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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
 
*[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
 
*[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]
 
*[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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*[https://archive.org/details/memoirslettersof00mounrich/page/n7 ''Memoirs and letters of the late Colonel Armine S.H. Mountain, C. B. : aide-de-camp to the Queen and Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's forces in India''] 2nd edition 1858, first published 1857. Archive.org. Born 1797,  as a Major he purchased a commission in the 26th Regiment, and  sailed for India 1829.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:49, 30 December 2018

Crest of the Cameronians

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
  • 1782 became 26th (or Cameronian) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry), to become 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
  • 1968 disbanded

External Links

Historical Books Online