kilmarnock bonnet and argyll sutherland highlanders

[OC Richard]

What you are saying is contrary to everything I've read and seen (but who knows? sometimes strange exceptions happen.)

Kilmarnock bonnets are larger than Balmoral bonnets, and were worn by Lowland regiments, as part of their Full Dress which included tartan pants and scarlet doublets. Often Kilmarnock bonnets were worn with a Blackcock tail.

I have never seen a photo of a member of The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, or indeed any of the kilted Highland regiments of Scotland, wearing a Kilmarnock bonnet.

Around 1953 the Scottish regiments, who had not had anything dressier than khaki since 1914, were given a new No1 Dress uniform. The kilted Highland regiments were given dark blue Balmorals (in some photos they look more like TOS), the Lowland regiments Kilmarnock bonnets, as far as I know.

In other orders of dress the Argylls can often be seen wearing their traditional red & white diced Glengarries.

Here's a postcard I have showing the Black Watch wearing this post-1953 dress. The Argylls would have worn similar, in the 50s and 60s.



Here you can see several old photos showing Kilmarnock bonnets

http://www.google.com/search?q=king'...w=1920&bih=955