Kilts in India

[macwilkin]

Sav, I have larger versions of the kilt pics, if you're interested. Were the Highlanders British soldiers, or were they from one of the colonies? There wasn't much info at the museum as to which army units were there. Since I've been home, the only reference I can find to the Cameroon Highlanders was to the Canadian Cameroon Highlanders. Is that the same unit?

That would be the Cameron (79th) Highlanders, not the "Cameroon" Highlanders. Cameroon is a country in Africa and was at one time, a colony of Germany (Kameroon) that was taken by the British during the First World War.

The other kilt appears to be Mackenzie tartan, making it a kilt of the Seaforth Highlanders.

And to my knowledge, no Canadian forces served in India -- the first time the Canadians went "overseas" was in the South African (Boer) War.

Regards,

Todd

[MacMullen]

That would be the Cameron (79th) Highlanders, not the "Cameroon" Highlanders. Cameroon is a country in Africa and was at one time, a colony of Germany (Kameroon) that was taken by the British during the First World War.

Like I said, all that I know is what was on the card by the kilt, which said, "Cameroon" which I thought was odd, which is why I asked.

Now that I know that, here's what I found: http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/079QOCH.htm

[macwilkin]

Like I said, all that I know is what was on the card by the kilt, which said, "Cameroon" which I thought was odd, which is why I asked.

Sounds like someone made a mistake. The Camerons did serve in India.

T.

[MacMullen]

Here's a closeup of the card:



It looks like they spelled it "Camaroon" also. I've found that the Indians are pretty free with their spelling.