Gordon Highlanders

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The Gordon Highlanders was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army from northeast Scotland, renowned for its distinctive Highland dress and distinguished service in numerous conflicts from the 18th to the 20th century.

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Gordon Highlanders canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
Highland regiment
infantry regiment
line infantry regiment
amalgamatedInto Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
surface form: The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
associatedRegion Aberdeenshire
Northeast Scotland
associatedWith Clan Gordon
battleHonour Cambrai
El Alamein
Khartoum
D-Day
surface form: Normandy 1944

Paardeberg
Quatre Bras
Rhine
Sevastopol
Somme River
surface form: Somme

Tel-el-Kebir
surface form: Tel el Kebir

Waterloo
Ypres
branch British Army
conflict Crimean War
World War I
surface form: First World War

Korean War
Malayan Emergency
Napoleonic Wars
The Troubles
surface form: Northern Ireland conflict

Second Boer War
World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
decoratedWith Victoria Crosses awarded to individual members
disbandedBy Options for Change defence review
formedBy amalgamation of the 75th Regiment of Foot and the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
garrison Aberdeen
hasMuseum The Gordon Highlanders Museum
motto Bydand
mottoLanguage Scots
mottoMeaning Steadfast
museumLocation Aberdeen
nickname The Gay Gordons
partOf Infantry of the British Army
raisedBy Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
surface form: Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon
regimentalColour Clan Gordon tartan
surface form: Gordon tartan
regimentalMarch Cock o’ the North
surface form: The Cock o’ the North
successorUnit 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
surface form: The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
wears Gordon tartan trews
feather bonnet
kilt
sporran

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51st (Highland) Division composedOf Gordon Highlanders
London Scottish Regiment associatedWith Gordon Highlanders