Buccleuch kilt

[Morris at Heathfield]

You're right: the 4th Battalion. According to the House of Tartan's Tartan Finder, it was used for the pipers' plaids. (The drummers' also, I would presume.) The regular soldiers of the regiment wore Leslie tartan trews.

I believe you're right about it being Sir Douglas Haig who adopted the tartan for the Haig family. The Buccleuch Check tartan descriptions mention Earl Haig, and there have only been two Earls Haig so far, the first much more well-known than the second. Sir Douglas Haig was an honorary colonel of the regiment (or the battalion, if the tartan descriptions are correct).

[macwilkin]

You're right: the 4th Battalion. According to the House of Tartan's Tartan Finder, it was used for the pipers' plaids. (The drummers' also, I would presume.) The regular soldiers of the regiment wore Leslie tartan trews.

I believe you're right about it being Sir Douglas Haig who adopted the tartan for the Haig family. The Buccleuch Check tartan descriptions mention Earl Haig, and there have only been two Earls Haig so far, the first much more well-known than the second. Sir Douglas Haig was an honorary colonel of the regiment (or the battalion, if the tartan descriptions are correct).

There is a drawing on the cover of the book The British Army, 1939-45 (European Theatre) by Osprey that shows a piper from the 4th Bn., KOSB wearing a Buccleuch Check kilt -- it's covered by a kilt apron, but the artist included a "wee peak" of one of the pleats. The piper's bag for his pipes are in the check as well.

Can you tell I'm a military historian?

T.

[Morris at Heathfield]

Yes, I've noticed. I know more about tartan in general than about the uniforms of the various Scottish regiments, but I'm beginning to learn more. I have one military history book on uniforms of the First World War; the rest are mostly about aircraft.

Regarding the drawing you mentioned, do you know if it's based on a photograph (or photographs)?

And, to make a totally transparent effort to refer back to the topic of the original post, I wonder if the Marton Mills Buccleuch tartan would make a nice camouflage tartan—maybe if it didn't have that white stripe? Some years back I designed a "camouflage" tartan I called "Polygon Wood". It was essentially the same as the Brown Watch, of which I was unaware at the time.

[kmaclea]

And, to make a totally transparent effort to refer back to the topic of the original post, I wonder if the Marton Mills Buccleuch tartan would make a nice camouflage tartan—maybe if it didn't have that white stripe?

One of the reasons I ordered my own Buccleuch back in June was because of the green and brown "woodland" colors. Not seeking to have a specifically "camo" effect, but I *was* looking to have a general use tartan kilt that I could use in the woods for light hiking, as well as more formal events. I thought the Buccleuch really fit the bill!

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