1/79 Regiment of Foot
1 Battalion 79 Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders)
Unit Histories
| 21-Apr-1758 ? |
21-Apr-1758 ? |
Converted from |
1/64 Regiment of Foot |
| 15-Jun-1763 ? |
15-Jun-1763 ? |
Disbanded |
at Chatham |
| 08-Jan-1778 |
08-Jan-1778 |
Reformed |
as 1 Battalion 79 Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Voluntiers) for service at sea. Also known as the Liverpool Blues. |
| 30-Jun-1789 ? |
30-Jun-1789 ? |
Disbanded |
sometime in 1789 |
| 17-Aug-1793 |
17-Aug-1793 |
Reformed |
for the Irish Establishment by Alan Cameron as 1 Battalion 79 (Highland-Cameronian Volunteers) Regiment of Foot |
| 30-Jun-1804 ? |
30-Jun-1804 ? |
Renamed |
1 Battalion 79 Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) sometime in 1804 |
| 01-Aug-1873 |
01-Aug-1873 |
Renamed |
1 Battalion 79 (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Converted to |
1 The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |
| Number of Records Returned: 8 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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