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Queen's Own Highlanders
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HERBERT TALOR MACPHERSON (Lieutenant, afterwards Major General, K.B.C) 78th Ross-hire Regiment (amalgamated to become Seaforth Highlanders, now Queens?s own Highlanders) On September 25th 1857, Lieutenant Macpherson was with the force under Outram and Havelock, and, during the heavy fighting at Lucknow between the outskirts of the city and the Residency, to whose relief they were forcing their way, he led his men to the attack and capture of two brass 9-pounder guns, setting them an example of the heroic gallantry. He died in Burma in 1886. Major-General Sir H. T. Macpherson entered the army on February 28th 1845; became Captain October 6th 1857; Brevet-Major, February 1865; Brevet-Lieut. ?Colonel 1867; Colonel 1871; and attained the rank he held at his death on July 1st 1882. He served in Persia in 1857, as Adjutant of the 78th, and in every engagement leading to the relief of the Residency, and was at the final capture of Lucknow.
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