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    Kilted regiment identification advice.

    I'm looking for some advice... I've recently come across some family photos. These are 2 of my great grand uncles.

    Can anyone identify the uniforms?

    Thanks for the help!

    Cheers,

    Michael




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    The tartan in the first photo is Black Watch, and in the second I believe to be Royal Stewart. I also recognize in the second photo the St. Andrew emblem of the Black Watch (42nd) regiment.

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    Isnt royal stewart worn by the pipes and drums of the black watch?

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    Quote Originally Posted by madmacs View Post
    Isnt royal stewart worn by the pipes and drums of the black watch?
    Yes it is. Looks like both in the 42nd, then?
    --Scott
    "MacDonald the piper stood up in the pulpit,
    He made the pipes skirl out the music divine."

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    *** Matt. 42nd Regt it is.

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    The 42nd Black Watch ceased being a numbered regiment in 1881 with the Childers Reforms.

    Amalgamated with the 73rd, they became "The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)."
    Last edited by James Hood; 18th September 12 at 03:15 PM.

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