42nd with red stripe

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The debate about whether the 42nd (Black Watch) ever wore a red stripe in the standard setting has raged for many years and been discussed in this thread and elsewhere. What is not in doudt is that the regiment did wear a simplified setting with a red stripe on both blue and green grounds. Wilsons' records c1790 and their 1819 KPB both give details.

I recently had a length done by Elliots to match the original setting and shades for a group of re-enactors who wore it at the Waterloo 200th. Here's a picture of the cloth. I'm waiting for some of it made up and worn atfrom the Waterloo event.