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73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot

The 73rd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1780. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 42nd Regiment of Foot to form the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1881.

For other units with the same regimental number, see 73rd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).

73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot

1780–1881

 Kingdom of Great Britain (1780–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)

 British Army

Infantry

One battalion (two battalions 1809–1817)

Hamilton Barracks

Second Anglo-Mysore War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
French Revolutionary Wars
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Napoleonic Wars
Second Kandyan War
Uva Rebellion
Seventh Xhosa War
Indian Rebellion

Anglo-Mysore Wars: , Seringapatam

Mangalore

Napoleonic Wars:

Waterloo

Battle honours won by the regiment were:[1]

1786: Gen.

Sir George Osborn, 4th Baronet

1786–1796: Gen. Sir , KB

William Medows

Cannon, Richard (1851). . CIHM/ICMH Microfiche. Parker, Furnivall and Parker. ISBN 9780665483707.

Historical record of the Seventy-Third Regiment containing an account of the formation of the regiment from the period of its being raised as the second battalion of the 42nd Royal Highlanders in 1780 and of its subsequent services to 1851

Powell, Geoffrey (1973). The Kandyan Wars: The British Army in Ceylon, 1803–1818. London: Leo Cooper.  0-85052-106-8.

ISBN

Raikes, Henry (1846). . Hatchet & Son. p. 527. arniston wreck giels.

Memoir of the Life and Services of Vice-admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton

Archive relating to soldiers of the 73rd Regiment and 42nd Regiment (The Black Watch), The Black Watch Castle & Museum, Perth, Scotland.

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