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*Victorian Wars Forum thread [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders] The 1st Garrison battalion was formed in 1916 for service in India and did not exist before that time. It was known as 12th Bn for a short time. It moved to Blairgowrie before going in January 1917 to India. The battalion served in India until 1920, when it was brought back to England and disbanded.**Great War Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=149267 thread] about the 1st Garrison Battalion and deaths due to heatstroke.**[http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/viewspecialcollections/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=33790 Alexander Miller] served with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in the [[3rd Afghan War|Third Afghan War]] dnw.co.uk
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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.1914-1918.net/gordon.htm The 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 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=149267 CSM David Moody 12673, Gordon Highlanders Rawalpindi War Cemetery] ''Great War Forum'' 03 July 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2015.</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 [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. Retrieved 9 June 2015.</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>
[http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=33790 Private Alexander Miller] dnw.co.uk</ref>
==Regimental journal==
*[http://www.pipesofwar.com/hero-of-dargai/history.php Hero of Dargai George Findlater VC] pipesofwar.com
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=763 Tirah: photographic journalism] A photograph album from ''Black and White War Album: No. 3 The Tirah Campaign'' published 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
*[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
*[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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