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	Black Watch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Part of the Scottish Division, it was the senior regiment of Highlanders.
		The regiment won honours after the Battle of the Hook during the Korean War in November 1952, and were subsequently involved in peacekeeping in various parts of the world; the same activity for which the regiment was raised 250 years earlier.
		As part of the 5th Canadian Brigade, the Regiment's 1st Battalion landed in Normandy in July 1944 and participated in major combat actions afterwards including the fight for the Channel Ports, the Scheldt, the Nijmegen Salient, the Rhineland, and the final battles of the war east of the Rhine River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Watch (1134 words)

	The Royal Canadian Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The regiment was formed as the Infantry School Corps on 21 December 1883, as a regular unit that would train the Canadian militia.
		The Regiment combined with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and the 42nd and 49th Canadian Infantry Battalions to form the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
		The regiment was transferred to Europe in February 1945 and took part in the liberation the Dutch city of Apeldoorn.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Royal_Canadian_Regiment (2105 words)

	Highland Regiment - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		Highlanders were "men bred in the rough bounds", living off the fish they caught in the lochs, the deer they hunted in the hills, and the herds they tended to in strachan and glen or raided from their Lowland neighbours.
		Several years later, as a move to counter the growing tide of Jacobitism in the Highlands, a suggestion was made that the government should consider raising several regiments of Highlanders commanded by English or Scottish officers of "undoubted loyalty" and officered by chiefs and chieftains of "disaffected clans".
		The main distinction of Highland Regiments was the use of the kilt and associated accoutrements.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Highland_Regiment (1386 words)

	ROYAL HIGHLAND EMIGRANT REGIMENT
		This battalion was to be raised from the Highland emigrants in Canada, and the discharged men of the 42
		Highland Regiment, was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant of the first battalion.
		Regiment, was appointed major-commandant of the second battalion, which was to be raised from emigrants and discharged Highland soldiers who had settled in Nova Scotia.
	www.btinternet.com /~coghlan/emigrant.htm (699 words)

	1881-1975 (The Black Watch)
		So it was with The Royal Highlanders, the 1st Battalion went to Egypt and the 2nd remained at home for the next 18 years, serving in England, Ireland, Scotland and England again before they became due for their own tour of foreign duties.
		Forming part of the Highland Brigade under Major General Wauchope – himself a former officer in the Regiment the Battalion was soon in action as the Brigade advanced in a badly managed attack on the 200 feet high Magersfontein Ridge, losing 301 out of 943 men and 17 out of 27 officers, including Wauchope himself.
		All the Regiment’s battalions apart from the 1st and 4th/5th had fought at the 1st Battle of Arras in the Spring of 1917 and then in July and August came the 3rd Battle of Ypres, in which the 4th/5th were reduced by losses to the strength of a single company.
	www.eze33.com /brigade/bw3.htm (3050 words)

	42d ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT 1729 - 1775
		Notwithstanding this remonstrance, the government persisted in its determination to send the regiment abroad; and to deceive the men, from whom their real destination was concealed, they were told that the object of their march to England was merely to gratify the curiosity of the king, who was desirous of seeing a Highland regiment.
		The Highlanders arrived in the Thames on the 4th of November, and whilst the other regiments were sent to Scotland under General Hawley to assist in quelling the insurrection, the 43d was marched to the coast of Kent, and joined the division of the army assembled there to repel an expected invasion.
		The regiment remained in Ireland after its return from North America about eight years, in the course of which it was occasionally occupied in different parts of that country in aid of the civil power,--a service in which, from their conciliatory disposition, they were found very useful.
	www.btinternet.com /~coghlan/42nd_Highlanders_part1.htm (11816 words)

