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French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleonic Wars. Crimean War. The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881.
Photograph of three soldiers from the 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot who served in the Crimean War. From left to right are William Noble, Alexander Dawson and John Harper. Dawson is standing, his right knee resting on a case. Noble and Harper are seated to either side. All are wearing Scottish military uniform including tartan trousers and they are all holding a rifle ...
The 72nd Regiment of Foot was raised in 1778 by Kenneth Mackenzie, Earl of Seaforth, as the 78th Highland Regiment (Lord Seaforth's Highlanders). In 1786 it was renumbered 72nd Highland Regiment. In 1809 the regiment ceased to be a Highland Regiment, but regained its Highland dress and status in 1823 when its title changed to The 72nd, The Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders.
the Regiment. Gen. Sir Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross. The 92nd Regiment of Foot (Donegal Light Infantry) (1760–1763) was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in Ireland in 1760 by the Earl of Ross at his own expense to help counter the Spanish Invasion of Portugal of 1762, an offshoot of the Seven Years' War. [1]
History Formation. The regiment was created in 1881 through the amalgamation of the 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and the 78th (Highlanders) (Ross-shire Buffs) Regiment of Foot, which became the 1st and 2nd battalions of the new regiment, and was part of the Childers Reforms of the British Army.
Xhosa Wars. The 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1741. The regiment saw action during Father Le Loutre's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War as well as the Peninsular War, the First Anglo-Burmese War and the Xhosa Wars.
The Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. (1st ed.). Glasgow: A. Fullarton & Co (Eight volumes) – The section on the Seaforth Highlanders is titled "Seaforth’s Highlanders: Formerly 78th now 72nd Regiment or Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders." It covers the history in two sections 1778-1840 and then 1841-1873.
