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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis20kelt#page/696/mode/2up ''Historical records of the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders'' 1887]. Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis20kelt#page/714/mode/2up page 715] in 1857 in Calcutta
→Historical books online
*'''1924''' [[Calcutta]]
*'''1927''' [[Rangoon]]
:In May 1930, following the massacre of Indians by Burmese in Rangoon, a detachment of the regiment occupied the centre of the Indian quarter, planting their machine-guns in such away as to make it impossible for the Burmese to invade the area.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528179/page/n195 Pages 197-198], ''Trials in Burma'' by Maurice Collis 1938, Archive.org , mirror from Digital Library of India.</ref>
*'''1930''' [[Fyzabad]]
*'''1938''' Ahmednagar
*'''1942''' [[Burma]]
== External Links links ==
*[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=79th_Foot 79th Foot 1st Raising] www.kronoskaf.com
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113072036/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079bis.htm 79th Foot 1st & 2nd Raising] www.regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/camerons/chap3.htm The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1873-1886] www.electricscotland.com
*[http://www.kiltsrock.com/forum/index.php?/topic/7283-scottish-military-highland-regiments/page__view__findpost__p__95359 The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: 1881-1914] a brief summary of service from KiltsRock.com forum
*[http://wakefieldfhs.org.uk/genealogyjunction/Inverness-shire/Inverness/EgyptSudanWarMemorial.html Inverness Memorial] to the men of the The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders who died in [[Egyptian Campaign 1882|Egypt ]] and the [[Sudan Campaign|Sudan ]] 1882-1887 and 1898 Wakefieldfhs.org*[http://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com The Highlanders Museum] Covers the [[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd( Seaforth Highlanders)]], [[78th Regiment of Foot|78th (Ross-shire Buffs)]] and the 79th Regiments of Foot**The Museum has published Regimental journals online, see Historical books online below. ====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pR8RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Ninth Regiment of Foot, or the Cameron Highlanders''], by Captain Robert Jameson 1863. Google Books. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=pR8RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111 page 111] in 1857 in Madras, on the way to Calcutta.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis20kelt#page/696/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments''] "The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis20kelt#page/714/mode/2up page 715] in 1857.
*[https://archive.org/details/historicalrecord00grearich/page/n5/mode/2up ''Historical records of the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders'' 1887] by Captain TA Mackenzie, Lieutenant JS Ewart and Lieutenant C Findlay. Archive.org. Indian service commences [https://archive.org/details/historicalrecord00grearich/page/128/mode/2up page 128] in 1857.
*[https://archive.org/details/queensowncameronhighlanders/QueensOwnCameronHighlandersVol1/page/n11/mode/2up ''Historical Records of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Volume 1 and Volume 2'' 1909] by the Regimental Committee. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cameronhighlandersvol6/page/n9/mode/2up ''Historical Records of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders 1932-1948 [Part 2<nowiki>]</nowiki>, [Volume 6<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] Archive.org
:([https://books.google.com/books?id=pfw2AQAAMAAJ Volume 3] (1931), [https://books.google.com/books?id=W_w2AQAAMAAJ Volume 4] (1931) and [https://books.google.com/books?id=_qegAAAAMAAJ Volume 5] 1952 are Searchable, but not viewable Google Books)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/98/mode/2up "Cameron Highlanders or Seventy-Ninth Regiment"], page 99, ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/shikarsketcheswi00browrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Shikar Sketches, with Notes on Indian Field-Sports''] by J Moray Brown, late 79th Cameron Highlanders.1887 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=StsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA367 "Topographical and Sanitary Report on the Station of Meean Meer"] by Dr T G Scot, 79th Highlanders, page 367 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1861'' (published 1863) Google Books
*The regimental journal, ''The 79th News'': [https://www.museummagazines.com/queens-own-cameron-highlanders/ Editions from 1898 to 1960] museummagazines.com, a website of the Highlanders’ Museum. Note however, this website is now password protected. The [https://www.museummagazines.com Home page] contains links for the journals after 1960.
== References ==
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
