Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

This article is about the Scottish regiment. For the Canadian regiments, see Cameron Highlanders.
"79th Regiment of Foot" redirects here. For other uses, see 79th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Cap Badge of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Active1793–1961
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1793–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1961)
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLine infantry
Part ofHighland Brigade
Garrison/HQCameron Barracks, Inverness
Motto(s)Pro rege et patria (For King and country)
MarchQuick (band): The Cameron Highlanders
Quick (pipes): Pibroch Domhnall Dubh
Slow (band): Logie o' Buchan
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
Tartan
Cameron of Erracht[1]
PipersRoyal Stuart tartan

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. It amalgamated with the Seaforth Highlanders (the Duke of Albany's) to form the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1961.

  1. ^ "Cameron of Erracht (No. 4)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.