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The 78th Regiment, (Highland) Regiment of Foot also known as the 78th Fraser Highlanders was a British infantry regiment of the line that was raised in Scotland in 1757 to fight in the Seven Years' War (also known as the French and Indian War in the US.). The 78th Regiment was one of the first three Highland Regiments to fight in North America. [1]
Re-enactors depicting soldiers of the 78th Highland Regiment. The regiment's legacy is retained through Nova Scotian institutions such as Citadel Hill, which features a living history program with animators portraying the 78th Highland Regiment and controls the 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band, a grade one pipe band formed in 1983. [35]
71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders; 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot; 72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders; 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot; 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot; 74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot; 77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders) 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; 78th Fraser Highlanders
Colin McKail (2020) departed and is now the bass drummer for the 78Th Fraser Highlanders Gr1. The current drum sergeant is Graham Kirkwood formerly drum sergeant of Peel Regional Police Pipe Band, the current bass drummer/lead tenor for the bass section is Ryan Robertson, formerly lead tenor of the 78th Fraser Highlanders (Ontario). PPBSO. [1]
Includes commissioned officers of the 78th Fraser Highlanders. Note that this regiment has no connection with the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot. Officer of that regiment are categorised at Category:78th Highlanders officers
78th Regiment of Foot may refer to: 78th Fraser Highlanders - properly the 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, also "Fraser's Highlanders" 1758 - 1763; 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, or Seaforth (Highland) Regiment - 1778 - 1786 thereafter renumbered as the 72nd Regiment of Foot; 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot or "The Ross-shire Buffs ...
The 78th Frasers became the first non-Scottish band to win the World Pipe Band Championships, in the summer of 1987, breaking the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band's (now the Greater Glasgow Police Scotland Pipe Band) run of six consecutive wins.
The 78th Fraser Highlanders were ordered by Brigadier-General James Murray to pursue the French with their swords, but were met near the city by a heavy fire from a floating battery covering the bridge over the St. Charles River as well as militia that remained in the trees. The 78th took the highest number of casualties of all British units in ...