73rd Regiment of Foot
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Chronology
- 1756 2nd Battalion, 34th Regiment of Foot redesignated as73rd Regiment of Foot
- 1763 became a Regiment of Invalids
- 1769 disbanded
- 1777 raised as the 1st Battalion 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)
- 1778 2nd Battalion raised
- 1786 redesignated the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)
- 1780 2nd Battalion, 43rd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot raised
- 1782 became the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
- 1809 became the 73rd Regiment of Foot
- 1862 became the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became the 2nd Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
- 2006 merged with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland
External Links
73rd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Black Watch Wikipedia
Macquarie University's webpage on the 73rd Foot (includes links to information on Seringapatam [1799] and Mangalore [1783])
