90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)

90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry)
Cap badge of the 90th Foot in the National Army Museum
Active1794–1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1794–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeLight Infantry
SizeOne battalion (two battalions 1794–1795 and 1804–1817)
Garrison/HQHamilton Barracks
Nickname(s)"Perthshire Grey Breeks"[1]
ColoursBuff facings
EngagementsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Crimean War
Sepoy Revolt
Xhosa Wars
Anglo-Zulu War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch

The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry was a Scottish light infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1881.

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