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DerekDeeko@mastodon.scot
2022-11-22

Staff of the 3rd (reserve) Bn The Black Watch. Sometime between the Boer War and Great War.

Message on back of postcard read. “These are the ones that put you through it.”

#fww #ww1 #hqstaff #blackwatch #royalhighlanders #postcard #kilts #medals #highlandsoldiers #soldiers #reserve

3 rows of officers and men in kilts, the front most seated.
DerekDeeko@mastodon.scot
2022-11-20

Sgt-Mjr and later Hon. Lt-QMS William Fowler.

He was the subject a a few postcards. He was one of the few who served throughout the Great War, from beginning to its end, attached to the HQ coy.

#fww #ww1 #blackwatch #royalhighlanders #kilt #greatwar #postcard #soldier #militaryhistory #sgt

A Sergeant Major William Fowler of the Black watch wearing his kilt, 5 tassels sporran, jacket and feather bonnet. Taken shortly before the First World War.
DerekDeeko@mastodon.scot
2022-11-19

Brass band of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch.

An undated postcard, but going by the teddy bear goat skins and Tam O’ Shanters, likely during the Great War in 1915/16.

#blackwatch #royalhighlanders #fww #ww1 #greatwar #goatskin #brassband #militaryhistory #postcard #tamoshanter #band

Great War era soldiers making up a brass band. Wearing fur lined goat skin jerkins. Sitting in a row at the front with a row standing behind.

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