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  • Thumbnail for Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
    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...
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  • The 79th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 and that took part in the battles of Waterloo and Alma. 79th Regiment...
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  • Thumbnail for List of regiments of foot
    of numbered regiments of foot of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1881, when numbering was abandoned. Foot was the contemporary term...
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    until 1841, when it is said to have been introduced for the pipers of the 79th Foot by the commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Lauderdale Maule. It was...
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  • The 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, also known as the Liverpool Blues, which served in...
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  • The 79th Regiment of Foot was a British military unit, formed in 1757 at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Its commander was Brigadier General William...
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  • Battalion, 42nd Foot 2nd Battalion, 58th Foot 1st Battalion, 79th Foot 5th Battalion, 60th Foot (1 company) Lowe's Brigade Maj Gen Baron Lowe (or von Löw)...
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    and 2,000 bande formally surrendered; the 79th Colonial Battalion changed sides and was renamed the 79th Foot as did a company of banda as the Wollo Banda...
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  • all Montbrun's orders to Bessières for confirmation (Glover, p.153) 2nd Foot detached at the blockade of Almeida (Glover, p378) Glover, Michael (2001)...
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  • 4th Brigade     Col the Hon Edward Pakenham     (1,792 total) 1/7th Foot 1/79th Foot Artillery von Rettberg's Battery, KGA 2nd Division     Maj Gen Rowland...
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  • 1/6th Foot 1/9th Foot 2/23rd Foot 2/43rd Foot 2nd Brigade Brig Gen Henry Fane 1/38th Foot 1/79th Foot 1/82nd Foot Reserve Division Maj Gen the Hon Edward...
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    Camden in August 1780. On 22 August, he was promoted to major in the 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers). He defeated Thomas Sumter at Fishing...
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  • 79th Regiment may refer to: 79th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, a unit of the...
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    The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British...
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    John Moore 2/1st Foot 25th Foot 49th Foot 79th Foot 92nd Foot 6th Brigade    MG the Earl of Cavan 1/20th Foot 2/20th Foot 63rd Foot 7th Brigade    MG...
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  • Thumbnail for Alan Cameron of Erracht
    a Scottish soldier who, at his own expense in 1793, raised the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders). Born near Banavie in Lochaber in 1753, Cameron...
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  • different regiments; 200 men of the Caithness Highlanders joined the 79th Foot and 92nd Foot; and so of the others. Contemporary commentators such as David...
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  • of Foot in 1783, lieutenant 79th Foot in 1784, lieutenant 19th Foot in 1791, captain 123rd Foot in 1795, captain 69th Foot 1795, major 83rd Foot in 1798...
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    British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. The 22nd Regiment of Foot was raised by the Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk in 1689 and was able...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
    At first, the French had some success, wiping out two companies of the 79th Foot and wounding the regiment's commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Philips Cameron...
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