Black sporran, with two white tails. _Head-dress_, Feather bonnet, scarlet, white and green diced border and white hackle. _Cap_, Blue glengarry. _Regimental March_, "Highland Laddie." Allied Regiment: 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada. THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS The regiment (79th Foot) was raised by Cameron of Erracht in 1793 in Inverness-shire almost entirely from among his own kinsmen, and down to the present day the Clan Cameron is still very strong in the regiment. For many years the 79th Highlanders was the only single battalion regiment in the army, the 2nd Battalion being raised during the South African War. A remarkable fact in connection with the regiment was that although they had over 700 officers and men down with typhus on returning from Corunna in 1809, they did not lose a single man, and six months later embarked for the ill-fated Walcheren expedition 1,002 strong. They served in the trenches throughout the whole of that campaign without losing a man. [Illustration] (_Depot_, Belfast.) (_Record Office_, Dublin.) The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt." "India," "Cape of Good Hope, 1806," "Talavera," "Bourbon," "Busaco," "Fuentes d'Onor," "Ciudad Rodrigo," "Badajoz," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "Nivelle," "Orthes," "Toulouse," "Peninsula," "Central India," "South Africa, 1899-1902." Motto: _Quis separabit?_ (Who shall separate?) _Uniform_, Green. _Facings_, Dark Green. _Head-dress_, Black fur busby, with black and green plume. _Cap_, Green with green band. _Regimental March_, "Off, Off, said the Stranger." THE ROYAL IRISH RIFLES The regiment was raised in 1793 in Dublin by Col. Fitch, and became known as "Fitch's Grenadiers," the title being bestowed in humorous allusion to the small stature of the men. They, however, soon showed they could fight as well as the finest grenadiers in the Army, reaping glory in many a hot engagement during the succeeding years. The regiment was converted into Rifles in 1881 when the 86th Foot was linked with the 83rd as sister battalion. The 86th regiment was raised in 1792, as the Royal County Downs, and served for some years as marines, and later in Egypt. During the ten succeeding years the regiment travelled twice round Africa, served in India and the Red Sea, twice crossed the Egyptian Desert, served in South Africa, Ceylon, and elsewhere, the service being so strenuous that during five years in India over a thousand men laid down their lives. The fine physique of the ranks earned for them the name of the "Irish Giants." [Illustration] (_Depot_, Armagh.) (_Record Office_, Dublin.) The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt." "Monte Video," "Talavera," "Barrosa," "Java," "Tarifa," "Vittoria," "Nivelle," "Niagara," "Orthes," "Toulouse," "Peninsula," "Ava," "Sevastopol," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Egypt, 1882, 1884," "Relief of Ladysmith," "South Africa, 1899-1902." Motto: _Faugh-a-Ballagh_ (Clear the way). _Uniform_, Scarlet.