Show us your Vintage Kilt Photos

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Just to prove that you don't have to be Scottish to wear a kilt, here we have a descendent of the House of Hesse, HRH Henry of Battenburg, and son-in-law of Queen Victoria by way of her youngest child, Princess Beatrice.

How about that leopard sporran?

Regards,
Rex.

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From a biography of Gen. William Westmoreland at Vietnam.com

William Westmoreland attended the World Boy Scout Jamboree in
England during the summer of 1929.

While there, he acquired this kilt from a Scottish scout.

Regards,
Rex.

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From the Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association, the Ceilidh Girls' Pipe Band:

The Ceildih Girls' Pipe Band circa 1956 in Halifax

Regards,
Rex.

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Kilted Schoolboys

Whoops! Duplicate... McMurdo beat me to it.
10th June 1935: Three schoolboys at Queen Victoria School, Dunblane,
wearing kilts watch their teacher in a woodworking class.

Ha, ha. Wearing a tie to woodshop class!

Regards,
Rex.

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From "DON ROY'S NARRATIVE (for the grandkids and anyone else who may be interested" - I guess that's us):

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Having a beer, Munster Lager, Germany - 1953 | [Friends] Sharing a moment in Bermuda - 1957

There are at his web site more pictures and the story of his life - and life with the pipes - so far...

Regards,
Rex.

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Here are a few borrowed from random family genealogical sites:

From the personal pages of Donna Smillie, whose collection of WWI photos are really interesting to see:

Captain R Leslie Smith and NCO's, 'C' Company, 8th Battalion Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders - all wear the 1914 Mons Star. Charleroi, Belgium, 1919.

A posed group photograph, showing six men wearing uniform. Three men sit at the front on a low bench, their legs crossed. In the centre sits Captain Smith, [...]. Behind them stand the other three men, hands clasped behind their backs. All except Captain Smith are wearing kilts. The ground is bare earth. A wooden fence runs across the picture behind them, with a building (a farmhouse?) visible in the middle distance. Two figures (boys?) look over the fence on the right of the picture, watching the proceedings. A cart or limber can be seen on the left.

O.C. 'C' Company (Captain Robert Leslie Smith), Company
Sergeant Major, Company Quartermaster Sergeant.

Three men in uniform stand in the open entrance to a tall conical tent. Another tent and a building are visible in the background. They are standing on the edge of what looks like a round, raised wooden floor for the tent. The man in the centre is wearing an officer's uniform, with jodhpurs, and the two men on either side of him are wearing kilts.

Captain Robert Leslie Smith in dress uniform with kilt.

More to follow...

Regards,
Rex

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These are unrelated...

From the pages of the Glynn family tree (complete with MIDI music! ):

Raymond Arcadius Glynn
Raymond left home and joined the Colours - 1916
Born 12 January 1900, Niagara Falls, Canada
Died 6 June 1972, Buffalo, NY

The apron appears to have a buttoned flap for access to the sporran, I would presume.

One of Carol Studebaker's ancestors, Don:

Plucked from the Niven family tree:

Malcolm Campbell Niven, son of Malcolm Wright Niven
and Fannie Field Bridges, in 1887, wearing kilt and kilt pin.
The kilt pin is still in the family.

They mean brooch. Here is is:

The bow he's holding looks a tad big for him.

Australian Nick Freeman has a kiltie in the woodshed, too, he thinks:

Regards,
Rex.

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Continuing the life in the military theme, here is a postcard from the past by way of the Great War Forum:

Dated Feb 1915, it apparently reads on the back: "Having rotten time here - rotten lot of men
all the Glasgow wasters we receive - otherwise all right comfortably settled in huts and plenty of
spare time as you will observe nothing else to do. No chance of us getting off to the front now
all Kitcheners have to go before the Spec Reserve so I wish you luck when it comes your turn."

Yes, they DO look like they are having a rotten time.

Their jackets don't look so much as tailored as they do pinned back to accommodate their sporrans.

Regards,
Rex.

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One last one for today, from kormacurry's blog, her dad:

This picture was taken in Gibralter 1945, whilst
serving in the 15th Scottish Lowland Division. He
was stationed there with Cameronians (Scottish
Regiment) to guard the Straights Of Gibralter [sic]
His regiment was there for around 14 months. He
was about 20 years old. My mum says ¨..Now [you
know] I why I fell for him - a handsome young lad in
his kilt¨ If you look closely you can see a couple of
medal ribbons ... 1939-1945 star, France-Germany
medal. Later he was awarded a couple more medals
... Defence Medal, Victory Medal.

Regards,
Rex.

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Bob and Bing on a road trip:

Left to right: Bing Crosby (1904 - 1977), Dorothy Lamour (1914 - 1996)
and Bob Hope (1903 - 2003) in contrasting Scottish and Balinese outfits
in a publicity shot for Hal Walker's musical comedy 'Road to Bali', 1952.

Regards,
Rex.