Of the 71M Regiment Highland Light Infantry

H I S TO RI CAL RECO RD O F TH E 71m REGIMENT HIGHLAND LIGHT INFATR N Y, ROM I TS ORM A ON I N 1 U N D R TH E F F T I 7 7 7 , E T ITL E OF TH E 7 B C E ’ RD, OR M L OD S HIG HL AN DERS, UP TO TH E 1 8 6 YEAR 7 . ' COM P I L ED BY E N A N T H E N RY H I L D Y AR L I E U T J T. D . L , st 7 1 E L I . 3 01mm O PAL L M AL L HARRI S N AN D SON S, 5 9, , no h llr to “ : u c m aah ” : m m of wi nks. g n ru 3 Q , 3 93 1 8 7 6 . L ON DO N : S AN D S S P S I N ORDX N ARY TO H E R H ARRI ON O N . RINTER ST. M ARTI N S L ANE . S U CCESS I ON OF COL O N EL S I N TH E T Y N 1 7 m H I G H L AN D L I G H T I N F AN R . N 2 John L ord M c L eo d . d G . T he Hon . Wm . or on B . F a c is G . C . Sir John r n Cradock, F ra nc is Dundas . G d G B . C . Sir or on Drummond , l i K B C . G . Sir o n H alkett, n Sir Samuel F ord Witti gh a m . R e n ll t K B e G . Sir Thomas y , Bar , . K o . B . G . Sir Thomas Arbuthn t, K B . K . H . G . C. Sir J ames Macdonell , and K . B G . Sir T homas Napier, The Hon . Charles Grey . K H R b e t . o r Law, K B G . The Hon . Sir George Cadogan , . The Seventy- fi r st H ighlan d L ight I n fa ntry bears the following h onorary records of its varied services on the regimental colour and appointments H in do o sta n , for its distinguished services in India , I between I 7 80 and 7 97 . “ C ape of Good Hope, for its part in the capture of 1 806 that colony in . ” Ro l eia , i r Vim e a , Corunna, ’ d 0n 01‘ Fuentes , For its several actions in which it z Almara , was engaged in Spain and th e ” Vittoria, South of France from 1 8 08 to I 8 Pyrenees , I 4. ” Nive, Orthes, Peninsula, 1 8 1 Waterloo, for its share in that battle in 5 . ” Sevastopol . Central I ndia . H I S T O R Y OF TH E 1 “ H HL A D L H F 7 IG N IG T I N AN TRY , F o r m er l n u m ber ed t/ze r d R e i m en t a n d y 7 3 g , ’ ’ c a ll ed M CL eoa s H TOWARDS the end of the year 1 7 7 7 every effor t was made by the British M inistry to encourage the country to raise troops voluntarily for the prosecution of the war then bei n g waged between Great Britain and her American Colonies . Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, each raised a regiment of a thousand men at its own expense, and several independent companies were formed in Wales . I n this manner men were raised and presented to the - O State, of which upwards of two thirds were btained from n Scotland, and principally from the H ighla d clans . m M L eo d so n At this ti e Lord c , the eldest of the Earl of Cromarty, whose title had been attainted and his estates 1 forfeited for his participation in the Rebellion of 7 45 , returned to England from Sweden , having attained in its - service the rank of Lieutenant General . Being well received by H is Majesty King George I I , and finding his i nfluence in the H ighlands still considerable, although ff destitute of property, he o ered his services to raise a regiment . The offer was accepted , and such was the respect entertained for his family and name, that in a short time 840 H ighlanders were recruited and marched to Elgin . HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 2 6 H ere they were joined by 3 Lowlanders, raised by Cap tains the Honorable J ohn Lindsay, David Baird , J ames O Fowlis, and other fficers, and by 3 4 English and I rish , b e who had een recruit d in Glasgow . They amounted in all to men , and were embodied at Elgin under the ’ M c L eo d S s 1 8 name of Highlander in April 7 7 , where they were inspected by General Skene, and approved by him as an excellent hardy body of men , fitted for any service . I mmediately after the completion of this battalion , letters O f service were granted for the creation of a second batta in lion , which was raised like manner, with nearly the same expedition and in equal numbers . There is no record extant to Show the different nationalities of which this battalion was formed , but it is probable that its compo sitiou was very Similar to that of the first battalion when M c L eo d raised . T hus in the course of a few months Lord from being an exile without fortune or British military rank, found himself at the head of upwards of of his countrymen , of whom nearly were from that district and neighbourhood in which h is family had once possessed so much influence . 0 0 Each battalion consisted of 5 sergeants, 5 corporals, 2 fi fer s 2 0 drummers and , pipers , and privates, and was o ffic er ed as under. Co l on el M c L eo d . , J ohn Lord O FIRST BATTALI N . ’ - l n el M c Ph er so n L zeu t. o o . C , Duncan El h in sto n z J ohn p J ames Macken ie. Capta in s. George Mackenzie . H ugh Lamont . Alexander Gilchrist Hon . James Lindsay. J ohn Shaw. David Baird . Charles Dalrymple . - SEVENTY FIRST HIGHLAN D LIGHT INFANTRY . 7 Ca ta in L ie uten a n t a n d a ta in . p C p , David Campbell L ieu ten a n ts . A . Geddes Mackenzie . Simon Mackenzie . l ill M e v . Hon . J ohn Lindsay . Philip ’ A t . Abraham Mackenzie, af . J ohn Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie . J ohn Borthwick . J ames Robertson . William Gunn . ie G o r r . J ohn Hamilton . William Charles J ohn Hamilton . Hugh Sibbald . in n ie R a . Lewis Urquhart . David George Ogilvie . Charles M unro . I nnes M unro . i E n s lgn s . J ames Duncan . George Sutherland . Simon Mackenzie. James T hrail . Alexander Mackenzie . H ugh Dalrymple . J ohn Sinclair . l lza a in . C p , Colin Mackenzie ’ Aa u ta n t . j , Abraham Mackenzie u a r ter m as ter L tr o tt. Q , John y ‘ D u a l l u r eo n M o . S g , Alexander g O SECON D BATTALI N . - L ie ut o l o n el . C , The Hon George Mackenzie H amilton Maxwell Norman M c L eo d . a Capt in s . Hon . Colin Lindsay. Mackay H ugh Baillie I n sh . John M c to . Stair Park Dalrymple J ames Fowlis . David Ross . l C . Robert Sinc air . Adam olt HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE L ieu ten a n ts. Norman Maclean . Alexander Mackenzie . J ohn I rving . Phipps Wharton ‘ n h l a n M a h l n sen io r L a L u a . Rod . Mackenzie, . g g Charles Douglas . Kenneth Mackenzie . sh z . Angus M c I n to . Murdoch Macken ie J ohn Fraser . George Fraser. u n io r Robert Arbuthnot . J ohn Mackenzie, j . ‘ u l l o c k . David M C . Martin Eccles Lindsay z u n io r . Rod . Macken ie, j John Dallas ‘ sh . Phineas M I n to . David Ross sen io r . John Mackenzie, . William Erskine E si n s n g . John Fraser . J ohn Forbes . ‘ u a l ZE n ea s . J ohn M D o g . Fraser H ugh Gray William Rose ohn Mackenzie . Simon Fraser, /za l a in [ C p , Eneas Macleod . Ad u ta n t j , Simon Fraser . u a r ter m a ster . Q , Charles Clark u r e n S g o . Andrew Cairncross . Th e uniform of the regiment was red , with the regular Highland equipments . th at wh en I t is worthy of remark ,\ first raised , there were no less than 1 9 Offi cers irr the regiment named Mackenzie . I t is probable that the proportion of non commissioned officers and privates of that name was equally large, owing to the fact of the regiment having, as already stated , been principally raised on the estates of M c L e o d the Earl of Cromarty, the father of Lord . T hese e states are now in the possession of the present Du c hess of Sutherland , who is Countess of Cromarty in her o wn right .

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