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| naam                          = Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
| afbeelding                    = Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Cap badge.png
| onderschrift                  = Cap Badge of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
| begindatum                    = 1793
| einddatum                     = 1961
| land                          = {{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} (1793–1800)<br />{{flag|United Kingdom}} (1801–1961)
| krijgsmachtonderdeel          = [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]
| type                          = [[Infantry]]
| commandostructuur             = [[Highland Brigade (United Kingdom)|Highland Brigade]]
| role                          = [[Line infantry]]
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| current_commander             = 
| garnizoen                     = [[Cameron Barracks]], [[Inverness]]
| ceremonial_chief              = [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
| ceremonial_chief_label        = Colonel-in-Chief
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| nickname                      = 
| motto                         = ''Pro rege et patria'' (For King and country)
| colors                        = 
| mars                          = Quick (band): ''The Cameron Highlanders''<br />Quick (pipes): {{lang|gd|Pibroch Domhnall Dubh}}<br />Slow (band): ''Logie o' Buchan''
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| embleem                       = [[File:79th Regiment (Cameronian Volunteers, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) and Cameron of Erracht tartan, tileable.png|155px]]<br />Cameron of Erracht<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/tradition/tartans/camerone.htm |title=Cameron of Erracht (No. 4)|publisher=Regiments.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016203921/http://www.regiments.org/tradition/tartans/camerone.htm |archive-date=16 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| identification_symbol_3       = [[Royal Stuart]] tartan
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The '''Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders''' or '''79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot''' was a [[Line infantry|line]] [[infantry]] regiment of the [[British Army]], raised in 1793. It amalgamated with the [[Seaforth Highlanders|Seaforth Highlanders (the Duke of Albany's)]] to form the [[Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)|Queen's Own Highlanders]] in 1961.

==History==
[[File:Alan Cameron of Erracht.jpg|thumb|left|Alan Cameron of Erracht, founder of the regiment]]
[[File:Highland - Monument To 79Th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Station Square, Inverness - 20140424200926.jpg|thumb|Memorial in [[Inverness]] to the Cameron Highlanders who fell during the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]]]]
The regiment was raised as the '''79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers)''' on 17 August 1793 at [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]] by [[Alan Cameron of Erracht|Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht]],<ref name="jameson2">Jameson, p. 2</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SIR ALAN CAMERON OF ERRACHT {{!}} The Highlanders' Museum |url=https://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com/?page_id=29826 |access-date=2023-07-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref> a cousin of [[Chiefs of Clan Cameron|Cameron of Lochiel]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stewart of Ardvorlich |first=John |title=The Camerons: A History of Clan Cameron |publisher=Clan Cameron Association |year=1974 |isbn=978-0950555102 |pages=201–204 |author-link=John Stewart of Ardvorlich}}</ref> Initially mustered from among members of the [[Clan Cameron]] in [[Lochaber]], the regiment eventually recruited from across the Highlands, and indeed, seldom elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chant |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ieeOAQAAQBAJ&dq=79th+regiment+Cameron+of+foot+raised&pg=PA236 |title=The Handbook of British Regiments (Routledge Revivals) |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-134-64724-8 |pages=236 |language=en}}</ref>

===Wars with France 1793 – 1815===
The regiment was deployed briefly to Ireland and southern England, then to [[Flanders]] in 1794 where it took part in an unsuccessful [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|campaign]] under the command of the [[Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany|Duke of York]] during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].<ref name=jameson3>Jameson, p. 3</ref> On its return to England, the 79th Foot was listed for disbandment, with the men being drafted into other units. In the end the regiment was reprieved, being instead posted to the [[West Indies]] in 1795; after a two-year tour the 79th returned to England again.<ref name=jameson4>Jameson, p. 4</ref> The regiment was again in action against the French at the [[Battle of Alkmaar (1799)|Battle of Alkmaar]] in October 1799 during the [[Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland|Helder Campaign]].<ref name="jameson8">Jameson, p. 6</ref> In 1800 the 79th was part of a force that took part in a [[Ferrol Expedition (1800)|failed assault on the Spanish coast at Ferrol]].<ref name=jameson8>Jameson, p. 6</ref>

The 79th Foot landed in [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egypt]] as part of an expeditionary force to prevent French control of the land route to [[India]] and saw action at the [[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Battle of Abukir]] in March 1801.<ref name=jameson12>Jameson, p. 12</ref> After victories at [[Battle of Mandora|Mandora]] and [[Battle of Alexandria (1801)|Alexandria]] later that month, the British forced the surrender of the French forces at [[Cairo]]. Along with other regiments that took part in the Egyptian campaign the 79th Foot were henceforth permitted to bear a [[sphinx]] superscribed ''EGYPT'' on its colours and badges.<ref name=jameson15>Jameson, p. 15</ref> The 79th spent the next two years in [[Menorca]]. A second battalion was formed in 1804,<ref name=jameson16>Jameson, p. 16</ref> which supplied drafts to the 1st Battalion and did not go abroad, it being disbanded in 1815.<ref name=Fairrie27>Fairrie, p. 27</ref>

Originally on the Irish establishment, the regiment became part of the British Army in 1804 and was renamed the '''79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders)'''.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079QOCH.htm |title=The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |publisher=Regiments.org |access-date=29 May 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230125450/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079QOCH.htm |archive-date=30 December 2005 }}</ref> The 1st Battalion took part in the [[Battle of Copenhagen (1807)|Battle of Copenhagen]] in August 1807 during the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<ref name=jameson17>Jameson, p. 17</ref>

