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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.
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.
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 ]
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).
1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1/5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ( Territorial Force (TF)) ( merged with 1/6th Battalion in May 1916 becoming 5th/6th Battalion ) 18th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1st Public Schools) ( transferred from 98th Brigade 27 November 1915 left 26 February 1916 )
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)
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,