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Authors
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T.F.
Mills |
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Page
created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
09.07.2006
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78th (Highlanders)
Regiment of Foot
(or The Ross-shire Buffs)
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United
Kingdom
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
1797-1881:
scarlet; facings: buff;
tartan: |
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1793.03.08 |
Lt-Gen. Francis Humbertson Mackenzie, Lord
Seaforth |
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1796.05.03 |
Lt-Gen. Alexander Mackenzie-Fraser |
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1809.09.15 |
Gen. Sir James Henry Craig, KB [also
22nd Foot, 46th Foot,
86th Foot; Gov. Lower Canada 1807-11, Gov.
Cape 1795] |
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1812.01.13 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Samuel Auchmuty, GCB [also
103rd Foot; CinC Madras 1810-13] |
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1822.08.25 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, GCB |
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1834.10.10 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Lionel Smith, Bt., GCB, GCH |
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1837.02.09 |
Gen. Paul Anderson, CB, KC
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1851.12.29 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Neil Douglas, KCB, KCH [also
72nd Foot, 81st Foot] |
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1853.09.30 |
Lt-Gen. Sir William Chalmers, CB, KCH |
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1860.06.03 |
Gen. Roderick Macneil |
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1863.10.23 |
F.M.
Sir Patrick Grant, GCB, GCMG |
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Motto: |
Cuidich 'n Righ |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
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Musicians: |
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- 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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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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Full Histories: |
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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. |
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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.] |
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