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Alan Cameron of Erracht, founder of the regiment Memorial in Inverness to the Cameron Highlanders who fell during the Anglo-Egyptian War. 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]
The Cameron Highlanders supported its then-colonel-in-chief and the king of Canada, George VI, and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, during their royal tour of the country in 1939, including during the unveiling of the National War Memorial, and received, in recognition, the King's and regimental colours on Parliament Hill in October of that year.
Thus the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada became simply, the Cameron Highlanders of Canada. In order to perpetuate the regiment's accomplishments during the First World War, the regiment was reorganized as three battalions: the 1st Battalion "43rd Battalion CEF", 2nd (Reserve) Battalion (174th Battalion CEF) and 3rd (Reserve) Battalion (179th ...
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1953). Historical records of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Vol. 5– 6. Edinburgh: Blackwood. — Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders; Rissik, David (1953). The D.L.I. at war: the history of the Durham Light Infantry, 1939–1945. Brancepeth Castle (Durham): Durham Light Infantry. — Durham Light Infantry
On the outbreak of war both battalions were in 165th Bde in 55th (West Lancashire) Division, and remained in Home Forces for the whole of the war. However, both battalions supplied drafts to other units, principally to the Cameron Highlanders, and formed contingents for the embryonic "Independent Companies" that became the Army "Commandos".
It was evacuated to Egypt in December 1915 and then converted into 10th (Lovat's Scouts) Battalion, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in September 1916. [15] It landed at Salonika and under the command of 82nd Brigade in the 27th Division in October 1916 and then became Line of Communication troops in France in June 1918.
16 RWAR currently forms part of the 13th Brigade, [11] and maintains the battle honours of all the previous 16th Battalions, including the 16th Battalion, AIF, which served in the First World War, and the 16th Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia) and 2/16th Battalion, both of which served in the Second World War.
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.