Royal Scots ???

[Snowdrop 68]

Hi Guys,

A friend has asked for some help with this.

This is his relative who's name is Jack Minkley and lived in Selston, near Nottingham.

What regiment do you reckon he was in??

I thought 4/5 Royal Scots but then had a thought about Cape Town Highlanders.

Has anyone any ideas about this one??

Cheers, Bill

[ebro]

Bill,
Possibly H. L. I. ?
Eddie

[Snowdrop 68]

Thanks Eddie,

another in the frame I thought Royal Scots wore the diced glengarry but don't know about other regiments or volunteer battalions.

Cheers, Bill

[Cruachan]

Originally Posted by Snowdrop 68

Thanks Eddie,

another in the frame I thought Royal Scots wore the diced glengarry but don't know about other regiments or volunteer battalions.

Cheers, Bill

In many Scottish regiments the pipers wore an "undiced" Glengarry. Could also be Black Watch.

J

[Snowdrop 68]

Hi J,

That is true about the pipers and the glengarries, but I think the badge is too small to be BW, it did cross my mind too.

Bill

[Sonofacqms]

I think HLI, wrong shape for Black Watch.

Rob

[2747andy]

Was the Gent in a British or Commonwealth unit, as it looks like the Cape Town Highlanders!

[Snowdrop 68]

Thanks Guys,

Andy, my friend doesn't know if he was Commonwealth.

CTH was one of my first guesses as there seems to be an outline of a scroll or something at the middle left of the badge. This also made me think of the bugle on the 4/5 RS.

I'll ask him to do some more digging.

Cheers, Bill

[Hussar100]

I've got a Royal Scots plaque on my wall made up by my wife's father (RIP) from his old cap badge. So I can see it's not that. Wrong shape altogether.

[Toby Purcell]

He appears to me to be HLI in the dark green glengarry worn by rank and file for many years, and the officers and SNCOs from around 1912-13 (the latter had previously worn a pattern with dicing).