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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.
5th Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (56th Searchlight Regiment) 417–420 Searchlight Batteries; 8th Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (57th Searchlight Regiment) 421–424 Searchlight Batteries (In the event, only seven batteries were formed, so 57th S/L Rgt in South Glasgow had HQ, 420, 421, 422 and 423 Btys.)
5th (Blythswood Rifles) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 5th (Glasgow Highland) Volunteer Battalion, Highland Light Infantry; 5th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (56th Searchlight Regiment) 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th City of Glasgow Battery, Royal Field Artillery; 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) Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 15th Battalion ...
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
1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1/5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; Division Troops. 26th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, pioneers (joined August 1916) 27th Divisional Train A.S.C.
78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; 79th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery; 80th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery; 87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders) 88th Regiment of Foot (Highland Volunteers) 91st (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery