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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.
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.
In August 1940 the RA took over all the S/L regiments in AA Command, after which the regiment was designated 57th (8th Battalion, Cameronian Scottish Rifles) Searchlight Regiment, RA. [4] [6] [75] [77] [83] [84] 12 AA Divisional sign.
57th (8th Battalion, Cameronian Scottish Rifles) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) 125th (Cameronians) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... (Scottish Rifles) regiment of the British Army and its predecessors, the 26th Regiment of Foot and the 90th ...
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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 Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")