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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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===Historical Books Online=== | ===Historical Books 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, presumably in Madras | + | |
| + | *[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, presumably in Madras | ||
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
| − | [http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060438/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075-787.htm 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org | + | |
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060438/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075-787.htm 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot] - www.regiments.org | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gordon_Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders] - Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[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 | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 24 January 2010
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
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, presumably in Madras
Other
- 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
