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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.
9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (transferred from 28th Brigade 6 May 1916, transferred to the 14th (Light) Division in February 1918) [6] 27th Machine Gun Company (formed 23 December 1915, left to move into 9th Battalion M.G. C. 1 March 1918) 27th Trench Mortar Battery (joined July 1916) 28th Brigade
The Highland Light Infantry Brigade was originally a Volunteer Infantry Brigade formed in 1902 when the former Glasgow Brigade of the Volunteer Force was split up. The four Volunteer Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry (HLI) constituted one brigade, while the four Volunteer Battalions of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) formed the other (the Scottish Rifles Brigade, later the 156th ...
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 13th (Service) Hamilton, July 1915 120th Brigade, 40th Division: Bantam battalion [39] [65] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: 9th (Service) County Tyrone Omagh, September 1914 Tyrone Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force: 109th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division [66] [67] 10th (Service) Derry Omagh, September 1914
6th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (disbanded February 1918) 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (disbanded February 1918) 9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (joined February 1918, left April) 7th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (joined February 1918) 43rd Machine Gun Company (joined February 1916 ...
5th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (56th Searchlight Regiment) 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 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 ...
These were later numbered as the 194th, composed of the 2/4th and 2/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers and 2/4th and 2/5th King's Own Scottish Borderers; the 195th, composed of the 2/5th, 2/6th, 2/7th, and 2/8th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles); and the 196th, composed of the 2/5th, 2/6th, 2/7th, and 2/9th Highland Light Infantry. [1]