In July 1808, the 79th Foot was deployed to [[Portugal]] for service in the [[Peninsular War]]. The regiment took part in the [[Battle of Corunna]] in January 1809 and was subsequently evacuated to England.<ref name=jameson21>Jameson, p. 21</ref> The regiment returned to Portugal in January 1810 and saw action at the [[Battle of Bussaco]] in September 1810,<ref name=jameson23>Jameson, p. 23</ref> the [[Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro]] in May 1811<ref name=jameson28>Jameson, p. 28</ref> and the [[Siege of Badajoz (1812)|Siege of Badajoz]] in March 1812.<ref name=jameson32>Jameson, p. 32</ref> It fought at the [[Battle of Salamanca]] in July 1812,<ref name=jameson33>Jameson, p. 33</ref> and took part in the occupation of [[Madrid]] in August 1812<ref name=jameson34>Jameson, p. 34</ref> and the [[Siege of Burgos]] in September 1812.<ref name=jameson37>Jameson, p. 37</ref> It also saw combat at the [[Battle of the Pyrenees]] in July 1813,<ref name=jameson40>Jameson, p. 40</ref> the [[Battle of Nivelle]] in November 1813<ref name=jameson41>Jameson, p. 41</ref> and the [[Battle of the Nive]] in December 1813 before taking part in the [[Battle of Toulouse (1814)|Battle of Toulouse]] in April 1814.<ref name=jameson42>Jameson, p. 42</ref>

Following the abdication of [[Napoleon]] in April 1814, the regiment moved to [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland.<ref name=jameson48>Jameson, p. 48</ref> However, with the return of Napoleon from exile, the 79th Foot travelled to [[Belgium]] in May 1815. The regiment took part in the final battles of the Napoleonic Wars at [[battle of Quatre Bras|Quatre Bras]] and [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]] in June 1815.<ref name=jameson58>Jameson, p. 58</ref> Of the 675 men of the regiment who took part in these battles, 103 were killed and a further 353 wounded. The 79th were one of only four regiments specifically mentioned by the [[Duke of Wellington]] in his Waterloo dispatch.<ref name=Fairrie30>Fairrie, p. 30</ref>

===1816–1880===
The 79th Foot remained in France until 1818, followed by home service, broken by tours of Canada (1825–36), Gibraltar (1841–48) and again Canada (1848–51).<ref name=Fairrie31>Fairrie, pp. 31-32</ref>

In June 1854, the regiment sailed from [[Portsmouth]] to [[Üsküdar|Scutari]] as part of the [[Highland Brigade (United Kingdom)|Highland Brigade]] for service in the [[Crimean War]].<ref name=jameson84>Jameson, p. 84</ref> It fought at the [[Battle of Alma]] in September 1854,<ref name=jameson91>Jameson, p. 91</ref> the [[Battle of Balaclava]] in October 1854,<ref name=jameson97>Jameson, p. 97</ref> the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)|siege of Sevastopol]] through the winter 1854<ref name=jameson100>Jameson, p. 100</ref> and the expedition to [[Kerch]], in the eastern Crimea, in May 1855.<ref name=Fairrie33/>

After briefly returning to the UK, the regiment sailed to India to take part in the suppression of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]]. The regiment took part in the [[Capture of Lucknow]] in March 1858 and the Battle of Bareilly in May 1858,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/camerons/chap2.htm|title=The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: 1853 - 1873|publisher=Electric Scotland|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> remaining in India until 1871 when they returned to the UK.<ref name=Fairrie33>Fairrie, pp. 33-34</ref>

[[Queen Victoria]] presented the regiment with new colours at [[Parkhurst, Isle of Wight]], on 17 April 1873 and directed they should be known as the  "Queen's Own" in August 1873.<ref name=nam>{{cite web|url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/queens-own-cameron-highlanders|title=Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|publisher=National Army Museum|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>  Consequently, they became the '''79th Regiment, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders'''.<ref name=regiments/>

Under the [[Cardwell reforms]], in 1873 the 79th were linked to the [[42nd Regiment of Foot|42nd Highlanders]], the two regiments sharing a common depot at [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], with the 79th supplying men to bring the 42nd up to strength for the 1873 [[Anglo-Ashanti wars#Third Anglo-Ashanti War|Ashanti campaign]].<ref name=Fairrie33/>

===1881–1914===
On 1 July 1881, as part of the [[Childers reforms]], the 79th Foot was redesignated as 1st Battalion, '''Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders''', the county regiment of [[Inverness-shire]].<ref name=regiments/> The Camerons were the only infantry regiment still to have a single regular battalion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qohldrs.co.uk/html/camerons_history.htm|title=Queens Own Highlanders (Seaforth & Camerons)|publisher=Regimental Association|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> The 1881 reforms also combined the [[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]] and [[Volunteer Force (Great Britain)|Rifle Volunteers]] of the county with the regiment, they becoming respectively the 2nd (Militia) Battalion and the 1st (1st Inverness-shire Highland) Volunteer Battalion. In 1886, the new depot for the regiment, [[Cameron Barracks]], was completed in [[Inverness]] by the [[Royal Engineers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambaile.org.uk/detail/en/14501/1/EN14501-cameron-barracks.htm|title=Cameron Barracks|publisher=Am Baile|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> In 1897 a 2nd regular battalion was raised, and the Militia battalion was renumbered to 3rd.<ref name=regiments/>
[[File:General Kitchener and the Anglo-egyptian Nile Campaign, 1898; Queen's own Cameron Highlanders HU93850.jpg|thumb|The Queen's Own in [[pith helmet]]s and kilts in 1898 during the [[Mahdist War]] in [[Mahdist Sudan|Sudan]]]]

