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"Highlanders" was also originally short for "Gordon's Highlanders", a play on the name of the team President during 1903-1906, Joseph Gordon, along with the noted British military unit called The Gordon Highlanders.
This was followed by an away match against the Melbourne Rebels on February 11 and a "home" match on February 18 against the Highlanders at UNITEC, in Mt Albert.
Greg Tansey put the Highlanders ahead shortly after half time, but a double from Jamie Hamill swung the game in the favour of the Edinburgh side.
The 78th Regiment, (Highland) Regiment of Foot otherwise known as the 78th Fraser Highlanders was a British infantry regiment of the line raised in Scotland in 1757, to fight in the Seven Years' War (also known in the USA as the French and Indian War ).
During his club career, he played for Highlanders, SC Kriens, SR Delémont, FC Zürich, Moroka Swallows, Dynamos and Free State Stars, and was also a member of the Zimbabwe national team.
The sappers were now continually employed in destroying Persian batteries, making roads, landing stages and huts in the unhealthy climate and so could not be spared for the sortie to Ahvaz, where the Royal Navy and forces from the 64th Foot and 78th Highlanders attacked the Persian force.
In March 1942, two British privates of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Macfarlane and Goldie, escaped from Stalag IX-C at Bad Sulza in Thuringia.
The Atholl Highlanders USA has the distinction of being the first pipe band to play at the Super Bowl, when it appeared at Super Bowl XXXIV.
The Australia Highlanders Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band, based in Nunawading, Victoria, Australia.
The fortress overlooked a strategic locale, controlling roads to the Greater Caucasus mountains, inhabited by the bellicose Georgian highlanders of Tusheti, Pshavi, and Khevsureti.
The Scottish Gaelic-speaking, mostly Catholic and Episcopalian Highlanders tended to stay loyal to the Stuart king James VII, while the English-speaking, mostly Presbyterian Lowlanders - who were the majority and held most of the political power in Scotland - tended to support William of Orange.
In 1916, Crum again played for two teams: the Terre Haute Highlanders of Terre Haute, Indiana, and the Muskegon Reds of Muskegon, Michigan.
Much like other highlanders such as Scots, Kurds and Albanians, a large majority of the nation's national heroes fought for independence (or otherwise, like the legendary Zelimkhan, robbed from the nation deemed the oppressor in order to feed Chechen children in a Robin Hood-like fashion).
Once the home of Coll McAlester, who led the first large settlement of highlanders in North Carolina at Cross Creek in the Cape Fear River valley in 1739, and later the home of Sir William Mackinnon, the house is now a self-catering residence.
Forbes Macbean, another of the well known military family descended from Reverend Alexander MacBean of Inverness (mentioned above), won a DSO (Distinguished Service Cross) in 1897 when serving as a Major in the Gordon Highlanders, for the gallant and courageous action in taking the heights of Dargai near the border of Afghanistan, in India's old north west province, which is now part of Pakistan.
The Rebels finished the season with a 5-11 win-loss record, with the Rebels achieving wins over the Stormers, the Highlanders and fellow Australian side the Waratahs, as well as achieving two wins over follow Australian side the Western Force in the same season.
The ridge was taken by cavalry under command of Lt Gen John French while a nearby ridge, now covered by several Soweto suburbs, was taken by seven infantry battalions, including the City Imperial Volunteers and Gordon Highlanders of Lt Gen Ian Hamilton.
Wooden canoe trips have been organized daily by Goral highlanders since the early 19th century — when their customers consisted mostly of guests of nearby Niedzica and Czorsztyn castles.
His last game as a Rebels player was a home game against New Zealand franchise the Highlanders, a match that also turned out to be the last Rebels match for head coach Damien Hill and players James O'Connor, Cooper Vuna, Ged Robinson, Nick Phipps and Nic Henderson.
His last game as a Rebels player was a home game against New Zealand franchise the Highlanders, a match that also turned out to be the last Rebels match for head coach Damien Hill and players James O'Connor, Cooper Vuna, Gareth Delve, Nick Phipps and Nic Henderson.
In a game "sometime in 1909" according to photographer Charles M. Conlon (some sources claim an alternate date, July 23, 1910), Conlon snapped a photo of Cobb sliding into third base, stealing the base and spilling Highlanders' third baseman Jimmy Austin.
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On September 4, 1908, 20 year-old Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators/Nationals shut out the Highlanders 3-0 with a five-hitter.
After playing two seasons with the Highlanders in the major leagues, Thomas moved to the Tigers in 1908 and served as backup catcher to Boss Schmidt.
His last game as the defence coach of the Rebels was a home game against New Zealand franchise the Highlanders, a match that also turned out to be the last Rebels match for head coach Damien Hill and players James O'Connor, Gareth Delve, Cooper Vuna, Ged Robinson, Nick Phipps and Nic Henderson.
Joshua Bekhuis (born 26 April 1985) is a professional rugby union player who plays at lock for the Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition and provincially for Southland in the ITM Cup.
Papers of the day speak of him as marching down in full regimentals at the head of the many highlanders disabled at Ticonderoga in 1758, to plead their claims before the Chelsea board, with the result that every man received a pension.
Loudon's Highlanders, or the 64th Highlanders, or Earl of Loudon's Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the British Army.
Bob Toledo: UC Riverside Highlanders (1974-1975); Pacific Tigers (1979-1982); UCLA Bruins (1996-2002); Tulane Green Wave (2007-2011)
During his invasion of north Florida, 1736–1742, the governor of the British colony of Georgia, James Oglethorpe, stationed a military guard of Scottish Highlanders on the site and named the island Amelia, after the daughter of King George II of Great Britain.
During World War II, 1 Brigade of the 1st Canadian Division was being inspected by King George VI; there were not enough regulation khaki puttees for issue, so the 48th Highlanders made do with unofficial blue ones.
Borneo Exotics operates a number of growing facilities spread over two locations: lowland species are kept at a nursery in Moragahahena and highlanders in Lindula.
In 1630, the MacKay and Munro Highlanders had marched to Schivelbein (Schiefelbein, now Świdwin) a small fortified place in Pomerania, known as Schivelbein Castle, in order to obstruct the passage of the Austrians, who were advancing for the relief of Colberg.
McGaw was about 36 years old, and a lance-sergeant in the 42nd Regiment of Foot (later The Black Watch Royal Highlanders), British Army during the First Ashanti Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
Sedgman Lake was named May 5, 1960 in honour of World War II casualty Private Alfred Thomas Sedgman who died while serving in the Canadian Army (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) on February 26, 1945.
The Dempster & Co company was established in 1787 by seven men including Richard Arkwright, George Dempster and William Sandeman to build the mill on land feued from the Duke of Atholl to provide employment to Highlanders affected by the clearances.
The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders Museum is a military museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The UC Riverside Highlanders (also California–Riverside and UCR) represent the University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California in intercollegiate athletics.
Highlanders First XV Competition - Verdon are one of four Southland schools that compete in the Highlanders First XV competition (the other three are Southland Boys, Gore High and Central Southland College).
It is known for its wooden architecture and folk culture of Babia Góra highlanders.