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by figheadair
Sat 07 Aug, 2021 4:33 pm
Forum: Military History
Topic: Kilmarnock Bonnet - Which regiment is this?
Replies: 1
Views: 3134

Re: Kilmarnock Bonnet - Which regiment is this?

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by figheadair
Sat 07 Aug, 2021 4:30 pm
Forum: Military History
Topic: Kilmarnock Bonnet - Which regiment is this?
Replies: 1
Views: 3134

Kilmarnock Bonnet - Which regiment is this?

I recently came across this WWI image which looks to have been taken at a railway station of port.

Not many regiments wore a Kilmarnock Bonnet; the KOSB, Royal Scots and at time, the Lovat Scouts but I cannot work out which regiment this gent belonged to. Does anyone know?
by figheadair
Sat 10 Nov, 2018 10:33 am
Forum: Military History
Topic: WWI Tartan TRF
Replies: 0
Views: 3781

WWI Tartan TRF

I've been sent a picture of a WWI RE soldier and asked if I can identify the tartan patch worn on the right sleeve. Deciphering such a small piece from a black and white photograph is difficult but someone on here might be able to throw some light on the relevance. I'm assuming that the patch is som...
by figheadair
Fri 13 Feb, 2015 4:22 am
Forum: Military History
Topic: Britons (North) (Loyal) Volunteers (Middlesex)?
Replies: 2
Views: 2113

Re: Britons (North) (Loyal) Volunteers (Middlesex)?

I think I have the answer through posing the question on another forum. It was a Corps formed by ex-pat Highland Gentlemen - https://books.google.com.au/books?id...20reay&f=false There is a also print of a soldier of the unit here- https://repository.library.brown.edu...em/bdr:230216/ The engrav...
by figheadair
Wed 11 Feb, 2015 6:09 am
Forum: Military History
Topic: Britons (North) (Loyal) Volunteers (Middlesex)?
Replies: 2
Views: 2113

Britons (North) (Loyal) Volunteers (Middlesex)?

Can anyone help confirm who exactly the Britons (North) (Loyal) Volunteers (Middlesex) were? That is the regimental name associated with a uniform in the NAM collection that belonged to Capt Alexander G Davidson who became a Lieutenant in the Regiment 15 Jul 1803 and Captain on 24 Oct 1806. The unif...