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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 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the Scots Army and subsequently a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, active from 1689 to 1881. Although the regiment took the name of its first colonel as The Earl of Angus 's Regiment, it became popularly known as The Cameronians until 1751, when it was ranked as ...
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 90th Perthshire Light Infantry was a Scottish light infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1881.
Scottish regiments are military units which at some point during their existence have had a form of connection with Scotland. Though the military history of Scotland dates back to the era of classical antiquity , the first organised Scottish military units were formed in the Middle Ages , mostly to serve in the Anglo-Scottish Wars or the ...
The 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers was a Scottish Volunteer unit of the British Army.Originally raised in Glasgow as part of the Highland Light Infantry from 1859, it later became a battalion of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
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.
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,