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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 ...
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During the attack on General Clements Camp at Nooitgedacht, on the 13th December, 1900, Lieutenant Sandilands, Cameron Highlanders, with fifteen men, went to the assistance of a picquet which was heavily engaged, most of the men having been killed or wounded. The enemy, who were hidden by trees, opened fire on the party at a range of about 20 ...
Returning to the Seaforth Highlanders in India, he again served on the Frontier, during the 1930–31 Afridi Redshirt Rebellion. In 1932 he retired from the Regular Army, [7] and held the office of Justice of the Peace for Ross and Cromarty in 1937. [2] In January 1938 he joined the 4th (Territorial) Battalion of the
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 .
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada served with distinction in World War I, providing 5 battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (the 16th, 27th, 43rd, 174th and 179th). The Regiment also participated in the 1942 Dieppe Raid and throughout northwest Europe in World War II.
Major Patrick Henry Edward Litton Holt, Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons). Captain Roy Hunter, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire. Major (Queen's Gurkha Officer) Jaibahadur Gurung, M.V.O., 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles. Warrant Officer Class 1 Ivor Derek Johnstone, Army Air Corps.
Major Graeme Cameron Maxwell Lamb, Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons). Major Gerard Courtney Middleton, Royal Regiment of Artillery. Captain John Frederick Milward, The Royal Anglian Regiment, Territorial Army. Major Robert James Moore, Royal Corps of Signals, Territorial Army. Major John Barry Morgan, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.