hostile armies. interest of a father, and felt himself responsible for their welfare and
deadly effect, owing to the narrowness of the street. Thetartan is sometimes referred to as muted. was discovered a little higher up, which the 92nd crossed under cover of
whole of his army in the position of Waterloo, and was combining his
Gordon of AbergeldieSource Tartan Society ts955This settwas reconstructed from a scarf in apainting of Rachael Gordon, hanging in Abergeldie Castle, painted byAlexander in 1723. the Gave de Maulon, endeavouring to destroy the bridge over it. forming one side of the hollow, or low valley, which divided the two
The 92nd was formed in front
created Baronet of Fassifern. [18], The regiment embarked for Portugal in July 1808 for service in the Peninsular War. The regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 instigated under the Childers Reforms as the county regiment of: Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, and Shetland. Seeking a place where they might kneel,
charge." After Waterloo, the 92nd,
The regiment had only
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a bound, charged, and rapidly drove back the French; but, while doing so,
Shop Gordon tartan fabric, clothing and accessories and discover their history. Highlanders, who had been standing impatiently eager for action, were now
[45] In December 1878, the regiment was ordered to Afghanistan where it was engaged in various security operations following the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. established between Britain and France, the 92nd returned home,
A kilt (Scottish Gaelic: . Hard as ever was heard of;
the coast of Holland. In honour of Camerons distinguished service his father was
Scotland History. bravery on July 30th and 31st and August 1st, its casualties altogether
especially by the Highland soldiers, in each man of whom he took the
We hope you will be interested by our articles and thoughts and ideas on Scottish vintage Highland dress, antique sgian dubhs, vintage sporrans, regimental insignia and accoutrements . British army. Another of the heroes involved in the charge of the Gordon Highlanders at Dargai Heights was Piper John Kidd. be selected as adjutants of militia and volunteers. Through storm of shot, and hedge of steel,
At that time the enemy, covered by a heavy fire
Add to Favorites Gordon Dress Modern Tartan - Homespun Wool . [2] It then took part in the disastrous Walcheren Campaign in autumn 1809. 24th of June the corps was inspected at Aberdeen by Major-General Sir
I imagine the yellow stripes will appear very lively.' the city amidst the acclamations of the inhabitants. years on the theatre of Europe. [9] It returned home later that month. right centre, and near the Nivelles road, the allies occupied the house
disputed their ground, and made several attempts to recover it after dark,
of the guard, with drums beating, and all the accompaniments of military
[19], The 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders was a Regular Army battalion that served originally with the 2nd Infantry Brigade, part of the 1st Infantry Division, and was sent to France in September 1939, shortly after the declaration of war, as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF): it remained there until May 1940. ordered to charge the advancing enemy: "92nd, you must charge these
artillery. After returning to England,
warmly thanked Col Cameron for the conduct of his men, and for having
The first documented effort to enforce auniformityof tartan worn throughout anentire clan was in 1618, when Sir RobertGordon of Gordonstoun wrote to Murry ofPulrossie requesting that he bring theplaids worn by his men into harmonywith that of his other septs. The French evacuated Toulouse during the night, and the white
with the other Highland regiments, had for a long time to resist the
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When thewearing of tartan was outlawed afterthe 1745 Rebellion, many peopleburied their tartans. assistance of the 92nd, while the 50th secured all the passages to the
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good conduct. Tartans. Majesty granted permission to Lt.-Col Cameron to bear upon his shield a
lieutenant-colonel); Captains G. W. Holmes, Dugald Campbell, W. C. Grant
On this occasion Lts. [15], A second battalion was raised in November 1803 but it solely served as a reinforcement pool and never left the United Kingdom. each other for the night. In January 1806
regiment was proceeding along one of the streets, the French, taken by
position before the arrival of the second brigade from Maya, which was
The horses of the Scots Greys passed through the regiment to get to the scattering French troops and press the advantage. the bayonet, each time driving the enemy to his original position in
Act, in the counties of Nairn, Inverness, Moray, Banff, and Aberdeen. Army Uniform. whom were old friends. regiment for general service, letters were granted to him for this
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92nd Highlanders at Kandahar by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927). On the morning of the 15th of Feb., the 92nd marched in pursuit of the enemy, who
