John Cameron of Fassiefern
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Colonel John Cameron of Fassiefern of Fassiefern, Inverness-shire, was a celebrated Scottish military commander of the Napoleonic wars. He was a cousin of the Camerons of Lochiel.
Colonel Cameron
Memorial to Col John Cameron of Fassiefern, near Kilmallie Kirk, Corpach
The 92nd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 75th Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881.
John Cameron of Fassiefern
…of Huntly (later George, 5th Duke of Gordon), Captain 3rd Foot Guards, raised a corps of Highlanders at Aberdeen, which originally was numbered as the 100th Foot, but a few years later was redesignated as the now 92nd Gordon Highlanders. Cameron was appointed to command a company in this regiment on 24 June 1794…
Colours of the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
A regimental private (centre) in 1813
The regiment joining the Scots Greys' charge by hanging on to their stirrups at Waterloo
92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle, 1846