79th Regiment of Foot
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
- 79th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) Wikipedia
- The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1793-1853 www.electricscotland.com
- The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1853-1873 www.electricscotland.com
- The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1873-1886 www.electricscotland.com
- The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: 1881-1914 a brief summary of service from KiltsRock.com forum
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