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== External Links ==
 
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===Historical Books Online===
 
===Historical Books Online===
''Historical Record of the Twenty - Sixth or Cameronian Regiment'' by Thomas Carter 1867 [http://books.google.com/books?id=virPl-0ZFxMC  Google Books].  Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=virPl-0ZFxMC&pg=PA164 page 164] in 1828 in Madras
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=virPl-0ZFxMC ''Historical Record of the Twenty - Sixth or Cameronian Regiment''] by Thomas Carter 1867   Google Books.  Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=virPl-0ZFxMC&pg=PA164 page 164] in 1828 in Madras
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/242/mode/2up “The 26th Cameronian Regiment”] 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. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/272/mode/2up/search/India page 272]
  
 
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Revision as of 13:22, 10 April 2010

Also known as The Cameronians

History

  • 1688 raised as The Cameronian Guard
  • 1689 became the Earl of Angus's Regiment
  • 1751 became the 26th Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry), to form The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)
  • 1968 disbanded

External Links

Historical Books Online

Other

26th (The Cameronian) Regiment of Foot www.regiments.org
26th (The Cameronian) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
26th Regiment of Foot British Empire website
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Wikipedia