90th Regiment of Foot

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Chronology

  • 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

External links

Historical books online

Includes 2nd Burma War, Indian Mutiny, 2nd China War, and war service in Africa. At the commencement of the Indian Mutiny he was with the 90th Light Infantry, which he had joined in 1854 (page 79).