Posted by "JEFF HYSLOP" <jeffhyslop@home.com> on Fri, 11 Feb 2000 00:07:09 -0700
No duff lad.!!
-----Original Message-----
From: JEFF HYSLOP
To: army@cipherlogic.on.ca
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2000 23:30
Subject: Re: Highland dress
>Sounds like a lad that read not seen.
>
>Those that done it now.
>
>Ast the Queen of Batle,the Infantry.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: T.F. Mills
>To: army@cipherlogic.on.ca
>Date: Thursday, February 10, 2000 08:32
>Subject: Re: Highland dress
>
>
>On 7 Feb 00, at 22:23, Dave Willard wrote:
>
>> Does anyone out there know exactly when and why Scottish
>> Regiments hung up their royal scarlets in the British Army?
>> Canadian regiments with British counterparts done so as well.
>> ie: Black Watch, Argyls etc.
>
>"Royal scarlet"? You mean scarlet tunics? The British Army
>put away full dress in 1914, and except for the Guards and a
>few special occasions never brought it back out again. The
>expense of manufacture and maintenance was the reason.
>Scarlet had already been discontinued for everything except
>full dress and mess dress in 1902. A blue full dress was
>designed for the coronation which never happened in 1936, but
>WW2 intervened and it never really saw the light of day.
>Another blue No. 1 Dress was introduced for the coronation in
>1953, and is still in use although not as commonly seen as
>the old full dress was.
>
>
>
>T.F. Mills
>tfmills@regiments.org
>Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth:
>http://www.regiments.org
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