90th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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1794 raised as the 90th Regiment of Foot in Scotland as a light infantry corps
1802 became the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)
1815 became the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry)
1881 amalgamated with the 26th (The Cameronian) Regiment of Foot to form The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)
1968 disbanded

Records of the 90th Regiment, (Perthshire Light Infantry) ; with roll of officers from 1795 to 1880 by Alexander Marin Delavoye 1880 Archive.org. The Regiment sailed for Ceylon in 1836, page 95
"The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry" from The Lowland Scots Regiments : their origin, character and services previous to the great war of 1914 edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1918 Archive.org. The Regiment sailed for Ceylon in 1836, page 284

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 ===Historical books online===
 *[http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsthregime00goog#page/n7/mode/1up Records of the 90th Regiment, (Perthshire Light Infantry) ; with roll of officers from 1795 to 1880]  by  Alexander Marin Delavoye 1880 Archive.org.  The Regiment sailed for Ceylon in 1836, [http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsthregime00goog#page/n103/mode/1up/search/India page 95]
+*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/278/mode/2up  "The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry"] from ''The Lowland Scots Regiments : their origin, character and services previous to the great war of 1914'' edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1918 Archive.org.  The Regiment sailed for Ceylon in 1836, [http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/284/mode/2up page 284]
 [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]