Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
I've read modern accounts of the Royal Ecossais that state that the Grenadier Coy wore kilts. Does anyone know of an authorative source for the claim and also whether they wore the fileadh mor or feildeadh beag? If true, I'd have thought the former.
All I've seen is second-hand sources, mostly speculation based on reports that Royal Ecossais officers wore kilts - whether fileadh mor or feildeadh beag was not specified. Two portraits, both post 1745, show officers with plaids, one apparently of the Drummond tartan. (I have a file on the Royal Ecossais but can't put my hands on it right now)

Several captured officers were noted as wearing short blue coats with silver lace, causing further speculation that the Royal Ecossais as a whole wore kilts.

If there is a first hand report of the Grenadier Coy, or any other Coy, wearing fileadh mor or feildeadh beag I'd love to see it.