The 1st Battalion (72nd Highlanders) was raised by the chief of the
Clan Mackenzie in 1778. The regiment gave early evidence of that great
bravery which has ever marked it, especially in India and Afghanistan,
and took part in the whole of the Egyptian and Soudan expeditions
from the attack at Tel-el-Kebir to the final battle at Omdurman. The
2nd Battalion (78th Highlanders) claim descent from the famous Fraser
Highlanders of 1756, being reorganized at Aberdeen in 1793 as the
Rossshire Buffs and has an equally glorious record.
Nickname: 1st Battalion, "The Macraes"; 2nd Battalion, "King's Men,"
from the motto.
[Illustration: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders--Officers in Review
Order.]
[Illustration: Gordon Highlanders.--Officers in Review Order.]
[Illustration]
(_Depot_, Aberdeen.)
(_Record Office_, Perth.)
The Royal Tiger, superscribed "India."
The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt."
"Mysore," "Seringapatam," "Egmont-op-Zee," "Mandora," "Corunna,"
"Fuentes d'Onor," "Almaraz," "Vittoria," "Pyrenees," "Nive,"
"Orthes," "Peninsula," "Waterloo," "South Africa, 1835," "Delhi,
1857," "Lucknow," "Charasiah," "Kabul, 1879," "Kandahar, 1880,"
"Afghanistan, 1878-80," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Egypt, 1882, 1884," "Nile,
1884-85," "Chitral," "Tirah," "Defence of Ladysmith," "Paardeberg,"
"South Africa, 1899-1902."
Motto: _Bydand_ (Watchful).
_Uniform_, Scarlet.
_Facings_, Yellow.
Gordon tartan with yellow stripe.
White sporran with two black tails.
_Head-dress_, Feather bonnet, scarlet, white and green diced border
with white hackle.
_Cap_, Glengarry, with scarlet, white and green diced border.
_Regimental March_, "Highland Laddie."
Allied Regiment, 48th Regiment (Highlanders) of Canada.