Childers Reforms
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The Childers Reforms of 1881 reorganised the infantry regiments of the British Army. The reforms were done by Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers during 1881, and were a continuation of the earli
Dress tunic of a corporal of Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), post-1881. The yellow facings indicate a Scottish regiment.
42nd Regiment of Foot
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The 42nd Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch. Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment and numbered 43rd in the
Childers Reforms
…numbers by their officers and men, as tradition, and several regiments, such as "The Buffs" (the Royal East Kent Regiment), the Cameron Highlanders, and "the Black Watch", lobbied to keep their distinct names as part of their battalion titles. In practice, it was not always possible to apply the scheme strictly: the…
Cap badge of the 42nd Regiment of Foot
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
The regiment at the Battle of Fontenoy
c. 1758 painting of the regiment being reviewed on the Glasgow Green