Crimean War
War with Russia broke out in 1854, and the 79th sailed from Portsmouth to Scutari where they became part of the Highland Brigade. The regiment fought at the Battles of Alma, Balaclava and Sevastopol.
A memorial to their losses is erected in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh.
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