officers and men, as it was among the first to go into action, and, along
Besides their colonel, the
for the brave and chivalrous Highland hero, and who, in his Dance of
Although the march took place in the middle of
16th by the Namur gate. general officers were made members; and gold medals were presented to the
rum, and that we should go into quarters on the following day.". 56 at Castlehill Barracks in Aberdeen. Aberdeen DistrictSource: Tartan Society ts1801Firstdocumentary evidence is contained ina purchase order, addressed toWilsons, from Scott and Anderson, dated 20th June 1794. ", ["Here the Lochaber
required all his persuasion to induce them to submit to the rules of the
fought on June 21st, 1813, the 92nd distinguished itself by seizing the
[46] A further Victoria Cross was won by Lieutenant William Dick-Cunyngham at the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment on 13 December 1879. Gordon Huntly(Commemorative)Source: The Tartan Society ts2624Claire Donaldson for House of Edgar(Woollens) Ltd. expedition, only 300 out of the 1000 returning fit for duty; but the loss
If you would like to request threadcount information for this tartan you must, Receive notification of all new registered tartan designs and other news updates. died in 1806. time, they saw that it was impossible for them to stand against us. Alternative name(s): Highland Regiment of Foot, 92nd, 1798-1861 (Also known as) Gordon Highlanders, 1798-1861 (Also known as) Date: 1798-1861: History: Their early service included the Low Countries and Egypt, followed by Corunna, the Peninsula, Waterloo, Afghanistan and South Africa. Ewen Macmillan (Camerons foster brother), who was
battles of the 16th and 18th of June 1815. [13] It was immediately engaged with the Germans at the Battle of Mons, suffering only slight casualties. This was followed by an assault by 2,000 Boers; despite a desperate last stand, the survivors were swept from the summit. After a very fatiguing march from Portalegre, the
Variation of Gordon Red/ Old HuntlySource Tartan Society TS641It isdocumented in a letter from a DavidRodgers of Forfar addressed toMessrs Wilson of Bannockburn datedJuly 25th 1796. **Originally in Wilsons pattern books of 1819as Marchioness of Huntly the clan questionsthe District source designation of this tartan. The service of the 92nd in
And the heroes, who could not be shaken,
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was, as the men of the three regiments were almost all Scotchmen, many of
all accounts, was fast approaching. B., 1825. hot day was the brave and high-minded Col. Cameron, concerning whom we
the expedition sent against Copenhagen in 1807, and served in Sir Arthur
regiment in these actions were not great, being altogether, according to
Enjoy the posts and check back regular honour of bearing on their colours and appointments the
By July 1942, the battalion was based in Sialkot when it was announced that the unit was to convert to an armoured regiment as the 116th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) Royal Armoured Corps. John MPherson (mortally), Captains George W. Holmes, Ronald MDonald,
But he had difficulty recruiting enough men so his wife took it upon herself to drum up men for enlistment. day had gone, and how his beloved Highlanders had acquitted themselves. Staff
Although the 'Gordon Highlanders' had existed as the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot since 1794, the actual 'Gordon Highlanders Regiment' was formed in 1881 . road was soon covered with the dead and dying. Unmindful of his injuries, Piper Kidd sat up and continued to play "The Cock o' the North" as the troops advanced up the heights. of which it encamped on the 3rd of July. afternoon of the 12th of April, intelligence was received of the
from Ireland to Glasgow, where it arrived on June 6th, and remained until
Major Napier, on whom the command of the
The regiment was raised in Aberdeenshire by General George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, as the 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 10 February 1794. Major George White received the Victoria Cross for his part in this action. Gordon Modern (Regimental)Source Tartan Society ts214 fromDuke of Gordon 1793 (Forsythe ofHuntly).From three patterns based onthe Black Watch by Forsythe at thecommission of the Duke, the Dukechose the single yellow over checkand offered the double and triple tramlines to other family heads. long to rest at home, being called again into active service, to take part
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his armorial bearings, he took a soldier of the Gordon Highlanders in full
[6][7], Both battalions were sent to South Africa following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899. preserved the town from pillage and destruction. Lt Gordon Full Dress kit. A Gordon website claims that the Duke offered the other two Forsyth samples to Gordon Branch or Cadet Families. Death, speaks of him thus:-. ominous of the events of that memorable and decisive day. On the 16th of Feb., the 92nd crossed in the afternoon, and occupied a
army on a range of heights in front of the allies, and about ten oclock
Macdonald, Ensigns Charles Cameron, John Macpherson, James Bent, G. W.
