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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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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

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