26th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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Also known as The Cameronians

1688 raised as The Cameronian Guard
1689 became the Earl of Angus's Regiment
1751 became the 26th Regiment of Foot
1782 became 26th (or Cameronian) Regiment of Foot
1881 united with 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry), to become 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
1968 disbanded

Historical Record of the Twenty - Sixth or Cameronian Regiment by Thomas Carter 1867 Google Books. Indian Service commences page 164 in 1828 in Madras
“The 26th Cameronian Regiment” 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. Indian Service commences page 272

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