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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    This is an interesting picture. That looks like a single colour kilt. I've heard of Canadians having khaki kilts but not in the British Army.

    He's also wearing long puttees, I've only ever seen kilted soldiers in short puttees.

    Many militia regiments adopted grey well before the regular army abandoned red. The London Scottish are perhaps the most famous exponents but the whole of the South London Brigade was known as the Grey Brigade because of their grey uniforms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/140th_...ondon)_Brigade They were not the only ones.

    http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/images/wars/DRV558.jpg
    The 'Eathen in his idleness bows down to wood and stone,
    'E don't obey no orders unless they is his own,
    He keeps his side arms awful,
    And he leaves them all about,
    Until up comes the Regiment and kicks the 'Eathen out.

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    Curious Good Egg as you on the one hand said you didn't realise British units had single colour kilts but then you say you're aware of the London Scottish? Their kilts were all one colour - the Hodden Grey.

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    Two Pictures of the Liverpool Scottish Marching out from Ludgershall Station, Wiltshire, in 1907. Ludgershall and Tidworth Stations were the main stations for disembarcation for exercises on Salisbury plain.
    I've walked Up that road many times...

    "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give"
    Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

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