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*'''1968''' disbanded   
*'''1968''' disbanded   
   
   
== External Links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Perthshire_Volunteers) 90th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Perthshire_Volunteers) 90th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cameronians_(Scottish_Rifles) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cameronians_(Scottish_Rifles) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsthregime00goog#page/n7/mode/1up Records of the 90th Regiment, (Perthshire Light Infantry) ; with roll of officers from 1795 to 1880]  by  Alexander Marin Delavoye 1880 Archive.org.  The Regiment sailed for Ceylon in 1836, [http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsthregime00goog#page/n103/mode/1up/search/India page 95]  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsthregime00goog#page/n7/mode/1up Records of the 90th Regiment, (Perthshire Light Infantry) ; with roll of officers from 1795 to 1880]  by  Alexander Marin Delavoye 1880 Archive.org.  The Regiment sailed for Ceylon in 1836, [http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsthregime00goog#page/n103/mode/1up/search/India page 95]  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/278/mode/2up  "The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry"] from ''The Lowland Scots Regiments : their origin, character and services previous to the great war of 1914'' edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1918 Archive.org.  The Regiment sailed for Ceylon in 1836, [http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/284/mode/2up page 284]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/278/mode/2up  "The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry"] from ''The Lowland Scots Regiments : their origin, character and services previous to the great war of 1914'' edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1918 Archive.org.  The Regiment sailed for Ceylon in 1836, [http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/284/mode/2up page 284]
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan''] by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). Chapters II-IV cover the Indian Mutiny period. During this time Thornton was attached to  [[5th Regiment of Foot|
H M 5th Fusiliers]], then H M 90th Light Infantry, then  the [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st European Bengal Fusiliers]].
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Chronology

  • 1794 raised as the 90th Regiment of Foot in Scotland as a light infantry corps
  • 1802 became the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)
  • 1815 became the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry)
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 26th (The Cameronian) Regiment of Foot to form The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)
  • 1968 disbanded

External links

Historical books online