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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.
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.
5th Reserve Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th/6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th/8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 8th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (57th Searchlight Regiment) 8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th (Scottish) Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 11th (Scottish ...
Notable 52nd Lowlanders who served during this period included footballer William Reid, motorcycle racer Jimmie Guthrie, Winston Churchill, who briefly commanded the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers in the "New Army" and John Reith, who was a subaltern with the 5th Battalion of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (joined 20 December 1915) 1/6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TF) (joined and left February 1918) 1/9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry (TF) (joined 29 May 1916) 100th Machine Gun Company (joined 28 April 1916, moved to 33rd Battalion M.G.C. 19 February 1918)
On 29 May 1916 the battalion merged with merged with 6th Scottish Rifles to form the 5th/6th Battalion. (6th Battalion had left the Lowland Division in March 1915 and served with a number of divisions in France, including a period as a pioneer battalion, before joining 100th Bde in 33rd Division.) [ 6 ] [ 18 ] [ 24 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ]
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 1809–1881 [55] 1689 Raised 14 May 1689 as The Earl of Angus's Regiment of Foot. [55] 1881: 1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (disbanded 1968) [55] 27: 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 1751–1881 [56] 1689 Raised 26 June 1689 as Zacharaiah Tiffin's Regiment of Foot. [56] 1881: 1st Battalion,
The 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment is one of five Scottish battalions presently operating in the Australian Army. There are presently five Scottish "Kilted Companies" in the Australian Army Reserve. They include: A Company, 2nd/17th Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (Black Watch)