79th Regiment of Foot (Or Cameron Highlanders)M
| Rank in the | |||||
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| 1 | Neil Douglas, W. | 3 | Dec. | 1812 | |
| MAJORS. | |||||
| 2 | Andrew Brown, W. | 15 | Oct. | 1812 | Lt.-Col., 26 Aug. 1813 |
| 3 | Duncan Cameron, W. | 29 | Oct. | 1812 | Lt.-Col., 12 Apr. 1814 |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| 4 | Thomas Mylne, W. | 24 | Apr. | 1805 | |
| 5 | Peter Innes | 4 | Sept. | 1805 | |
| 6 | James Campbell, W. | 5 | Sept. | 1805 | |
| 7 | Neil Campbell, W. | 8 | Apr. | 1806 | |
| 8 | William Marshall, W. | 19 | July, | 1806 | |
| 9 | Malcolm Fraser, W. | 29 | Nov. | 1806 | |
| 10 | Wm. Bruce, W. | 14 | Mar. | 1811 | |
| 11 | John Sinclair, W. | 4 | May, | 1811 | |
| Robert Mackay, K. | 2 | Apr. | 1812 | ||
| 12 | John Cameron, W. | 26 | May, | 1814 | |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| 13 | Alexander Cameron, W. | 12 | May, | 1807 | |
| Donald Cameron, K. | 13 | May, | 1807 | ||
| 14 | Thomas Brown, W. | 15 | Dec. | 1807 | |
| 15 | Wm. Maddocks, W. | 21 | Apr. | 1808 | 25 July, 1801 |
| 16 | Wm. Leaper, W. | 15 | Dec. | 1808 | |
| 17 | James Fraser, W. | 16 | Mar. | 1809 | |
| Duncan MʻPherson, K. | 19 | July, | 1810 | ||
| 18 | Donald MʻPhee, W. | 29 | Nov. | 1810 | |
| 19 | Fulton Robertson | 21 | Feb. | 1811 | |
| 20 | Ewen Cameron, W. | 29 | May, | 1811 | |
| John Kynock, Adjt., K. | 13 | June, | 1811 | ||
| 21 | Alexander Forbes, W. | 8 | Aug. | 1811 | |
| 22 | Charles McArthur, W. | 17 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| 23 | Kewan Izod Leslie | 1 | Apr. | 1812 | |
| 24 | John Powling, W. | 15 | Oct. | 1812 | |
| 25 | James Cameron | 25 | Jan. | 1813 | 11 July, 1811 |
| Ewen Kennedy, K. | 25 | Feb. | 1813 | ||
| 26 | W.A. Riach, W. | 17 | June, | 1813 | |
| 27 | John Thompson | 18 | Nov. | 1813 | |
| 28 | George Harrison | 2 | Mar. | 1815 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| 29 | John Mackenzie | 24 | Dec. | 1812 | |
| 30 | Chas. Jas. McLean | 17 | June, | 1813 | |
| 31 | John Nash, W. | 18 | Nov. | 1813 | |
| 32 | James Robertson, W. | 6 | Jan. | 1814 | |
| 33 | Archibald Cameron | 13 | Jan. | 1814 | |
| 34 | Alex. Spiers Crawford, W. | 18 | May, | 1814 | |
| 35 | James Campbell | 19 | May, | 1814 | |
| 36 | Alex. Cameron (Volr.), W. | ||||
| PAYMASTER. | |||||
| 37 | John McArthur | 21 | Nov. | 1811 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| 38 | Angus Cameron | 13 | Feb. | 1812 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| George Ridesdale | 9 | Sept. | 1813 | ||
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| Wm. G. Burrell | 14 | Dec. | 1809 | 13 July, 1809 | |
| David Perston | 18 | Oct. | 1810 | 1 Feb. 1810 | |
| Facings dark green. Lace gold. | |||||
How the “Cameron men” fought at Waterloo is testified to by the number of their killed and wounded in that battle, and it is also recorded that, when all the field officers and captains of this regt. had been disabled, the regt. was led on to victory by Lieut. Cameron, a nephew of Sir Alan Cameron, the col.-in-chf.; but which of the four lieutenants of this name cannot now be traced. On the evening of 18th June, 1815, 9 officers, 21 sergts., 7 drummers and 260 rank and file remained unwounded out of a total of 41 combatant officers, 40 sergts., 11 drummers, and 684 rank and file—the effective strength of the regt. at Quatre Bras.
