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7th February 08, 06:12 AM
#1
Yes there is truth and I know someone who served at Stirling Castle when it was a barracks who can attest to it.
But it would not have applied in all Scottish regiments as not all of them were issued with the kilt - the lowland regiments in particular who were issued with trews instead.
Now with all the amalgamations into the one "super regiment" such differences no longer apply but kilts are considered to be for ceremonial occasions only. Whether or not kilt checks are still carried out for such occasions I cannot say.
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Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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7th February 08, 04:20 PM
#2
 Originally Posted by McClef
Yes there is truth and I know someone who served at Stirling Castle when it was a barracks who can attest to it.
But it would not have applied in all Scottish regiments as not all of them were issued with the kilt - the lowland regiments in particular who were issued with trews instead.
Now with all the amalgamations into the one "super regiment" such differences no longer apply but kilts are considered to be for ceremonial occasions only. Whether or not kilt checks are still carried out for such occasions I cannot say.
Thanks 
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15th February 08, 05:16 AM
#3
Originally Posted by McClef
Yes there is truth and I know someone who served at Stirling Castle when it was a barracks who can attest to it.
I think this may be akin to other stories I have heard about sergeant majors making a manual check that soldiers had "dressed to the left" when on parade and may have more to do with the sexual preferences of the said sergeant major than any army regulation.
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15th February 08, 05:35 AM
#4
It wasn't a manual check but a visual one using a mirror on a stick. 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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15th February 08, 05:37 AM
#5
Originally Posted by McClef
It wasn't a manual check but a visual one using a mirror on a stick.
If he was caught in a shopping mall with one of those he'd be arrested on the spot.
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15th February 08, 12:57 PM
#6
Originally Posted by Phil
If he was caught in a shopping mall with one of those he'd be arrested on the spot.
Perhaps but military and civilian discipline were and are distinct things and where such checks would have been carried out would have been on military property.
I was also told that kilt wearing soldiers were not allowed to climb the stairs on a double decker bus but have been unable to verify this.  
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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28th March 08, 05:03 PM
#7
Originally Posted by McClef
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Now with all the amalgamations into the one "super regiment" such differences no longer apply ....
You mean, one is asked if one is "super regimental?"
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