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Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel , CVO , JP , DL (2 August 1946 – 20 October 2023) was the 27th Chief of Clan Cameron . He served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness from 2002 to 2021.
After the formation of the Queen's Own Highlanders in February 1961, the part–time Territorial Army units of the pre-amalgamation regiments continued unchanged, with the 11th battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (TA) and the 4/5 battalion Cameron Highlanders (TA). In April 1967 both were disbanded on the formation of the 3rd (Territorial ...
Major Allan John Cameron, MBE, JP, DL (25 March 1917 – 4 December 2011) was a Scottish soldier, landowner and curler. He served in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders during the Second World War, rising to the rank of Major. [1]
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Macpherson was commissioned in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Territorial Army in 1939, before serving in No. 11 (Scottish) Commando in 1940–1941.. Macpherson was part of a four-man team sent to reconnoitre beaches in preparation for Operation Flipper, an attempted raid on the headquarters of Erwin Rommel, the famous German Field Marshal.
Consequently, they became the 79th Regiment, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. [ 13 ] Under the Cardwell reforms , in 1873 the 79th were linked to the 42nd Highlanders , the two regiments sharing a common depot at Perth , with the 79th supplying men to bring the 42nd up to strength for the 1873 Ashanti campaign .
Prior to 28 March 2006, the Highlanders was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was one of only two in the British Army with a Gaelic motto – Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Help the King". [ 3 ] (
He was then second-in-command of the Queen’s Own Highlanders in South Armagh, being obliged to take command when the commanding officer was killed in the Warrenpoint ambush of 1979. [1] In 1980/81 he commanded the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders in Hong Kong and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He then spent ...