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<p>The Gordons recruited from the north-east of Scotland and the regiment's character was moulded by men from the farming counties of Aberdeenshire, Moray and Nairn. It was raised in 1794 by an aristocratic landowner, the Duke of Gordon, whose wife played a major role in attracting recruits by riding through her husband's estates and offering a guinea and a kiss to each man who enlisted. Originally raised as the 100th Highlanders, it was later renumbered the 92nd Highlanders and in 1881 was amal
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- Author
- Trevor Royle
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781780572482
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Military, History, True Crime
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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