The Black Watch in India 1919 to 1926

[doddsie4]

      I only saw one soldier from the Black Watch, a Pte Calderhead. (2nd Black Watch)      

....The ship had a huge mixture from different regiments, and the vast majority of them had been given Dispersal Areas to go to, as if they were being discharged.
The R.A.S.C. was most prominent, but there were also the Buffs, Devonshires, Kings Own, Lincolns, Bedfordshires, Wiltshires, Hampshire, Dorsets, K.O.R.L., Cheshires, Manchesters.         Scots I saw were: three Gordon Highlanders, a Royal Scot, and a Seaforth Highlander.

      I had hoped to find a page-full of Black Watch but no luck.

         

[doddsie4]

   
      David wasn't from Dumfriesshire, was he?        There was a David R Wilson & family arrived Southampton on the QUEEN ELIZABETH in 1948.     They were heading for an address in Dumfriesshire.

      There was also a  Lt Comm D.R.Wilson on "RAZMAK", leaving London for Bombay 18 Jan 1929   He was working for the "Govt".

       

[Tyrannosaurus]

The Times of India, 23 September, 1919, reported that the 1st Black Watch, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel J. Hamilton, D.S.O., had arrived in Bombay on 22 September, on the S.S. Kashmir.

An ‘overflow party’ of the 1st Black Watch arrived with the 2nd Royal West Surrey Regiment on 30 September, on the City of Marseilles.

In the same newspaper, between 1919 and 1926, there are over 100 items that mention the Black Watch. Over 75% of those are headed athletics, football, cricket, tennis, boxing, racing, polo, golf, hockey, and similar. There’s no sign of any strictly ‘military’ activity apart from the occasional ‘Tattoo’ and the like.

Rex

[Popeye238]

I'm not sure if I'm writing in the correct post, but my great uncle, Roderick McInnes b 1898 from Scotland was in India around this same time, Other than a photo of him in dress uniform, I have a small loving cup trophy which states: "A" Coy 42nd Cross Country First Place R. McInnes and on the underside of the trophy it states "EP star star (symbols) Bechtler 33265 Allahabad. I've found Bechtler as a silversmith in Allahabad but cannot find any other info.
Any help on A Coy 42nd would be greatly appreciated.
Ian

[BW252]

There is an excellent site called "The Black Watch Forums" which you may be able to post your query on.