End of 2SCOTS pipers' Antecedent Dress?

[OC Richard]

I follow kilts, sporrans, etc on Ebay and sometimes the things that come on the market suggest changes that might be happening in the Scottish regiments.

Suddenly a large number of MOD Dress Erskine kilts have appeared.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-br...%7C6000%7C7000

For people like me who support the traditional dress of the Scottish regiments this is worrisome.

For those unaware, when the uber-regiment The Royal Regiment Of Scotland was formed in 2006 it put all the Scottish battalions into a single generic kit. The various dress distinctions of the old Scottish regiments were lost.

The only personnel to retain their traditional dress (termed "antecedent dress" by the MOD) were the Pipes & Drums.

The Pipes & Drums of 2SCOTS continued the old kit of the Royal Highland Fusiliers with the pipers in Dress Erskine kilts & plaids.



I have been hearing rumours for years about the various Pipes & Drums being put into generic kit, and hoping that that day would be long in coming. I do know that the members of the Pipes & Drums have been issued the generic RRS kit in addition to their Antecedent Dress, so the abolishment of the latter is only one easy money-saving step away.

Pipers of the 2SCOTS in the hybrid civilian kit worn when competing at Highland Games, showing their generic RRS kilts; only the Dress Erskine bag-covers survive from their Antecedent Dress. (Not sure why they wear Royal Stewart drone cords.)



So suddenly seeing a band-sized set of these kilts for sale makes one wonder why.