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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 Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) 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 ...
The Highland Guard/79th New York was created with the help of the St. Andrews and Caledonian societies of New York and wealthy financial backers such as Samuel Mackenzie Elliott and Roderick Cameron. The unit had no connection to the British Army 's 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) , but was recruited from veterans of the Scottish ...
93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1794–1796 [154] 1793 Raised 1793 as Nesbitt Balfour's Regiment of Foot, numbered 93rd in 1794. Served in West Indies, drafted into 39th Foot on return to England 1796. [154] 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1799–1861. 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1861–1881 [154] 1799 Raised 1799. [154 ...
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 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 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 79th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 and that took part in the battles of Waterloo and Alma. 79th Regiment of Foot may also refer to: 79th Regiment of Foot (1757), a British Army unit that took part in the Seven Years' War