Differences between Tam O'Shanter vs Balmoral

[macwilkin]

Puffer,

I wonder what the significance of the two different types of TOS is?

I get curiouser and curiouser when I look at photos like this...they seem to have a story to tell--but what is it?

Going by US military insignia (I know nothing of UK insignia) they are all non-coms except the fellow middle left front. It is obviously winter and one of the sergeants...extreme left back row...has his gloves tucked up under his epaulets. And the only one wearing gloves that we can see--a corporal (third from the left back row)--has his right hand resting on the shoulder of the officer (?) in front of him. ??

They're all other ranks -- an officer's ToS would have been tailored:

http://www.51hd.co.uk/static/photos/...BU1518_mid.jpg

The photo is from WWII, but it shows the difference between an officer's bonnet and an OR one -- see also Tunes of Glory and look at the scenes involving RSM Riddick and P/M Maclean.

T.

T.