In 1882, the 1st Battalion moved from [[Gibraltar]] to [[Egypt]], where they took part in the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]], including the [[Battle of Tel el-Kebir]] in September 1882.<ref name=nam/> Remaining in Egypt, they took part in the 1884-1885 [[Nile Expedition]] to the [[Sudan]], including the defence of Kosheh and the [[Battle of Ginnis]] in December 1885.<ref>Raugh, p. 144</ref>

Returning to the UK in 1887, a proposal to convert the Regiment into the 3rd Battalion [[Scots Guards]] was dropped after concerted lobbying. In 1892 the 1st Battalion were posted to Malta, then Gibraltar, moving to Egypt in 1897. The battalion were part of [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|General Kitchener's]] force during the 1898 [[reconquest of the Sudan]],<ref name=Fairrie48>Fairrie, pp. 48-50</ref> they participating in the [[Battle of Atbara]] in April and the [[Battle of Omdurman]] in September,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishbattles.com/war-in-egypt-and-sudan/battle-of-omdurman/|title=Battle of Omdurman|publisher=British Battles|access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref> with one company being present at the [[Fashoda Incident]].<ref name=Fairrie48/> Returning to Cairo, the 1st Battalion travelled to South Africa in March 1900 and fought in the [[Second Boer War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/imperial-units/536-cameron-highlanders?showall=1|title=Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|publisher=Anglo Boer War|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> On 27 February 1902, Lieutenants [[Breaker Morant|Harry Morant]] and [[Peter Handcock]], formerly of the [[Bushveldt Carbineers]], were executed following one of the first [[British war crimes|war crimes]] prosecutions in [[British military history]] by a [[firing squad]] of soldiers from the Cameron Highlanders inside [[Pretoria]] jail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/military/display/94437-harry-%22breaker%22-morant|title=Harry "Breaker" Morant|publisher=Monument Australia|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27479|page=6277|date=3 October 1902}}</ref> Following the end of hostilities, 810 officers and men of the 1st battalion left Cape Town in the SS ''Dunera'' in late September 1902, arriving at Southampton early the following month.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home |date=26 September 1902 |page=4 |issue=36883}}</ref> The 1st Battalion then remained in the UK until 1914.<ref name=Fairrie48/>

In 1897, a 2nd Battalion was formed.<ref name=regiments/> Moving to Gibraltar in October 1899, it supplied drafts to the 1st Battalion during the Boer War. The 2nd Battalion remained abroad until 1914, moving to South Africa in 1904, China in 1908 and India from 1909.<ref name=Fairrie51>Fairrie, p. 51</ref>

In 1908, as part of the [[Haldane Reforms]], the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the [[Territorial Force]] and the latter the [[Special Reserve (militia)|Special Reserve]];<ref>{{cite web|url= https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1908/mar/31/territorial-and-reserve-forces-act-1907|title=Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|date=31 March 1908|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref> the regiment now has one Reserve and one Territorial battalion.<ref>These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve), with the 4th Battalion at [[Rose Street drill hall, Inverness|Rose Street]] in [[Inverness]] (Territorial Force)</ref><ref name=regiments/>

===First World War===
Battalions of the regiment during [[World War I]] included;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/queens-own-cameron-highlanders/|title=Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders – The Long, Long Trail|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>
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|+First World War Battalions
!Battalion
!Notes
!Service
|-
|1st Btn
|Regular
|Served in [[France]]
|-
|2nd Btn
|Regular
|In [[India]], later served in France & [[Greece]]
|-
|3rd (Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Militia) Btn
|Militia
|In [[Scotland]] then [[Ireland]]
|-
|1/4th Btn (d.1917)

* 2/4th Btn (f.1914, d.1918)
* 3/4th Btn (f.1915, d.1916)
|Territorial

* War Raised
* War Raised
|Served in France then disbanded

* Remaining in the UK
* Remaining in [[Ripon]]
|-
|10th (Lovat's Scouts) Btn (f.1914, t.1918)
|Territorial
|Formed in [[Cairo]] then served in Greece and France
|-
|5th (Service) Btn (f.1914, d.1918)
|War Raised
|Formed in Inverness and served in France
|-
|6th (Service) Btn (f.1914, d.1918)
|War Raised
|Formed in Inverness and served in France
|-
|7th (Service) Btn (f.1914, d.1918)
|War Raised
|Formed in Inverness and served in France
|-
|8th (Reserve) Btn (f.1914, c.1916)
|War Raised
|Formed in [[Invergordon]] and converted in 1916
|-
|9th (Labour) Btn (f.1916, t.1917)
|War Raised
|Formed in [[Blairgowrie and Rattray|Blairgowrie]] and served in France
|-
|11th (Service) Btn (f.1918, r.1918)
|War Raised
|Formed in France and served there
|-
|1st (Home Service) Garrison Btn (f.1917, t.1917)
|War Raised
|Formed in Invergordon and remained in UK
|}
[[File:Cement House Cem.10 1.jpg|thumb|Graves of Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders killed in the First World War at the Cement House Cemetery in [[Langemark]], [[Belgium]]]]

====Regular Army====
The 1st Battalion, commanded by [[James Douglas McLachlan]], landed at [[Le Havre]] as Army Troops for the [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|1st Division]] in August 1914 for service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].<ref name=trail>{{cite web|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/cameron.htm|title=Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> The 2nd Battalion, which had been in India, landed at Le Havre as part of the [[81st Brigade (United Kingdom)|81st Brigade]] in the [[27th Division (United Kingdom)|27th Division]] in December 1914 for service on the Western Front and then moved to [[Thessaloniki|Salonika]] in December 1915.<ref name=trail/> The 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion was posted to [[Birr, County Offaly|Birr]] in Ireland in November 1917<ref name=trail/> as part of a move to replace Irish Reserve Battalions with British troops at a time when there were concerns about the reliability of troops of both 'Nationalist' and 'Loyalist' communities.<ref>Bowman, p. 196</ref>
[[File:4th_Battalion,_The_Queen's_Own_Cameron_Highlanders_Cigarette_Card.jpg|150px|thumb|Player's cigarette card showing the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the 4th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of the Territorial Force in 1908.]]

