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In 1797 the regiment was broken up and two hundred and ten men joined the Black Watch regiment. [1] In 1798 Cameron of Erracht raised a second 79th regiment that was seven hundred and eighty strong and after taking part in many engagements he died in 1828 in Fulham. [1]
Erracht was unusual in that every other Highland regiment was raised by Clan Chiefs, while he was merely chieftain of a cadet branch (albeit a senior branch) of the Cameron clan, led by Lochiel. [6] In the 1790s a rift occurred with "the rogue" Lochiel over the borrowing and evictions of Cameron lands, including Erracht, leading to a period of ...
The regiment was raised as the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) on 17 August 1793 at Fort William by Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht, [2] [3] a cousin of Cameron of Lochiel. [4] Initially mustered from among members of the Clan Cameron in Lochaber , the regiment eventually recruited from across the Highlands, and indeed, seldom elsewhere.
After arriving in Washington, the regiment elected James Cameron, the brother of Simon Cameron, President Lincoln's Secretary of War as its Colonel. The Regiment was quartered at Georgetown College, recently vacated by the 69th N.Y.S.M, and spent their first few couple weeks in Washington filling their time with drill and guard mounts.
As a Highland regiment, the dress uniform of the Camerons is very similar to other Canadian-Scottish regiments. The Camerons wear traditional Scottish kilts patterned off of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders' Cameron of Erracht. The green Canadian Forces jacket is cut in a manner that the skirts curve outwards and downwards above where a belt ...
Clan Cameron is a West Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches. The Clan Cameron lands are in Lochaber, [7] and within their lands lies Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles. [8] The Chief of the clan is customarily referred to as simply "Lochiel". [9]
"Cameron of Erracht". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Military unit The 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment (16 RWAR) is an Australian Army reserve infantry battalion located in Western Australia and one of the two battalions of the Royal Western Australia Regiment .
The regiment wore the Mackenzie tartan kilt (as worn by the former Seaforth Highlanders) and Cameron of Erracht tartan trews, with the reverse for pipers, drummers and band members. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Colonel-in-Chief