The Black Watch (Royal Highland) Regiment (42nd Foot)

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1732-1988
Functions, occupations and activities:	Army > Infantry
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C23551 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O38251 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1732-1988: corresp, letter books, diaries, muster rolls, order books, sketch books, maps, photos etc	Black Watch Regimental Museum	1-646	NRA 17576 Black Watch
2	1757-1763: 2nd Battalion muster rolls, hospital charges, accounts, bills of exchange, orders etc: North America	Blair Castle	bundles 258-9 (pp83-4)	NRA 11000 Stewart-Murray
3	1756-57: letters and orders	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	5/1	NRA 10462 Bagshawe
4	1772-82: papers of John Peebles' Company	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD21
5	1778-79: recruiting accounts of the 2nd Battalion	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS2950	NRA 11847 MacLeod
6	1791: muster roll	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD112/52	NRA 31601 Campbell
7	1791: monthly return, detailed list of officers	Highland Archives	D538/I/3/5	NRA 43319