	The Virtual Royal Highlanders of Canada
		The Parent Regiment, from which The Black Watch of Canada derives its title, was formed in 1739 to serve in a garrison and peacekeeping capacity in the then troubled Highlands of Scotland.
		Highland dress is a extremely traditional and complex code of the wearing of certain articles of clothing, like kilts, doublets, brogues, and special belts, with combinations of a number of other accessories, like the dirk or Sgian Dubh, the broach, the sporran and others.
		On the 4th of June 1795, as the regiment, then quartered at Royston, Cambridgeshire, was out on parade to fire three rounds in honor of his Majesty's birthday, the men were surprised and delighted when a large box was brought on to the field, and a red feather distributed to each soldier.
	www3.sympatico.ca /kmeade/royals/fmuseum.html (2381 words)

	Black Watch
		The regiment went into action for the first time in 1745 at the battle of Fontenoy.In 1751 the number was changed, the regiment becoming known as the 42nd or Highland Regiment, and seven years later the title of " Royal " was conferred.
		In 1809 the 73rd, together with several other Highland regiments, were ordered to discontinue the Highland dress which was considered a detriment to recruiting.
		During the war of 1914-1918 the regiment consisted of 25 battalions and fought in France and Flanders, Macedonia, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Palestine.
	pirate.shu.edu /~therajpa/blackwatch.htm (861 words)

	Private, The Royal Highland Regiment, The 42nd (The Black Watch)
		It was a matter of great pride to the 42nd Regiment that it was designated a "Royal" regiment in 1758 for its distinguished battle record, prior to the battle of Carillon (Ticonderoga) and at the time of the battle the Regiment had not received notice of the honor.
		The 42nd Regiment was on the left in reserve on July 8, 1758 but when it saw the disastrous results of the first wave of attack on the French Lines on the heights of Carillon, the Regiment rushed into battle.
		After the Regiment became a "Royal" Regiment, as was customary the facings became blue, the Royal color of the House of Hanover.
	www.vintageviews.org /vv-ny/Pt/cards/t020.html (661 words)

	An historical note for the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment
		The 42nd was formed in May 1740 from many small independant companies throughout the highlands of Scotland, which were originally formed to combat banditry, flmail and extortion which was rife throughout the highlands of Scotland in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
		The new Regiment continued to serve as the Highland Watch, in Scotland, but the British command sent the regiment as reinforcements in Flanders and Germany, in the war of the Austrian Succession.
		The 73rd Regiment which served right here in Australia under Governor Lachlan Macquarie, from 1810 till 1814 was formed from the 2nd batalion 42nd in 1780 and returned to the 42nd in 1871.
	members.iinet.net.au /~wgoonfan/history.html (803 words)

	Scottish Highland Pistol (42nd Regiment - Murdoch style)
		One surviving original, same style as the replica, is marked "RHR" on the barrel, standing for the Royal Highland Regiment (becoming the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment "Black Watch").
		The steel pistol was used in the ranks of Highland Regiments into the 1780s, when a less expensive (and less elegant) bronze pistol began to challenge the dominance of the steel version in the ranks of Britain's Highland Regiments.
		Highland sergeants and men wore one steel pistol under the left arm, hung through the pistol's belt hook on a thin buff leather belt.
	www.militaryheritage.com /pistol2.htm (528 words)

	The Grenadier Company of The 42d Royal Highland Regiment
		The Highland Regiment was first comprised of six independent companies raised in 1775 of loyal clansmen.
		These six companies were charged with controlling the highland clans from in fighting and enforcing the disarming of the highland clans.
		In 1751 The Regiment was renumbered the 42d and given a royal designation thus becoming The 42d Royal Highland Regiment "The Gallant 42".
	home.insightbb.com /~grenadier_42d/index.html (279 words)

	ANA : Members : 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment
		(Royal Highland) Regiment is the oldest Scottish Regiment in the British Army having been formed in May 1740 with six companies raised from four clans considered loyal to the government - those of Campbell, Grant, Fraser and Munro.
		It was originally raised to combat banditry, flmail and extortion which was rife in the highlands during the late 17
		Another theory is that the name derived from the dark tartan which contrasted against the bright red of the soldiers' coatees.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~anaaust/members/42nd/index.htm (161 words)

