78th Highlanders and The Battle of Jersey

**Piipriker** · 7th June 12, 03:21 AM

The last two weeks we've been to Jersey (Channel Islands) for vacation and visited the Jersey Museum in St. Helier.

On Jan 6 1781 the French tried to take possession of Jersey but got beaten in a 15 minute battle. At that time the 78th Highlanders were stationed on the island.

here are some (grainy) pictures taken with the iPhone from the display.

**tulloch** · 7th June 12, 04:59 AM

That is very interesting. I would love to go to the channel islands. Do you have more photos of the island itself? Thanks for these. Most interesting.

**fcgeil** · 7th June 12, 05:17 AM

Thanks for sharing. That's really interesting.

**Tobus** · 7th June 12, 05:23 AM

I've taken a recent interest in military kilts, and this one is a great example. The rise of this kilt (i.e. the distance from top buckle to top of kilt) is a lot higher than modern military kilts, or even military kilts from the last 50 years, from what I can tell. It appears to be at least a 4" rise. I like it!

**fcgeil** · 7th June 12, 05:50 AM

Good catch, Tobus. I didn't notice that, even a little bit. Now that I look at it, I do like it.

**figheadair** · 7th June 12, 05:59 AM

This is a c1930-50 kilt and not one correct to the Battle of Jersey era when it would have been box-pleated, hard tartan and in Wilsons' colours.

The high rise was to allow the kilt to be worn with the short battle-dress jacket so ensuring that there would not be a gap between the two.

**Piipriker** · 7th June 12, 06:03 AM

I have a few pictures from 2004 from Guernsey and Alderney on this site: http://photo.net/photos/Piipriker

The 2000 pictures from Jersey are still to be sorted out, actually i have just those on FB:

Grève de Lecq bay

Durrell Wildlife Fund (Jersey Zoo)

view from the hotel bar over the Marina with Elizabeth Castle in the background

**Thomas H** · 7th June 12, 06:13 AM

I love the Pleats to the white line -Awesome . Thank you for sharing.

**Piipriker** · 7th June 12, 06:26 AM

another Highland dress sighting at the museum. Unfortunately the stitching was behind glass, hence the reflections

**Tobus** · 7th June 12, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

This is a c1930-50 kilt and not one correct to the Battle of Jersey era when it would have been box-pleated, hard tartan and in Wilsons' colours.

The high rise was to allow the kilt to be worn with the short battle-dress jacket so ensuring that there would not be a gap between the two.

Hmm, I was wondering about that. Now that I look really hard, I can see that it's knife-pleated instead of military box-pleated.

If I may ask, what do you mean by "hard tartan"?