Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Cap Badge of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Active1793โ€“1961
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1793โ€“1800)
 United Kingdom (1801โ€“1961)
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLine infantry
Part ofHighland Brigade
Garrison/HQCameron Barracks, Inverness
Motto(s)Pro rege et patria (For King and country)
MarchQuick (band): The Cameron Highlanders
Quick (pipes): Pibroch Domhnall Dubh
Slow (band): Logie o' Buchan
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
Tartan
Cameron of Erracht[1]
PipersRoyal Stuart tartan

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. It amalgamated with the Seaforth Highlanders (the Duke of Albany's) to form the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1961.

  1. ^ "Cameron of Erracht (No. 4)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.

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