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    Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
    Sorry, Rex. Looks like you are out voted.
    Well, I have been known to be wrong from time to time. I can take it.

    R.
    At any moment you must be prepared to give up who you are today for who you could become tomorrow.

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    Thank you gentlemen! Now I have to figure out why he was wearing that tartan, but there's no one to ask that hasn't departed planet earth already or has dementia.
    Good thing I like a good puzzle! Thanks again.

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    Did your Grandfather /(Uncle) ever serve in the U.K. If so you could try sniffing around that route. Maybe their are friends of the family that perhaps might still be around and can help solve the riddle. Good luck. The challenge is a fun one . Thanks for sharing the pic with us.

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    Based on the green waistband, I tend to agree with the other responses that it may well be Seaforth Highlanders. It is tough to tell with it being an old picture and not being able to see the colors accurately, but I was also thinking it may be Campbell of Cawdor. It is the what appears to be yellow or white stripe that makes me not sure about the Campbell of Cawdor possibility. I have seen this tartan shown with a light blue stripe in that position but have also seen some examples that appear to be white. Just a thought since you mentioned the Campbell connection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLion View Post
    Now I have to figure out why he was wearing that tartan
    Perhaps he lost a bet?? Or perhaps he won a bet!

    Either way, he seems very pleased.
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    Yep, Makenzie Modern
    The Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Barry View Post
    Yep, Makenzie Modern
    Nope. The Seaforth wore it first.

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    You can compare these images.

    Hope you don't mind, cropped to the sett and lightened the image.



    Mackenzie Modern Colours, Seaforth Highlanders Sett is below.



    Note the red square completely encloses the smaller white square on both pictures. The Green waistband does infer it's a Seaforth Higlanders Kilt but that doesn't make it any less a Mackenzie variant so it is a Mackenzie Tartan.

    Or at least so the Mackenzie Society (UK) http://www.clan-mackenzie.org.uk/clan/tartan.html say which is where I nicked the example picture from...

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    Quote Originally Posted by English Bloke View Post
    Note the red square completely encloses the smaller white square on both pictures. The Green waistband does infer it's a Seaforth Higlanders Kilt but that doesn't make it any less a Mackenzie variant so it is a Mackenzie Tartan.
    I didn't even notice that! That definitely rules out my Campbell of Cawdor theory. I'm sold on it being Seaforth Highlanders for sure now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by raibeart_dubh View Post
    I didn't even notice that! That definitely rules out my Campbell of Cawdor theory. I'm sold on it being Seaforth Highlanders for sure now.
    Campbell of Cawdor (also known as the Argyle/Argyll District tartan) has a blue line, not a white one.

    T.

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