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OFFICIAL TITLES OF BLACK WATCH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.
1667 to 1739, The Black Watch.
1739 to 1749, The Regiment was known during this period by the names of its Colonels, as was the custom in the British Army at that time, Earl of Crawford’s, Lord Sempill’s, Lord John Murray’s. It was also called The Highland Regiment. It is said that the Regiment was at first the 43d Regt. of Foot, but while it was 43d in order of precedence it is a question if it was ever officially called the 43d.
1749 to 1758, 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Highland Regiment).
1758 to 1861, 42nd (or Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot.
1861 to 1881, 42nd Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch).
1881 to date, 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
1758 to 1786, 2nd Battalion 42nd (or Royal Highland), Regiment of Foot.
1786 to 1862, 73d (Highland) Regiment of Foot.
1862 to 1881, 73d (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 to date, 2nd Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, ETC.
* “Honors” on the Colors, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1743-47 Flanders.1745 Fontenoy.1745 Jacobite rising.1757-60 Canada.1758 Ticonderoga.1759 Guadeloupe.1762 Martinique.1762 Havannah.1762-67 Indian Frontier.1763 Bushy Run.1775-81 America.1776 Long Island.1776 White Plains.1776 Brooklyn.1776 Fort Washington.1777 Pisquata.1777 Brandywine.1777 Germantown.1778 Freehold.1780 Charlestown.*1783 Mysore (2).*1783 Mangalore (2).1793 Pondicherry.1793-95 Flanders.1793 Nieuport.1794 Nimeguen.1795 Ceylon.1795 Guildermalsen.1796 St. Lucia.1797 St. Vincent.1798 Minorca.*1799 Seringapatam (2).1799 Genoa.1799 Cadiz.1800 Malta.*1801 Egypt (1).1801 Alexandria.1801 Aboukir.
1801 Mandora.*1808-14 Peninsula (1).1808 Roleia.1808 Vimiera.*1809 Corunna (1).1810 Busaco.*1811 Fuentes d’Onor (1).1812 Ciudad Rodrigo.1812 Salamanca.1812 Burgos.*1813 Pyrenees (1).1813 Gohrde.*1813 Nivelle (1).*1813 Nive (1).*1814 Orthes (1).1814 Antwerp.*1814 Toulouse (1).1815 Quatre Bras.*1815 Waterloo (1 and 2).1815 Netherlands.*1846-53 South Africa (2).*1854 Alma (1).1854 Balaclava.1854 Kertch.1855 Yenikale.*1855 Sevastopol (1).1857-58 Indian Mutiny.1857 Cawnpore.*1858 Lucknow (1).*1874 Ashantee (1).*1882-84 Egypt (1).*1882 Tel-el-Kebir (1).*1884-85 Nile (1).1884 El-Teb.1884 Tamai.*1885 Kirbekan (1).*1899-1902 South Africa.*1900 Paardeberg.