brodie Posted 10 February , 2009 Share Posted 10 February , 2009 I would appreciate help identifying the cap in this tiny photo recovered from a locket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 February , 2009 Share Posted 10 February , 2009 The badge looks like Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, not sure about the cap. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocemma Posted 11 February , 2009 Share Posted 11 February , 2009 Hello brodie, The cap is a Glengarry and the badge is Cameron Highlanders. Seems to have a feather so maybe a piper? Regards Tocemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted 11 February , 2009 Share Posted 11 February , 2009 I agree it looks to be a Cameron Highlanders badge and I would hazard a guess at him being a Piper. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted 12 February , 2009 Share Posted 12 February , 2009 Or even the "Picked Piper" Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 12 February , 2009 Share Posted 12 February , 2009 It is a glengarry and does look to be like a Cameron Highlanders badge although I am not 100% confident on the latter. The hackles are usually associated with pipers as has been mentioned. There is something a bit odd about the glengary however. It does not seem to me to be the standard WWI pattern with which I am familiar. The Band (silk/leather wrapping at the base of the cap) is VERY broad. I don't know if this is a variation associated with a particular regiment but I am not sure I have seen it before. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianB Posted 12 February , 2009 Share Posted 12 February , 2009 Looks very much pre 1914 to me though I agree about Camerons. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted 12 February , 2009 Share Posted 12 February , 2009 Several Regiments wore a Glengarry with a broad band, H.L.I. and Cameron's being a couple, I think also the Royal Scots, but not sure on that one. A quick perousal though this forum will definately show a few photos to such effect. The feathers are feathers, not hackles (small soft and curly) or plumes. Black watch pipers wore black and white feathers like the picked piper, I wonder if they wore the red hackles when in B.D. or S.D. or No 2s. Cpl. piper Fraser, played by John Fraser, and the other pipers also wore a glengarry with broad band in that grand film, although it was post WW2. Alan Edit 13/02/09:-Well there was a photo of a piper with feathers on the forum yesterday, but gone today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 13 February , 2009 Share Posted 13 February , 2009 Hello, Just a quick one, the pipers of the Black Watch never wore any feathers with there Glengarrys. {apart from the old 5th Volunteer Battalion pre1908} Black Watch pipers wore the Red Hackle on the Feather Bonnet and if and when they wore the Khaki bonnet. The hackle was also worn on the solar topee/pith helmet. I have an example of the Cameron Highlanders pipers Glengarry. It dates from WW1. I will dig it out and post a photo later. Regards, Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodie Posted 13 February , 2009 Author Share Posted 13 February , 2009 Thank you all very much for your replies - the concensus seems to be Cameron Highlanders, perhaps pre WW1 and probably a piper. I'll pass that on to the photo owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted 14 February , 2009 Share Posted 14 February , 2009 (edited) Oooh, Never say never. A picture which showed a Black Watch piper with feathers has gone astray, but this LINK TO PHOTO to a photo from the Black Watch museum "appears" to show a pipe major (Black Watch?, too late to think about/check collar badges) with feathers in his Glengarry, and five tassles on his sporran. A search around the web shows that the following regiments wear/wore the Blackcock hackle, but so many items and many contradictions, so not definative:- Royal Scots pipers Gordon Highalnders pipers Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders pipers KOSB pipers Royal Regiment of Scotland pipers Liverpool Scottish London Scottish pipers Alan Edited 15 February , 2009 by Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 15 February , 2009 Share Posted 15 February , 2009 Alan, he is not wearing a feather, there is not even any sign of one. Where can you see it? In the hundreds of photo's of the Black Watch I have seen I have never seen on of the Pipes and Drums wearing a feather or hackle with the Glengarry bonnet. As I mentioned above only the 5th Volunteer battalion [1887-1908] and possibly there perdecessors in the Perthshire Highland Rifle Volunteers, wore the Blackcock feather in the Glengarry. But never any of the regular or Territorial Battalions from our period. Regards, Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 15 February , 2009 Share Posted 15 February , 2009 Here is my Cameron Pipers Glengarry- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodge Dowson Posted 15 February , 2009 Share Posted 15 February , 2009 Cameron Highlanders Piper's Glengarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Abbott Posted 15 December , 2014 Share Posted 15 December , 2014 Cameron Highlanders badge but the Cameron pipers wore a single eagle feather and not blackcock feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 15 December , 2014 Share Posted 15 December , 2014 A pre 1896 Glengarry for the Welsh Regiment with a very wide silk band. Perhaps of some relevance to this discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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