73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
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Description: Formed in 1756 after a battalion of the 34th Regiment of Foot was re-designated. It was disbanded in 1763, In 1777 they were re-raised as the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders). In 1786 they became the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders). In In 1780 the 2nd battalion of the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot were raised. In 1782 they were renamed the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot. In 1809 they were renamed the 73rd Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Napoleonic war, fighting at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo. In 1846, whilst sailing for South Africa to take part in the Xhosa Wars, the HMS Birkenhead struck rocks. 357 men drowned. In 1862 they were renamed the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot. In 1881 they amalgamated with the 42nd Regiment of Foot to form The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch). They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Magersfontein, Modder River and Paardenburg. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Middle-Eastern and Balkan fronts at battles such as Mons, Marne, Aisne, the Ludendorff Offensive, the 1st battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, Festubert, Loos, the Somme (1916), the 2nd battle of Ypres, Arras, the Hindenburg Line, Passchendaele, Cambrai, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), Lys, Selle and Doiran. During the Second World War they fought across the Western, African and Far-Eastern fronts at battles such as the Dunkirk evacuations, the Normandy landings>, El-Alamein and the invasion of Italy. In 1931 they were renamed The Black Watch. In 2006 they merged with the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, forming the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Their nickname is The Forty Twas Black Jocks or the Ladies from Hell.
Military actions:
- Napoleonic war: Quatre-Bras
- Napoleonic war: Waterloo
- Boer war: Magersfontein
- Boer war: Modder River
- Boer war: Paardenburg
- WWI: Mons
- WWI: Marne
- WWI: Aisne
- WWI: Ludendorff Offensive
- WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
- WWI: Neuve Chapelle
- WWI: Aubers Bridge
- WWI: Festubert
- WWI: Loos
- WWI: Somme (1916)
- WWI: 2nd battle of Ypres
- WWI: Arras
- WWI: Hindenburg Line
- WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
- WWI: Cambrai
- WWI: Lys
- WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
- WWI: Selle
- WWI: Doiran
- WWII: Dunkirk and its evacuation
- WWII: D-Day
- WWII: El-Alamein
- WWII: Invasion of Italy
Websites:
- Wikipedia: 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
- History of the 42nd & 73rd Highlanders, Black Watch regiments and Black Watch 3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland.
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