====Territorial force====
The 1/4th Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the [[24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|24th Brigade]] in the [[8th Division (United Kingdom) in the First World War|8th Division]] in February 1915 for service on the Western Front.<ref name=trail/>

====New armies====
Three [[Kitchener's Army|service battalions]] of the Cameron Highlanders, raised in 1914, saw active service:<br>The 5th (Service) Battalion landed at [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]] as part of the [[26th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|26th Brigade]] in the [[9th (Scottish) Division]] in May 1915 for service on the Western Front, where they served for the remainder of the war.<ref name=trail/> The 6th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the [[45th Brigade (United Kingdom)|45th Brigade]] in the [[15th (Scottish) Division]] in July 1915 and also served on the Western Front for the rest of the war.<ref name=trail/> The 7th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the [[44th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|44th Brigade]] in the 15th (Scottish) Division in July 1915. They served on the Western Front<ref name=trail/><ref>A researched account of units' training in Norfolk in 1915 has been published in conjunction with the Highlanders' Museum: [[Mary Mackie]]: ''[[Hunstanton]]'s Highland Heroes: West Norfolk 1915'' ([[King's Lynn]]: Morningside Publishers, 2018. {{ISBN|0-95759-782-7}}.</ref> until June 1918 when, due to high casualties incurred at [[Second Battle of the Somme|Arras]], the battalion was amalgamated with the 6th Camerons.<ref name=Fairrie80>Fairrie, p. 80</ref>

The [[North Uist]]-born [[war poet]] [[Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna]], a highly important figure in 20th century [[Scottish Gaelic literature]], served in combat with the 7th (Service) Battalion during the [[trench warfare]] along the Western Front and vividly described his war experiences in verse.<ref>Fred MacAulay (editor), ''Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna'', Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath, (1995), p. xxxiv</ref>

===Inter-war===
The 1st Battalion was posted to India 1919 and then to the Sudan in 1934,<ref name=nam/> returning to the UK in 1936.<ref name=Fairrie84>Fairrie, pp. 84-86</ref> Meanwhile, the 2nd Battalion was sent to [[Cobh|Queenstown]] in Ireland where it saw action during the [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish War of Independence]]: the battalion was engaged in several fire-fights with the [[Irish Republican Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fiannaeireannhistory.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/na-fianna-eireann-in-cobh-co-cork/|title=Na Fianna Eireann in Cobh, Co. Cork|first=Eamon |last=Murphy|date=30 June 2014|publisher=The History of Na Fianna Eireann|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> In 1923 they joined the [[British Army of the Rhine#1919–1929|allied occupation forces in Germany]], returning to the UK in 1926. In 1935 the battalion commenced a tour of foreign service, serving in [[1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine|Palestine]], Egypt and, in 1938, India.<ref name=Fairrie84/>

===Second World War===
[[File:Men_of_the_1st_Battalion_Queen's_Own_Cameron_Highlanders_digging_trenches_at_Aix,_France,_November_1939._O226.jpg|thumb|left|Men of the 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders digging trenches at Aix, [[France]], November 1939.]]
The 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, initially under the command of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Douglas Wimberley]], was sent to France as part of the [[5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|5th Brigade]] in the [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Division]] with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF) in September 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitSubordinates?UniX=3526|title=5th Infantry Brigade|publisher=Orders of Battle|access-date=16 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075036/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitSubordinates?UniX=3526|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> It then took part in the [[Battle of France]] and the subsequent [[Dunkirk evacuation]] in May 1940 under the command of Lt Col G P Rose-Miller, DSO, MC.<ref name=nam/> After returning to England and being brought up to strength, the 1st Battalion was then deployed to Burma in mid-1942 and took part in numerous actions during the [[Burma Campaign]], including the [[Battle of Kohima]] in April 1944, the [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Battle of Mandalay]] in February 1945 and the [[Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations|Irrawaddy River operations]] in March 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/allied/battalion.php?pid=858|title=2nd Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|publisher=Wartime Memories Project|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

The 2nd Battalion, which was still in Sudan at the start of the war, moved to Egypt and then Libya as part of the [[11th Indian Infantry Brigade]] in the [[4th Indian Division]] and fought in [[Operation Battleaxe]]. Following the [[Battle of Gazala]] was captured when [[Tobruk]] fell in June 1942.<ref name=nam/> It was reformed in the UK in December 1942 and sent to Italy as part of the reformed 11th Indian Infantry Brigade in the [[4th Infantry Division (India)|4th Indian Division]] in January 1944 and served in [[Tunisia Campaign|Tunisia]], [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy]] and, at the end of the war, in [[Greek Civil War|Greece]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=29 May 2016|publisher=Order of Battle|title=11 Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitSubordinates?UniX=1363}}</ref>

