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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 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.
2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (joined 20 December 1915) 1/6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TF) (joined and left February 1918) 1/9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry (TF) (joined 29 May 1916) 100th Machine Gun Company (joined 28 April 1916, moved to 33rd Battalion M.G.C. 19 February 1918)
When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new Territorial Force (TF) under the Haldane Reforms of 1908, [15] [16] the battalion became the 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). [ 4 ] [ 6 ] [ 9 ] [ 8 ] [ 17 ] K Company (the University Company) became a contingent of the Senior Division of the Officers' Training Corps (OTC) and the High ...
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 ...
Notable 52nd Lowlanders who served during this period included footballer William Reid, motorcycle racer Jimmie Guthrie, Winston Churchill, who briefly commanded the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers in the "New Army" and John Reith, who was a subaltern with the 5th Battalion of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was ... The 5th/6th Battalion, ... were renamed in an effort to better reflect "the military traditions and history of indigenous ...
The 28th Brigade was part of 9th (Scottish) Division during the early stages of the First World War, from civilians volunteering for Lord Kitchener's New Armies.It was initially composed of the 6th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, 9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), and the 10th and 11th (Service) battalions of the Highland Light Infantry.