Traditions
Every new member of the regiment was issued a Bible, as a nod to Richard Cameron, after whom the original 26th Foot was named.
In honour of the regiment's first Colonel, James Douglas, Earl of Angus the tartan was that of the House of Douglas, which was worn as trews by all ranks (except the regiment's pipers, who wore kilts). Until 1914 the regiment wore a unique full dress uniform, comprising a rifle green shako with black upright plume, rifle green doublet and Douglas tartan trews.
The regiment's cap badge featured a Mullet from the coat of arms of the Douglas family on a stringed bugle within two sprigs of thistle.
The pipers of the 1st Battalion wore a distinctive badge of the Mullet with a scroll below bearing the name "The Cameronians". The sporrans and dirks of the pipers of the 2nd Battalion carried a reproduction of the coat of arms of the City of Perth.
As a regiment of rifles, the Cameronians carried no colours, instead wearing its battle honours on its "appointments" (drums).
The regiment's only Colonel-in-Chief was King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.
The regiment mounted an armed guard at the doors of the Kirk during religious services.
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