by Colonel David Vassallo (2014)
Black Watch, c1910 |
Badges | ||
Motto | ||
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit Nobody provokes me with impunity |
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Regimental Marches | ||
Band, Quick All the Blue Bonnets are over the Border
Band, Slow
Pipes and Drums, Quick
Pipes and Drums, Slow |
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Nicknames | ||
The Forty Twa The Ladies from Hell |
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Regimental Anniversary | ||
5th January (Red Hackle Day) | ||
Allied Regiments | ||
5th Royal Highlanders of Canada 1st Battalion New South Wales Scottish Rifles of Australia |
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Colonels in Chief | ||
1739 - 2006 | ||
Commanding Officers | ||
1739 - 2006 | ||
Colonels | ||
1739 - 2006 | ||
Soldiers | ||
1739 - 2006 | ||
Uniforms | ||
1739 - 2006 | ||
Colours | ||
1739 - 2006 | ||
Musicians and Band | ||
1739 - 2006 | ||
Battle Honours of the 42nd Up to 1914 |
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Titles | ||
1739 43rd The Highland Regiment 1751 42nd Highland Regiment 1758 42nd The Royal Highland Regiment 1861 42nd The Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch) 1881 The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (joined with 73rd Foot) 1934 The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 2006 The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3rd Battalion) |
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Headquarters | ||
Balhousie Castle, Perth | ||
Museum | ||
The Black Watch Museum Balhousie Castle Perth (on the North Inch) PH1 5HS |
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Suggested Reading | ||
The Black Watch: The Record of an Historic Regiment by Archibald Forbes (Cassell 1896)
Waterloo Men
The Scottish Regiments
The Black Watch
The Black Watch
The Scottish Regiments
The Highland Furies: the Black Watch 1739-1899
A History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in the Great War 1914-1918
A Short History of the Black Watch 1725-1907
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