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27th January 24, 06:55 AM
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Tartan shorts - Military( ....no, really)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144479391682
Here's an old photo. posted for sale on EBay
In country tailoring you think?
“It has never been hard to tell the difference between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.”
P.G. Wodehouse.
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27th January 24, 08:10 AM
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Unfortunately I have all my books packed away, but as I recall one of the books about Highland regiments illustrated that uniform.
If that photo was taken in India during the interwar years, I'm guessing it was the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders who were in India 1918-1932.
BTW there's a "military heritage" forum for threads like this.
Last edited by OC Richard; 27th January 24 at 08:19 AM.
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28th January 24, 09:53 AM
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I think I have seen images of the Highland Light Infantry in tartan shorts - somewhere or other
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28th January 24, 04:23 PM
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Those are breeches on the left, I think.
The regimental tailors should have had no problem drawing out patterns for any garment and making them - there would have been sewing machines and man power available, so if the situation required it, presumably with a nod from the C.O. uniform could be adapted to suit local requirements.
Anne the Pleater
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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29th January 24, 03:51 PM
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 Originally Posted by Tomo
I think I have seen images of the Highland Light Infantry in tartan shorts - somewhere or other
Perhaps- it's the same tartan. Though their Wiki article didn't mention either of their battalions being stationed in India in the interwar years.
BTW speaking of the HLI Wiki article, they incorrectly state that the HLI were the only regular Highland regiment to wear trews in Full Dress.
The 72nd Highlanders wore Prince Charles Edward Stuart trews from 1825-1881, the 74th Lamont trews 1845-1881, and the 91st Campbell trews 1864-1881.
Last edited by OC Richard; 29th January 24 at 04:01 PM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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30th January 24, 06:05 AM
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Some info from the National Army Museum website has the HLI deployed in Palestine, Turkey, India, Ireland and Malta in the inter-war period and further info here: https://highlandlightinfantry.org.uk/between-the-wars/
This might have been the image I saw - described as:
Private The Highland Light Infantry 1904 Uniform Postcard
Last edited by Tomo; 30th January 24 at 06:22 AM.
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31st January 24, 05:03 PM
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Yes that might be the same illustration I saw!
Strange that Wiki glosses over their interwar years, but covers them for other regiments.
It wouldn't be the first time Wiki missed something!
BTW the photo on highlandlightinfantry.org shows the 2nd battalion in India wearing light khaki/stone shorts.
In case the Ebay listing disappears, here's the photo so that people know what we're talking about.
The web equipment is strange, the big lower pouches not looking like the photos of the P25 web equipment I've seen.
Last edited by OC Richard; 31st January 24 at 05:21 PM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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2nd February 24, 11:35 AM
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The shorts seem to be made very well, with the light stripe nicely placed both horizontally and vertically but I suspect that they did not have pockets, so perhaps that it why they had the large lower pouches.
Anne the Pleater
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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3rd February 24, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by OC Richard
Yes that might be the same illustration I saw!
The web equipment is strange, the big lower pouches not looking like the photos of the P25 web equipment I've seen.
I think the large lower pouch is a binocular case, part of the 1937 Pattern Officer's Set as described (with photos) here:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30016227
Edit: Set, including pack and wire cutters:
From the discussion here: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/equip...ng-set-585585/
Last edited by Bruce Scott; 3rd February 24 at 06:48 PM.
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