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Identify the uniform please.


Jacqueline Hunter

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I wonder if anyone can give any clues as to which regiment this uniform is for.

The sporran should be specific to a regiment I believe.

Thanks.

Jacqueline Hunter.

 

 

 

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38 minutes ago, Jacqueline Hunter said:

 

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I wonder if anyone can give any clues as to which regiment this uniform is for.

The sporran should be specific to a regiment I believe.

Thanks.

Jacqueline Hunter.

 

 

 

He is 6th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry Jacqueline.  The battalion was one of just two in the HLI to wear kilts at that time.  The other was the 9th.  The 6th wore Mackenzie tartan kilt and the blue bonnet with dicing that you can just about see.  They also wore the black sporran with three white tassels.

Both 6th and 9th were Territorial Force (TF) battalions from the pre war part time auxiliary citizen soldiers that recruited and trained locally at their drill hall near their homes on a weekly basis.

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9 hours ago, Jacqueline Hunter said:

Hi.

Wonderful, thank you, that confirms he is who I hoped he was.

Thanks also for the extra information.

Jacqueline.

I’m glad to help a little.  After 1916 the ranks began to be filled by conscripts, as with all regiments, in order to replace battle casualties.  We know that your photo is early and shows an original member of the battalion, as he is wearing the spats and shoes that were replaced with boots and puttees (leg wrappings) from late 1914, or early 1915, depending upon unit.

The officers of the battalion dressed similarly to the men except that they had a more elaborate sporran with five white tassels.

From the LongLongTrail:

1/6th (City of Glasgow) Battalion
August 1914 : at Yorkshill Street, Glasgow.  Part of HLI Brigade in Lowland Division. Moved on mobilisation to Dunfermline.
11 May 1915 : formation became 157th Brigade in 52nd (Lowland) Division.
26 May 1915 : sailed from Devonport for Gallipoli, going via Egypt (5-28 June) and Mudros (1 July), landing at Cape Helles on 3 July.
8 January 1916 : evacuated from Gallipoli to Mudros and arrived Egypt in February.
11 April 1918 : Division left Egypt, battalion arrived Marseilles 17 April for service on Western Front.

2/6th (City of Glasgow) Battalion
Formed in Glasgow in September 1914 as a second line battalion. Record similar to 2/5th Bn.
Was named 22nd Bn between November 1915 and January 1916.
Moved in March 1916 to Woodham Mortimer Camp (Maldon, Essex) and then movements same as 2/5th Bn.

3/6th and 3/9th Battalions
Formed at home bases in March 1915.
8 April 1916 : renamed as Reserve Battalions at Ripon.
1 September 1916 : now at Catterick, 6th absorbed the 6th Bn. 6th then absorbed by 5th Bn in July 1917.

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Here you can see a 6th HLI soldier wearing the regimental glengarry instead of the diced bonnet, along with the boots and puttees that replaced the spats and shoes.

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Dunfermline is certainly correct. We have William Barr's Christmas card that he sent my great grandmother from there!

I'm very grateful that my great grandmother, who died in 1917, kept her half brother's photo, alongside his Christmas card, and that we've managed to retain both in the family. William Barr died in 1916.

Again many thanks for your speedy help.

Jacqueline.

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8 minutes ago, Jacqueline Hunter said:

Dunfermline is certainly correct. We have William Barr's Christmas card that he sent my great grandmother from there!

I'm very grateful that my great grandmother, who died in 1917, kept her half brother's photo, alongside his Christmas card, and that we've managed to retain both in the family. William Barr died in 1916.

Again many thanks for your speedy help.

Jacqueline.

Did he die on the Somme in the Summer offensive, do you know?

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12 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said:

Did he die on the Somme in the Summer offensive, do you know?

Yes, the Somme, he's commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He died November 1916.

12 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said:

Did he die on the Somme in the Summer offensive, do you know?

12 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said:

Did he die on the Somme in the Summer offensive, do you know?

12 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said:

Did he die on the Somme in the Summer offensive, do you know?

12 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said:

Did he die on the Somme in the Summer offensive, do you know?

Dunfermline is certainly correct. We have William Barr's Christmas card that he sent my great grandmother from there!

I'm very grateful that my great grandmother, who died in 1917, kept her half brother's photo, alongside his Christmas card, and that we've managed to retain both in the family. William Barr died in 1916.

Again many thanks for your speedy help.

Jacqueline.

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32 minutes ago, Jacqueline Hunter said:

Yes, the Somme, he's commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He died November 1916.

Dunfermline is certainly correct. We have William Barr's Christmas card that he sent my great grandmother from there!

I'm very grateful that my great grandmother, who died in 1917, kept her half brother's photo, alongside his Christmas card, and that we've managed to retain both in the family. William Barr died in 1916.

Again many thanks for your speedy help.

Jacqueline.

The battalion’s ‘war diary’ might give some small indication of how he died.  These were mandatory and their compilation and upkeep the responsibility of each battalion’s Adjutant (staff officer for the officer commanding).

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