Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Cap Badge of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Active1 July 1881 – 14 May 1968
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeRifles
Size2 Regular battalions
2 Militia battalions
2 – 4 Territorial and Volunteer battalions
Up to 12 hostilities-only battalions
Part ofLowland Brigade
Garrison/HQHamilton Barracks, Hamilton (1881–1947)
Winston Barracks, Lanark (1947–1964)
Glencorse Barracks, Edinburgh (1964–1968)[1]
MarchQuick – Within a mile of Edinburgh Toon
Slow – The Garb of Old Gaul
Commanders
Colonel in ChiefHM King Gustaf VI Adolf
Colonel of
the Regiment
Major General Henry Templar Alexander, CB CBE DSO
Insignia
TartanThe Douglas tartan

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. In 1968, when reductions were required, the regiment chose to be disbanded rather than amalgamated with another regiment, one of only two infantry regiments in the British Army to do so, with the other being the York and Lancaster Regiment. It can trace its roots to that of the Cameronians, later the 26th of Foot, who were raised in 1689. The 1881 amalgamation coincided with the Cameronian's selection to become the new Scottish Rifles.

Memorial on Spion Kop
1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on the Western Front, 1914/15
The Cameronians War Memorial in Kelvingrove Park
Cameronians Memorial at Douglas, South Lanarkshire
  1. ^ "1939 − Winston barracks, Lanark constructed. It was later to be the base for the Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)". Lanard Life. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.