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*'''2006''' amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland and called The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)
== External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot 72nd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders Seaforth Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=312 Kidnapped by the Afghans! 72nd Highlander 1874/75] Victorian Wars Forum<br>
*[http://www.jeffreygreen.co.uk/086-sergeant-william-dobson-of-the-72nd-highlanders Sergeant William Dobson of the 72nd Highlanders] was an African born in South Africa around 1840. He joined the 72nd Highlanders in Edinburgh in 1857/1858 and was sent to India where he was a drummer. jeffreygreen.co.uk
*Career of Colour-Sergt David Douglas Mackie and his son James Mackie: [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-one-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 1], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-two-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 2], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-three-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 3], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-four-james-laura-mackie/ Pt. 4], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-five-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 5] thesocialhistorian.com
:Part 1. David Douglas Mackie enlisted at the age of 19 at Edinburgh with the 72nd Highlanders in 1867, and sailed for India 1871. Included is an advertisement placed by a wife who was not “on the strength” seeking passage to India.
:Part 2. 72nd took part in [[2nd Afghan War]], and were next deployed to Egypt.
:Part 3. 72nd returned to England and James Douglas Mackie, son, enlisted 24 November 1885 age 14, for 12 years, with the [[93rd Regiment of Foot|Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]], which later sailed for India November, 1891 on the troopship Malabar.
:Part 4. David Mackie kills himself.
*[http://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com The Highlanders Museum] Covers the 72nd, [[78th Regiment of Foot|78th (Ross-shire Buffs)]] and the [[79th Regiment of Foot|79th (Cameron Highlanders)]] Regiments of Foot
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/photographs/kingsempire1906/indusbridge.jpg The 72nd Highlanders Crossing the River Indus] columbia.edu. This [http://pictorialgems.com/The-72nd-Highlanders-Crossing-The-Indus-1896-Victorian-Photo-View.592 link] states the photograph was taken in 1896, by Bourne and Shepherd, Calcutta
====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor06canngoog#page/n5/mode/1up ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Second Regiment, or the Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1778, and of its subsequent services to 1848''] by Richard Cannon 1848. Archive.org. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor06canngoog#page/n42/mode/1up page 6] in 1782 in Madras. 247 men died on the voyage to India.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/n637/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] "Seaforth’s Highlanders, formerly the Seventy-Eighth, now the Seventy-Second Regiment or Duke Of Albany’s Own Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/n639/mode/2up page 545] in 1782 in Madras
