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===Historical Books Online=== | ===Historical Books Online=== | ||
*''Historical Record of the Seventy-Ninth Regiment of Foot, or the Cameron Highlanders'' by Captain Robert Jameson 1863 [http://books.google.com/books?id=pR8RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 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. | *''Historical Record of the Seventy-Ninth Regiment of Foot, or the Cameron Highlanders'' by Captain Robert Jameson 1863 [http://books.google.com/books?id=pR8RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 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. | ||
*''Historical records of the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders'' 1887 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01jamegoog#page/n9/mode/1up Archive.org]. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01jamegoog#page/ | *''Historical records of the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders'' 1887 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01jamegoog#page/n9/mode/1up Archive.org]. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01jamegoog#page/n157/mode/1up page 129] in 1857 in Calcutta | ||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 8 January 2010
Also known as Cameron Highlanders
Chronology
- 1793 raised in Scotland for Irish Establishment as 79th (Highland-Cameron Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
- 1804 renamed the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders)
- 1873 renamed the 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 1961 combined with the Seaforth Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders
- 1994 amalgamated with The Gordon Highlanders to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
- 2006 amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland becoming The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)
External Links
Historical Books Online
- Historical Record of the Seventy-Ninth Regiment of Foot, or the Cameron Highlanders by Captain Robert Jameson 1863 Google Books, Indian Service commences page 111 in 1857 in Madras, on the way to Calcutta.
- Historical records of the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1887 Archive.org. Indian service commences page 129 in 1857 in Calcutta
Other
79th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) Wikipedia