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| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/654/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788 | + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/654/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2''] " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788. |
| − | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Muster roll in Malabar | + | *''Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay'' from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Muster roll in Malabar] Google Books |
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Revision as of 15:57, 5 January 2011
Known as The 75th Stirlingshire Regiment
Chronology
- 1787 raised as 75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot by EIC for service in India
- 1809 lost Highland status & dress and became 75th Regiment of Foot
- 1862 became 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders
- 1994 amalgamated with The Queens' Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
- 2004 amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single Royal Regiment of Scotland
British India Service
- 4th Mysore War 1798-99
- 5th Mysore War
- 2nd Mahratta War 1803-05
- Seringapatam 1799
- Delhi 1857
- Relief of Lucknow 1857
- Tirah 1897
External Links
- 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot www.regiments.org
- The Gordon Highlanders Wikipedia
- The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) cabarfeidh.com
- Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
Historical Books Online
- History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments Volume 2 " Seventy-Fifth regiment or 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commenced in 1788.
- Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 Muster roll in Malabar Google Books
