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Synonyms for cameronians or Related words with cameronians
inniskilling
fusiliers
territorials
yeomanry
borderers
hussars
fencibles
argylls
krrc
lovat
coldstream
covenanter
camerons
kosb
highlanders
gurkhas
gurkha
regt
fifeshire
fencible
carabiniers
grenadiers
bvrc
inniskillings
riflemen
fusileers
norfolks
cameronian
keppoch
leicesters
loyals
warwicks
hampshires
argyllshire
uotc
koyli
lancers
gordons
bty
ksli
grenadier
claverhouse
carbineers
dunnyveg
atholl
rhq
dragoons
schiltron
nzaoc
lochiel
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)).