1 Royal Scots Gurkhas ("B" Coy? I think 2 Para Gurkhas were "C" Coy? Could be the other way around) wore blue rather than rifle green berets?
My recollection is that the ones I had dealings with wore green, but after 20 years I could be wrong.
My recollection is that yes, they wore the Hunting Stewart tartan with yellow stripe running top right to bottom left as viewed from the front, but again, I could be wrong.
Interestingly, "British Army Badges" (R Hodges, published 2005) shows the tartan as not being worn on the beret but worn on the "Hat Felt Gurkha" with the yellow stripe running from top left to bottom right.
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