My new Blackwatch

[macwilkin]

I guess I don't quite get the animosity towards the actual Black Watch regiment that some have expressed here. This is a listing of their service in various campaigns down through the centuries:

http://www.journal74.fsnet.co.uk/bwatch42.htm

Other than opposing us rebels in the American War of Independence, it looks to me like the Black Watch has spent the majority of its existence fighting Frenchmen - and later on, Germans. I don't see that they were ever stationed in Ireland.

Personally, I think the regiment is one of the great formations in military history and I'd proudly wear their tartan. And I have! My very first kilt was a Black Watch 8 yd. tank from Lochcarron....

Aye, Brian -- and to further your point about the Revolution:

The Regimental history of the Black Watch states:

We can boast no Battle Honours for our part in the American War of Independence, because it was rightfully decreed that Battle Honours should not be granted for a war between our kith and kin.

Cheers,

Todd