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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.
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)
When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new Territorial Force (TF) under the Haldane Reforms of 1908, [15] [16] the battalion became the 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). [ 4 ] [ 6 ] [ 9 ] [ 8 ] [ 17 ] K Company (the University Company) became a contingent of the Senior Division of the Officers' Training Corps (OTC) and the High ...
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 )
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).
The battalion amalgamated with the 6th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) to form the 6th/7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) at the Muir Street drill hall in Hamilton in 1950 although a company remained at the Victoria Road drill hall until the 6th/7th Battalion was disbanded in 1967. [4]