The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

john burnett · Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Fife

Can anybody identify the uniform this man is wearing?
During WW1 he lived in Blackfriars Streeet, Edinburgh.

anne park · Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:48 am Post subject: Glengarry is the clue

Would Cameron Highlander maybe it?
Other Scottish troops had glengarry both Lowland and Highland wore glengarry so unsure.
Not Gordons as they were diced. Or Argylls likewise.
1914 Snakie Belt.
Grr no cap badge.....
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Adam Brown · Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:45 am Post subject:

You can't see his cap badge so I don't think we'll get a regiment from this unit but you can narrow it down by looking at units which didn't wear a diced glengarry.

If he was from Edinburgh I'd suggest the Queen's Edinburgh Rifles, Royal Scots. As a rifle unit they wore plain glengarries rather than the diced ones of the Royal Scots.

They formed two battalions in 1908 - the 4th and 5th Bns, Royal Scots. As with other TF battalions they formed second and third line units in late 1914 and early 1915 - 2/4th, 2/5th, 3/4th and 3/5th and this man may be from one of those battalions?

Adam

anne park · Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:49 am Post subject: What was the man's name

Maybe get info from medal card on Ancestry.
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