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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 | *[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 | ||
*[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. | *[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. | ||
*[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 | |||
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Revision as of 12:30, 26 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 715 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. Indian service commences page 715 in 1857.
- Shikar Sketches, with Notes on Indian Field-Sports by J Moray Brown, late 79th Cameron Highlanders.1887 Archive.org
Other
- 79th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) Wikipedia
- The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: 1881-1914 a brief summary of service from KiltsRock.com forum.