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The 1st Btn BW was stationed in India from September 1919, when they arrived at Allahabad until December 1936 which saw their departure from Barrackpore (after a stay which began October 1934). In between, short visitations were made to [[Quetta]] (November 1922), [[Multan]] (December 1925), [[Chakrata]] (March 1928), and [[Meerut]] (October 1930). The hill stations used by the BW between 1931-35 were: [[Ranikhet]] 1931 & 1932, [[Chakrata|Kailana]] 1933 & 1934. [[Darjeeling|Lebong]] 1935.<ref>[http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/indianhill.html Indian Hill Stations Visited by the 42nd Regiment 1931-1935] from Ian Davidson's The Black Watch Archive. The information was based on the ''Red Hackle'' Regimental Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2015</ref> ==Regimental Journal==''The Red Hackle :the Chronicle of the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment, and of the Black Watch Association''. First published in April 1921 but not during the war years, 1939 - 45, the [[British Library ]] has issues from Volume 1, no. 3 (Oct. 1921) All volumes from 1921-2010 are in the process of being made available digitised and put on to a flash drive that will be available to buy through the Regimental Association office, see the Museum website below. == External Links links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(Royal_Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot 42nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia*[https://theblackwatch.co.uk The Black Watch Castle and Museum] in Balhousie Castle, Perth, Scotland. Includes a Research Room (user donation required)**[https://theblackwatch.co.uk/regimental-association/ Regimental Association page: ''The Red Hackle'' Magazine]. Advises that digitised copies of all magazines from 1921-2010 are in the process of being made available and put on to a flash drive that will be available to buy through the Regimental Association office.*''List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt (1911) Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/listofinscriptio00blunuoft/page/100 Pages 100-103] details memorials to the 42nd Royal Highlanders who fell in the Mutiny campaigns 1857-1860. Also gives some background about the regiment*[http://www.richardmoles.com/ellison.html Private John Ellison in India 1860-1868] from RichardMoles.com*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/blackwatch_index.htm The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)] from British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployment of both the 1st and 2nd Battalions in India.*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060322/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/042-751.htm 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071130085549/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/042-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071216183323/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/042Black.htm The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071130085549/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/042-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233631/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/073-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website*[http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/indianhill.html The 1st Battalion Black Watch in India 1919-1936], [http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/am.html Annual Manoeuvres 1933], [http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/move.html Barrackpore 1934] from the Black Watch Archive, a memorial to John Davidson, a Black Watch Soldier. Includes many photographs.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130721143247/http://britains-smallwars.com/India/last.html Sunset on the Raj: The Last to Leave] The last British Army colours to leave the part of India which is now Pakistan were the 2nd Battalion , Black Watch who left Karachi on 26 February 1948. britains-smallwars.com, now archived ====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/418324/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regimentsVolume 2''] "The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment “The Black Watch” " by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/418/mode/2up page 419 ] in 1857.===Other===*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyof42ndroy00grovuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the 42nd Royal Highlanders - "The Black Watch" now the first battalion "The Black Watch" (Royal Highlanders) 1729-1893''] by John Percy Groves 1893 Illustrated by Harry Payne. Archive.org*[http://enwww.archive.org/stream/blackwatchrecord00forbuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The "Black Watch": The Record of an Historic Regiment''] by Archibald Forbes 1896 Archive.wikipediaorg*[https://archive.org/wikidetails/42nd_shorthistoryofbl00waucuoft ''A Short History of the Black Watch (Royal_HighlandRoyal Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot ; 42nd Regiment , 73rd, 1725-1907. To which is added an account of the second battalion in the South African War, 1899-1902''] by [Arthur Grenfell Wauchope] 1908 Archive.org* ''A History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in the Great War 1914-1918'' (in three Volumes) Edited by Major General A G Wauchope 1926. Vol. 1 (1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions), includes 2nd Battalion in Mesopotamia and Palestine. Vol. 2 (4th, 5th 6th, 7th Reserve Battalions, The Royal Highlanders of FootCanada & The Sydney Scottish Rifles). Vol. 3 (8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th & 14th Battalions), includes 10th Battalion in Salonika and 14th Battalion in Palestine.: [https://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A69526#page/1/mode/2up ''Volume One''] Digital Archive@McMaster University Library. [https://archive.org/details/historyblackwatch-vol1/page/n9/mode/2up ''Vol. One'' Archive.org]; [https://archive.org/details/historyblackwatch-vol2/page/n9/mode/2up ''Vol. Two''] Archive.org; [https://archive.org/details/black-watch-vol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''Vol. Three''] Wikipedia<br>Archive.org*[httphttps://enarchive.org/stream/archibalddonmemo00sayliala#page/126/mode/2up Page 126, ''Archibald Don, a Memoir''] 1918. Archive.org. Archibald Don was a medical student who was commissioned as an officer of the 10th Battalion, Black Watch, which was sent to Salonika in November 1915. He died of malignant malaria September 1916.wikipedia*[https://archive.org/wikidetails/fifeforfar00ogiluoft/page/n7/mode/Black_Watch_2up ''Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (Royal_HighlandersF.& F. Yeo) Black WatchBattn. R.H. 1914-1919''] [R. H. = Royal Highlanders] Wikipediaby Major D D Ogilvie 1921 Archive.org. == References ==<brreferences /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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*'''1931''' [[Meerut]]
*'''1935''' [[Barrackpore]]
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