The 4th Battalion went to France as part of the [[152nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|152nd Brigade]] in the [[51st (Highland) Division]] with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] in October 1939 but, while commanded by [[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] [[Victor Fortune]], they surrendered to [[Wehrmacht]] Major-General [[Erwin Rommel]] at [[Saint-Valery-en-Caux]], [[Normandy]] on 12 June 1940.<ref name=nam/> The 4th Battalion was reformed in the UK in July 1940 but was disbanded in December 1942 to form troops to reconstitute the 2nd Battalion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/allied/battalion.php?pid=861|title=4th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|publisher=Wartime Memories Project|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> A detachment was also sent to the [[Bermuda Garrison|garrison]] of the [[Imperial fortress]] colony of Bermuda in August, 1940, replacing a company of the [[Winnipeg Grenadiers#Second World War|Winnipeg Grenadiers]]. When the deposed King [[Carol II of Romania]] arrived in Bermuda in May, 1941, Lieutenant Edward Cameron was assigned to escort him while in Bermuda.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=1941-05-29 |title=King Carol Arrives In Bermuda Dublin Issue |trans-title= |medium= |language=English |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/king-carol-arrives-in-bermuda-dublin-issue/query/ROUMANIAS |access-date= |format= |time= |location=Bermuda |publisher=British Pathé |id=1115.33 |isbn= |oclc= |quote=King Carol and Madame Lupescu of Rumania seek refuge in Bermuda. Description. Title reads: "King Carol in Bermuda". Bermuda. Various shots of King Carol of Rumania and Madame Lupescu arrive at port and disembark from ship separately. Madame Lupescu waves back towards the ship. Various shots of King Carol posing for press photographers and newsreel cameramen at their hotel. Various shots of Madame Lupescu on terrace of hotel with two Pekinese dogs. King Carol has escaped from his home country due to war. Note: alternative spelling of Romania / Roumania. }}</ref> Second-Lieutenant Donald Henry "Bob" Burns was one of a number of members of the company to marry in Bermuda or settle there after the war. After the war, Burns would become Second in Command of the [[Bermuda Militia Artillery]] (1953 to 1965) and Officer Commanding Headquarters Company of the [[Royal Bermuda Regiment|Bermuda Regiment]] (1965 to 1974), as well as the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]]-holding Town Crier of [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. George's Town]], which has commemorated him with the ''Major Donald Henry "Bob" Burns, MC, ED, Memorial Park'' on [[Ordnance Island]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=CHANGES IN STRENGTH OF THE LOCAL COMMAND |url= |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |date=1940-08-30 |access-date= |quote=It is learned from Command Orders that Major D. R. G. Cameron, Brigade Major, has been struck off the strength of the Bermuda Command with effect from Tuesday, and that Captain R. F. Arden-Close, K.S.L.I., has assumed the duties of Brigade Major. Struck off the strength of the Bermuda Command are the under-mentioned officers of the Detachment, Winnipeg Grenadiers; Major G. Trist, Captain J. A. Norris, Lieut. N. O. Bardal and Lieut. F. N. Symes. The following officers of the detachment, 4 Camerons, have been taken on the strength of the Command: Major A. Murray, Captain D. B. Mitchell, 2/Lt. R. L. Gibson, 2/Lt. D. H. Burns, 2/Lt. L. MacDonald, 2/Lt. A. Sinclair and 2/Lt. A. C. McAslam. Also taken on the strength of the Command is Lieut. J. R. Faulkener, Army Dental Corps.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=MILITARY WEDDING AT CATHEDRAL YESTERDAY: Miss Audrey H. C. Wilson Weds Lieut. D. H. Burns |url= |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |date=1942-03-20 |access-date= |quote=A brilliant wedding ceremony was solemnised at the Cathedral yesterday afternoon at 5.30 o'clock when Miss Audrey Hunt Chute Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Franklln Wilson of "Westcliffe," Fairylands, became the bride of Lieut. Donald Henry Burns, 4th.Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Donald Burns of Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. A large crowd thronged the church, while hundreds of people were lined up on both sides of the street. Yesterday's ceremony was one of the largest military weddings in these Islands so far this year- His Lordship the Bishop of Bermuda officiated, assisted by the Venerable Archdeacon H. Marriott, Rector of Paget Parish. At the conclusion of the ceremony the Bridal party was met at the western exit of the Cathedral by two pipers of the Cameron Highlanders, who piped them to the horseless carriage on Church Street, after which the carriage was drawn through the principal streets of Hamilton by a group of Cameron Highlanders led by the pipers. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, looked charming in a gown of brocaded white satin with long veil. She carried a bouquet of calla lilies. The bride was attended by her cousin, Miss Carol Burrows, as maid of honour and by Miss Natalie Conyers and Miss Lee Wadson as bridesmaids. Flower girls were the Misses Ann Walker and Helene Harnett. The maid of honour was attired in a gown of rose taffeta and she carried a bouquet of purple larkspur with pink gerbera. The bridesmaids wore dresses of turquoise blue taffeta and each carried bouquets of purple larkspur with different tones of stock. The flower girls wore frocks of mauve taffeta and carried old fashioned bouquets of violets and pink roses. Lieut, Edward Cameron, 4th. Batt., the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was the best man, the ushers being Captain Faulkner, Lieut. J. Stirling, Lieut. Rex Graham and 2nd Lieut. M. Watson. The service was choral, Miss Susan Oatham singing "O Perfect Love." Mr. John Bridge was the organist. Noted among the congregation in the Cathedral during the ceremony were Brigadier H. D. Maconochie, M.C., Officer Commanding, British Troops at Bermuda, Major C. W. R. Hill, O. C. Det. 4th. Batt. Cameron Highlanders, Major O'Connor, G.S.O. 2 at Bermuda Command, Captain F. W. Jefferies, Staff Captain, Bermuda Command, Lieut. Paul Curtis, Seaforth Highlanders, brother officers of the Bridegroom and also officers of local units attached to the Command. After the ceremony, the bridal couple received congratulations from their many friends at a reception held at "Westcliffe," Fairylands, home of the bride's parents. Both Lieut. Burns and his bride are well known in these Islands.