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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 .
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) Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 15th Battalion ...
The 1/8th Scottish Rifles had to change their position several times. The battle ended on 20 April with both sides digging in, the 1/8th Scottish Rifles having suffered casualties of 2 officers and 30 ORs killed, 9 officers and 144 ORs wounded, and 17 ORs missing. [18] [34] [35] [36]
Organised as "rifle volunteer corps", they were independent of the British Army and composed primarily of the middle class. The only change to the regiment's structure during the period of 1881–1908, was the loss of the 1st Berwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, and the numbering of the remaining Rifle Volunteer Corps into Volunteer Battalions.
In August 1940 the RA took over all the S/L regiments in AA Command, after which the regiment was designated 56th (5th Battalion, Cameronian Scottish Rifles) Searchlight Regiment, RA. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] [ 77 ] [ 79 ] [ 86 ] [ 87 ] The regiment supplied a cadre of experienced officers and men to 235th S/L Training Rgt at Ayr where it provided the basis ...
The Lorne Rifles (Scottish) (1866–1936) The Essex Scottish Regiment (1885–1954) The Highland Light Infantry of Canada (1886–1954, 1957–1965) The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment (1866–1946, 1959–1992) 50th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders of Canada) (1913–1920) The New Brunswick Scottish (1946–1954) The Pictou Highlanders (1871 ...
5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (56th Searchlight Regiment) – converted 1938 from 5/8th Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) at Glasgow; 8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (57th Searchlight Regiment) – formed 1 November 1938 by duplication of the above, based in south Glasgow; 52nd AA Brigade Company RASC