79th Regiment of Foot

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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

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 129 in 1857 in Calcutta

Other

79th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) Wikipedia

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