This photo just came up for sale on Ebay. It's dated 1913.
His uniform is fascinating because it has several familiar Gordon Highlanders pipers' elements combined with Royal Stewart tartan and collar badges unknown to me. I wonder if it's a Volunteer or Territorial battalion.
Here's the Gordon Highlanders pipers' uniform one usually sees; note that the sporran, crossbelt, crossbelt badge, waistbelt etc are the same. The crossbelt badge's position is different, caused by how the long plaid is worn.
A different version with the undress frock often seen in India
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