Originally Posted by
cajunscot
There were at least two territorial battalions of Lowland regiments that wore the kilt; the "Dandy" 9th Battalion of the Royal Scots, and the Glasgow Highlanders, which were a TA battalion of the old Highland Light Infantry -- both the RS and the HLI wore trews. The Dandy 9th's ranks were Highlanders who had moved to Edinburgh.
On pages 31 & 32 of the Vintage Kilts photo thread I posted some photos of the Glasgow Highlanders. Here's one of them below:
Queen Elizabeth reviewing the Glasgow Highlanders (1964)
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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