"Uniforms of "Catriona" from Contemporary Pictures " Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Dec 2016 4:10 p.m. PST |
"The first time we encounter a soldier in this book (aside from a few unnamed privates arresting James More MacGregor) is in the character of Lieutenant Hector Duncansby, who challenges David Balfour to a duel with the intention of killing him. It is not stated what regiment Duncansby belongs to, so this makes it difficult (if not impossible) to determine his uniform.
The fact that Duncansby is specifically mentioned as a "Highland boy" could suggest an association with the 42nd "Black Watch" Highlanders. However, it is also stated that he clasped his hands under his coat's skirt, and the Black Watch's coat was specifically cut short (that is, without skirts) and designed to be worn over a kilt. It is likely that Duncansby belongs to the 1st Royal Scots Regiment, which also recruited Scottish personnel. Its coat skirts were of a conventional length and its officers carried smallswords, rather than the broadswords of the 42nd Highlanders. The illustration shows two British officers dressed in a conventional 1750s uniform…."
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| 42flanker | 01 Jan 2017 7:01 a.m. PST |
Just to avoid confusion, and in case anyone starts venting steam at the ears, the above photograph does not relate to the 1st Royal Regiment of Foot but rather to a discussion of the Edinburgh City Guard in a paragraph in the blog following that copied here by Armand, though whether the two individuals are meant to represent the ECG or simply the Lochaber axe qua 'halberd', I am not sure. Interesting shoes. |
| Major Bloodnok | 01 Jan 2017 2:03 p.m. PST |
Hmm. The bloke with the Loachaber axe is no officer, he could be a sergeant at best, but why the cartidge pouch if his Lochaber is meant to be a substitute for his halberd? You can't carry both. If he is meant to be member of the Edinburgh City Guard and the Lochaber is his primary weapon, again why the catridge pouch? |
| 42flanker | 01 Jan 2017 6:03 p.m. PST |
He's not meant to be an officer. The phrase "two British officers" applies to the illustration adjacent the para re: 1st Royals not quoted here. "Halberd" is assumed to be R.L. Stevenson's term for a Lochaber axe as specified for the ECG. Why the individual in the photocarrying the axe in the photo is carrying a large cartridge pouch but no firelock is anybody's guess. |
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