=1st Batt.=
1758-63. The 75th Regiment of Foot; raised in 1756 as 2nd Batt. 37th
Foot, separately regimented as 75th in 1758, and disbanded in 1765.
1764-65. The 75th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot: formerly (1760) the
118th Invalids; dispersed for garrison service.
1778-83. The 75th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot; disbanded at
the close of the American War.
1787-1809. The 75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot; also "Abercrombie's
Highlanders."
1809-62. The 75th Regiment of Foot.
1862-81. The 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot.
=2nd Batt.=
1794-98. The 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.
1798-1861. The 92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot; there had previously
been three other regiments bearing this number, but none
incorporated for more than four years.
1861-81. The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Gordon Highlanders.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.
1761. Belle Isle.
1762. Portugal.
1778-83. America.
*1791-1806. India (1).
1792. Seringapatam.
1795-97. Malabar and Goa.
*1799. Mysore (1).
1799. Sedaseer.
*1799. Seringapatam (1).
1799. Helder.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
*1799. Egmont-op-Zee (2).
1799. Quiberon.
1800. Ferrol.
*1801. Mandora (2).
*1801. Egypt (2).
1801. Alexandria.
1803. Gujerat.
1804. Malwa.
1805. Bhurtpore.
1807. Copenhagen.
1808-14. Peninsula (2).
*1809. Corunna (2).
1809. Flushing.
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor (2).
1811. Arroyo dos Molinos.
*1812. Almaraj (2).
*1813. Vittoria (2).
1813. Maya.
*1813. Pyrenees (2).
*1813. Nive (2).
1814. Gâve.
*1814. Orthes (2).
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo (2).
1815. Netherlands.
*1835. South Africa (1).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1857. Delhi (1).
1857. Bulundshuhur.
1857. Agra.
1857. Cawnpore.
*1858. Lucknow (1).
*1878-80. Afghanistan (2).
*1879. Charasiah (2).
*1879. Kabool (2).
*1880. Kandahar (2).
1881. Transvaal.
*1882-84. Egypt (1).
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir (1).
*1884-85. Nile (1).
1884. El Teb.
1884. Tamai.
*1895. Chitral.
*1897-98. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Red, with deep Yellow facings, and the Gordon tartan
bearing a yellow distinguishing stripe (the Marquis of Huntly,
who raised the late 92nd, 2nd Batt., became the fifth Duke of
Gordon). The hackle is white.
REGIMENTAL BADGES, &C.--"The Sphinx" (for Egypt), and "The Royal
Tiger" (for India). In the device on buttons and waist-plate
these are shown in the upper and lower divisions of the St.
Andrew Cross, with "Egypt" and "India" underneath, respectively;
also within a scroll, inscribed "Gordon Highlanders," on the
centre of the cross, and resting on a thistle wreath, is worn
the crest (a stag's head issuing from the ducal coronet) of the
Marquis of Huntly.