Celtic Soldier?

Found this huge firm at a market today. No clue what year this could possibly be or the story behind the get-up. Any guesses?

 

You should be able to identify his regiment by the deerhead badge on his sporran or by his tartan. Here are some possibilities...

"During the Great War, many regiments of the Commonwealth forces wore the kilt not only as a dress or garrison uniform element, but also in the field. Among these units, the most well known were the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch tartan), Cameron Highlanders (Cameron tartan), Gordon Highlanders (Gordon tartan), the Seaforth Highlanders (MacKenzie tartan), and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

Of the Territorial Forces, a few individual battalions of certain regiments wore kilts such as the 6th Battalion and 9th Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry and the 9th Battalion (The Dandy Ninth) of the Royal Scots. In addition other Regiments contained kilted battalions. The London Regiment contained the famous London Scottish, 14th Battalion, which wore a Hodden Grey kilt... "

And don't think you mean Celtic as they are a people rather than a country.

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The Seaforth Highlanders a good possibility.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders

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Here's a member (during World War I) with Mackenzie kilt for comparison.

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Thanks so much!

 

Pleasure! (As they say in South Africa.)

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Us Celts ain't Scots!

 

The Canadian Army also has a regiment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seaforth_Highlanders_of_Canada

Here's a cadet. Take a look at his uniform. It's a pretty good match.

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Not all Celts are Scots, but the Scots are certainly of Celtic origin. Of the 4 groups that populated early Scotland, 3 were Celtic. The Picts of northeastern Scotland, the Britons of southwest Scotland, and the Scots who came from western Ireland into the western isles and highlands of Scotland, eventually lending their name to the whole country. The Angles came later to the southeast, and were of Germanic origin.

 

Celts in Spain too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtiberians

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Yes, also Wales and Brittany. The Irish are simply the ones who managed to be least affected by Rome and subsequent invasions.