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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.
This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms.It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s.
57th (8th Battalion, Cameronian Scottish Rifles) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) 125th (Cameronians) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
The regiment's territorial components formed duplicate second and third line battalions. As an example, the battalions of the 4th King's were numbered as the 1/4th, 2/4th, and 3/4th respectively. Many battalions of the Royal Scots were formed as part of Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener's appeal for an initial 100,000 men volunteers in ...
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
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 ...
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 ...