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1942 |title=The Saltus Year Book 1942 |url= |location=Pembroke, Bermuda |publisher=[[Saltus Grammar School]] |pages=12, 13 |isbn= |quote=[[Bermuda Cadet Corps|Cadets]] Promotions C.S.M.— Sgt. Welch, P. S. Sergeants — Cpls. Campbell, D. E., Trimingham, J. B., Spurling P. N., Leseur, H. A. Corporals — L/Cpls. Brown, C. R., Brooks, P. N., Lough, J. I., Darling, P. H., Motyer, A. J. L/Corporals — Cadets King, H., Pantry L., Burland D., Critchley D., Burland J., Moniz S. A., Barnard R. L., Dennett P. Efficiency Badges obtained by L/Cpl. Trimingham, J. B., Watlington, H. P., Cadets Harvey, A., Dennett, P., Pantry, L., Trott, F. N., Moniz, S. A., King, H., Browne, C. R., Burland, J., Motyer, A. J., Petty, G., Tucker, R., Hassell, H., Critchley, D., Darling, P. H., Barnard, R. L., Brooks, P. N., Dickenson, W., McLay, J., Burland, D., Segal D., Parker, W. R. Strength— 85. CAMP. Held at [[Warwick Camp (Bermuda)|Warwick]] from July 4–11, 1941. The School was represented by two full platoons, No. 3 (Sgt. Welch) and No. 4 (Sgt. Petty). Both platoons showed keenness in the various activities, No. 3 again winning the Inter-Platoon Cricket cup and No. 4 the Guard mounting competition. His Excellency the [[Governor of Bermuda|Governor]] paid a visit of inspection and saw an excellent display of Field Work, P.T., and Shooting. In the latter, the falling plate competition was an innovation this year, and aroused keen interest. INSPECTION. B. Company was inspected by the G.S.O. II on Nov. 18th, 1941. Ceremonial was largely dispensed with, and the inspection consisted mainly in viewing the cadets performing normal routine work. FIELD DAYS. A tactical exercise in which the School company operated on the Coral Island golf course against the [[List of schools in Bermuda|Whitney]] company, was held on Dec. 18th, 1941 Saltus was in the attack, and an encircling movement by their right flank almost succeeded in surrounding the main Whitney force in their first defensive position, but they managed to escape by beating a very hasty retreat. The final charge against the Peak was well carried out and enjoyed by all. The full Corps Field Day was held on March 17th, 1942. in the [[Warwick Camp (Bermuda)|Warwick Camp]] area. The whole Corps was in the attack against opposition supplied by the Cameron Highlanders. Saltus carried out their operations in a businesslike manner and were especially good in their attack on the final objective. AIR TRAINING. This new section was formed in September, 1941. Its object is to give some preliminary training in aviation to cadets. A series of lectures and classes have been arranged, and text-books and apparatus obtained after some delay. Fifteen cadets from Saltus were selected for the course, and have found it very interesting, especially as some of the lecturers have been experienced airmen from England. SHOOTING. Sgt. Leseur and L/Cpl. Critchley were successful in obtaining their shooting badges in April. Plate-shooting at 200 yards was organised at camp this year, an innovation which caused plenty of excitement. In the final round of the inter-sectional competition, H. E. the Governor, Lt. General Sir [[Denis Bernard (British Army officer)|D. K. Bernard]], offered £1 to the first team to hit all plates. In the final shoot of the meeting. Cadets Barnard and Trimingham fired simultaneously — and each knocked down the fifth and final plate. H. E. then demonstrated his own ability by hitting 3 plates out of 5, in a match between Staff and Cadet Officers. We recommend the use of sandbags in future during initial training, especially when a heavier type of rifle is used.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=3 Regiment Officers To Be Honoured |url= |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda  |date=1965-11-23 |access-date= |quote=For 12 years' continuous efficient service with the Local Forces - now the Bermuda Regiment  - three commissioned officers will receive Efficiency Decorations. They are Majors D. H. Burns and C. C. Curtis, and Surgeon Major the Hon. V. O'D. King. The announcement appears in today's issue of this newspaper, the Colonial Government Gazette. It entitles the officers to place the Letters "E.D." after their names. The Public Information Officer, Mr. Gordon Hill, explained that it is the old Territorial Decoration (T.D.) under a new name. In yesterday's Government Gazette there is a long explanation of what an officer must do and achieve to qualify for the E.D.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=UNCLE BOB MOURNS JAZZ LEGEND SARAH |url= |work=Bermuda Sun |location=Pembroke, Bermuda |date=1990-04-12 |access-date= |quote=TOWN crier Bob Burns this week paid tribute to jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, who died last Wednesday....}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Lindsay |date=2008-08-14 |title=St. George's Town Crier wins UK contest at fifth attempt |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20110204/st-georges-town-crier-wins-uk-contest-at-fifth-attempt/ |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |access-date=2021-08-20 |quote=...While many do not know about town crier competitions, Bermuda has historically done well. St. George's former Town Crier E. Michael Jones won the Armada Cup in 2000 and St. George's Town Crier in the mid-1980s, Major D.H. (Bob) Burns, MC, holds the Guinness World Record for the loudest human speaking voice....}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/MAJOR+DONALD+HENRY+(BOB)+BURNS+MEMORIAL+PARK/@32.380204,-64.6770248,96m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8a2d73f9d30a5bd1:0xce116732f9a28ee!8m2!3d32.380291!4d-64.6769172 |title=MAJOR DONALD HENRY (BOB) BURNS MEMORIAL PARK |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=Google Maps |access-date=2021-08-20 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNEWY_Burns_Memorial_Park_St_George_BM |title=Burns Memorial Park - St George, BM |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2015-02-03 |website=Waymarking.com |publisher=Groundspeak Inc. |access-date=2021-08-20 |quote=Quick Description: Burns Memorial Park stands near the statue of Sir George Somers, the HMS DEFIANCE, and King's Square in the town of St. George...Burns Memorial Park was dedicated to the memory of Major Donald Henry (Bob) Burns, town crier of St. George. It is on Ordinance Island in the St. George harbour. A small plaque reads as follows: "MAJOR DONALD HENRY (BOB) BURNS MEMORIAL PARK This Park Is Dedicated To The Memory Of Major Donald H. (Bob) Burns 3rd August 1920 – 20th March 1994 Town Crier St. George's 1964-1994"}}</ref>

