72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders

For other units with the same regimental number, see 72nd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).

72nd Highland Regiment
Regimental cap badge
Active1778–1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1778–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry Regiment
SizeOne battalion (two battalions 1804–1816)
Garrison/HQStirling Castle (1873–81)[1]
Nickname(s)The Wild Macraes[2]
EngagementsSecond Mysore War (1782–84)
Third Mysore War (1789–92)
Siege of Pondicherry (1793)
Cape of Good Hope (1806)
Isle de France (1810)
South Africa (1835)
Crimean War (1855–56)
Indian Rebellion (1858)
Second Afghan War (1878–80)
Insignia
Tartan
Left: Government sett kilt (1778–1809)[3]
Right: Prince Charles Edward Stuart trews (1823–81)[4]

The 72nd Highlanders was a British Army Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line. Raised in 1778, it was originally numbered 78th, before being redesignated the 72nd in 1786. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment to form the 1st Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders in 1881.

  1. ^ Fairrie 1998, p. 11.
  2. ^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
  3. ^ Fairrie 1998, p. 143.
  4. ^ "Stewart, Prince Charles Edward". The Scottish Registrar of Tartans. Retrieved 23 April 2023.