First World War
During the First World War, The Cameron Highlanders was expanded to thirteen battalions, of which nine were in battle. The 1st, 2nd, 4th (TF), 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th and 11th Battalions all fought on the Western Front. Ten representative battle honours were chosen to be displayed on the king's colour:
- Marne 1914, '18
- Aisne, 1914
- Ypres 1914, '15, '17, '18
- Neuve Chapelle
- Loos
- Somme, 1916, '18
- Delville Wood
- Arras, 1917, '18
- Sambre
- Macedonia, 1915, '18
The Scottish Gaelic poet Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna (1887–1967) served in the Cameron Highlanders during this era. A North Uist native who was illiterate in his native tongue, his poems and songs contain vivid descriptions of his experiences in the mud of the Western Front (World War I).
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