The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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

Anybody have an idea of what uniform these people are in?
It is same person in uniform in the first two.

anne park · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:39 pm Post subject: Gordon Highlander

Drum Major - with - medals looks like King's Medal for South Africa with bars.
Do you know who it is?
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David McNay · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Gordon Highlander

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:21 pm Post subject:

I'd say the Drum Major is a Gordon Highlander, the sergeant is a policeman and the soldier with his family looks like KOSB

Thanks

Adam

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

Thanks for all the contibutions.
These were sent to me by a friend doing her family history. She had not seen them before and she in turn received them from relation in Canada.

First photo, Drum Major is a David MCCallum. (Additional information is photo says Black Guard Edinburgh Castle? Maybe it should be Blaggard!)

Second photo - is supposed to be same David McCallum.

Third photo - KOSB good bet as brother William was in KOSB's and KIA 14/10/1914. (Think it is him on Canongate Kirk memorial)

I have passed on your information and if I receive anymore will post it here.

anne park · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:18 am Post subject: Ancestry has the answer...

I found a public tree with William Park McCallum d 14-10-1914.
No brother to fit. But looked around and found pictures with family and worth a lookup.
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anne park · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:20 am Post subject: Look at Nottaage tree

David McCallum
Birth Abt 1843 in Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
Death 30 August 1906 in St. George, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
There is no miltiary info when I had a quick look.
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anne park · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:29 am Post subject: Medal Card

I'd a look at medal cards and am even more confused.
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john burnett · Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Fife

Friend contacted the Police Museum re the second photo and got this reply

The uniform in the photo is not a police uniform.
I have looked closely and see that the buttons have a Victorian Crown and a bugle. This is the symbol of a Rifle or Light Infantry Regiment.
This would also account for the very dark uniform and not khaki or red as would be expected. The Rifle/Light Infantry regiments traditionally wore very dark green (almost black) uniforms. As snipers they could hide in bushes/trees and the colour was good camouflage.
The Sergeant stripes are large and obviously have a symbol above them which has been trimmed with the photo.
In Scotland, police sergeants have narrow silver stripes on both arms and silver piping around the collar. There would also have been metal numbers on his collar if he was a policeman.
Living in Edinburgh there were a lot of regular soldiers in Victorian times (and later) as well as militia and territorial/volunteer units. Perhaps he was one of those.
I hope this has helped.
Regards
Alastair Dinsmor
Curator
Glasgow Police Museum
Website: www.policemuseum.org.uk

She has gone back to Canadian relative who had original photos to see if they have been cropped and if so what is above stripes. Also trying to get more information re other photos.

Adam Brown · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:37 pm Post subject:

If he is from Edinburgh it could well be the uniform of the Queen's Edinburgh Rifles a volunteer unit.

Thanks

Adam