42nd Regiment of Foot

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Highland regiment Scottish regiment infantry regiment line infantry regiment

The 42nd Regiment of Foot, later known as the Black Watch, was a famed Scottish Highland infantry regiment of the British Army distinguished for its service in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot	2
42nd Regiment of Foot canonical	2
42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch)	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Highland regiment ⓘ Scottish regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ line infantry regiment ⓘ
activeDuring	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
amalgamatedToForm	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ⓘ surface form: The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
amalgamatedUnder	Childers Reforms ⓘ
battleHonour	Alma ⓘ Balaclava, Crimea ⓘ surface form: Balaklava Busaco ⓘ Battle of Corunna ⓘ surface form: Corunna Fuentes d’Onor ⓘ Ticonderoga ⓘ Waterloo ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed	1739 ⓘ
disbandedOrAmalgamated	1881 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Lonach Highlanders ⓘ surface form: Scottish Highlanders
formedFrom	Black Watch ⓘ surface form: Black Watch independent companies
foughtIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American War of Independence Battle of Alma ⓘ Battle of Balaclava ⓘ Battle of Bussaco ⓘ surface form: Battle of Busaco Battle of Corunna ⓘ Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro ⓘ Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (French and Indian War) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Ticonderoga (1758) Battle of Waterloo ⓘ Crimean War ⓘ French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Peninsular War ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
garrison	Perth ⓘ
grantedRoyalTitle	1758 ⓘ
hasAlias	42nd Regiment of Foot self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ⓘ surface form: 42nd (The Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) Black Watch ⓘ Royal Highland Regiment ⓘ
militaryBranch	infantry ⓘ
namedAfter	Black Watch militia companies ⓘ
notableFor	distinguished service in 18th- and 19th-century conflicts ⓘ elite Highland infantry ⓘ long-standing regimental traditions ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
raisedAs	independent Highland companies ⓘ
raisedBy	George II of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: King George II
raisedIn	Scotland ⓘ
recruitingArea	Perth and Kinross ⓘ surface form: Perthshire
regimentalType	Royal regiment ⓘ
uniformFeature	dark government tartan ⓘ feathered bonnet ⓘ kilt ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Oglethorpe → militaryUnit → 42nd Regiment of Foot ⓘ

Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland → predecessor → 42nd Regiment of Foot ⓘ

this entity surface form: 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot

Highland Brigade → regimentalComponent → 42nd Regiment of Foot ⓘ

this entity surface form: 42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch)

42nd Regiment of Foot → hasAlias → 42nd Regiment of Foot self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot

James Grant → militaryUnit → 42nd Regiment of Foot ⓘ