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    Haig Check

    I just saw an illustration of a piper 4th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers 1944 and noticed that the kilt and bag-cover weren't a tartan per se but what I would call a Shepherd Check:



    So I looked it up, and here is what I found on the Register Of Tartans

    Haig Check: This tartan was designed by Sir Richard W Griffiths, Colonel of the 4th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, in 1908 and used for the pipers' plaids. The tartan was later adopted by Earl Haig's family since he was also a Colonel of the battalion and hence known as the Haig Check. It was also known as the Gladstone Check and the Buccleuch Check – these connections are as yet unexplained.

    Here it is (doesn't seem like it required all that much in the way of "designing")



    Does anyone have clear images showing this being worn?
    Last edited by OC Richard; 24th November 15 at 06:14 AM.
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