Tartan jackets in the Army

[OC Richard]

Thanks!

That's strange about the piper in Hunting Stewart. His crossbelt hardware does seem to be similar to what the 93rd pipers wore.



About Richard Cannon's Historical Records, there must have been different editions.

Just today I was on a library site where you can read scans of entire books, virtually flipping them page by page, from cover to cover, including the endpapers.

I went through every page of his book on the 42nd and it had no colour plates, just two black and white illustrations, and no piper shown.

Likewise the 74th piper in my post above is an illustration said to have come from Cannon, but it didn't appear in his book on the 74th in possession of that library. It had a colour plate showing only a soldier from 1787.

The library had number books of the Historical Records series, from the covers quite old, including the Highland regiments the 42nd, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, and 74th. None had an illustration of a piper. Usually they had one colour plate showing the regimental flags, and a second colour plate showing an Officer and an Other Ranks.

[blackwatch70]

Thanks!

That's strange about the piper in Hunting Stewart. His crossbelt hardware does seem to be similar to what the 93rd pipers wore.

Dear OC Richard,
are you sure that is it Hunting Stewart tartan?
It looks like regular Black Watch tartan, worn by A&SH.
and in general he looks like a piper of 2nd Battn A&SH (ex-93rd Sutherland Highlanders) with correct belt, crossbelt and sporran, but he wears not-piper glengarry and diced hoses???
Very strange...

[figheadair]

Dear OC Richard,
are you sure that is it Hunting Stewart tartan?
It looks like regular Black Watch tartan, worn by A&SH.
and in general he looks like a piper of 2nd Battn A&SH (ex-93rd Sutherland Highlanders) with correct belt, crossbelt and sporran, but he wears not-piper glengarry and diced hoses???
Very strange...

Agreed, this is Government tartan, not Hunting Stewart.

[OC Richard]

are you sure that is it Hunting Stewart tartan?
It looks like regular Black Watch tartan, worn by A&SH.

Sorry I was referring to the image Peter posted, a painting of a 93rd piper apparently wearing Hunting Stewart.