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The regiment saw service during the Second Boer War in South Africa , and raised 27 Battalions during the First World War . The 1st Battalion saw action in Burma during the Second World War , while the 2nd Battalion was in Europe. In 1948 , along with every other regiment of Line Infantry , the Cameronians was reduced to a single battalion. Under the reforms of the army during the 1960s, which saw several regiments amalgamated, the Cameronians chose to disband rather than amalgamate with another Lowland Scottish regiment. The 1st Battalion, The Cameronians was disbanded in 1968 , with its recruiting area taken over by the King's Own Scottish Borderers ; the Regimental Headquarters closed in 1987 . However, the name of the Cameronians continued through the Territorial Army , with two Companies of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers badged as Cameronians. One company was disbanded in 1992 , and the other was rebadged as the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1997 . TRADITIONS Every new member of the regiment was issued a Bible , as a nod to Richard Cameron , after whom the original 26th Foot was named. The regiment's Tartan was that of the Clan Douglas, which was worn as trews by all ranks (except the regiment's pipers) The regiment's Cap Badge featured a mullet (star) from the coat of arms of the Douglas family on a stringed Bugle Horn within two sprigs of Thistle . The pipers of the 1st Battalion wore a distinctive badge of the Mullet or Star with a scroll below bearing the name "The Cameronians." The Sporran s and Dirk s of the pipers of the 2nd Battalion carried a reproduction of the coat of arms of the City of Perth As a regiment of rifles, the Cameronians carried no Colours , instead wearing its Battle Honours on its "appointments" (drums) The regiment's only Colonel-in-Chief was King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden . 2005 COURT CASE A court case to prevent the amalgamation of the King's Own Scottish Borderers with the other regiments of Scottish infantry to form the Royal Regiment Of Scotland may cast doubt over the legitimacy of the disbandment of the Cameronians. The argument is that the KOSB was raised by the independent Scottish Parliament before the foundation of the United Kingdom and, as such, the Westminster Parliament does not have the right to disband it. The 26th Regiment of Foot (the direct predecessor of the Cameronians) was raised at approximately the same time as the KOSB, and, so goes the argument, would fall under the same Scottish Parliamentary decision. HONOURS AND AFFILIATIONS Battle honours
1. awarded 1882 for services of 26th Regiment. 2. awarded 1882 for services of 90th Regiment. Affiliations
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