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*'''1883''' [[Madras]] (2nd Btn)
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*'''1885''' [[Burma]] (2nd Btn)
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*'''1886''' Dagshai (2nd Btn)
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*'''1888''' [[Black Mountain Expedition 1888|Hazara Expedition]] (2nd Btn)
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*'''1890''' Cherat (2nd Btn)
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*'''1893''' [[Sialkot]] (2nd Btn)
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*'''1896''' [[Sialkot]]  1st Btn)
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*'''1897''' [[Tirah Campaign]] (1st & 2nd Btn)
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*'''1899''' [[Peshawar]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1902''' [[Allahabad]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1905''' [[Bareilly]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1921''' Barrackpore (2nd Btn)
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*'''1923''' [[Sialkot]] (2nd Btn)
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*'''1925''' [[Peshawar]] (2nd Btn)
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*'''1927''' [[Ferozepore]] (2nd Btn)
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*'''1936''' [[Karachi]] (1st Btn)
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*'''1939''' [[Poona]] (1st Btn)
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==

Revision as of 11:00, 8 December 2009

Also known as The Royal Scots Fusiliers

Chronology

  • 1678 raised as the Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot ('Mar's Grey Breeks') also known until 1751 by the names of twelve other colonels
  • 1685 became the Scots Fuzileers
  • 1688 became the Royal North British Fuzileers
  • 1751 became the 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fuzileers)
  • 1877 became the 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The Royal Scots Fusiliers
  • 1959 amalgamated with The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), to form

The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)

  • 2006 amalgamated with the other regiments of the Scottish Division to become The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, abbreviated to 2 SCOTS

Service in British India

External Links

Royal Scots Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Highland Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia