Muchty Remembers

Back:

1. Pte J Smith RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch.

2. Pte J Petrie, QOCH, Queen Own Cameron Highlanders.

3. Pte H Suttie, King's L'pool. King's Liverpool Regiment.

4. Pte J Murray, HLI, Highland Light Infantry.

5. Pte R Taylor, Lovat's S't, Lovat Scouts.

6. Pte D Hardie, S.H., Scottish Rifles, Cameronians.

Middle:

7. Pte D Philp, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch.

8. Pte W F Mitchell, RS, Royal Scots.

9. Pte P Petrie, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders

10. Pte H L Strathearn, S,GDS, Scots Guards.

11. L Cpl M Beckett, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch.

12. AB R Christie, R.N.D, Royal Naval Division.

13. Pte J Blyth, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch.

14. Pte F Dick, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders.

15. Pte M Clark, QOCH, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

16. Sgt W White, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch.

17. Pte D Ford, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch.

18. Pte J Laing, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch.

19. Pte A Christie, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders.

20. Pte J M Muir, R.Berks, Royal Berkshire Regiment.

21. Pte J Anderson, A & SH, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

22. Pte C Aitchison, A & SH, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

Front.

23. Pte P Gray, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch.

24. Capt J.O Fairlie, HLI, Highland Light Infantry.

25. Pte D Pringle, S Gds, Scots Guards.

26. Pte T Wilson, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watc.

 

The first three figures are those at the very back, left.

1. Pte J Smith, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. He appears to be the 7th figure from the left, above 13. Pte J Blyth. He is wearing a green doublet, possibly even a red doublet, with white piping and a feather bonnet. The hackle is dark and therefore red. The collar dogs are tall and could be the figure of St Andrew. Pte J Petrie was a Cameron Highlander, so if he was wearing a feather bonnet the hackle would be white.

2. Pte J Petrie, QOCH, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. He wears a dark green, or possibly red, jacket with white facings, with grass buttons and St Andrew figure on his collar. He does not wear a bonnet.

3. Pte H Suttie, King's L'pool. King's Liverpool Regiment. He wears a khaki jacket with webbing belt with brass clasp and runners. He wears a khaki cap with the indistinct horse badge the King's Liverpool Regiment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pte Murray, HLI, Pte R Taylor, Lovat Scouts and Pte D Hardie, Scottish Rifles, are harder to pick out.

4. Pte J Murray, HLI, Highland Light infantry. He is two left of Capt Fairlie. He wears a khaki jacket. He wears a blue Glengarry bonnet with a diced border and the HLI badge. Although officers wore a plain blue Glengarry, other ranks wore a Glengarry with a diced border.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Pte R Taylor, Lovat's S't, Lovat Scouts. He is above the seated figure wearing a cap. He is wearing a khaki jacket with distinctive black leather ammunition pouches on a cross belt, worn by cavalry and reconnaissance units. The stag's head crest of the Frasers appears on his collar. He is not wearing a bonnet, which would have been black with a black and white died border.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Pte D Hardie, S.H., Scottish Rifles, Cameronians. He is above the seated figure on the right. He wears a khaki jacket and dark blue Glengarry bonnet with Cameronian badge of a star in a wreath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front row:

23. Pte P Gray, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. Seated left. He wears a khaki jacket, Black Watch kilt, black and red diced hose, khaki spats and black brogues, and a dark blue Glengarry bonnet with silver badge in the form of a St Andrews cross superimposed on a star. He carries a cane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24. Capt J.O Fairlie, HLI, Highland Light Infantry. Standing centre, left, wearing a khaki shirt and tie, cut away khaki service dress jacket, with regimental badges on the lapels, Sam Browne belt, two bands and three stars, for Captain, on his sleeves, Mackenzie tartan trews, black riding boots. He wears a dark blue Glengarry bonnet, with an HLI badge, similar, but squarer than the Black Watch badge. He carries his leather gloves and a cane in his left hand and a cigarette in his right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25. Pte D Pringle, S Gds, Scots Guards. Seated right front. Wears a khaki jacket, khaki trousers, black boots and long gaiters, or possibly long khaki puttees wound round the leg. He wears a khaki peaked cap with Scots Guards badge, which is difficult to distinguish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26. Pte T Wilson, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. Seated right. He wears a khaki jacket, Black Watch kilt, black and red diced hose, red flash under turnover, khaki spats and black brogues, and a dark blue Glengarry bonnet with silver badge in the form of a St Andrews cross superimposed on a star. He carries a cane.

 

Middle Row, from the left.

7. Pte D Philp, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. He is the figure to the extreme left, unusually wearing a khaki jacket and trousers and a khaki cap, but with a silver badge in the form of a St Andrews cross superimposed on a star.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Pte W F Mitchell, RS, Royal Scots. He wears a khaki cut away jacket and, as a Lowland Regiment, tartan trews, in Hunting Stewart tartan. He wears a blue Glengarry bonnet with a diced border with a Royal Scots badge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Pte P Petrie, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders. He wears a khaki jacket and blue bonnet with diced border and Seaforth badge of a stag's head.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Pte H L Strathearn, S,GDS, Scots Guards. He looks very young, and may only have been 19 when the photograph was taken. He wears a khaki jacket and khaki cap with the Scots Guards badge.