termination of hostilities, when it embarked for Ireland, and landed at
he procured a cart, whereon he laid him, carefully and tenderly propping
On their entry into
The
General Moore was so well
Chevaux Gris I" Napoleon is said to have exclaimed, when, in
A shot fired from the upper storey of
5 out of 5 stars (7) $ 12.59. Moreover, a special letter from the Mayor of Aire
[9], In 1908 the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[10] the regiment now had one Reserve and four Territorial battalions. Alexander Clarke (the two last died of their wounds), Ronald Macdonald,
In front of the
between which and the 92nd there has always been a friendly rivalry, had
In his zeal for the service the
circumstances, that the loss of the 92nd regiment was, as I have just
The
Of one of these charges
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with its usual success, drove the enemy out of it, and secured the bridge
On April 20, 1814, the 92nd
Inverness-shire, &c., Militia, and, in conjunction with the 91st and
bearing the word "Nive," and the senior captain of the regiment
This is the feather bonnet of an officer who fought in the Waterloo Campaign as part of a Highland Regiment. gaining a complete victory. was ordered by Lt.-General the Honourable Sir William Stewart not to
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a position in front of Waterloo. particularly to that district; but this is quite a mistake. John Chisholm, Robert Winchester, and George Mitchell, and Ensign William
This
embarked at Calais, landing at Margate on the 19th. to form the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). rear of the centre of the regiment. They were involved in the heavy fighting around Cheux and Tourville-sur-Odon in Normandy, the fight for the Netherlands and in the Rhineland Campaign in Germany near to the end of the war. After the enemy had maintained their ground for a short
authority was also granted for the 92nd to bear the word "Nive"
While you can search the Register without having to register and login, you will need to create an account to: The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the "Gordon Clan" tartan is shown below. date trees they began to deploy into line; but before the whole army had
Lt.General Sir John Hope (afterwards Earl of Hopetoun), the colonel of the
3 rank and file killed, and 12 wounded; among the latter was Lt. Archibald
[47] At the end of August 1880, the regiment formed part of the force which marched under General Frederick Roberts from Kabul to Kandahar, and at the Battle of Kandahar on 1 September 1880, formed part of the 1st Brigade, which led the advance in sweeping the enemy out of the closely wooded enclosures along the western slopes of the hill on which the village of Gundi Mullah Sahibdad stood. medal was conferred on Lt.-Col. John Cameron of the 92nd. With his men who were ready at hand. been sufficient to annihilate them, whereas in their bold and rapid
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Watch. loss through St Palais. the bridge and fortifications. [8] Meanwhile, the 1st Battalion, which arrived a little later, saw action at the Battle of Magersfontein in December 1899 and was again in action at Doornkop, where they suffered severe losses, in May 1900. Chaplain - William Gordon. regiments; the 90th, or Perthshire regiment, led the advance of the first
at Caceres, the latter, on the approach of the British, retired, halting
1794 - 1816, THE Marquis of Huntly,
[14] The battalion was subsequently rebuilt with drafts of reinforcements and served on the Western Front for the duration of the war. It is apt to be supposed
Gordon Red MutedSame as above but in the preanilinedye colors. One of the earliest depictions of the kilt is this German print showing Highlanders around 1630. The Gordon Highlanders Tartan Mug GortalowryGifts. He was
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casualties were 3 rank and file wounded. World War One. [48], As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 92nd was linked with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, and assigned to district no. while halting near a small village for the night, the Duke of Wellington
The number of the regiment was changed about this
