Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Ministry of Tartan are two entirely different things. The MOD does not have a tartan registry.

The Ministry of Tartan is a commercial company that designed a series of for various military units and organisations. Each is registered with the SRT, here's an example - Rifles Regiment. Although the SRT records these as military tartans, the vast majority of these are unofficial insofar as they are not, and never will be, authorised for official use in uniform or Mess Dress.
As a former member of the armed forces I understand the difference between a government ministry and what is quite clearly a commercial operation.

There’s a wee bit of shooting the messenger here and I’m not sure why. I checked the SRT for a number of their tartans listed but couldn’t find them, so then asked google why and it suggested the MOD will hold some sort of regulation over them.

Anyway, this is has turned into a bit of a distraction which isn’t really adding anything.