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Welcome to website of the 79th Cameron
Highlanders Living History group. We are a collection of
people who are dedicated to re-enacting life as it would have
been in the 79th Cameron Highlanders Regiment during the
Peninsular wars and up to the battle of Waterloo. We try
to recreate as authentically as possible the everyday life for
the soldiers and their families within the regiment, using
costume, muskets, drums and food cooked to authentic recipes and
day to day in the camp.
The
regiment meets regularly at Fort Amherst, Chatham, Kent a
genuine and one of the best preserved Napoleonic fortresses in
England; it was designed to protect Chatham Dockyard which is
situated on the River Medway during the threat of an invasion by
our enemies.
Our
uniforms,
much of which we make ourselves and the drill are based on the
regiment just before the Battle of Waterloo. We participate in
various re-enactments both at home and abroad, organised by the
Napoleonic
Association
to which we are a member plus other events organised from within
ourselves or by other re-enactment units or localities.
We are proud of our
living history section which
aims to provide an insight into the camp life of a regiment of
that period; and we were one of the first Napoleonic groups to
do this. This aspect of our group provides opportunities
to persons who may not want to portray the life a line
infantryman, but still be actively involved in the group using
their own unique skills.
Furthermore we also have our own Pipers and Drummers, in
their distinctive reverse coloured tunics. We welcome any
interested musicians, whether they be experienced players, or
just wishing to learn.
Our unit
caters for every member of the family, whether you would like to
be a soldier, a camp wife or a musician, there will always be a
place for you within the 79th.
On behalf
of all of the 79th Cameron Highlanders we hope you will enjoy
the rest of the web site
and please sign our
which is in the "Contact Us Page".
If you
would like to know more about the unit, or are interested in
coming along to see what we do, then please contact us via the
details below. Any photographs of the unit that you have and
wish to share with us, would you please send to the email
address below.
Please
Enjoy Our Web Site
Tel: Ian
or Liz 01622 884849
or
Tel: Sue
(unit secretary) 01634 306422
cherrytree.house@blueyonder.co.uk
To
contact the Webmaster please use the link below
mailto:webmaster@the
79thcameronhighlanders.co.uk?subject=webmaster
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