90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)

The 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) was a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, active from 1794 to 1881.

The 90th was raised in 1794 for service during the French Revolutionary Wars, and later the Napoleonic Wars. In the post-war period the regiment saw action in South Africa, serving in the 7th and the 9th Xhosa Wars. For this service they won two battle honours, "South Africa 1846-7", and "South Africa 1877-8-9".

In 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms, the 90th Regiment was amalgamated with the 26th Regiment and became the 2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).

Regiments of Foot 1740 – 1881
  • 1st or The Royal Scots
  • 2nd (Queen's Royal)
  • 3rd (East Kent – The Buffs)
  • 4th (The King's Own Royal)
  • 5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers)
  • 6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire)
  • 7th (Royal Fusiliers)
  • 8th (The King's)
  • 9th (East Norfolk)
  • 10th (North Lincoln)
  • 11th (North Devonshire)
  • 12th (East Suffolk)
  • 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry)
  • 14th (Buckinghamshire – The Prince of Wales's Own)
  • 15th (York, East Riding)
  • 16th (Bedfordshire)
  • 17th (Leicestershire)
  • 18th (The Royal Irish)
  • 19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding – Princess of Wales's Own)
  • 20th (East Devonshire)
  • 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers)
  • 22nd (Cheshire)
  • 23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
  • 24th (2nd Warwickshire)
  • 25th (King's Own Borderers)
  • 26th (Cameronian)
  • 27th (Inniskilling)
  • 28th (North Gloucestershire)
  • 29th (Worcestershire)
  • 30th (Cambridgeshire)
  • 31st (Huntingdonshire)
  • 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry
  • 33rd (The Duke of Wellington's)
  • 34th (Cumberland)
  • 35th (Royal Sussex)
  • 36th (Herefordshire)
  • 37th (North Hampshire)
  • 38th (1st Staffordshire)
  • 39th (Dorsetshire)
  • 40th (2nd Somersetshire)
  • 41st (The Welsh)
  • 42nd (Oglethorpe's)
  • 42nd (The Royal Highland) (The Black Watch)
  • 43rd (Spotswood's)
  • 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry)
  • 44th (1st Marines)
  • 44th (East Essex)
  • 45th (2nd Marines)
  • 45th (Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters)
  • 46th (3rd Marines)
  • 46th (South Devonshire)
  • 47th Regiment (4th Marines)
  • 47th (Lancashire)
  • 48th (5th Marines)
  • 48th (Northamptonshire)
  • 49th (6th Marines)
  • 49th (Hertfordshire - Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
  • 50th (7th Marines)
  • 50th (American Provincials)
  • 50th (The Queen's Own)
  • 51st (8th Marines)
  • 51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment)
  • 51st (2nd York, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry)
  • 52nd (9th Marines)
  • 52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry)
  • 53rd (10th Marines)
  • 53rd (Shropshire)
  • 54th (West Norfolk)
  • 55th (Westmorland)
  • 56th (West Essex)
  • 57th (West Middlesex)
  • 58th (Rutlandshire)
  • 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire)
  • 60th (De Grangues's)
  • 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
  • 61st (Gooch's)
  • 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
  • 62nd (Baterau's)
  • 62nd (Royal American)
  • 62nd (1st Highland Battalion)
  • 62nd (Wiltshire)
  • 63rd (American)
  • 63rd (2nd Highland Battalion)
  • 63rd (West Suffolk)
  • 64th (Loudon's Highlanders)
  • 64th (Draper's)
  • 64th (2nd Staffordshire)
  • 65th (Shirley's)
  • 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding)
  • 66th (Pepperrell's)
  • 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 67th (Bolton's)
  • 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 68th (Bedford's)
  • 68th (Durham) (Light Infantry)
  • 69th (South Lincolnshire)
  • 70th (Surrey)
  • 71st (1758-1763)
  • 71st (Fraser's Highlanders)
  • 71st (Invalids)
  • 71st (Highland Light Infantry)
  • 72nd (1758–1763)
  • 72nd (Invalids)
  • 72nd (Royal Manchester Volunteers)
  • 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)
  • 73rd (1758–1763)
  • 73rd (Invalids)
  • 73rd (Highland)
  • 73rd (Perthshire)
  • 74th (1758–1763)
  • 74th (Invalids)
  • 74th (Argyleshire Highlanders)
  • 74th (Highland)
  • 75th (1758–1763)
  • 75th (Invalids)
  • 75th (Prince of Wales's Regiment)
  • 75th (Stirlingshire)
  • 76th (1758–1763)
  • 76th (McDonnell's Highlanders)
  • 76th Regiment of Foot
  • 77th (Montgomery's Highlanders)
  • 77th (Atholl Highlanders)
  • 77th (East Middlesex) (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
  • 78th (Fraser's Highlanders)
  • 78th (Highland)
  • 78th (Highland) (The Ross-shire Buffs)
  • 79th (1758-1763)
  • 79th (Royal Liverpool Volunteers)
  • 79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders)
  • 80th (Light Armed)
  • 80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers)
  • 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers)
  • 81st (Invalids)
  • 81st (Aberdeenshire Highland)
  • 81st (1793)
  • 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
  • 82nd (invalids)
  • 82nd (1778)
  • 82nd (1793)
  • 82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
  • 83rd (1758-1763)
  • 83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers)
  • 83rd (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
  • 83rd (County of Dublin)
  • 84th (1758-1764)
  • 84th (Royal Highland Emigrants)
  • 84th (York and Lancaster)
  • 85th (Royal Volontiers Light Infantry)
  • 85th (Westminster Volunteers)
  • 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry)
  • 86th (1759-1763)
  • 86th (1779-1783)
  • 86th (Royal County Down)
  • 87th (Keith's Highlanders)
  • 87th (1779-1783)
  • 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
  • 88th (Highland Volunteers)
  • 88th (1779-1783)
  • 88th (Connaught Rangers)
  • 89th (Highland)
  • 89th (1779-1783)
  • 89th (Princess Victoria's)
  • 90th (Irish Light Infantry)
  • 90th (Yorkshire Volunteers)
  • 90th (Perthshire Light Infantry)
  • 91st (1759-1763)
  • 91st (Shropshire Volunteers)
  • 91st (1794-1795)
  • 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders)
  • 92nd (Donegal Light Infantry)
  • 92nd (1779-1783)
  • 92nd (1793-1795)
  • 92nd (Gordon Highlanders)
  • 93rd (1760-1763)
  • 93rd (1779-1783)
  • 93rd (Highland) (1794-1995)
  • 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders)
  • 94th (Royal Welsh Volunteers)
  • 94th (1780-1783)
  • 94th (Irish)
  • 94th (Scots Brigade)
  • 94th
  • 95th Regiment of Foot (1759-1763)
  • 95th Regiment of Foot (1780-1783)
  • 95th Regiment of Foot (1794-1796)
  • 95th (Riflemen)
  • 95th Regiment of Foot (1816-1818)
  • 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 96th (1760-1763)
  • 96th (British Musketeers)
  • 96th (1803-1816)
  • 96th (Queen's Own Germans)
  • 96th Regiment of Foot
  • 97th (1760-1763)
  • 97th (1780-1784)
  • 97th (Inverness-shire Highlanders)
  • 97th (Queen's Own Germans)
  • 97th (1816-1818)
  • 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot
  • 98th (1760-1763)
  • 98th (1779-1784)
  • 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders)
  • 98th (1805-1816)
  • 98th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary)
  • 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot
  • 99th (1760-1763)
  • 99th (Jamaica Regiment)
  • 99th (1794-1798)
  • 99th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary)
  • 99th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin)
  • 99th (Duke of Edinburgh's)
  • 100th (Highland)
  • 100th (1780-1784)
  • 100th (Gordon Highlanders)
  • 100th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin)
  • 100th (New South Wales Corps)
  • 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian)
  • 101st (Highland)
  • 101st (1780-1783)
  • 101st (Irish)
  • 101st (Duke of York's Irish)
  • 101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
  • 102nd (Queen's Royal Volunteers)
  • 102nd (1780-1783)
  • 102nd (Irish)
  • 102nd (New South Wales Corps)
  • 102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
  • 103rd (Volunteer Hunters)
  • 103rd (King's Irish Infantry)
  • 103rd (Loyal Bristol Volunteers)
  • 103rd (1809-1816)
  • 103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)
  • 104th (King's Volunteers)
  • 104th (1780-1783)
  • 104th (Royal Manchester Volunteers)
  • 104th (New Brunswick Regiment)
  • 104th (Bengal Fusiliers)
  • 105th (Queen's Own Royal Highlanders)
  • 105th (Volunteers of Ireland)
  • 105th (1794-1796)
  • 105th (Madras Light Infantry)
  • 106th (Black Musqueteers)
  • 106th (1794-1796)
  • 106th (Bombay Light Infantry)
  • 107th (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of British Volunteers)
  • 107th 1794-1795
  • 107th (Bengal Light Infantry)
  • 108th (1760-1763)
  • 108th (1794-1795)
  • 108th (Madras Infantry)
  • 109th (1761-1763)
  • 109th (Aberdeenshire)
  • 109th (Bombay Infantry)
  • 110th (Queen's Royal Musqueteers)
  • 110th (1794-1795)
  • 111th (1761-1763)
  • 111th (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers)
  • 112th (King's Royal Musqueteers)
  • 112th (1794-1795)
  • 113th (Royal Highlanders)
  • 113th (1794-1795)
  • 114th (Royal Highlander Volunteers)
  • 114th (1794-1795)
  • 115th (Royal Scotch Lowlanders)
  • 115th (Prince William's)
  • 116th (Invalids)
  • 116th (Perthshire Highlanders)
  • 117th (Invalids)
  • 117th (1793-1795)
  • 118th (Invalids)
  • 118th (1794-1795)
  • 119th (The Prince's Own)
  • 119th (1794-1796)
  • 120th (1762-1763)
  • 120th (1794-1795)
  • 121st (1761-1763)
  • 121st (1794-1795)
  • 122nd (1762-1764)
  • 122nd (1794-1796)
  • 123rd (1762-1764)
  • 123rd (1794-1796)
  • 124th (1762-1763)
  • 124th (Waterford)
  • 125th
  • 126th
  • 127th
  • 128th
  • 129th
  • 130th
  • 131st
  • 132nd (Highland)
  • 133rd (Highland)
  • 134th (Loyal Limerick)
  • 135th (Limerick)
Regimental titles in italics indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.

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