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*[[Second Lucknow Relief|Relief of Lucknow 1857]]
*[[Tirah Campaign|Tirah 1897]]
==First World War==
The 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders . Garrison battalions were made up of soldiers unfit for front line duty.
The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 in the UK for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Battalion for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India.<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/gordon-highlanders/ Gordon Highlanders] The Long, Long Trail </ref> The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought back to England and disbanded.
There were many deaths due to heatstroke in the summer of 1918, when the Battalion was based at Rawalpindi.<ref> GordonMac [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/149267-csm-david-moody-12673-gordon-highlanders-rawalpindi-war-cemetery/ CSM David Moody 12673, Gordon Highlanders Rawalpindi War Cemetery] ''Great War Forum'' 03 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2019.</ref>
Some of the soldiers who served in the Garrison Battalions in India served on the North West Frontier in [[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan in 1919]], almost certainly along the lines of communication.<ref>Frogsmile. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190426105805/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 Sgt William Connelly, 1st Batt Gordon Highlders, NW Frontier] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 26 March 2013, now archived.</ref> Private Alexander Miller was one of those who served with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in the Third Afghan War.<ref>
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150609064040/http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=33790 Private Alexander Miller] dnw.co.uk, now an archived webpage.</ref>
==Regimental journal==
* ''The Tiger and Sphinx, or Gordon Highlanders’ Chronicle''. The [[British Library]] has issues 5 (1898) and 6 (1899)
* ''The Tiger and Sphinx''. New Series. The [[British Library]] has issues from 1924 to 1994
==FamilySearch records==
The [[FamilySearch]] catalogue includes the entry [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/569521 Blotter registers, 1803-1881]
Great Britain. Army. Gordon Highlanders, (75th Foot) "Microfilm of original records (Book MR. 61 ; vol. 1-4.) in the New Register House, Edinburgh [National Records of Scotland].
<br>Contents: Births (indexed), 1812-1881-- Marriages (indexed), 1803-1881". These records are currently (2020/03/18) catalogued as viewable at [[FamilySearch Centres]] and FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries.
Note, these records perhaps may be obtainable elsewhere, included in the [[Chaplains Returns]], but perhaps have the possibility of containing additional records.
== External Links ==
*[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://web.archive.org/web/20080113060438/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075-787.htm 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205933/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/075-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228095038/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075Gordn.htm The Gordon Highlanders] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205933/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/075-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233641/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/092-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/india_1895_rolls/gordon_highlanders_relief_chitral_1.htm Medal Roll 1st Battalion , Gordon Highlanders: Relief of Chitral 1895] northeastmedals.co.uk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190426112146/https://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/sixth-scale-action-figure-news-reviews-and-discussion-/92919-private-gordon-highlanders-north-west-frontier-1895-a.html Photographs of scale models: Private, Gordon Highlanders. North West Frontier, 1895] onesixthwarriors.com, archived.
*[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]]
*[http://www.craigcross.co.uk/History/Findlater/findlater.htm The story of Piper Findlater, V.C., the Hero of Dargai]. [http://www.craigcross.co.uk/History/Findlater/Chapter1.html Chapter 1] with links to other chapters.craigcross.co.uk*[http://www.pipesofwar.com/hero-of-dargai/history.php Hero of Dargai George Findlater VC] pipesofwar.com *[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/tirah-photographic-journalism-part-1 Tirah: Photographic Journalism (Part 1)]. The first part of a photograph album published by Black and White Publishing in 1899. “...includes photography of war fighting, camps, mountain terrain, war dead, the Gordon Highlanders in action, wounded soldiers and gun batteries” King’s College London Collections. This book is also available at the [[National Army Museum]], London titled ''Black and white war albums : No. 3 : the Tirah campaign'', catalogue No: 22336. Photographs by Rene Bull.*[http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/ Gordon Highlanders Museum] Covers the 75th and [[92nd Regiment of Foot|92nd Regiment]]s of Foot*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/gordons.htm Gordon Highlanders] britishempire.co.uk ====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====
*[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.
*''The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders'' by Lt.-Col. C. Greenhill Gardyne (Charles)
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03919/mode/1up ''Volume 1 From its formation in 1794 to 1816''] 1901 Archive.org
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi00gardgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''Volume 2 from 1816-1898''] including an [http://www.archive.org/stream/lifearegimenthi00gardgoog#page/n23/mode/2up ''Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881''] 1903 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/54/mode/2up "Seventy-Fifth Regiment"], page 54 ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org
*''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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