5 The Black Watch Volunteers
5 (Perthshire Highland) Volunteer Battalion The Black Watch
Unit Notes
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Originally raised in 1859 as companies of the Perthshire (Breadalbane) Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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In 1861, consolidated as 2 Administrative Battalion Perthshire Rifle Volunteers at Taymouth |
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In 1869, Battalion was reorganised at Birnam |
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In 1874, reorganised as 2 (The Perthshire Highland) Administrative Battalion Perthshire Rifle Volunteers |
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Until 1935, the corps title was The Black Watch (The Royal Highlanders) |
| Number of Records Returned: 5 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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