79th Cameron Highlanders

We are the Mount and Musket group of the 79th Cameron Highlanders. One of the fiercest of all, we fight to the last gasp and if we die, we'll make sure to take as much enemies as we can with us.



The Cameron's are well known as one of the bravest and most chivalrous of the Highland clans; they were one of the last clans to support the Stuart's claim to the British throne. The 79th Cameron Highlanders whose origin started back on the 17th August 1793 when Alan Cameron of Erracht was given authority to raise the 79th Regiment of Foot. His intention was for the 79th to be the Clan Cameron regiment with recruits from Lochaber and the Western Islands but he was forced by competition from other regiments to recruit from all over the Highlands and also from the major cites and towns. In late January 1794 at Stirling Scotland the regiment was inspected at it had 1000 men, and Alan Cameron was appointed lieutenant Colonel Commandant 1, the unit was first called the "Camerionian Volunteers" but was later changed to the Cameron Highlanders. The most distinctive feature of this new regiment was its tartan, for it was the only tartan not to be based on the Government pattern. Tradition states that it was designed by Alan Cameron’s mother who based it upon a local pattern from Lochaber.


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