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Also Third raising also known as '''Cameron Highlanders'''
===Other===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_(The_Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 79th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons) Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] Wikipedia
*[http://www.kiltsrock.com/forum/index.php?/topic/7283-scottish-military-highland-regiments The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: Record of the Formation and Services of the 79th or Cameron Highlanders] from KiltsRock.com. In four parts to 1914
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== Chronology ==
'''1st Raising'''
*'''1757''' raised as 64th Regiment of Foot on 14 November at Colchester by [[William Draper|Colonel William Draper]]
*'''1758''' became 79th Regiment of Foot
*'''1763''' disbanded at the end of the Seven Year's War<br>
'''2nd Raising'''
*'''1778''' raised as 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Voluntiers) served as marines
*'''1784''' disbanded at Liverpool<br>
'''3rd Raising'''
*'''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 [[72nd Regiment of Foot|Seaforth Highlanders]] to form the Queen's Own Highlanders
*'''1994''' amalgamated with the [[100th Regiment of Foot|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)
== Service in British India ==*'''1758''' [[3rd Carnatic War]]*'''1801''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1801|Egyptian Campaign]]*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]*'''1910''' [[Bangalore]]*'''1913''' [[Poona]]*'''1921''' Kuldana*'''1924''' [[Calcutta]]*'''1927''' [[Rangoon]]:In May 1930, following the massacre of Indians by Burmese in Rangoon, a detachment of the regiment occupied the centre of the Indian quarter, planting their machine-guns in such away as to make it impossible for the Burmese to invade the area.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528179/page/n195 Pages 197-198], ''Trials in Burma'' by Maurice Collis 1938, Archive.org , mirror from Digital Library of India.</ref> *'''1930''' [[Fyzabad]]*'''1938''' Ahmednagar*'''1942''' [[Burma]] == External Links links ==*[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=79th_Foot 79th Foot 1st Raising] www.kronoskaf.com*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113072036/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079bis.htm 79th Foot 1st & 2nd Raising] www.regiments.org, an archived site*[http://web.archive.org/web/20051230125450/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079QOCH.htm 79th Foot 3rd Raising] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20051226125933/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/079-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20060110002851/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/079-2.htm 2nd Battalion] www.regiments.org, an archived site *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_(The_Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 79th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons) Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] Wikipedia*[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/camerons/chap1.htm The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1793-1853] www.electricscotland.com*[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/camerons/chap2.htm The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1853-1873] www.electricscotland.com*[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/camerons/chap3.htm The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1873-1886] www.electricscotland.com*[http://www.kiltsrock.com/forum/index.php?/topic/7283-scottish-military-highland-regiments/page__view__findpost__p__95359 The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: 1881-1914] a brief summary of service from KiltsRock.com forum*[http://wakefieldfhs.org.uk/genealogyjunction/Inverness-shire/Inverness/EgyptSudanWarMemorial.html Inverness Memorial] to the men of the The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders who died in [[Egyptian Campaign 1882|Egypt]] and the [[Sudan Campaign|Sudan]] 1882-1887 and 1898 Wakefieldfhs.org*[http://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com The Highlanders Museum] Covers the [[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd( Seaforth Highlanders)]], [[78th Regiment of Foot|78th (Ross-shire Buffs)]] and the 79th Regiments of Foot**The Museum has published Regimental journals online, see Historical books online below. ====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pR8RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Ninth Regiment of Foot, or the Cameron Highlanders''], by Captain Robert Jameson 1863. Google Books. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=pR8RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111 page 111] in 1857 in Madras, on the way to Calcutta.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01jamegooghistoryofscottis20kelt#page/n9696/mode/1up 2up ''Historical records of the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders'' 1887]. Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01jamegooghistoryofscottis20kelt#page/n157714/mode/1up 2up page 129715] in 1857 in Calcutta*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis20kelt#page/696/mode/2up ''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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis20kelt#page/714/mode/2up page 715] in 1857.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/98/mode/2up "Cameron Highlanders or Seventy-Ninth Regiment"], page 99, ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org*[http://www.archive.org/stream/shikarsketcheswi00browrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Shikar Sketches, with Notes on Indian Field-Sports''] by J Moray Brown, late 79th Cameron Highlanders.1887 Archive.org*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=StsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA367 "Topographical and Sanitary Report on the Station of Meean Meer"] by Dr T G Scot, 79th Highlanders, page 367 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1861'' (published 1863) Google Books*The regimental journal, ''The 79th News'': [https://www.museummagazines.com/queens-own-cameron-highlanders/ Editions from 1898 to 1960] museummagazines.com, a website of the Highlanders’ Museum. The [https://www.museummagazines.com Home page] contains links for the journals after 1960.== References ==<references />
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
