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The 75th Regiment of Foot
1862 The 75th, The Stirlingshire Regiment
1881 The Gordon Highlanders
The 92nd Regiment of Foot
1861 The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment
1881 The 2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
Letter Crests
“REGIMENT”
75th Stirlingshire Regiment Officers, worn 1855-1862.
(Ryan.110)
“STIRLINGSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”
75th Stirlingshire Regiment Officers, worn 1862-1881.
(Ryan.111)
75th Stirlingshire Regiment Other Ranks, worn 1855-1871?.
92nd Gordon Highlanders Officers, pre 1881.
Photo Courtesy of Broadsword Antiques, Glasgow
92nd Gordon Highlanders Officers (Variation).
“GORDON” / “HIGHLANDERS”
92nd Gordon Highlanders Other Ranks Pre.1871
“GORDON HIGHLANDERS”
1881 – 1890
“BON ACCORD”
1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, became 1st Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders. White metal.
1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, in brass, outer ring as per the white metal example.
“2nd ABERDEENSHIRE R.V”
2nd Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, 1860-1880
“SECOND ABERDEENSHIRE RIFLES”
Second Aberdeenshire Rifles, 1880-1883, became 2nd Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders in 1884.
“4th Ab R V” / “ALFORD”
4th Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, became part of the 4th Volunteer Battalion The Gordon Highlanders 1880.
“19th ABERDEENSHIRE RIFLES” / “INSCH”
19th Aberdeenshire Rifles Volunteers, INSCH, became part of the 4th Volunteer Battalion The Gordon Highlanders 1880.
“BANFFSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS”
Banffshire Rifle Volunteers became 6th Volunteer Battalion The Gordon Highlanders.