72nd Regiment of Foot (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)

E641218

The 72nd Regiment of Foot (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) was a historic British Army Highland infantry regiment that later became part of the Seaforth Highlanders.

All labels observed (1)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
Highland regiment
infantry regiment
line infantry regiment
allegiance British Crown
associatedWith Scottish regimental system
Seaforth Highlanders
associatedWithCounty Ross-shire
associatedWithRegion Scottish Highlands
branch British Army
conflict Anglo-Mysore Wars
First Anglo-Afghan War
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Third Anglo-Maratha War
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
garrison Fort George, Scotland
historicalStatus amalgamated into larger regiment
disbanded
languageTradition use of Scottish Gaelic among soldiers (historically)
laterBecame 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
mergedInto Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
militaryBranch infantry
militaryUnitType infantry
namedAfter Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
notableFor Highland military traditions
later incorporation into the Seaforth Highlanders
service in India
partOf Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
regimentalTitleIncludes Duke of Albany's Own
Highlanders
regimentalType Highland
role line infantry
service British Empire overseas garrisons
theatreOfOperations Afghanistan
Cape Colony
Iberian Peninsula
India
tradition Highland dress
Scottish clan affiliations
uniformFeature Highland bonnet
kilt (in certain periods)
tartan trews (in certain periods)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seaforth Highlanders formedFrom 72nd Regiment of Foot (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)
78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (Ross-shire Buffs) laterLinkedWith 72nd Regiment of Foot (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)