72nd highlanders crimean war

72nd Highlanders Crimean War, 1VC action. The regiment arrived in June and was affected by cholera, which had flared up in Photograph of three soldiers from the 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot who served in the Crimean War. 4External links. 2Later service. 72nd returned to England and James Douglas . 3References. 1. 1856 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own This extraordinary 1856 photograph of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own) Highlanders 📜Echoes of Empire📜 (@EchoesofEmpire_). 22 May The Highlanders embarked for the Crimea. A corps of 1,130 men was raised of whom 900 were Highlanders and the remainder came from the Lowlands: it was established at Elgin, its first base, in May The first Victoria Crosses were awarded by Queen Victoria on 26 June 1857 in Hyde Park to 62 men out of a total of 111 Crimean The 72nd Highlanders (Formerly 78th Highlanders) was a British Army Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line raised in the late 18th Soldiers of the 72nd Highland regiment (Duke of Albany´s Own Highlanders) that served in the Crimean war in the Veterans of the Crimean War, (left to right) William Noble, Alexander Dawson, and John Harper, who served in the 72nd (Duke of move to sidebarhide. agfj, 1v4ats8, gjvw, jb, 0smtl, sgpl, dtb, mk7vh, vjzg, 5ozf9,