[[File:The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13691.jpg|thumb|right|Men from the 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders wearing snow suits, inspect the weapons of two GIs from the [[87th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 87th Division]] during the link-up of the two Allied armies at Champlin in Belgium, 14 January 1945.]]

The 5th Battalion formed part of the reconstituted 152nd Brigade in the 51st (Highland) Division and saw action at the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] in October 1942 and the [[Allied invasion of Sicily]] in July 1943. The battalion took part in the [[Normandy landings]] in June 1944 and then fought at the [[Battle for Caen]] in July, the [[Falaise Pocket|Battle of the Falaise Gap]] in August and the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in December 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/allied/battalion.php?pid=862|title=5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|publisher=Wartime Memories Project|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> The battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel [[Derek Lang]], later a future lieutenant general, from July 1944 onwards.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ltgen-sir-derek-lang-729017.html Obituary: Lieutenant General Sir Derek Lang] The Independent, 13 April 2001</ref>

The 7th Battalion was part of the [[46th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade]], in the [[15th (Scottish) Infantry Division]]. On 24 March 1942 they were redesignated as the [[5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion]]. Those men that were deemed unsuitable for parachute duties were transferred to other units and were replaced by volunteers from other Scottish regiments.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=22 May 2011|publisher=Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|title=Dress Gallery|url=http://www.lairdofportabeul.com/Mid%20page%20CUK%20Gallery.htm}}</ref>

The Australian [[61st Battalion (Australia)|61st Battalion]], which was raised as a [[Australian Army Reserve|Militia]] unit in [[Queensland]] in 1938, adopted the designation of the "Queensland Cameron Highlanders" after receiving official approval for an association with the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders in 1939. This battalion subsequently took part in the [[Battle of Milne Bay]] in August 1942 and the [[Bougainville Campaign]] in 1944 and 1945.<ref>Watt, p. 4.</ref>

===Post-war===
After the war, the 1st Battalion served with the occupation forces in Japan, before moving to [[Malayan Emergency|Malaya]] for internal security duties in 1947, returning to the UK a year later.<ref name=Fairrie104>Fairrie, pp. 104-105</ref> Following the independence of India, all infantry regiments were reduced to a single regular battalion: accordingly, the 2nd Battalion was placed in "suspended animation" in 1948.<ref name=regiments/> In 1949 the 1st Battalion moved to Libya and the Suez Canal Zone, before seeing service in Scotland, Austria and Germany. In 1955, the regiment were part of the [[United Nations]] forces stationed in [[United Nations Command#1953 onwards|Korea]] after the [[Korean War]], before deployment to [[Aden]] in 1956, returning to the UK in 1958.<ref name=Fairrie104/>

Under the [[1957 Defence White Paper|Defence Review]] announced in 1957 the number of infantry battalions was to be reduced, with regiments being amalgamated in pairs. Accordingly, the Camerons were amalgamated with the [[Seaforth Highlanders]] on 7 February 1961 to form the [[Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)|Queen's Own Highlanders]].<ref name=regiments/>

==Battle honours==
The regiment's battle honours were as follows:<ref name=regiments/>
*''Early Wars'': Egmont-Op-Zee, Egypt, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Salamanca, Pyrenees,  Nivelle,  Nive, Toulouse, Peninsula, Waterloo, Alma, Sevastopol, Lucknow, Egypt 1882, Tel-El-Kebir, Nile 1884–5, Khartoum, Atbara, South Africa, 1900–02
*''The Great War'':  Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 '18, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 '15 '17 '18, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917, Arleux, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Lys, Estaires, Messines 1918, Kemmel, Béthune, Soissonnais-Ourcq, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, St. Quentin Canal, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18, Struma, Macedonia 1915-18
*''The Second World War'':  Defence of Escaut, St. Omer-La Bassée, Somme 1940, St. Valery-en-Caux, Falaise, Falaise Road, La Vie Crossing, Le Havre, Lower Maas, Venlo Pocket, Rhineland, Reichswald, Goch, Rhine, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Agordat, Keren, Abyssinia 1941, Sidi Barrani, Tobruk 1941 '42, Gubi II, Carmusa, Gazala, El Alamein, Mareth, Wadi Zigzaou, Akarit, Djebel Roumana, North Africa 1940–43, Francofonte, Adrano, Sferro Hills, Sicily 1943, Cassino, Poggio del Grillo, Gothic Line, Tavoleto, Coriano, Pian di Castello, Monte Reggiano, Rimini Line, San Marino, Italy 1944, Kohima, Relief of Kohima, Naga Village, Aradura, Shwebo, Mandalay, Ava, Irrawaddy, Mt. Popa, Burma 1944-45

==Victoria Cross recipients==
The following servicemen from the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders were awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]:
*[[Donald Farmer]] (Second Boer War)
*[[Angus Douglas-Hamilton]] (First World War)
*[[James Dalgleish Pollock]] (First World War)
*[[Ross Tollerton]] (First World War)

