General Sir John Alexander Ewart GCB was a 19th-century British military leader who commanded the Gordon Highlanders and several other important British regiments. A hero of the Siege of Lucknow he spent the second half of his life without his left arm. A favourite of Queen Victoria he served as her official aide-de-camp.
The Thin Red Line by Robert Gibb, depicting the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders during the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854.
The Siege of Lucknow where Ewart was recommended for the Victoria Cross.
The Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994, when it was amalgamated with The Queen's Own Highlanders to form The Highlanders. Although the 'Gordon Highlanders' had existed as the 92nd Regiment of Foot since 1794, the actual 'Gordon Highlanders Regiment' was formed in 1881 by amalgamation of the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot and 92nd Regiment of Foot.
92nd Highlanders at Kandahar by Richard Caton Woodville (1856–1927)
Monument in Aberdeen to the Gordon Highlanders who fell in the Anglo-Egyptian War
The Gordon Cemetery in Mametz, Somme
Soldiers of the Gordon Highlanders all fallen on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme
