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*'''2004''' amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single Royal Regiment of Scotland
== External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93rd_Regiment_of_Foot 93rd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders] Wikipedia
*[http://www.argylls.co.uk/ The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)-the Museum]. Located in Stirling Castle, in the city of Stirling, Scotland
*This Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7179#p30565 post] contains a photograph of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders on the Northwest Frontier (2nd Battalion c late 1890s)
*Career of Colour-Sergt David Douglas Mackie, [[72nd Regiment of Foot]], and his son James Mackie: [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-one-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 1], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-two-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 2], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-three-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 3], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-four-james-laura-mackie/ Pt. 4], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-five-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 5] thesocialhistorian.com
:Part 3. 72nd returned to England and James Douglas Mackie, son, enlisted 24 November 1885 age 14, for 12 years, with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, which later sailed for India November, 1891 on the troopship Malabar.
:Part 4. David Mackie killed himself. James Mackie took part in the [[Tochi Valley Expedition 1897-98|Tochi Valley Expedition]] in 1897, then returned to Scotland in 1898. In 1899, his wife Laura was put off the strength of the married establishment for her conduct.
:Part 5. James Mackie was deployed to South Africa to fight in the Boer War. Discharged in 1909, he rejoined the Army during WW1, was commissioned and killed 1916.
*IWM catalogue entry with details of the service history of [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030012958 Lieutenant J Gordon Smith] platoon commander in the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (12th Indian Infantry Brigade, 11th Indian Division) from (?) July 1941 in Singapore and Malaya, his eventual capture in late January, 1942 and his time in the camps on the Burma - Siam railway. His memoir is ''War Memories: A Medical Student In Malaya And Thailand''
