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| 1739: | Earl of Craufurd’s Regiment of Foot │ |
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| 1741: | Baron Semphill’s │ |
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| 1745: | John Murray’s │ |
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| 1747: | ranked as 43rd Foot │ |
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| 1751: | 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot │ |
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| 1758: | 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot │ |
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| 1758: | 2nd Bn raised │ |
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| 1762: | 2nd Bn disbanded │ |
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| 1780: | 2nd Bn raised │ |
2nd Bn, 42nd Regiment of Foot │ |
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| 1786: | 2nd Bn → 73rd Foot → │ │ |
73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot │ |
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| 1801: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | ||
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| 1804: | 2nd Bn raised │ |
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| 1809: | │ │ |
2nd Bn raised │ |
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| 1812: | 2nd Bn disbanded │ |
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| 1817: | │ │ |
2nd Bn disbanded │ |
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| 1842: | Reserve Bn raised │ |
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| 1848: | │ │ |
Reserve Bn raised │ |
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| 1850: | Reserve Bn disbanded │ |
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| 1852: | │ │ |
Reserve Bn disbanded │ |
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| 1861: | 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (Black Watch) │ |
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| 1862: | │ │ │ |
73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot │ |
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| The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms | |||
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| 1881: | 1st Bn, | 2nd Bn, | |
| The Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) │ |
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| 1922: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
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| 1935: | The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) |
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| 1948: | 2nd Bn disbanded │ |
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| 1958: |  │ |
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| 1968: |
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| 2006: | The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
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