There can’t be many who will recall how we, the residents of New Rochelle, hosted two battalions of British infantry in 1942. This is the story of a Scottish unit of the British Army that had the good fortune – in the midst of war – to be hosted by the many good and caring residents of New Rochelle, New York, while their troopship was being serviced in the Port of New York City.
The Regiment had been raised in 1793 as the 79th Regiment of Foot and following a series of renaming, redesignating and reconstitution they eventually became a part of the Territorial Force as the 4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. [Read more…] about 1942: When New Rochelle Welcomes the Cameron Highlanders
