BLACK WATCH (MODERN) [non-wool] Gunn There is much debate over

There is much debate over the true representation of the Mar District tartan

During World War I the regiment was in the 14th Indian Division and took part in the Second Battle of Kut and the Capture of Baghdad during the Mesopotamia Campaign

Also known as Thompson Red

Instigated and registered by Mrs Rosemary Nicolson Samios in 1992

Also known as The Falkirk Tartan because of the discovery of such a weave in the neck of a jar containing Roman coins buried about 260 A

BLACK WATCH (MODERN) [non-wool] Gunn There is much debate overGov. Tartan No. 1. This sett is based on Logan's 'Sutherland' tartan. Various thread counts appear in Wilsons pattern books of roughly the same proportions. Documents show that this was the tartan appointed for the Highland Companies in 1725 and later for the Black Watch in 1739. Slightly different count from 42nd Regiment. In 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent