Gordon Highlanders Etiquette

[highlander_Daz]

Ive been to several occasion (weddings etc.) where "black watch" Tartan has born worn - it is very popular with hire shops and seen as a "free" tartan i.e. anyone can wear it, i concerns me when guests get drunk and act inappropriatly flashing / mooning etc whist wearing tartan, especially blackwatch-if only they knew the history and heritage of the tartan they are wearing, which is why its a good idea to KNOW YOUR TARTAN.

regardless of the history in the forming of the black watch, servicemen and women are held in very high esteem in Scotland, as im sure in all parts of the world, and whilst we might have our occasional good natured (hopefully) differences of opinion I think we all agree that ALL our allied servicemen and women are amazing.

[macwilkin]

Every now and then you hear rumblings about uniting all branches under one branch. I hope this never happens.

The Canadians tried it back in the 1970's, and it was an utter failure, and some of the Canadian Scottish regiments were lost entirely or reduced to militia battalions.

Daz -- I agree with you 100% about the Black Watch tartan. It deserves respect, and it has earned the right to be respected.

Cavscout -- I have no doubt that you will wear the Gordon with the proper respect & honour. Remember the regimental motto, "By Dand" -- "Stand Fast!"
Winston Churchill once said that the Gordons "were surely the finest regiment in the world!"

"A Gordon for me, a Gordon for me, if you're nae a Gordon..."

T.

[Macman]

"The Black Watch are braw, the Seaforths an'a, but the cocky wee Gordon's the pride of em'a".
I agree, cajunscot. Unification was the worst thing foisted upon an unwilling military by politicians.
The militia regiment that I belonged to was "twinned" with the Royal Scots, which I think has since been amalgamated somewhere along the way. Both wore the Hunting Stewart, so that tartan always has an effect on me like the Black Watch and the Gordon on Daz.
BTW, I love the new avatar!

[macwilkin]

The Royal Scots are under threat of being amalgamated with the King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) -- ironically, the RS is the oldest regiment in the British Army, and the KOSB was raised in 1689. So much history lost...

Glad you like the avatar -- Ashley Judd & tartan -- it just doesn't get any better than that! :mrgreen:

T.

[Sir Robert]

I am a Craig, on my Daddy's side, Clan Craig petered out in about 1630ish and became a sept of Clan Gordon.

I wear the Gordon tartan to honor my ties of blood to the Craigs & Gordons and I wear (civillian) Clan Craig badge to further detail my Sept therein. Although technically it is not right to mix.

As an American Soldier of Scottish desent (who has served along side the British Army) I could choose to wear the "Gordon Highlanders" (military) regailia to honor that unit of the British Army.

Do you catch the subtle differance?