Scottish Regiment Identification

[LeoHB]

Thanks to all for your responses. Lots to read through and follow up but initially it does look like Glencourse as likely place

I'll have a go at posting the illegible section to see if anyone can decipher further.  Meanwhile another inspection of the number and I think what we read as 1 may be / so number may be S/61558.  We'll try that and see if anything emerges.

Cheers all for your interesting articles and links.

LeoHB

[ecksdochter]

Hello Leo,
     Shame on me, a Scot, for not recognising Edinburgh Castle on the back-drop of your photograph. Not used to seeing the Castle from that angle. Looks so different from the usual view from Princes Street. (I can see the Castle, high on it's rock, from my street on the opposite side of the Firth of Forth. Local saying is, "If you can't see the Castle it's raining. If you can see the Castle clearly it's going to rain")
     Anyway, Edinburgh Castle is another point in favour of his uniform being the Royal Scots. Dress uniform? Not likely to be a piper if he's from Yorkshire! But then, never assume.
                    Regards,     Dod.
     

[macintosh]

Royal Scots pipers wore the Royal Stuart tartan and this piper is not wearing Royal Stuart,
agree with John and Ken, a Seaforth Highlander.

My error, Royal Stuart wasn't worn until 1933, still of the opinion he is a Seaforth

James

[John915]

Good evening,

Agree with James, wrong tartan to be Royal Scots. From 1881 they wore trews in Black Watch tartan, this was changed in 1901 to Hunting Stewart and to Royal Stewart in 1933.

As a lowland regt they wore trews and not kilts apart from the pipes and drums. They also don't wear the fur hats, instead it should be, depending on date a glengarry or tam-o-shanter with 2 black cock feathers.

The photo shows the following, 2nd one down; http://scottishmilitarydisasters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31:photo-identification&catid=1:smd&Itemid=2 Seaforth Highlanders.

John915

[LeoHB]

Dear All

Once again thanks for your responses and help.  Having looked at the regiment identification site I though the tartan was perhaps Gordon Highlanders but the sporran would point definitely to Seaforth I think.

Took me a bit of time but I managed to download the bit of fairly faint and  illegible record for Henry. One section is as it appears the other is a bit of cut and paste I attempted when I realised one bit was torn and should fit the lighter line.  Still didn't help much but maybe someone can make a bit more sense of it.

Regarding the photo he is very smartly turned out but would it be worth putting up in the Photo section to see if anyone can clean it up a bit?

Thanks again everyone.

Leo

[macintosh]

Extremely talented folk on the Photo Restoration Board, Of course it's worth a try.

James