72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot [UK]

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Page created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated 04.06.2006

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	72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
	United Kingdom

Titles & Lineage

History

Battle Honours

Colours, Standards & Guidons

Uniforms & Badges

Colonels-in-Chief

Colonels


	1778.01.08	Seaforth (Highland) Regiment raised by letter of service in western Highlands and the Isles
	1778.07.18	78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot , or Seaforth (Highland) Regiment
	1786.04.26	72nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
	1800	absorbed some volunteers from 2nd Bn, Caithness Fencibles
	1809.04.07	72nd Regiment of Foot regt lost Highland status and dress
	1823.12.19	72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (named for Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany)
	1881.07.01	united with 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs), to form Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)


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	*Regulars:*
		[1st Battalion] [1777-1881]
		2nd Battalion [1804-1816]

	*Depot and Reserves:*
		? Depot Battalion [1856-1871]
		58th Brigade Depot at Stirling [1873-1881]


	Hindoostan¹, Cape of Good Hope 1806, Sevastopol, Central India, Peiwar Kotal, Charasiah, Kabul 1879, Afghanistan 1878-80, Kandahar 1880 1. awarded 1837 for services in 1782-1793, including 3rd Mysore war, 4th Mysore war, and Pondicherry. Note: see also successor for belatedly awarded battle honours.

Badges:

Uniform:

1778-1881: scarlet; facings: yellow
tartan: Mackenzie Seaforth (kilts & plaids, 1777-?), Prince Charles Edward (trews, 1809-1881)


	Lieutenant Colonel Commandant:
	1777.12.29	Col. Kenneth (Mackenzie), 1st Earl of Seaforth [d. at sea 1781]
	1782.02.13	Col. Thomas Frederick Mackenzie Humbertsone [d. of wounds; also 100th Foot]
	1783.11.01	Lt-Gen. James Murray
	Colonel:
	1786.04.26	Lt-Gen. James Murray
	1794.03.19	Lt-Gen. Sir Adam Williamson, KB [also 47th Foot]
	1798.10.23	Gen. James Stuart [also 82nd Foot; C-in-C Bombay 1796-1801, C-in-C Madras 1801-03]
	1815.04.29	Gen. Sir Rowland (Hill), 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH, KC [also RHG, 53rd Foot, 94th Foot; C-in-C]
	1817.02.24	Gen. Sir George Murray, GCB, GCH [also 1st Foot, 42nd Hldrs, 7th Bn 60th Foot; MGO 1834-35 & 1841-46]
	1823.09.06	Lt-Gen. Sir John Hope, GCH [also 92nd Foot]
	1836.08.15	Lt-Gen. Sir Colin Campbell, KCB [also 55th Foot, 99th Foot; Gov. Ceylon 1839-47]
	1847.07.12	Lt-Gen. Sir Neil Douglas, KCB, KCH [also 78th Foot, 81st Foot]
	1851.12.29	Gen. Sir John Aitchison, GCB [also Scots Gds]
	1870.08.27	Gen. Charles George James Arbuthnot [also 89th Foot, 91st Foot]
	1870.10.22	Gen. Charles Gascoyne [also 89th Foot]
	1881.03.11	Gen. Sir Edward Selby Smyth, KCMG [also 2nd Foot]


		Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
		VCs in the Highlanders Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart.


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	Musicians:
	Band History, by Gordon Turner and Alwyn W. Turner (Droit Music Ltd) Bandmasters, by Gordon Turner and Alwyn W. Turner (Droit Music Ltd)
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	*Miscellaneous Tradition Links:*


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		Regimental Museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders, Fort George (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
		Regimental Museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders, Fort George (Simonides listing)