87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders)
The 87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders) was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1759 and disbanded in 1763.
History[]
The regiment was raised at Perth as Keith's Highlanders by Robert Murray Keith who regimented three companies detached from the 42nd Regiment of Foot in August 1759.[1] It was numbered as the 87th Regiment of Foot in 1760.[1] The regiment was immediately dispatched to Germany, where it fought at the Battle of Warburg in July 1760 and the Battle of Villinghausen later that month.[1] It returned home later in the year but was deployed to Holland in November 1762. It returned to Scotland in December 1762 and was disbanded at Perth in July 1763.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.
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