Militia

Rosshire - Caithness - Sutherland - Cromarty - Aberdeen - Inverness - Banff - Elgin - Nairn

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1798: 2nd North British, or
Rosshire Regiment of Militia
6th North British, or
Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia
1802: 2nd North British, or
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland and Cromarty
Regiment of Militia



The Inverness, Banff, Elgin and Nairn
Regiment of Militia

1803: county precedence 5
county precedence 55
county precedence 10
1833: 96th, or
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland and Cromarty
Regiment of Militia
89th, or
Aberdeenshire
Regiment of Militia
76th, or
Inverness, Banff, Elgin and Nairn
Regiment of Militia
1854: 96th, or
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland and Cromarty
Rifle Regiment of Militia






1855:



89th, or
Royal Aberdeenshire
Regiment of Militia

76th, or
Inverness, Banff, Elgin and Nairn
Regiment of Militia
(Highland Light Infantry)
1856:







76th, or
Inverness, Banff, Moray and Nairn
Regiment of Militia
(Highland Light Infantry)
1858:


89th, or
Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders
Regiment of Militia



1860: 96th, or
Highland Rifle Regiment of Militia




Highland Rifles
Royal Aberdeen Highlanders
Inverness
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
1881: 3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)

3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The Gordon Highlanders

2nd (Militia) Battalion,
The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

1897:





3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

Seaforth
Gordon
Cameron
Conversion of the Miltia into the Special Reserve
1908: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
The Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)

3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
The Gordon Highlanders
3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Renaming of the Special Reserve into the Militia
1921: suspended animation
suspended animation
suspended animation
Renaming of the Militia into the Supplementary Reserve
1924:


1953: disbanded disbanded disbanded