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The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 26th Cameronian Regiment and the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry. [2] After the amalgamation, the 1st Battalion preferred to be known as "The Cameronians" while the 2nd preferred to be known as "The Scottish Rifles".
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.
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 ...
He passed out of Sandhurst in 1886, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on 25 August. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He remained with his regiment for thirteen years, with a promotion to captain in October 1896, [ 4 ] until he was appointed as the adjutant to a volunteer battalion in India in February 1899. [ 2 ]
5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (from 12 February 1945) 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (from 14 March 1945) Divisional troops 52nd Divisional artillery, Royal Artillery. 78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (left 3 June 1942) 79th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 8 June, rejoined 1 July 1940)
The Scottish Rifles 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 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) constituted one brigade, while the four Volunteer Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry formed the other (the Highland Light Infantry Brigade, later the 157th (Highland ...
1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1/5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ( Territorial Force (TF)) ( merged with 1/6th Battalion in May 1916 becoming 5th/6th Battalion ) 18th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1st Public Schools) ( transferred from 98th Brigade 27 November 1915 left 26 February 1916 )
1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment (February to November) 10th (Lovat Scouts) (T.F.) Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (October to June) 19th Brigade. The brigade joined the division in May 1915 from the 6th Division leaving for the 2nd Division in August. 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers; 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish ...