Black Watch Regimental History

[BobsYourUncle]

Greetings Rabble ! Cajunscott, this one may be for you! I am interested in getting your recommendations as to a comprehensive history of the Black Watch Regiment [Royal Highland Regiment]. I am interested in a history that may have fulsome Appendices giving details as to regimental dress, insignia, badges and belt plates. Obviously, any work that was NOT a history, but a study of the dress, insignia, etc. would serve my purpose.

I already have the Osprey Men-at-Arms series volume on the Black Watch, which covers this material in an incomplete and cursory fashion, as well as the Regimental photo archive published in 2005, which has some great information about regimental dress, but it is often difficult to reach definitive conclusion just from photos.

I also have Major Parkyn's volume on British Army Belt Plates and Buttons, Westlake on British Army Shoulder Titles, Kipling & King on British Army Head-Dress Badges, Ripley's Buttons of the British Army 1855-1970, Churchill on Infantry Collar Badges.

What I DON'T have is a regimental history with detailed appendices, which gives the dates, campaigns and stations telling what dress was worn when, and where various dress was worn over the course of time. I DO have such regimental histories for the 91st Argyllshire Regiment of Foot and the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders [A& SH from 1881], and the Royal Scots. This is why I assume that such a regimental history MUST exist for the Black Watch.

The British Army Ogilby Trust website gives bibliograpy regiment by regiment, but it is impossible to tell from the limited information there which histories may have the kind of discussion that I am looking for.

Thank you all for any assistance you can provide !

[figheadair]

Have you tried the Black Watch Museum at Balhousie?

[BobsYourUncle]

This is a very good idea. Previously their Book section put me on to the history published earlier this year, Highland Furies Vol 1: The Black Watch 1739-1899, by Victoria Schofield. It has not arrived, but from the reviews and descriptions it sounds like a general history that does not discuss the material culture in any detail. And, unfortunately, the Museum has suspended its inquiry service--I would otherwise expect to get this sort of advice directly from them. Hence, my resort to the experts of the Rabble !

[georgeetta]

what I've poked at

Duncan Campbell of Iverawe Black Watch at Ticonderoga.
Sons of the Mountains Lt Col Iain MacCulloch .
Mutiny John Prebble .
Culluden do.
Lion in the North do.
Scottish Regiments hardcover . modern book .

fyi it was said Sturat of Garth was a great historian on Bl Watch, their archives coming back from America after Am Revolution was lost at sea .

I think they fought at Saratoga too 1777 .

best regards

bivouacked Schenectady NY 1750's and winter Mohawk Valley NY .
Duncan Campbell was buried at Hudson Falls NY by Jeannie MacRae ..his wife and son was also there ..at Ti they weren;t just shelled the wall pieces or cannon on the french lines used nails and broken glass and caused blood posoning and lockjaw ..so there's how 1/2 the Regt got sidelined 1757ish ..under Abercrombie . Ticonderoga museum has a 42nd Regt tomahawk ..pretty big the eye was broken ..odd ..

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