Scottish Regiments

These prints were published in 1963 by © Hugh Evelyn and drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman, Royal Corps of Signals (1910-1982). They are 24.5 x 37.5 cm (9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″) on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm2 faced in light greyish cyan (RGB: d5dede), backed in white. Shown here are scans of the prints.
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Officer, The Royal Scots, 1939
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1633 Hepburn’ Rgmt; 1637 Régiment de Douglas; 1675 Régiment de Dumbarton; 1684 HM Royal Regiment of Foot; 1751 1^st Royal Foot; 1812 1^st Foot (Royal Scots; 1881 Royal Scots (Lothian); 1921 The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment); 2006 Royal Regiment of Scotland – 1 SCOTS

Published 1963 © Hugh Evelyn Limited; artist Colonel P.H. Smitherman (1910-1982);
c. 24 x 37 cm (9″ x 14″) medium cardstock 144 g/sm² in light greyish cyan – colour hex: d5dede;
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Officer, The Black Watch, 1939
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1739 Crawford’s Highlanders; 1751 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot; 1881 The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2006 Royal Regiment of Scotland – 3 SCOTS

Published 1963 © Hugh Evelyn Limited; artist Colonel P.H. Smitherman (1910-1982);
c. 24 x 37 cm (9″ x 14″) medium cardstock 144 g/sm² in light greyish cyan – colour hex: d5dede;
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Pipe Major, Scots Guards, 1959
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1642 Marquis of Argyll’s Royal; 1660 Scottish Footguards – Third Foot Guards; 1877 Scots Guards – SG

Published 1963 © Hugh Evelyn Limited; artist Colonel P.H. Smitherman (1910-1982);
c. 24 x 37 cm (9″ x 14″) medium cardstock 144 g/sm² in light greyish cyan – colour hex: d5dede;
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Officer, King’s Own Scottish Borderers (QOSB), 1959
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1689 Lord Leven’s Foot; 1745 Semphill’s Foot; 1751 25^th Foot; 1805 25^th (The King’s Own Scottish Borderers) Foot; 1887 The King’s Own Scottish Borderers; 2006 Royal Regiment of Scotland – 1 SCOTS

Published 1963 © Hugh Evelyn Limited; artist Colonel P.H. Smitherman (1910-1982);
c. 24 x 37 cm (9″ x 14″) medium cardstock 144 g/sm² in light greyish cyan hex: d5dede;
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Officer, The Gordon Highlanders, 1959
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1794 100^th (Gordon Highlanders) Foot; 1881 Gordon Highlanders; 1994 Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) 2006 Royal Regiment of Scotland – SCOTS

Published 1963 © Hugh Evelyn Limited; artist Colonel P.H. Smitherman (1910-1982);
c. 24 x 37 cm (9″ x 14″) medium cardstock 144 g/sm² in light greyish cyan hex: d5dede;
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Scottish Regimental Dress

Life in the Scottish Highlands before the 17th century was wild and lawless. The family or clan was an important, self-contained entity. Feuds between clans were common. Men were armed, arms being a mark of respectability. The Scotsman, particularly the Highlander, was a born soldier. But the land was poor and could not support its population who were little enough inclined to the arts of peace anyway.

So the Highlander sought his fortune abroad as a soldier serving the Kings of France from early times. In the 17th century their bonnets and kilts were as familiar in the armies of Sweden as they are now here. They have always carried a high reputation for bravery on the field and kindness off it, enhanced by their conspicuous dress. The dress helped Scottish regiments maintain their high morale. Tartan as we know it today is not thought to have existed in Scotland before the 16th century.

By the early nineteenth century the present designs had been accepted as peculiar to families. Many have a similar background of dark green, blue and black, although, as modern dies became available, some have more vivid colours, such as Buchanan and Macleod (yellow) or Menzies and Macpherson (white).

The Black Watch, raised in 1739, was clothed in Highland dress, for whom it was necessary to devise a military tartan. The present ‘Forty Second’ tartan was created, composed of the background common to many tartans. Other regimental tartans have been adopted when regiments were raised, or later, and all had a dark background like this ‘Forty Second’ tartan with coloured over-stripes added. Gordon has yellow over-stripe; Lamond, worn by the Highland Light Infantry for some time, white; Leslie, worn by the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, red and white, and so on.

The one exception was the Cameron Highlanders, whose tartan, Cameron of Erracht, is not so devised, yet if the over-stripes are removed, something resembling the ‘Forty-Second’ remains. The regimental bands often wore a different tartan from the rest of the regiment, many wearing Royal Stuart (sometimes called the music tartan).

Scottish Regiments

Officer, The Royal Scots, 1939

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Officer, The Black Watch, 1939

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Pipe Major, Scots Guards, 1959

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Officer, King’s Own Scottish Borderers (QOSB), 1959

1689 Lord Leven’s Foot; 1745 Semphill’s Foot; 1751 25^th Foot; 1805 25^th (The King’s Own Scottish Borderers) Foot; 1887 The King’s Own Scottish Borderers; 2006 Royal Regiment of Scotland – 1 SCOTS

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Officer, The Gordon Highlanders, 1959

Published 1963 © Hugh Evelyn Limited; artist Colonel P.H. Smitherman (1910-1982);
c. 24 x 37 cm (9″ x 14″) medium cardstock 144 g/sm² in light greyish cyan hex: d5dede;
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Officer, The Royal Scots, 1939

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Officer, The Black Watch, 1939

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Pipe Major, Scots Guards, 1959

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Officer, King’s Own Scottish Borderers (QOSB), 1959

1689 Lord Leven’s Foot; 1745 Semphill’s Foot; 1751 25th Foot; 1805 25th (The King’s Own Scottish Borderers) Foot; 1887 The King’s Own Scottish Borderers; 2006 Royal Regiment of Scotland – 1 SCOTS

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Officer, The Gordon Highlanders, 1959

Published 1963 © Hugh Evelyn Limited; artist Colonel P.H. Smitherman (1910-1982); c. 24 x 37 cm (9″ x 14″) medium cardstock 144 g/sm² in light greyish cyan hex: d5dede; Shown here is a scan of the print. This is a STANDARD sized print; see mail costs at Shipping & Returns.

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1689 Lord Leven’s Foot; 1745 Semphill’s Foot; 1751 25^th Foot; 1805 25^th (The King’s Own Scottish Borderers) Foot; 1887 The King’s Own Scottish Borderers; 2006 Royal Regiment of Scotland – 1 SCOTS

Published 1963 © Hugh Evelyn Limited; artist Colonel P.H. Smitherman (1910-1982);
c. 24 x 37 cm (9″ x 14″) medium cardstock 144 g/sm² in light greyish cyan hex: d5dede;
Shown here is a scan of the print.
This is a STANDARD sized print; see mail costs at Shipping & Returns.