Army Organisation > Infantry > The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Cameron Highlanders was a kilted regiment.
 
Regular Army what's this?
1st Battalion > Book

August 1914 : in Edinburgh.
On 14 August 1914, landed at (Le) Havre as Army Troops.
5 September 1914 : attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division.
19 March 1916 : absorbed the 1/4th Bn.
2nd Battalion

August 1914 : in Poona, India.
Returned to UK, landing Devonport 16 November 1914.
November 1914 : attached to 81st Brigade, 27th Division
3rd (Reserve) Battalion
August 1914 : in Inverness.
Remained in Scotland until moving to Ireland in November 1917, where it then remained.
Territorial Force what's this?
1/4th Battalion

August 1914 : in Inverness. Part of Seaforth & Cameron Brigade, Highland Division.
February 1915 : left the Division and landed at (Le) Havre
23 February 1915 joined the 24th Brigade, 8th Division on the Western Front.
8 April 1915 : transferred to 21st Brigade, 7th Division.
20 December 1915 : transferred to 91st Brigade, 7th Division.
7 January 1916 : transferred to 154th Brigade, 51st Division.
28 February 1916 : left the Division and returned to Base.
Absorbed into 1st Bn on 19 March 1916.
2/4th Battalion
Formed at Inverness in September 1914.
January 1915 : attached to 2nd Black Watch Brigade, 2nd Highland Division.
October 1915 : formation became 191st Brigade, 64th Division.
Stayed in UK until disbanded in February 1918.
3/4th Battalion
Formed in Inverness in April 1915.
8 April 1916 : became 4th (Reserve) Bn.
Remained in UK until disbanded in July 1916.
10th (Lovat's Scouts) Battalion
Formed in Cairo on 27 September 1916, from dismounted 1/1st and 1/2nd Lovat's Scouts (Yeomanry units).
20 October 1916 : moved to Salonika, attached to 82nd Brigade, 27th Division.
June 1918 : left the Division and moved to France, attached to Lines of Communication.
New Armies what's this?
5th (Service) Battalion

Formed at Inverness, August 1914, as part of K1.
August 1914 : attached to 26th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division
6th (Service) Battalion > Book
Formed at Inverness, September 1914, as part of K2.
September 1914 : attached to 45th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division.
7th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Inverness on 28 September 1914, as part of K3.
13 January 1915 : attached to 44th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division.
10 June 1918 : reduced to cadre strength.
10 June 1918 : transferred to 118th Brigade, 39th Division.
14 August 1918 : disbanded in France.
8th (Reserve) Battalion
Formed in Invergordon in November 1914, as a Service battalion, part of K4.
Became part of 101st Brigade in the original 34th Division.
10 April 1915 : became a second Reserve battalion (after the 3rd Bn).
1 September 1916 : became 40th Training Reserve battalion of 9th Reserve Brigade.
Other Battalions
9th (Labour) Battalion
Formed at Blairgowrie in August 1916.
Moved to France on 6 September 1916, attached to Lines of Communication.
Transferred as 7th and 8th Labour Coys, to Labour Corps, in April 1917.
11th (Service) Battalion
10 June 1918 : the 6th Garrison Guard Bn - recently formed in France - joined the 120th Brigade, 40th Division, and became the 11th Bn. The Bn was renamed on 13 July 1918.
1st (Home Service) Garrison Battalion

Formed in Invergordon in February 1917.
Became 18th Bn, the Royal Defence Corps, in August 1917.