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93rd
 (Sutherland Highlanders)
Regiment of Foot
 
United Kingdom 
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How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
1759 Sutherland Fencibles
raised in Scotland; also known as Battalion of Highlanders
  1763 disbanded
 
1779 Sutherland Fencibles
raised in Scotland
  1783 disbanded
 
  1793.03.02 Sutherland Fencibles
raised in Scotland
  1799.01 disbanded
 
1799.04.16 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
raised at Inverness and absorbed disbanding Sutherland Fencibles
1803 absorbed disbanding Reay Fencibles and Rothesay and Caithness Fencibles
1861 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
1881.07.01 united with 91st (The Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, to form Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders)
History of the 93rd Highlanders, 1799-1882, by Harry Aitken
Sutherland Fencibles, (Scottish Military Historical Society)
  pip Sutherland Regiments, by Malcolm Sutherland
pip 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, 1799-1881 (ASH Regimental Museum)
pip 93rd Sutherland Highland Regiment of Foot, 1800-1881
pip 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot, the Thin Red Line at Balakalava (FrontLine Figures)
     
  Regulars:
    [1st Battalion] [1799-1881]
    2nd Battalion [1813-1816]
Depot and Reserves:
  ? Depot Battalion [1856-1871]
  56th Brigade Depot at Aberdeen [1873-1881]
Cape of Good Hope 1806, Alma, Balaklava, Sevastopol, Lucknow
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Badges: construction sign
Uniform: 1759-1763: scarlet; facings: yellow; tartan: Government (kilts)
1779-1783: scarlet; facings: yellow; tartan: Government (kilts)
1793-1799: scarlet; facings: yellow; tartan: Government (kilts)
1799-1881: scarlet; facings: yellow; tartan: construction sign
   
   
     
   
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1759 Lord Reay Mackay
1759.08.11 William (Sutherland), 18th Earl of Sutherland [to 1763]

1779 Lt-Col. William Wemyss of Wemyss [to 1783]

1793.03 Gen. William Wemyss of Wemyss [to 1799]

1800.08.25 Gen. William Wemyss of Wemyss
1822.02.08 Gen. Sir Thomas Hislop, Bt, GCB  [also 48th Foot, 51st Foot, 8th West India Regt, 11th West India Regt]
1822.06.04 Lt-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, KCB, GCMG  [also 50th Foot, 56th Foot]
1832.07.23 Lt-Gen. Sir John Cameron, KCB  [also 9th Foot]
1833.05.31 Lt-Gen. Sir Jasper Nicolls, KCB [also 5th Foot]
1840.06.15 Gen. Sir James Dawes Douglas, GCB  [also 42nd Foot]
1850.04.10 Lt-Gen. William Wemyss
1852.12.10 Lt-Gen. Edward Parkinson, CB
1858.01.15 F.M. Sir Colin (Campbell), 1st Baron Clyde, GCB, KCSI  [also Coldstream Gds, 67th Foot]
1860.06.04 Lt-Gen. William Sutherland  [also 53rd Foot]
1862.06.03 Gen. Alexander Fisher Mackintosh, KH  [also 90th Foot]
1868.08.29 Lt-Gen. Charles Craufurd Hay  [also 58th Foot]
1873.09.28 Lt-Gen. Sir Henry William Stisted, KCB
1875.12.11 Gen. Freeman Murray [also 57th Foot, 60th Foot]
1876.10.11 Gen. William Munro, CB
1880.01.30 Gen. Mark Kerr Atherley  [also 92nd Foot, 109th Foot]
1880.04.05 Gen. Hon. Sir Robert Rollo, KCB  [continued 1881 in Argyll & Sutherland Hldrs; also 27th Foot; also Black Watch]
Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
 
Motto: Sans peur
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Marches: construction sign
Musicians: construction sign
  • Band History, by Gordon Turner and Alwyn W. Turner (Droit Music Ltd)
  • Bandmasters, by Gordon Turner and Alwyn W. Turner (Droit Music Ltd)
Mascot: construction sign
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93rd Sutherland Highland Regiment of Foot [1812-1858; USA]
93rd Sutherland Highland Regiment of Foot [1812-1858; USA], by John Sek.
Regimental Museum Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum, by Henrik Teller (Simonides listing).
Regimental Journal:
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Full Histories:
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Short Histories:
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