The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
'Sans Peur'
'Ne Obliviscaris'
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
'Sans Peur'
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YEAR |
DATE |
COUNTRY |
LOCATION |
MAJOR EVENTS IN HISTORY |
| 1796 | South Africa | Cape of Good Hope | 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot renamed 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1803 | England | |||
| 1804 | A second Battalion of the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) was raised | |||
| 1804 | Renamed 1st Battalion, 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot on the formation of the 2nd Battalion | |||
| 1804 | Presented with their second stand of regimental Colours | |||
| 1805 | December | Germany | ||
| 1805 | December | England | ||
| 1807 | Ireland | Fermoy, Cashel, Enniscorthy | ||
| 1808 | Ireland | Dublin | ||
| 1808 | June | Spain, Portugal | Rolica, Vimeira, Corunna | fought in the Peninsular War as part of the Stirling Brigade, 6th Division |
| 1809 | January | England | Kent | |
| 1809 | August | Belgium | Walcheren | fought in the Peninsular War in the Walcheren Campaign at Flushing, South Beveland |
| 1809 | December | England | ||
| 1809 | England | Renamed the 91st Regiment of Foot. Lost their Highland status. No longer wore the kilt or tartan, but wore the same uniform as other Regiments of the Line. | ||
| 1812 | Spain, Portugal | Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive | fought in the Peninsular War | |
| 1814 | February - April | Spain, Portugal | Orthes, Toulouse | fought in the Peninsular War |
| 1814 | June | Ireland | ||
| 1814 | Holland | Bergen-op-Zoom | Saw action there in Napoleonic War | |
| 1815 | April-June | Belgium | Waterloo | fought in the Battle of Waterloo as part of a combined British, Dutch, Belgian and German force under command of Duke of Wellington - helped inflict Napoleon's final defeat |
| 1815 | June | France | part of the Army of Occupation - after Napoleon's defeat | |
| 1815 | France | 2nd Battalion disbanded | ||
| 1815 | France | 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot redesignated the 91st (Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot | ||
| 1818 | December | England | returned from duties in France | |
| 1821 | England | at sea - bound for the West Indies on the good ship "Brilliant" | ||
| 1822 | January | West Indies | arrived for a tour of duty in Jamaica & Bahamas | |
| 1831 | England | returned from duty in the West Indies | ||
| 1836 to 1842 | St. Helena | 3 Companies of the Regiment served there | ||
| 1837 to 1842 | South Africa | 3 Companies of the Regiment served there | ||
| 1840 | St. Helena | a detachment of the Regiment escorted Napoleon's body from St. Helena to France | ||
| 1842 | South Africa | all Companies arrived and the whole Regiment was reunited | ||
| 1842 | South Africa | four Companies separated from the Regiment to form a Reserve Battalion | ||
| 1846 | South Africa | fought in the 7th Kaffir War (Cape Frontier Wars) against the Xhosa people | ||
| 1847 | South Africa | |||
| 1848 | England | returned from their duties in South Africa | ||
| 1851 | Ireland | |||
| 1854 | Malta | |||
| 1855 | Greece | |||
| 1855-56 | 10th November | Reserve Battalion absorbed back into the Regiment - the 4 Companies that had separated in 1842 became Depot Companies in Britain | ||
| 1857 | Ionian Islands | Cephalonia | peasant insurrections on island group, west coast of Greece, which had become a British protectorate under Treaty of Paris (1815) after Napoleon's defeat | |
| 1857 | the 4 Company Reserve Battalion disbanded | |||
| 1858 | Egypt | Suez | travelled overland from India via Alexandria to Suez - first British Regiment to do so | |
| 1858 | at sea - bound for India from Egypt | |||
| 1858 | March | India | Oudh, Rohilkhand | under the command of Sir Colin Campbell - restoring order after the Sepoy Rebellion |
| 1859-63 | India | Kamptee | formed Brigade with Indian Battalions in peace keeping role after the Indian Mutiny | |
| 1863 | India | Jubbulpore | Madhya Pradesh state, Central India - in peace keeping role | |
| 1864-68 | India | renamed the 91st (Argyllshire) Highlanders, restored wearing of the tartan, adopted the wearing of Campbell of Cawdor tartan trews, a Government tartan with a red and light blue stripe, wore this until 1881 | ||
| 1868 | England | returned from duty in India | ||
| 1871 | 21st March | England | formed guard of honour and provided the band and pipers at Princess Louise's wedding to John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquis of Lorne and Liberal MP for Argyllshire, in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The Marquis later became the 9th Duke of Argyll. | |
| 1872 | renamed the 91st (Princess Louise's) Argyllshire Highlanders. Princess Louise appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment. | |||
| 1879 | South Africa | Cape Colony | fought in Cape Frontier Wars | |
| 1879 | South Africa | Zululand | fought in Zululand Campaign, the last action in which they carried their Regimental Colours | |
| 1879 | South Africa | Cape Colony | detachment of Companies posted to Mauritius & St. Helena | |
| 1881 | amalgamated with the 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot - renamed 1st Battalion, The Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll) Highlanders | |||
| 1881 | July 1st | renamed 1st Battalion The Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland) Highlanders |
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