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In May 1968, as part of cutbacks to the British Army, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was disbanded at a moving ceremony held at the same spot in Douglas in Lanarkshire at which it had been raised in 1689. And yet, although the regiment is no more, its place in history is unassailable. For many years it was Scotland s only rifle regiment, and its dark-green tunics marked it out as an elite formation. It embraced the history of one regiment, The Cameronians, which had its origins in the turbulent period that accompanied the rise of the House of Orange at the end of the seventeenth century, while its other component part the 90th (Perthshire Light Infantry) was raised as a light infantry regiment during the war against Revolutionary France. oth regiments saw extensive service in Europe, India and Africa, and following amalgamation in 1881, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) quickly built up a solid reputation as a fighting regiment. During the First World War it raised 27 battalions and during the Second World War its battalions served in Europe and Burma. In the course of its long history, the regiment provided the British Army with many distinguished soldiers including three

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Trevor Royle is a respected historian of war and empire. His is the author of many other books, and The Cameronians is the eighth in a series of regimental histories.

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