what of the lowlanders??

[macwilkin]

what about all the highlands and lowlanders that moved to the central belt ?

my great grandfather was originally from thurso his family moved to invernessshire area and then he moved here for work in about 1910-20 surely more folk wore the kilt here in the central belt than some may think

There were at least two territorial battalions of Lowland regiments that wore the kilt; the "Dandy" 9th Battalion of the Royal Scots, and the Glasgow Highlanders, which were a TA battalion of the old Highland Light Infantry -- both the RS and the HLI wore trews. The Dandy 9th's ranks were Highlanders who had moved to Edinburgh.

Chappell's Scottish Units in the World Wars depicts a sergeant of the 9th Royal Scots in a Stewart Hunting kilt. I just found this picture of the noted Olympic runner Arthur Farrimond, who served with the 9th during WWI:

http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/sei/s/1397/1097.jpg

Source: http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/p-...farrimond.html

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[BoldHighlander]

There were at least two territorial battalions of Lowland regiments that wore the kilt; the "Dandy" 9th Battalion of the Royal Scots, and the Glasgow Highlanders, which were a TA battalion of the old Highland Light Infantry -- both the RS and the HLI wore trews. The Dandy 9th's ranks were Highlanders who had moved to Edinburgh.

On pages 31 & 32 of the Vintage Kilts photo thread I posted some photos of the Glasgow Highlanders. Here's one of them below:

Queen Elizabeth reviewing the Glasgow Highlanders (1964)