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The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. It amalgamated with the Seaforth Highlanders (the Duke of Albany's) to form the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1961.
The availability of the number "79" was fortuitous and enabled the new Canadian regiment to adopt the regimental number of a famous regiment in Scotland, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders who had been raised in 1793 as the 79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.
After the formation of the Queen's Own Highlanders in February 1961, the part–time Territorial Army units of the pre-amalgamation regiments continued unchanged, with the 11th battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (TA) and the 4/5 battalion Cameron Highlanders (TA). In April 1967 both were disbanded on the formation of the 3rd (Territorial ...
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada served with distinction in World War I, providing 5 battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (the 16th, 27th, 43rd, 174th and 179th). The Regiment also participated in the 1942 Dieppe Raid and throughout northwest Europe in World War II.
The Liverpool Scottish became affiliated to the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in the 1920s and formally transferred to the regiment in 1937 with its identity preserved. Reflecting the Territorial Army's decline in size since the late 1940s, the battalion was reduced to a company in 1967, then to a platoon of "A" (King's) Company, King's and ...
Pages in category "Infantry regiments of Canada in World War II" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. ... Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of ...
2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders; 1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles; 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles; Divisional troops 1st, 11th and 31st Field Regiments, Royal Artillery; 149th Anti-tank Regiment, RA; 27th Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA; Engineers 4th Field Company, King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1793–1961), former infantry regiment of the British Army; The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) (1961–1994), former infantry regiment in the Scottish Division of the British Army