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The regiment was raised as the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) on 17 August 1793 at Fort William by Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht, [2] [3] a cousin of Cameron of Lochiel. [4] Initially mustered from among members of the Clan Cameron in Lochaber , the regiment eventually recruited from across the Highlands, and indeed, seldom elsewhere.
79th (Cameronian Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1793–1804. 79th (Cameronian Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1804–1866 79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1866–1873 79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1873–1881 [124] 1793 Raised 16 August 1793. [115] [123] 1881: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: Royal Regiment of ...
79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, a unit of the British Army, raised in 1793 79th Regiment of Foot (1757) , a British Army unit that took part in the Seven Years' War 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) , a British Army unit that saw service in the West Indies during the American Revolution
The regiment embarked for Portugal in January 1810 for service in the Peninsular War. [13] It saw action at the Battle of Bussaco in September 1810, [14] the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 [15] and the Battle of El Bodón in September 1811, [16] before further combat at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in January 1812, [17] the siege of Badajoz in March 1812 [18] and the Battle of ...
The regiment was raised by Francis Humberston MacKenzie, Chief of the Clan Mackenzie and later Lord Seaforth, as the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) on 8 March 1793. [5] First assembled at Fort George in July 1793, [ 6 ] the regiment moved to the Channel Islands in August 1793, [ 7 ] and embarked for Holland in ...
The unit had no connection to the British Army's 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders), but was recruited from veterans of the Scottish regiments of the British army living in the US. Similarly to the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, the 79th Regiment wore the Cameron of Erracht tartan kilt as part of their uniforms until midway through ...
The 79th was in garrison in Houat in 1800, then joined Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedition to Egypt and Minorca in 1801. A second battalion was raised in 1804. Cameron was confirmed as colonel of 79th Foot on 1 January 1805. In 1807 he led his regiment in the expedition against Copenhagen under Cathcart. [4]
The 79th Regiment of Foot was a British military unit, formed in 1757 at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Its commander was Brigadier General William Draper. It moved to India in 1758 and saw service in the third Carnatic War. In 1762 the regiment took part in the successful invasion of Manila, capital of the Spanish-controlled ...