92nd Highlanders/75th & 92nd Regiments/Gordon Highlanders/The Highlanders 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Below is some genealogy information on the 92nd Highlanders, 75th & 92nd Regiments, Gordon Highlanders and The Highlanders 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.
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Description: Formed in 1881 by an amalgamation of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders and the 75th Stirlingshire Regiment. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Colenso, Elandslaagte, Ladysmith, Majuba Hill, Spionkop and Valkrantz and Pieters. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Italian, African and Far-Eastern fronts at battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Messines, the Ludendorff Offensive, the 1st battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, Festubert, Loos, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, Cambrai, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), Lys, the 2nd battle of the Somme (1918), the advance in Flanders, Selle, Passchendaele and Vittorio Veneto. They lost over 28,000 men in the war. During the Second World War they fought across the Western, African, Italian, Middle-Eastern snd Far-Eastern fronts. In 1994 they were amalgamated with the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), forming The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). In 2006 they joined the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Their nickname is The Gay Gordons.
Military actions:
- Boer war: Colenso
- Boer war: Elandslaagte
- Boer war: Ladysmith
- Boer war: Majuba Hill
- Boer war: Spionkop
- Boer war: Valkrantz and Pieters
- WWI: Mons
- WWI: Le Cateau
- WWI: Marne
- WWI: Aisne
- WWI: Messines
- WWI: Ludendorff Offensive
- WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
- WWI: Neuve Chapelle
- WWI: Aubers Bridge
- WWI: Festubert
- WWI: Loos
- WWI: Somme (1916)
- WWI: Hindenburg Line
- WWI: Arras
- WWI: Cambrai
- WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
- WWI: Lys
- WWI: 2nd battle of the Somme (1918)
- WWI: Advance in Flanders
- WWI: Selle
- WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
- WWI: Vittorio Veneto
Personnel:
1st Battalion.
1914
- James Cruickshank. Company Quartermaster Sergeant. Died 9 Nvoember 1914. Theatre: France & Flanders.
- Robert Bruce. Private. Died 19 December 1914. Theatre: France & Flanders.
2nd Battalion.
1914
- Robert Mcdougall. Private. Died 29 October 1914. Theatre: France & Flanders.
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