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  2. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - Wikipedia

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    The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 26th Cameronian Regiment and the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry .

  3. Glengarry - Wikipedia

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    The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) wore a plain rifle green Glengarry up until their disbandment in 1968. The blue Glengarry currently worn by the Royal Regiment of Scotland has red, green and white dicing, a red toorie , black silk cockade and the regimental cap badge surmounted by a blackcock ( Tetrao tetrix ) feather.

  4. List of battalions of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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    When the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot, and 90th Perthshire Light Infantry amalgamated to form The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, seven pre-existent militia and volunteer battalions of Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway were integrated into the structure of the regiment.

  5. 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) - Wikipedia

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    The Regiment served with distinction at Mandora 1801, Martinique 1803, Guadeloupe 1810, in America 1814–5, South Africa 1846–7 and 1878–9, Crimea 1854–6, Indian Mutiny 1857–8 and on 1st July 1881 was formed into the Second Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

  6. Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) - Wikipedia

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    Prior to 28 March 2006, the Highlanders was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was one of only two in the British Army with a Gaelic motto – Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Help the King". [3] (The other is the Royal Irish Regiment.) [4]

  7. List of units of the British Army Territorial Force (1908)

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    5th Bn, The King's Own Scottish Borderers (part) Lanarkshire 2nd VB, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Lanarkshire VRC, The Highland Light Infantry 8th (Lanark) Bn, The Highland Light Infantry Lancashire 1st VB, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 4th Bn, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

  8. List of British Army regiments (1881) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms.It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s.

  9. Hamilton Low Parks Museum - Wikipedia

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    The main collection on show in the museum is that of the former British Army Regiment, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). The Cameronians were formed on 14 May 1689, with their name being in memory of Richard Cameron, "The Lion of The Covenant", a Scottish preacher who died at the Battle of Airds Moss in 1680.