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== 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Highlanders Queen's Own Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons) The Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080202074704/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072-786.htm 72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055653/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/072-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071224055059/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072Seaf.htm Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055653/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/072-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>*On the night of 4th December 1874, the bandmaster of the 72nd Highlanders, stationed at Peshawar, was carried off by a party of raiders belonging to the Zakha Khel clan.<ref>Garen. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180117062519/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=312 Kidnapped by the Afghans! 72nd Highlander 1874/75] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 8 May 2008, now archived. <br/ref>*[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**The Museum has published Regimental journals online, see Historical books online below.*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/photographs/kingsempire1906/indusbridge.jpg The 72nd Highlanders Crossing the River Indus] by Bourne and Shepherd, Calcutta from a 1906 book ''The King's Empire'' by J. H. Bacon from the website [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/photographs/kingsempire1906/kingsempire1906.html Indian Routes] by Prof. Emerita Frances W. Pritchett Columbia University. columbia.edu. Elsewhere, it is stated the photograph was taken in 1896.

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