It says in All the Blue Bonnets,the history of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, that 'It happened that Colonel Sir R.J. Waldie-Griffith, Bart., of Hendersyde Park, Kelso, who became Honorary Colonel of the 4th Battalion, wanted a border design for the kilts of his pipers, and looked for something more distinctive than the universal check of the Border shepherds' plaid (as shown as the badge backing here). Hence, by a happy inspiration there was invented the blue overcheck, and the design was named after the great House of Buccleuch. The 'Buccleuch' tartan was worn exclusively by the pipers of the 4th (Border) Battalion. It was also worn by the pipers of the 6th (Border) Battalion during the Second World War.'
Rgds, Thomas
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