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The availability of the number "79" was fortuitous and enabled the new Canadian regiment to adopt the regimental number of a famous regiment in Scotland, the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders who had been raised in 1793 as the 79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) 174th Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), CEF: 15 July 1916 1 September 1917 The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada: 175th (Medicine Hat) Battalion, CEF: 15 July 1916 17 July 1917 The South Alberta Light Horse: 176th Battalion (Niagara Rangers), CEF: 15 July 1916 ...
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.
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (8 P) Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (2 C, 21 P) R. Régiment de la Chaudière (2 P) Royal 22nd Regiment (1 C, 8 P)
Pages in category "Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The 174th (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Battalion, CEF, was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War.One of a number of Highlander battalions in the CEF, it was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, [1] and began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
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 .
The 48th Highlanders of Canada is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve infantry regiment based in Toronto, Ontario, parading out of Moss Park Armoury. The regiment is part of 4th Canadian Division 's 32 Canadian Brigade Group .