Originally Posted by
cajunscot
Check out Chappell's "Canadian Army at War" for a depiction of the 73rd CEF's khaki tartan kilts & glengarries, Plate C.
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You know, I hate to cite wikipedia unless I can verify their information, however I thought I'd go ahead & post the following with the caveat that wiki is the source for this posting (& is unverified as of this time):
16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion, CEF
The matter of the adoption of a single tartan for the Battalion’s kilts had been a contentious issue that had remained unresolved during the 16th‘s training at Camp Valcartier. The matter was again addressed while the unit was encamped on Salisbury Plain. The officers met on 21 December 1914 to vote on the proposal that a khaki kilt be adopted. After much heated discussion the proposal was carried with twenty-one votes for and seven against. The khaki kilts would not reach the 16th Battalion until June 1915 and were received with such despair and contempt by the Battalion that the entire issue of khaki kilts was withdrawn. The matter of a single tartan for the Battalion remained unresolved until well into 1917 when the entire Battalion was outfitted in kilts of the Mackenzie tartan.
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada - Wikipedia
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