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[Lon Scot Reg Secretary]

Not HLI, but 1st Battalion London Scottish cica 1908 - 1914

[jf42]

"The Black Watch from the Great War" I hae ma doots.Those look like Glengarries with diced bands to me.

The caption reads "Draft 3/9th R.S. ([illegible]) Selkirk 7.6.18"
Was the 9th Royal Scots a kilted battalion?

[Lon Scot Reg Secretary]

"The Black Watch from the Great War" I hae ma doots.Those look like Glengarries with diced bands to me.

The caption reads "Draft 3/9th R.S. ([illegible]) Selkirk 7.6.18"
Was the 9th Royal Scots a kilted battalion?

Yes, The'Dandy' 9th were kilted. My uncle served with them at the end of WW2.

[jf42]

Aha. Thanks for the clarification. What was the origin of the 9th, that led to their being kilted? Did they disappear after 1945, or were they subsumed into 52 Lowland Volunteers?

[AJBryant]

Some Scottish regiments, apparently, had weird senses of humor:

[jf42]

To climb up the heights of the Alma in full feathered bonnet and hairy sporran, you'd need one.

[Lon Scot Reg Secretary]

Some Scottish regiments, apparently, had weird senses of humor:

1812 (Eighteen twelve)