Notes
M. The Cameron Highlanders were raised in Jan., 1794, by Lt.-Gen. Sir Alan Cameron, K.C.B. (then Maj. Cameron), who was their first colonel. The officers were mostly selected from the half-pay list, and had served, like their colonel, in the American war. The regt. served during the campaign in Holland, and the mortality was so great that, in 1799, this Scotch regt. had to be again raised. The call for officers and men was nobly responded to by the Clan Cameron:—
“And wild and high the Cameron’s gathering rose,
The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn’s hills have heard,
And heard, too, have her Saxon foes.”
1. Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in.-Chf., 78th Highlanders. 5th son of John Douglas, of Glasgow, and a descendant of the Earls of Angus. Wounded in the knee at Quatre Bras. C.B. for Waterloo. Had served with the 79th at the siege of Copenhagen, in Sweden, in the Walcheren expedition, and in the Pa. Received the gold cross for the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. Also the silver war medal with two clasps for Corunna and Busaco. D. in Sept., 1853.
2. C.B. for Waterloo. Retd. in 1831. D. 1835.
3. C.B. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1819. D. at Toronto, Oct. 1842.
4. Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1821. D. at Edinburgh, 1832.
5. H. p. 20th Nov., 1816. D. at Tunnach, near Wick, 1822.
6. Maj. unattached 1826. Retd. same year.
7. D. from his wounds. A pension of £50 per ann. was granted to his mother, Catherine Campbell.
8. Maj. 1824. Bt. lt.-col. and inspecting f. o. of militia, Nova Scotia, 1830. Retd. as lt.-col. 17th Sept., 1839.
9. D. in Ireland, 1822.
10. Exchanged to 82nd Foot 10th July, 1817. Maj. 31st Dec. 1827. H. p. 27th Nov., 1828. Retd. as bt.-col. 1849. D. 1868.
11. D. from his wounds.
12. D. from his wounds.
13. Capt. 19th July, 1815. Bt.-maj. Jan., 1819. D. at Tobago, in Oct., 1820.
14. Capt. 20th July, 1815. H. p. 1816.
15. Capt. 12th Oct., 1815. H. p. 1816. D. 1844.
16. Capt. 12th Dec., 1822. H. p. 6th Oct., 1825.
17. Capt. 3rd June, 1819. Retd. 1830. D. 1849.
18. H. p. 2nd June, 1819.
19. Lieut. 36th Foot 27th Aug., 1829. Retd. 1835.
20. D. in Ireland in 1822, of brain fever, through the effects of a blow from a stone thrown by a peasant.
21. Attained rank of major 7th Aug., 1835. H. p. 25th May, 1838. D. 1851 at Kingston, Canada.
22. Retd. 1821. D., Inverness, 1846.
23. Capt. 60th Rifles 18th Oct., 1815. H. p. 1817.
24. D. from his wounds 23rd Oct., 1815.
25. D. at Blandecque, France, 1818.
26. Capt. 7th Apr., 1825. Retd. 1842. D. 1843.
27. H. p. 1820.
28. H. p. 1817. Lost on passage to South America in 1819.
29. Lieut. 16th July, 1815. H. p. 1817.
30. 3rd son of Archibald McLean, of Pennycross, co. Argyll, and bro. to Allan T. McLean, of 13th Lt. Dragoons. Lieut. 18th July, 1815. H. p. 1816.
31. H. p. 1817.
32. H. p. 1816.
33. H. p. 1821. D. 1824.
34. Lieut. h. p. 67th Foot 1825. D. 1853.
35. Out of the regt. before 1st Jan., 1816.
36. Ensign 17th July, 1815. Lieut. 7th March, 1822. H. p. 1827. D. in France in Jan., 1832.
37. Superseded 1821.
38. Paymaster Canadian Rifles 29th Oct., 1841. D. in Canada, Sept., 1845.