26th & 90th Regiments/Scotch Rifles (Cameronians)
Below is some genealogy information on the 26th & 90th Regiments and Scotch Rifles (Cameronians) regiment of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.
Theatres of War, Army Regiments, Naval Detachments, RAF
Description: Formed in 1881 from the 26th Cameronian Regiment and the 90th Perthshire Regiment. They saw action in the Boer Wars at Colenso, Spionkop and Valkrantz and Pieters. During the First World War they fought across the Western, and Far Eastern fronts at battles such as Mons, Marne, Aisne, the Ludendorff Offensive, the 1st battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, Festubert, Loos, Mount Sorrel, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, Cambrai, Passchendale, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), Lys, the 2nd battle of the Somme (1918), the advance in Flanders and Selle. In 1966 the regiment was disbanded rather than become amalgamated. Their nickname is The Cameronians, the Perthshire Grey Breeks or the Poison Dwarves.
Military actions:
- Boer war: Colenso
- Boer war: Spionkop
- Boer war: Valkrantz and Pieters
- WWI: Mons
- WWI: Marne
- WWI: Aisne
- WWI: Ludendorff Offensive
- WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
- WWI: Neuve Chapelle
- WWI: Aubers Bridge
- WWI: Festubert
- WWI: Loos
- WWI: Mount Sorrel
- WWI: Somme (1916)
- WWI: Hindenburg Line
- WWI: Arras
- WWI: Cambrai
- WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
- WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
- WWI: Lys
- WWI: 2nd battle of the Somme (1918)
- WWI: Advance in Flanders
- WWI: Selle
Personnel:
2nd Battalion.
1914
- Alexander Mcdonald. Private. Died 15 December 1914. Theatre: France & Flanders.
10th Battalion.
1916
- Herbert Frank Thomas. Private. Died 21 May 1916. Theatre: France & Flanders.
11th Battalion.
1918
- Archibald Mccrimmon. Private. Died 19 September 1918. Theatre: France & Flanders.
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