The 73rd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1780. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 42nd Regiment of Foot to form the Black Watch in 1881.
Regimental colours
Sir George Osborn, the regiment's first colonel
The regimental uniform in 1851
The regiment onboard HMS Birkenhead on 28 February 1852
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The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd R
73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
…Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1780. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 42nd Regiment of Foot to form the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1881. The regiment was raised as the 2nd Battalion, 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot in March 1780, with eight officers from the 1st Battalion…
1892 painting of a regimental sentry
Illustration of the regiment after the Battle of Magersfontein
Regimental soldiers firing rifle grenades, 1917
10th (Service) Battalion, Black Watch entrenching in the hills between the villages of Aivatli and Laina above the port of Salonika, Greece, December 1915