Difference between revisions of "75th Regiment of Foot"

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Known as The 75th Stirlingshire Regiment

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

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
Military Art: Dargai During the Battle of Dargai Heights‎, on 20 October 1897, the regiment lost three Officers and thirty men and Piper Findlater received the Victoria Cross. This action was one of the North West Frontier Campaigns

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

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 *[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/highlanders%20history.htm The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] cabarfeidh.com
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland] Wikipedia
+*[http://www.war-art.com/dargai.htm Military Art: Dargai]  During  the [[Battle of Dargai Heights‎]],  on 20 October 1897, the regiment lost three Officers and thirty men and Piper Findlater received the Victoria Cross. This action was one of the [[North West Frontier Campaigns]]
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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.