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78th (Highlanders)
Regiment of Foot
(or The Ross-shire Buffs)
 
United Kingdom 
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How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
1793.03.08 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs)
1881.07.01 united with 72nd, or The Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders, Regiment of Foot, to form Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)
pip The 78th Highlanders or Ross-shire Buffs (Electric Scotland)
pip 78th Highlanders in India, 1803-1857, by Cathy Day.
pip 78th Highlanders, 1793-1881 (Halifax Citadel Regimental Association)
     
  Regulars:
    [1st Battalion] [1793-1881]
  2nd Battalion [1793-1796; 1804-1816]
   
Depot and Reserves:
  ? Depot Battalion [1856-1871]
  55th Brigade Depot at Inverness [1873-1881]
   
   
[Assaye]1, Maida, Java, Persia, Koosh-Ab, Lucknow, Afghanistan 1879-80

1. the Elephant badge superscribed "Assaye".

flag The Assaye Colour, by David A.M. Terron
   
Badges: construction sign
Uniform: 1797-1881: scarlet; facings: buff;
tartan: construction sign
   
   
     
   
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1793.03.08 Lt-Gen. Francis Humbertson Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth
1796.05.03 Lt-Gen. Alexander Mackenzie-Fraser
1809.09.15 Gen. Sir James Henry Craig, KB [also 22nd Foot, 46th Foot, 86th Foot; Gov. Lower Canada 1807-11, Gov. Cape 1795]
1812.01.13 Lt-Gen. Sir Samuel Auchmuty, GCB [also 103rd Foot; CinC Madras 1810-13]
1822.08.25 Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, GCB
1834.10.10 Lt-Gen. Sir Lionel Smith, Bt., GCB, GCH
1837.02.09

Gen. Paul Anderson, CB, KC

1851.12.29 Lt-Gen. Sir Neil Douglas, KCB, KCH [also 72nd Foot, 81st Foot]
1853.09.30 Lt-Gen. Sir William Chalmers, CB, KCH
1860.06.03 Gen. Roderick Macneil
1863.10.23 F.M. Sir Patrick Grant, GCB, GCMG
vc Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
vc VCs in the Highlanders Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart.
   
 
Motto: Cuidich 'n Righ
Nicknames: construction sign
Anniversaries: construction sign
Freedoms: [none]
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
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
   

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The Halifax Citadel Regimental Association [78th Highlanders ca. 1869; Nova Scotia]
   
   
monument Regimental Museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders, Fort George (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
monument Regimental Museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders, Fort George (Simonides listing)
   
   
Full Histories:
MacVeigh, James. The historical record of The 78th Highlanders, or Ross-shire Buffs (now 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders), from 1793 to 1887, from official and authentic sources. Dumfries : J. Maxwell & Son, 1887.
Davidson, Hugh. History and services of the 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs), compiled from the manuscripts of the late Major Colin Mackenzie and other sources. Edinburgh : W & A K Johnston, 1901. [2 v.; issued also in remainder as 2 in 1 v.]