==Colonels-in-Chief==
*1902–1936: F.M. King George V
*1936–1953: F.M. King George VI 
*1953–1961: F.M. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO

470 / 5.000
==Kolonels van het Regiment==
Kolonels van het Regiment waren:<ref name=regts>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079QOCH.htm |title=The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=1 augustus 2016 |url-status=bot: onbekend |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102173957/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079QOCH.htm |archive-date=2 januari 2007 }}</ref>

===79e (Highland-Cameron Volunteers) Regiment te Voet===
*1793–1794: Lt-Gen. [[Alan Cameron of Erracht|Sir Alan Cameron]], KCB (Major Commandant)
*1794–1805: Lt-Gen. [[Alan Cameron of Erracht|Sir Alan Cameron]], KCB (Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant)

===79th Regiment te voet (Cameron Highlanders) - (1804)===

*1805–1828: Lt-Gen. [[Alan Cameron of Erracht|Sir Alan Cameron]], KCB (Colonel)
*1828–1841: Gen. Sir [[Ronald Craufurd Ferguson|Ronald Crauford Ferguson]], Bt., GCB
*1841–1842: Lt-Gen. Hon. [[John Ramsay (British Army officer)|John Ramsay]]
*1842–1849: Gen. Sir [[James Macdonell (British Army officer)|James Macdonnell]], GCB, KCH
*1849–1854: Lt-Gen. [[James Hay (British Army officer)|James Hay]], CB
*1854–1862: Gen. Sir [[William Henry Sewell]], KCB
*1862–1868: Gen. Hon. Sir Hugh Arbuthnot, KCB
*1868–1870: Lt-Gen. John Francis Glencairn Campbell, CB
*1870–1876: Gen. Henry Cooper
*1876–1879: Gen. Sir [[Alfred Horsford|Alfred Hastings Horsford]], GCB
*1879–1887: Gen. Sir [[John Douglas (British Army officer)|John Douglas]], GCB

===The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - (1881)===

*1887–1904: Gen. Sir [[Richard Taylor (British Army officer)|Richard Chambre Hayes Taylor]], GCB
*1904–1914: Gen. Sir [[Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton]], GCB, GCMG, DSO, TD 
*1914–1916: Col. Sir [[Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel]], KT, CMG
*1916–1929: Lt-Gen. Sir John [[Spencer Ewart]], KCB
*1929–1943: Maj-Gen. [[Neville Cameron|Neville John Gordon Cameron]], CB, CMG
*1943–1951: Maj-Gen. Sir [[James Syme Drew]], KBE, CB, DSO, MC
*1951–1957: Maj-Gen. [[Douglas Wimberley|Douglas Neil Wimberley]], CB, DSO, MC
*1957–1961: Col. Sir [[Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel]], KT, CVO, KStJ, TD

==Affiliated regiments==
The following regiments were affiliated to the QOCH:<ref>Money-Barnes</ref>

'''Canada'''
* [[Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa]]
* [[The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada]]

'''Australia'''
* [[Royal Western Australia Regiment|16th Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia)]]
* [[37th Battalion (Australia)|37/39 Battalion (The Henty Regiment)]]
* [[52nd Battalion (Australia)|52nd Battalion (The Gippsland Regiment)]]

'''New Zealand'''
* [[Otago and Southland Regiment]]

'''Auxiliary Territorial Service'''
* The Inverness unit of the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]] raised in World War II by [[Christian Fraser-Tytler]], was based at the Cameron Highlanders' depot and its members wore kilts of the regiment's Cameron of Erracht tartan rather than khaki.<ref>Obituary to Christian Fraser-Tytler, ''Times'', 13 July 1995.</ref>

==See also==

* [[Alan Cameron of Erracht]]
* [[Scottish regiment]]
*[[Lovat Scouts]]

==Notes==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Bowman|first=Timothy|title=The Irish regiments in the Great War: discipline and morale|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7190-6285-8|url=https://archive.org/details/irishregimentsin0000bowm|url-access=registration}}
*{{cite book|last=Fairrie|first=Angus|title="Cuidich 'N Righ" A History of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Cameron)|publisher=Regimental H.Q., QO Hldrs.|year=1983|isbn=0-9508986-0-0}}
*{{Cite book|last=Jameson|first=Robert|title=Historical Record of the Seventy-ninth Regiment of Foot, or Cameron Highlanders|year=1863|location=Edinburgh|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|url=https://archive.org/details/historicalrecor00jamegoog}}
*{{cite book|last=MacAulay|first=Fred|title=Dòmhnall Ruadh Choruna|publisher=Cumann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath|year=1995}}
*{{Cite book|last=Money Barnes|first=R.|title=The Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments|publisher=London: Seeley Service|year=1956}}
*{{cite book|last=Raugh|first=Harold|title=The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2004|isbn=978-1576079256}}
*{{Cite book|last=Watt|first=James|title=History of the 61st Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF): Queensland Cameron Highlanders 1938–1945|year=2001|publisher=Australian Military History Publications|location=Loftus, NSW|isbn=1-876439-31-9}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Historical Records of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1909–1962, 7 volumes}} 
*{{cite book|title=Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) – A Short History|publisher =The Regiment|year=1974}}
*{{cite book|last=Royle|first=Trevor|title=Queen's Own Highlanders: a concise history|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1845960926}}
*{{cite book|last=Swinson|first= Arthur|title=A Register of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army|publisher=Arms & Armour Press|year=1972|isbn=978-0855910006}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1388 National Library of Scotland: Scottish Screen Archive] (1915 archive film of the 4th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders at Bedford)
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