Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902Ĭommon clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 also: Malakand Field Force, North West Frontier 1897. Recipients also entitled to a Khedive's Star dated 1882 * 17 medals marked forfeited or returned to mint have been subtracted. India Mutiny 1857 71st and 74th Regiment.īecame " The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)" in 1881. Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: Actual medals issued will probably be slightly less than this. Contemporary annotation to the roll states " 24 sheets 923 names". *Two battalions of the 71st existed from 1842. The regiment lost an Ensign and 48 men (out of a reinforcement draft of 75) who were onboard the Birkenhead when she sank, 25th February 1852. Third Kaffir War 1850 - 1853 74th Regiment. The 71st allegedly fired the last shot of the day with an artillery piece they had just captured and turned onto its fleeing previous owners. Peninsula War 1808 - 1814 71st and 74th Regiment Note: a "survivors only" medal issued many years after the campaign, hence the low numbers. Seringapatam Medal 1799 (Honourable East India Company) Montis insignia Calpe = The badge of the Rock of Gibraltarġ959 with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to become " The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)"
1st Battalion The Highland Light InfantryĢnd Battalion The Highland Light Infantryġ777 for the 71st Foot (known as at the 73rd until 1789) and 1787 for the 74th.
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