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After the formation of the Queen's Own Highlanders in February 1961, the part–time Territorial Army units of the pre-amalgamation regiments continued unchanged, with the 11th battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (TA) and the 4/5 battalion Cameron Highlanders (TA). In April 1967 both were disbanded on the formation of the 3rd (Territorial ...
Major Allan John Cameron, MBE, JP, DL (25 March 1917 – 4 December 2011) was a Scottish soldier, landowner and curler. He served in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders during the Second World War, rising to the rank of Major. [1]
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He was commissioned into the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1970 from RMA Sandhurst and was awarded the Sword of Honour. He commanded the 1st Battalion Queens Own Highlanders in Belfast and in the First Gulf War. Subsequently, he commanded the 39 Infantry Brigade in Belfast and later was the United Kingdom's Director of Infantry.
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.. 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.
Major Graeme Cameron Maxwell Lamb, Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons). Major Gerard Courtney Middleton, Royal Regiment of Artillery. Captain John Frederick Milward, The Royal Anglian Regiment, Territorial Army. Major Robert James Moore, Royal Corps of Signals, Territorial Army. Major John Barry Morgan, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
He was then second-in-command of the Queen’s Own Highlanders in South Armagh, being obliged to take command when the commanding officer was killed in the Warrenpoint ambush of 1979. [1] In 1980/81 he commanded the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders in Hong Kong and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He then spent ...
Consequently, they became the 79th Regiment, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. [ 13 ] Under the Cardwell reforms , in 1873 the 79th were linked to the 42nd Highlanders , the two regiments sharing a common depot at Perth , with the 79th supplying men to bring the 42nd up to strength for the 1873 Ashanti campaign .