Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Many British units(the Scottish Horse for one) wore the "slouch" hat during the Boer War----your picture looks of this era------ and I think, during the campaign in Palestine during WW1.The "slouch" was the head wear of choice for the British in the Burma campaign in WW2.
Perhaps you're right. Note that the sporrans and blanket pins strongly suggest The Gordon Highlanders (but whether of Scotland or of a Dominion who can say).