Where did the 78th Fraser Highlanders come from?

Where did the 78th Fraser Highlanders come from?

78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band, a pipe band from Campbellville, Ontario (in the Toronto area) with the same name but with no affiliation to the regiment. 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser’s Highlanders, a later regiment also raised by Simon Fraser of Lovat but for the American Revolutionary War.

Where did the 78th Highlanders fight in the Seven Years War?

The regiment embarked for Halifax, Nova Scotia in July 1757 to take part in the Seven Years’ War. Having been renamed the 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, or Fraser’s Highlanders in June 1758, it took part in the Siege of Louisbourg later that month, the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in September 1759 and the Montreal Campaign in August 1760.

Who was the leader of the 78th Highland Regiment?

The 78th Regiment was one of the first three Highland Regiments to fight in North America. The regiment was raised in Inverness by Lieutenant-Colonel Simon Fraser of Lovat as the 2nd Highland Battalion and ranked as the 62nd Regiment of Foot in 1757.

Where was the 78th Regiment of Foot raised?

The 78th Regiment, (Highland) Regiment of Foot also 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 as the French and Indian War in the US.). The 78th Regiment was one of the first three Highland Regiments to fight in North America.

Who are the members of the 78thfrasers band?

The band is led by Pipe Major Doug MacRae, Pipe Sergeant Robbie Beaton, Drum Sergeant Drew Duthart, and Lead Tenor Taylor Page. Doug MacRae has a 20 year legacy with the band, as well as a solo bagpiping career which includes The Piobaireachd Society (Canada) Gold Medal, The North American Piobaireachd (Maxville) and the Kansas City Silver Medal.