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24th July 20, 02:59 AM
#6
 Originally Posted by figheadair
Grant, Campbell and Sutherland are the same as the Black Watch (Government) tartan. Other regiments adopted the Government tartan with the colour of one or more stripes changed. Often, the clans whose chief originally raised a particular regiment adopted that tartan, hence 77th = Murray of Atholl, 92nd = Gordon, 93rd = Sutherland.
78th = MacKenzie (Black Watch with white and red stripes), 74th Highlanders and Liverpool Scottish = Lamont (Black Watch with white stripe), 91st = Campbell of Cawdor (Black Watch with red and light-blue stripes).
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