79th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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Also known as Cameron Highlanders

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)

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
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.

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 *'''1881''' became The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
 *'''1961''' combined with the [[72nd Regiment of Foot|Seaforth Highlanders]] to form the Queen's Own Highlanders
-*'''1994''' amalgamated with [[100th Regiment of Foot|The Gordon Highlanders]] to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
+*'''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)