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Regimental flag of the SCOTS. The Royal Regiment of Scotland (SCOTS) is the senior and only current Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army Infantry.It consists of three regular (formerly five) and two reserve battalions, plus an incremental company, each formerly an individual regiment (with the exception of the former first battalion (now disbanded and reformed into the 1st Bn ...
The headdress worn by Irish Army's Cavalry Corps is called a Glengarry but is more similar to the caubeen [4] in appearance, [5] than to the Scottish headdress of the same name. It was designed in 1934 for the Cavalry Corps as a more practical headdress than the standard peaked cap in the confines of their armoured cars and tanks. The Glengarry ...
Drum major of the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland wearing the feather bonnet. The feather bonnet is a type of military headdress used mainly by the Scottish Highland infantry regiments of the British Army from about 1763 until the outbreak of World War I.
Royal Regiment of Scotland; Caubeen. Royal Irish Regiment; Kilmarnock cap. Royal Gurkha Rifles [17] The above headdress is also worn as part of Numbers 3, 10 and 11 dress (and with Number 2 and 6 dress on formal parades). Soldiers
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers: Red over white; Royal Highland Fusiliers (a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland): White; Other ranks of the Royal Welsh, the regiment that was formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Welch Fusiliers and Royal Regiment of Wales, continue to wear the white hackle of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
A soldier of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (right) wearing a tam o' shanter in 1942. In the First World War, a khaki Balmoral bonnet was introduced in 1915 for wear in the trenches by Scottish infantry serving on the Western Front. This came to be known as the "bonnet, tam o' shanter", later abbreviated among military personnel to "ToS".
Outlining the work of Balaklava Company, 5 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, Lt Gen Borton said: “The young soldiers, the jocks of 5 Scots, had the tremendous honour of carrying the ...
After the Second World War, while all other Scottish regiments chose the Glengarry, a soft blue Balmoral was adopted as full dress headgear by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) and was worn with the green no. 1 dress jacket and with khaki no. 2 or service dress. As part of the amalgamation of the Scottish regiments in 2006, the military ...