FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 2:35 pm
Hmmmm as far as I am aware in the WSS, Scottish regiments wore the tricorne and mitre, same as the English (even if until 1707 they were seperate armies technically).
As far as I am aware the first Highland regiment is the 43rd (later 42nd Black watch) raised in 1715 after the '15 rising.
You are talking about Scots Regts in the service of the English Army, which is the case. Those also adopted yellow facings (James VII livery colour) rather than the white lining and facings worn by the majority of the Regts in Scottish Service. I am looking at the Scottish Army during the period not those that served under the English on the continent.
Up until the act of Union in 1707 a proportion (at least two
) of the Scottish Regular Regts and probably the majority of the militia Regts still wore the Bonnet. So i'd want to do at least one of each whilst any others could have the 'standard' floppy hat/informal tricorne. The Scots also retained the fur cap for Grenadiers after the English had moved onto the cloth cap I think.
After 1707 the Scottish army was, of course, absorbed into the English (maybe with the exception of some militias) and mostly took on their uniform regulations.
