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The earliest image of Scottish soldiers wearing tartan (belted plaids and trews); 1631 German engraving by Georg Köler.[a]Regimental tartans are tartan patterns used in military uniforms, possibly originally by some militias of Scottish clans, certainly later by some of the Independent Highland Companies (IHCs) raised by the British government, then by the Highland regiments and many Lowland ...
English: A tartan of 42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch), found in the 1785 records of Wilsons of Bannockburn and still in their Key Pattern Book of 1819, as "42nd Coarse Kilt with Red". It is believed to be the sett used for the regiment's small kilts while they were still also using the belted plaid (great kilt) for dress uniform.
The regimental version of this tartan differs somewhat from the clan version. Another tartan was created in 2018 (approved in 2020) in honour of the Royal Logistic Corps, [6] but it is for civilian use and is a fundraiser for the RLC's MoD Benevolent fund; it is not used for regimental uniform. [7] 18 Red Robertson: 19 Hunting Fraser: 22
The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch.Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment (mustered 1739) and numbered 43rd in the line, in 1748, on the disbanding of Oglethorpe's Regiment of Foot, they were renumbered 42nd, and in 1751 formally titled the 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot.
The pattern dates to 1795 records of Wilson & Son of Bannockburn, the main military tartan weaver of the era, but it is unclear if this sett was ever actually used by the unit. The pattern is based on Black Watch with the black over-checks removed, and yellow ones added over green and red ones added over blue and black.
English: The "Prince Charles Edward Stuart" tartan, a variant of royal Stewart with a smaller proportion of red, and differing widths of thin over-checks. This version is in the palette used by 72nd Seaforth (Highland) Regiment of Foot, Duke of Albany's Own, for their uniform trews (1823–1881), with a comparatively pale blue and green, as shown in period art.
Tartan of the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, mustered in 1787. It is the Black Watch tartan with a black-guarded white over-check added over the green. This version of the image is not just full-sett, and cannot tile horizontally or vertically; this centred and very slightly zoomed out version is for comparison with other regimental tartans ...
A tartan was created in 2018 (approved in 2020) in honour of the Royal Logistic Corps, [9] but this is for civilian use and is a fundraiser for the RLC's MOD Benevolent fund; it is not used for regimental uniform. [10]