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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 .
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.
The regiment's side emerged from the 4th Volunteer Battalion of the Scottish Rifles, and was formally called as the 4th V.B.S.R. as a result, the Cameronians name being official from 1897. [ 3 ] The club was founded in 1893 and, with the regiment being based in north-east Glasgow, [ 4 ] entered the Scottish Cup , Glasgow Cup and Glasgow North ...
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)
6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (left 13 March 1945) 156th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 5 December 1939, disbanded 7 January 1941) 1st Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders (from 14 March 1945) 157th Infantry Brigade [28] 1st Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders (left 12 March 1945)
The Cameronians – 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] The Carbs – Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) [1] [3] Lord Cardigan's Bloodhounds – 11th Hussars [3] The Cast Iron Sixth – 6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [20] Castor Oil Dragoons – Royal Army Medical Corps [21]
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.
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot, a regiment of the British Army raised from among the Cameronians, in existence from 1689 to 1881; Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), a regiment of the British Army formed from the 26th Foot in 1881, and disbanded in 1968