THE REGIMENT

The Story of the Regiments

The oldest Scottish regiments are Lowland regiments. When we look for the origin of the Cameronian Regiment, we are carried back to the year 1689, i.e., back to the days of the Covenanters.

• The Covenanters
• Richard Cameron
• The Cameronians
• The Cameronian Regiment
• The 90th Perthshire Regiment
• The Great War
• Between Wars
• World War II
• After the War

   

  Source: The early portions of this extract have been compiled from a sermon preached at Bothwell by the Reverend D Ferrier M.A. during the first World War and from notes by the late colonel C.B. Vandeleur DSO. They were revised and brought up to date by Brigadier C.N. Barclay CBE, DSO.

  H Murray General
  Colonel, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
  Lanark, Sept 1961