Second World War
Four battalions of the Cameron Highlanders served in World War II, and ten representative battle honours were chosen to be borne on the king's colour:
- St. Omer-la-Basse near Caen in Normandy
- Reichswald
- Rhine
- Keren
- Sidi Barrani
- El Alamein
- Akarit a Wadi in Tunisia
- Gothic Line
- Kohima
- Mandalay
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