The Gordon Highlanders.
(3 Batts.)
1st Batt. (formerly) The 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; with
3rd Batt. The Royal Aberdeenshire Militia.
Special Device on Waist-
Plate and Buttons.
The Tiger.
The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1758-63. The 75th Regiment of Foot; raised in 1756 as 2nd Batt. 37th Foot, separately regimented as 75th in 1758, and disbanded in 1765.
1764-65. The 75th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot: formerly (1760) the 118th Invalids; dispersed for garrison service.
1778-83. The 75th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot; disbanded at the close of the American War.
1787-1809. The 75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot; also "Abercrombie's Highlanders."
1809-62. The 75th Regiment of Foot.
1862-81. The 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt.
1794-98. The 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.
1798-1861. The 92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot; there had previously been three other regiments bearing this number, but none incorporated for more than four years.
1861-81. The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Gordon Highlanders.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1761. Belle Isle.
1762. Portugal.
1778-83. America.
*1791-1806. India (1).
1792. Seringapatam.
1795-97. Malabar and Goa.
*1799. Mysore (1).
1799. Sedaseer.
*1799. Seringapatam (1).
1799. Helder.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
*1799. Egmont-op-Zee (2).
1799. Quiberon.
1800. Ferrol.
*1801. Mandora (2).
*1801. Egypt (2).
1801. Alexandria.
1803. Gujerat.
1804. Malwa.
1805. Bhurtpore.
1807. Copenhagen.
1808-14. Peninsula (2).
*1809. Corunna (2).
1809. Flushing.
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor (2).
1811. Arroyo dos Molinos.
*1812. Almaraj (2).
*1813. Vittoria (2).
1813. Maya.
*1813. Pyrenees (2).
*1813. Nive (2).
1814. Gâve.
*1814. Orthes (2).
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo (2).
1815. Netherlands.
*1835. South Africa (1).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1857. Delhi (1).
1857. Bulundshuhur.
1857. Agra.
1857. Cawnpore.
*1858. Lucknow (1).
*1878-80. Afghanistan (2).
*1879. Charasiah (2).
*1879. Kabool (2).
*1880. Kandahar (2).
1881. Transvaal.
*1882-84. Egypt (1).
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir (1).
*1884-85. Nile (1).
1884. El Teb.
1884. Tamai.
*1895. Chitral.
*1897-98. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Red, with deep Yellow facings, and the Gordon tartan bearing a yellow distinguishing stripe (the Marquis of Huntly, who raised the late 92nd, 2nd Batt., became the fifth Duke of Gordon). The hackle is white.
Regimental Badges, &c.—"The Sphinx" (for Egypt), and "The Royal Tiger" (for India). In the device on buttons and waist-plate these are shown in the upper and lower divisions of the St. Andrew Cross, with "Egypt" and "India" underneath, respectively; also within a scroll, inscribed "Gordon Highlanders," on the centre of the cross, and resting on a thistle wreath, is worn the crest (a stag's head issuing from the ducal coronet) of the Marquis of Huntly.
Nickname.—"The Gay Gordons."
Notes, &c.—Both regiments were raised in Scotland, the 75th specially for service in India at the instance and cost of the late Honourable East India Company, receiving on its return "The Royal Tiger" in recognition of nineteen years of eventful and arduous service. Fifty years later it again fought in India through the Mutiny. During this period the 2nd Batt., as the late 92nd, was distinguishing itself in Holland, in Egypt (with special distinction at Mandora), and particularly in the Peninsula Campaigns of 1809-14, no less than seven "honours" falling to its share. Fresh laurels were won at Quatre Bras in company with the Black Watch and the Royal Scots. Of its later exploits only the barest mention can be made—of its services in the Indian Mutiny, in Afghanistan (1878-80), including Kabul and the march to Kandahar and the rest—the emblazonments on the "Colours" tell a sufficiently emphatic story.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 92nd Regiment (Gordon Highlanders). 1794-1850. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1851.]