	The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment
		This Regiment was originally numbered the 43rd Highland Regiment, but was renumbered as the 42nd in 1749.
		Prior the the action at Ticonderoga, the Black Watch was given the distinction of being a "Royal" regiment, changing the uniform's facings from buff to royal blue, and earning the right to bear a distinctive seal on the colours and drums.
		The regiment was known from then on as The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment or Royal Highlanders.
	www.42ndrhr.org /index.php (652 words)

	Royal 42nd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		he 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, later known as The Black Watch, was formed in the highlands of Scotland from several independent companies in 1737.
		After serving with distinction in the Battle of Fontenoy, the regiment was officially designated as the 42nd Regiment.
		After the occupation of Philadelphia in 1778, the regiment engaged in combat again in the Battle of Monmouth.
	www.clangordonhighlanders.org /42nd_royal_highland_regiment.htm (589 words)

	73rd Reg. of Foot 1780-1881 (The Black Watch) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 73rd Highlanders came from the 2nd Battalion 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot, which was raised in 1779.
		The Regiment arrived in India, but not together, and some Companies were involved in actions before the whole Battalion, commanded by Colonel MacLeod, was complete.
		During 1846 – 1847, 1851 – 1853 and 1856 the Regiment was actively employed in South Africa during the Kaffir Wars and then in 1858 they set sail for India, arriving in time to take part in the closing stages of the Indian Mutiny, returning to England in 1860.
	users.tinyonline.co.uk /blackwatch/his2.htm (831 words)

	The 42d Light Infantry Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Over 200 years ago, this famous regiment was part of the British Army sent to America during the American War of Independence in 1776.
		The Regiment was under the command of Lt. Col.
		The Light Infantry Battalions were used as elite troops during the war to lead the march of the army and to form a protective skirmish line in front of the army at the beginning of the engagements.
	home.att.net /~highlander42d (218 words)

	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) at St Columba Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A premier Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army and one of the most famous fighting forces in the world, with a proud history and tradition of an organisation that has been soldiering for over 250 years, with the skills and professionalism of a front-line unit in a modern Army.
		Trustworthy Highlanders were needed by the British Crown to prevent fighting between the clans, deer raiding and help enforce the ban on carrying weapons.
		For their performance the regiment were awarded the honour of carrying the Sphinx on its Colours and badge.
	www.highlandcathedral.org /honours_insignia.php?id=black_watch (465 words)

	1BW 1739-1881 ( The Black Watch) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Regiment then sailed to Flanders, but it was not until 1745 that they took part in their first battle at Fontenoy; the Regiment playing a leading part being chosen to cover the withdrawal of the Allied Army, during which the regiment lost 32 with 90 being wounded.
		At Ticonderoga in July 1758 the Regiment fought its fiercest battle to that date in history; the French were occupying the fort situated some 200 miles north of New York, and the Regiment attacked for four hours.
		In 1798 the Regiment took part in the capture of Menorca, remaining there until August 1800 when they were moved to Gibraltar to take up duty as marines where soldiers of the 42nd served on Royal Navy ships or on detachment in Gibraltar and Malta.
	users.tinyonline.co.uk /blackwatch/his1.htm (1829 words)

	KRRNY -- The Regiment
		Although we have long suspected that the Regiment must have had women formally assigned to them (working for and being provisioned through their attachment to the Yorkers) we have never before found incontrovertible evidence that there were Yorker women on the ration.
		The regiment's hats had been kept in store during the winter, the men wearing instead fur-trimmed, cloth Canadian caps with the blanket coats during the winter, as provided to this corps and all the British regiments prior to the onset of cold weather.
		This practice of laced holes continued in effect with the regiment until it was disbanded and the correspondence on the subject is further borne out by examination of the extant short coat or "jacket" of Lieutenant Gershom French of the 2nd Battalion, now in the Canadian War Museum.
	www.royalyorkers.ca /regiment_recreating.html (9154 words)

