26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot
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The 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the Scots Army and subsequently a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, active from 1689 to 1881. Although the regiment took the name of its first colonel as The Earl of Angus's Regiment, it became popularly known as The Cameronians until 1751, when it was ranked as the 26th Foot. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1881. The Cameronians were themselves disbanded in 1968, meaning that no Army unit today perpetuates the lineage of the 26th Foot.
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot | |
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Active | 1689–1881 |
Country | Kingdom of Scotland (1689–1707) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) |
Branch | Army |
Type | Line Infantry |
Garrison/HQ | Hamilton Barracks, Hamilton |
March | "Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town" |
Engagements | Nine Years' War War of the Spanish Succession Jacobite risings American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars First Opium War Crimean War British Expedition to Abyssinia |