Well, Jock, as you may have noticed, I did say that I don’t currently have a kilt.
But I have no problem with tartan in more than one place in an outfit.
At my third camp with the regiment, we were able to purchase regimental ties (tartan) as well as a regimental history. I bought both, and just to spite the South African Army I burnt my khaki tie before I left.
We were told the tartan tie was to be worn with civilian dress – they encouraged us to wear it with the regimental blazer on Saturday mornings – but since I no longer had an army tie, I wore the tartan one with my kilt for the rest of my days with the regiment.
I probably got away with it because all our parades after that were in bush uniform, not kilts. But I did travel to camp in the kilt at least once afterwards.
And I wore it with such pride that I did give thought to proposing to the commanding officer that it be made uniform.
At the time all sorts of uniform innovations were being made, and I would not have been surprised if ties in unit or corps colours had been introduced. After all, the tie is no longer part of a field uniform.
My second regimental tie is now in such a state that I ought to replace it. And I might well wear it with a kilt of a different tartan.
Regards,
Mike