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Old 14-11-13, 01:48 PM
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Default Help - can you identify the uniform?

I wonder if any of you can help me identify the uniform my great grandfather is wearing. I have tried to find a likeness but have not yet managed to.

His name was Alexander Morrison, I think this was taken around 1900. By his marriage in 1904 he was described as an Electrical Linesman at and his death in 1919 he was a coal miner.

This photo is what sparked my interest in family history but have never been able to identify the uniform.

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Fiona
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Old 14-11-13, 02:40 PM
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Fiona

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Old 14-11-13, 02:55 PM
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Any good this time?


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Old 14-11-13, 03:36 PM
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Sergeant Piper (?), not sure of regiment but could be Cameron Highlanders from the colour of the hair and tassles on the sporran.

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Old 14-11-13, 04:29 PM
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I'm not an expert on pipers but that looks like government tartan to me (especially the shade side of him). Coupled with what looks like a dinner-plate size badge, I would stab at Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
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Old 14-11-13, 04:33 PM
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I'm not an expert on Scottish regiments (being a Sassenach) but a clue might be the blackcock feathers in the glengarry. I think only certain Scottish regiments wear/wore them, but I'd have to check which ones.
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