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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 1st Battalion, The Cameronians was disbanded on 14 May 1968 at Douglas Castle, near Douglas, South Lanarkshire in the presence of the Duke of Hamilton, the Earl of Angus. Its recruiting area in Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway was taken over by the King's Own Scottish Borderers and the Regimental Headquarters finally closed down in 1987.
An increase in the size of the TAVR in 1971 however lead to an expansion in the size of the Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials and the 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers cadres, which were amalgamated and became the separate 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers (2/52 LOWLAND) in 1971.
6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (from 12 February 1945) 156th Infantry Brigade [56] 4th/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers; 6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (left 13 March 1945) 156th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 5 December 1939, disbanded 7 January 1941)
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 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]
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 ...
Men of the 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) use a small boat to cross a canal in the town of Rheine, Germany, 3 April 1945. During the Second World War , the brigade served with the 52nd Division during Operation Aerial in France in mid-1940 to cover the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) being evacuated from France .