Army pipers uniform, RRS (part 2)

[OC Richard]

This has been standard since about 70s of the 20th century in the Royal Scots and the Black Watch accordingly.

It's interesting how the BW PM's crossbelt has changed over the years.

Here's PM Anderson (1963-1975) wearing the #355 pattern



His successor, PM Dippie (1975-1983) and his successor PM Rafferty (1983-1990) wore bespoke BW hardware, done in the same outline/shape as the plain sheet metal hardware worn by BW pipers since Victorian times (seen at right) but cast metal, covered with Celtic knotwork (seen at left)



A group photo from 1993 shows PM Brown (1990-1995) wearing the #102 hardware, but PM Small (1995-1998) wearing the hardware PM Dippie is wearing above.

This photo, I believe in Hong Kong in 1997, shows PM Small wearing the #102 hardware the BW PMs have worn ever since