The Crimson Fields on PBS
My wife and I are currently sitting in our family room watching "The Crimson Fields" on Maryland Public Television. The show opened with a funeral sequence that featured a number of British soldiers wearing kilts and Balmorals. The kilts were a green based tartan, lighter than Black Watch (possibly 'Hunting Stewart') and their balmorals had a square of the same tartan, where the badge would be. The weekly program is about a British field hospital (sorta like MASH), in France, during WW1. One of the doctors is a Scot but, he doesn't wear a kilt in the show.
"The Crimson Fields" is a high quality drama that deals with the horrors of war and the emotions of those that had to deal with its' effects. I highly recommend it.
Down here in Lower, Slower Delaware, the Sunday night episode is repeated on Monday nights at an earlier time so do look for it on your local PBS station.
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Simon Fraser fought as MacShimidh, a Highland chief… wrapped and belted in a plaid over the top of his linen shirt, like his ordinary kinsmen. He put a bonnet on his head, and stuck the Fraser emblem, a sprig of yew, in it. With the battle cry, A'Chaisteal Dhunaidh and the scream of the pipes, they charged to battle. "The Last Highlander" Sara Fraser
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