1915 pic

[sharpdressedscot]

I don't even see the tartan, it looks like a single colored piece o' cloth wrapped around.

[James MacMillan]

I don't even see the tartan, it looks like a single colored piece o' cloth wrapped around.

Maybe my monitor is better, but I see tartan!

[Archangel]

I don't even see the tartan, it looks like a single colored piece o' cloth wrapped around.

That would be your monitor, sorry.

There's not a lot of detail but enough to rule out Gordons, Camerons and McKenzies, all of which have distinctive light stripes. It looks darker than Erskines or Royal Stewart.

I'm not sure but I think only Black Watch is left. Maybe there's two more I can't think of right now but that will be answered very quickly, I'm sure.

[CEF]

Very difficult to tell from B/W photos from this period in respect to the Gordon tartan as the yellow strip tended to be lost to the eye, though it looks to me either Black Watch or Argyll & Sutherland.
Looking closer at the the top of the kilt it looks as though he as a a non issue belt and the White Kilt lining is showing.
Full lengh puttees were worn at this period of the war with the short puttee's and hose being introduced over time., Hose were footless to reduce wear, an ordinary sock worn underneath for comfort, Diced hose in todays Highland Regiment are still footless, the price of hose bein very expensive.
I think I read somewhere that the Black Watch were the last Highland Regiment to phase out the long puttee during the Great War

Regards
Cef

[CEF]

here is a prime example of the strip being washed out of the image These men are Gordon Highlanders


Cef

[Big Homestead]

here is a prime example of the strip being washed out of the image These men are Gordon Highlanders


Cef

It makes you feel a sense of fear, honor and bravery looking at that photo. Thanks again for adding.

CHEERS!

PS Check out that huge beauty of a sporran on the right.

[macwilkin]

Very difficult to tell from B/W photos from this period in respect to the Gordon tartan as the yellow strip tended to be lost to the eye, though it looks to me either Black Watch or Argyll & Sutherland.
Looking closer at the the top of the kilt it looks as though he as a a non issue belt and the White Kilt lining is showing.
Full lengh puttees were worn at this period of the war with the short puttee's and hose being introduced over time., Hose were footless to reduce wear, an ordinary sock worn underneath for comfort, Diced hose in todays Highland Regiment are still footless, the price of hose bein very expensive.
I think I read somewhere that the Black Watch were the last Highland Regiment to phase out the long puttee during the Great War

Regards
Cef

I wonder if it might be a variant on the "hate belt" that some Tommies used to display captured German insignia and/or traded badges?

T.

[macwilkin]

That would be your monitor, sorry.

There's not a lot of detail but enough to rule out Gordons, Camerons and McKenzies, all of which have distinctive light stripes. It looks darker than Erskines or Royal Stewart.

I'm not sure but I think only Black Watch is left. Maybe there's two more I can't think of right now but that will be answered very quickly, I'm sure.

Also the fact that the postcard was addressed to relatives in Perthshire, which as I mentioned in a previous post, was one of the "home counties" of the RHR.

T.

[ccga3359]

Also the fact that the postcard was addressed to relatives in Perthshire, which as I mentioned in a previous post, was one of the "home counties" of the RHR.

T.

Investigating can be quite invigorating.

[ccga3359]

I don't even see the tartan, it looks like a single colored piece o' cloth wrapped around.

I originally thought that it was solid. If you look at his left upper thigh it appears to be a definate darker stripe. Of interesting note from his hose/puttees you see its thicker at the top as if he has hose turned over into a cuff. Would one wear puttees over top of hose?