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- ... that Alexander Leith Hay (pictured) raised the 700-strong 109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot in just five months in 1974?
- ALT1:... that recruits to the 109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot were offered a bounty of up to 25 guineas?
- ALT2:... that Colonel Alexander Leith Hay (pictured) threatened to resign his commission when the 109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot was disbanded a little more than a year after it was first raised?
- ALT3:... that the rivalry between Alexander Leith Hay and the Gordon family extended to the British Army with Leith Hay's 109th Regiment of Foot competing for recruits with the Gordon Highlanders?
- ALT4:... that the disbandment of the 109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot in Southampton contravened a written guarantee given to its recruits?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carpathian newt
5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self nominated at 07:27, 27 September 2014 (UTC).