Synonyms for cameronians or Related words with cameronians

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Examples of "cameronians"
May 1932 - commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Territorial Army, joining the 6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, the Cameronians as a 2nd Lieutenant
He was also honorary colonel of the 6th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
September 1939 – promoted to Major, and second-in-command of the 10th Cameronians
Under the Childers Reforms of the early 1880s, however, the depot system was altered and expanded to form "territorial" two battalion regiments. The four regiments brigaded at Hamilton were re-organised, and the 26th was now linked with the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers). The two were formally amalgamated in 1882, to form the Scotch Rifles Cameronians. This somewhat ungainly name was quickly altered to the Cameronians (Scotch Rifles), and then to the more modern form of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). The Cameronians, as the more senior regiment, formed the 1st Battalion; the 90th, as the junior, formed the 2nd.
The Cameronians Museum is located within the Low Parks Museum, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
The remarkable feat of the Cameronians in baffling the attempt practically decided the campaign.
Educated at West Downs School, Richard Collingwood was commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1923.
In 1946 he was given the colonelcy of the Cameronians, a position he held until 1951.
No. 7504 Private Henry May, 1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles):- - Band: Within a mile of Edinboro's Town
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Cameronians Regimental Museum in the Hamilton Low Parks Museum in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Educated at Lancing College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Evetts was commissioned into The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1911.
Dawson enlisted into the 5th Cameronians in November 1914, but transferred to the Royal Engineers in March 1915.
He served in World War I with the 6th Battalion of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), and was wounded.
Also His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, the ruler of the Sultantate of Oman, served with the Cameronians as a junior officer.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Cameronians Regimental Museum, in Hamilton Low Parks Museum, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
He later achieved the rank of colonel. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Cameronians Regimental Museum, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Another Cameronians memorial in Douglas, South Lanarkshire was built in 1892 to commemorate the bicentenary of the raising of the Cameronian Regiment (26th Regiment of Foot) on 14 May 1689. It depicts the regiment`s first Colonel, James Douglas, Earl of Angus. Another memorial on the Douglas Estate commemorates the disbanding of the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on 14 May 1968.
In the early 1930s the Regiment affiliated with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment of the British Army. As a consequence, the Witwatersrand Rifles adopted the uniform and many of the traditions of this Scottish Lowland regiment. Despite the Cameronians' disbandment in 1968, the Wits Rifles still continues this heritage today.
On 1 October 1948, the brigade became a Regular Army HQ and dropped the '(TA)' part of its title, though continuing to command its TA units. In 1950, 500 and 558 HAA Regiments merged, as 558 HAA Rgt at Coatdyke, and 518 LAA Rgt merged with 591st (Cameronians) (Mixed) LAA/Searchlight Rgt (formerly 125 LAA Rgt, originally 5/8th Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)).