	73rd Regiment 1st Battalion Royal Highland
		It was during April of 1785 that the second Battalion became a separate Regiment from the 42nd.
		The Regiment fought in the Indian Wars and several other campaigns in the region.
		On board the ship was a large number of woman and children as well as members of the 73rd Regiment and some members of other Regiments.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~garter1/73rd.htm (649 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - Overview - A2780147
		The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) A brief background history The origin of this regiment was the raising in 1725 of six independent companies of highlanders from clans which had remained loyal to King George I during the Jacobite rebellion of 1715, with the task of keeping peace and order in the highlands.
		In 1758 King George II granted this the additional title of ‘Royal’ and authorised the raising of a second battalion, which was amalgamated with the first battalion in 1762.
		Many battle honours were awarded to the regiment during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the Americas, the West Indies, the Peninsular War, India, the Crimea and South Africa.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2780147 (793 words)

	42d ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT 1729 - 1775
		In this affair, the loss sustained by the Royal Highlanders was as follows:- Lieutenants John Graham and James Mackintosh, 1 sergeant, and 26 rank and file, killed; and Captain John Graham of Duchray, Lieutenant Duncan Campbell, 2 sergeants, 2 drummers, and 30 rank and file, wounded.
		The regiment remained in Ireland after its return from North America about eight years, in the course of which it was occasionally occupied in different parts of that country in aid of the civil power,-a service in which, from their conciliatory disposition, they were found very useful.
		To allure the young Highlanders to enlist into other regiments, recruiting parties assumed the dress of the Royal Highlanders, thus deceiving the recruits into the belief that they were entering the 42d.
	www.coghlan.co.uk /42nd_Highlanders_part1.htm (16448 words)

	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
		In 1937 he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
		During his period of command, the Canadian Army was expanded and two existing Infantry Battalions, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
		Colonel Bourne succeeded Colonel J.W. Knox, MBE, ED as Colonel of the Regiment in 1968, but unfortunately in 1970 he had to preside over the disbanding of the two regular Battalions as the Canadian Army was once again going through a period of re-organization.
	www.blackwatchcanada.com /en/index.htm (1245 words)

	84th Regiment (Royal Highland Emigrants) (UK)
		A Short History of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) 1775-1784, by Kim Stacy (84th.com).
		A Short History of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) 1775-1784, by Kim Stacy (The Dispatch).
		The descendants and related genealogies of Donald MacDonell : of the Royal Highland Emigrants, 84th Foot, known as the 84th Regiment : and Mary MacDonald, United Empire Loyalists, Lot 22, 4th, Cornwall, St. Andrews.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/084-775.htm (542 words)

	Memorial sites > The Queen Mother > Funeral arrangements > Funeral ceremonial
		A Guard of Honour found by Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards, with the Royal Standard of the Regiment and the Band of the Regiment, under the command of Major Martin David, Grenadier Guards, is formed up in Parliament Square facing the gates of New Palace Yard.
		Members of the Royal Family arrive by car at the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey and are received by the Dean and Chapter.
		Members of the Royal Family, Members of Foreign Royal Families and Members of the Family of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother move in procession to their seats in the Lantern.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page1103.asp (1442 words)

	Worldwide Scottish & Highland Brigade-1815
		The Scottish & Highland Brigade is a worldwide "non-association" of associated units portraying Highland and Scottish regiments of the British Army during the Napoleonic era.
		Formerly known just as the Worldwide Highland Brigade, we have added "Scottish" to our title as units portraying other Scottish, but not Highlander, regiments of the Napoleonic era wished to be a part of our community.
		In 1995 the Highland Brigade boasted 100 on the field - one of the largest units present.
	hometown.aol.com /ninety3rd/HB.html (664 words)

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