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Also Third raising also known as '''Cameron Highlanders'''
Amend chronology. Add Indian service
== Chronology ==
'''1st Raising'''
*'''1757''' raised as 64th Regiment of Foot on 14 November at Colchester by Colonel 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
*'''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)
== 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]]
*'''1930''' [[Fyzabad]]
*'''1938''' Ahmednagar
*'''1942''' [[Burma]]
== External 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*http://web.archive.org/web/20051230125450/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079QOCH.htm 79th Foot 3rd Raising] www.regiments.org *[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
