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The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 26th Cameronian Regiment and the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry. [2] After the amalgamation, the 1st Battalion preferred to be known as "The Cameronians" while the 2nd preferred to be known as "The Scottish Rifles".
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.
9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (transferred from 28th Brigade 6 May 1916, transferred to the 14th (Light) Division in February 1918) [6] 27th Machine Gun Company (formed 23 December 1915, left to move into 9th Battalion M.G. C. 1 March 1918) 27th Trench Mortar Battery (joined July 1916) 28th Brigade
Infantrymen of the 2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders, 15th (Scottish) Division, with Churchill tanks of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade, near Moergestel, 26 October 1944. In the spring and summer of 1939, the Territorial Army was ordered to be doubled in size, in order to meet the threat of Nazi Germany .
The 28th Brigade was part of 9th (Scottish) Division during the early stages of the First World War, from civilians volunteering for Lord Kitchener's New Armies.It was initially composed of the 6th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, 9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), and the 10th and 11th (Service) battalions of the Highland Light Infantry.
6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers: 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) South African Brigade Major-General Sir Henry Timson Lukin KCB CMG DSO: 1st South African Battalion (Cape) 2nd South African Battalion (Natal & OFS) 3rd South African Battalion (Transvaal & Rhodesia) 4th South African Battalion (Scottish) Engineers and ...
9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) A Squadron, 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry Attached from 11th Armoured Division [3] [7] Cromwell tanks [7] Two Troops 141st (Buffs) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps Two troops Churchill Crocodiles attached from 79th Armoured Division [3] [18] B Company, 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine ...
57th (8th Battalion, Cameronian Scottish Rifles) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) 125th (Cameronians) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery