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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 2578413, member: 1476"]You should be able to identify his regiment by the deerhead badge on his sporran or by his tartan. Here are some possibilities...</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><i>"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 <a href="https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=black+watch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=black+watch" rel="nofollow">Royal Highlanders (Black Watch tartan)</a>, <a href="https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=cameron" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=cameron" rel="nofollow">Cameron Highlanders (Cameron tartan)</a>, <a href="https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=gordon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=gordon" rel="nofollow">Gordon Highlanders (Gordon tartan)</a>, the <a href="https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=mackenzie" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=mackenzie" rel="nofollow">Seaforth Highlanders (MacKenzie tartan)</a>, and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>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... "</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">And don't think you mean Celtic as they are a people rather than a country.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 2578413, member: 1476"]You should be able to identify his regiment by the deerhead badge on his sporran or by his tartan. Here are some possibilities... [SIZE=3][I]"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 [URL='https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=black+watch']Royal Highlanders (Black Watch tartan)[/URL], [URL='https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=cameron']Cameron Highlanders (Cameron tartan)[/URL], [URL='https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=gordon']Gordon Highlanders (Gordon tartan)[/URL], the [URL='https://www.usakilts.com/advancedsearch/result/?q=mackenzie']Seaforth Highlanders (MacKenzie tartan)[/URL], and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.[/I] [I]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... "[/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]And don't think you mean Celtic as they are a people rather than a country.[/SIZE] Debora[/QUOTE]
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