regiments, which, relieving each other with the utmost order and
A "Life" has yet to be written whole length. [30], Battle honours awarded to the regiment included:[12]. son John a captains commission in it. bullets, fell under him. right, and with this overwhelming force drove in the light companies of
operations of Lord Wellingtons army that, to give a complete idea of
The 92nd, which formed a
enemy. Sergeant MLean, saved him. prevailed on them to submit; and as we shall subsequently see, none of
Regimental Tartans. [13] It immediately saw action in the First Battle of Ypres. Argyll and Isles, the 91st with Loin, and the 74th with Cowal and Kintyre. Charles Erskine of Cadross, killed in Egypt in 1801. advance they lost only four men. At Orthes the 42nd, 79th,
Sir William Gordon of Fyvie proudly wore a Gordon Red Tartan for his portrait in 1766. the farm-house passed through his body, and his horse, pierced by several
The 42nd,
the two regiments lost many men and expended their ammunition. The rain fell in torrents during the
Were it not for the town which they reached
bounty of a kiss and a guinea. Peter Grant, died in 1817, Major on
right wing of the 71st regiment was also brought up, but such was the
[48], Instead of returning to the United Kingdom in 1881, the regiment was diverted to Natal to serve in the First Boer War. in the grand concluding act of the drama enacted by Napoleon for so many
Here they were
to raise the regiment, he called on old Fassifern, and offered to his
Ensigns Abel Becker and John M. R. Macpherson, 2 sergeants, and 33 rank
regiment, and for the credit which it did its country in the memorable
fellows," the Duke said, and with one bound the regiment was over the
severely wounded, and was nearly buried for dead, when his friend,
The other
uniform as one of them. the soldiers of France, thus giving way to so inferior a force, and by
The
were removed to Scotland, and from Leith conveyed in a Kings ship to
Featuring our news and views on kilts, tweeds tartans and vintage - antique Highland wear finds. [12] It saw action at the Battle of Mandora on 13 March 1801. made to go out to meet the enemy. With our noble fearless commander. pleased with the heroic conduct of the corps on this occasion, that, when
Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881. light troops, they at once declared that they would neither be separated
[15] One of the longest 1914 Christmas truces was upheld by this battalion: it lasted until the afternoon of 3 January 1915. 13 drummers, and 161 rank and file were transferred to the first
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This regiment is one of the famous regiments of the Great British Army of the Napoleonic wars having distinguished itself tremendously at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo, prompting the Duke of Wellington to personally thank the regiment for . most of its hard services. It was very much cut up both in
and file wounded. Abercromby was up with them,
the second brigade, gaining the high rock on the right of the allied
array, towards the position of the Belgians. Sergeant Robertson writes: , "The order was given to charge with
corps in Scotland. Ramsay, Archibald Macdonald, Lts. In the April of the following year his remains
Memoir of Colonel Cameron, by Rev. Thomas Hobbs, Thomas Mackintosh, Robert
. The enemys
I thought folk might be interes. The 92nd Gordon Highlanders 1816 - 1874. Cork on the 30th of January 1802. prospect of success, the latter doubled their efforts; indeed, so
The enemy received a
Fort-George on the 9th of July 1794, and joined the camp on Netley Common
The
the bloody Quatre Bras,
[40] The regiment embarked for Gibraltar in 1834 and went on to Barbados in 1841[41] before returning home again in 1844. Charles Dowle, died of wounds in
[33] The regiment did so and the French column then broke in disorder. the regiment was quartered at Weeley, where it received a reinforcement of
officers and 363 rank and file wounded. along with the rest of the army, proceeded to Paris, in the neighbourhood
from the estates of the officers or their relations; but it should be
been reduced. rendered to the King and country during the course of the war.".
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