11. L Cpl M Beckett, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. Sixth from the left, standing to the right of the seated figure. He wears a khaki cut away jacket, with black leather belt with white metal S clasp, Black Watch kilt, with white horse hair sporran with five black tassels, black and red diced hose, red flash under turnover,[possibly] white spats and black brogues, and a dark blue Glengarry bonnet with silver badge in the form of a St Andrews cross superimposed on a star. Note the single Lance Corporal's stripe on his left sleeve. He carries a cane. This was best walking out dress.

The figure 8th from the left, between the two Black Watch men, 11 and 13, is

12. AB R Christie, R.N.D, Royal Naval Division. He wears a white shirt and blue top with the three white stripes of his neck collar showing. In the Grierson family website this face, taken from the Auchtermuchty photograph, isgiven to William Grierson, Royal Navy.

13. Pte J Blyth, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. Eighth from the left, next to 11. He wears a khaki jacket, with black leather belt with white metal S clasp, Black Watch kilt, khaki hose, red flash under turnover, khaki puttees wound round the ankle and black boots, and a dark blue Glengarry bonnet with silver badge in the form of a St Andrews cross superimposed on a star. He carries a cane. Khaki puttees and boots replaced spats and shoes in 1916.The next figure is to the left of Capt Fairlie.

14. Pte F Dick, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders. He wears a khaki jacket, Mackenzie tartan kilt, with distinctive white lines, khaki hose and spats and black brogues. He wears a blue Glengarry bonnet with diced border. The stag's head crest is difficult to spot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next figure is to the right of Capt Fairlie.

15. Pte M Clark, QOCH, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. He wears a cut away khaki jacket with black leather belt and white metal S clasp, Cameron of Erracht tartan kilt - the yellow line shows paler - and probably khaki hose, khaki puttees wound round the ankle and black boots. He wears a plain blue Glengarry bonnet with the Cameron badge of St Andrews in a wreaths, known as a "Jimmy."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. Sgt W White, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. 16th from the left, 3 right of Capt Fairlie. He wears a khaki jacket, with black leather belt with white metal S clasp, Black Watch kilt, black and red diced hose, red flash under turnover, khaki spats and black brogues, and a dark blue Glengarry bonnet with silver badge in the form of a St Andrews cross superimposed on a star. He carries a stick. The three stripes on each arm are clearly visible.

17. Pte D Ford, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. 17th from the left, 4 right of Capt Fairlie. He wears a cut away khaki jacket, Black Watch kilt, black and red diced hose, red flash under turnover, khaki spats and black brogues, and a dark blue Glengarry bonnet with silver badge in the form of a St Andrews cross superimposed on a star.

The next figure is to the left of the seated Scots Guardsman.

18. Pte J Laing, RH, Royal Highlander, The Black Watch. 18th from the left, 5 right of Capt Fairlie. He wears a cut away khaki jacket, with black leather belt with white metal S clasp, and a dark blue Glengarry bonnet with silver badge in the form of a St Andrews cross superimposed on a star.

The next figure is to the right of the seated Scots Guardsman, and the 6th figure from the right.

19. Pte A Christie, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders. He wears a khaki jacket with MacKenzie tartan kilt,. He wears a blue Glengarry bonnet with a diced border and the stag's head crest. The antlers are visible. He carries a cane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 5th figure from the right is

20. Pte J M Muir, R.Berks, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Pte Muir had been a baker with the Army Service Corps. He wears a khaki jacket with a lanyard at the left shoulder. He wears a khaki hat with the Army Service Corps badge. He was the oldest soldier to die, aged 38.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The two figures on the right are both Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

21. Pte J Anderson, A & SH, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. He wears a khaki jacket. He wears the distinctive Argyll's blue bonnet with red and white dicing, and the Argyll's badge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22. Pte C Aitchison, A & SH, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. He wears a khaki jacket with webbing belt with brass clasp and slides. He wears two stripes, as a Corporal, on his left sleeve. He wears an Argyll, Government, tartan kilt with red and white diced hose, khaki, or possibly white, spats and black brogues. He wears the distinctive Argyll's blue bonnet with red and white dicing, and the Argyll's badge. He carries a cane under his arm.

 

The men in the photograph are arranged as follows.

From the left:                                                                                                     

7. Pte D Philp, RH, Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch

8. Pte W.F.Mitchell, RS, Royal Scots                      

9. Pte P Petrie, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders                                            

23, seated, Pte P Gray, RH, Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch     

10. Pte HL Strathearn, S'GDS, Scots Guards                                               

11. L Cpl M Beckett, RH, Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch              

1, behind, Pte J Smith, RH, Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch         

12. AB R Christie, RND, Royal Naval Division                                             

      or possibly AB William Grierson, RN.

13. Pte J Blyth, RH, Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch                         

2, behind, Pte J Petrie, QOCH, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders     

14. Pte F Dick, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders                                              

3, behind, Pte H Suttie, King's L'pool, King's Liverpool Regiment         

24. Capt JO Fairlie, HLI, Highland Light Infantry                                     

15. Pte M Clark, QOCH, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders                 

4, behind, Pte J Murray, HLI, Highland Light Infantry

16. Sgt W White, RH, Royal Highlanders, the Black Watch                          

17. Pte D Ford, RH, Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch                       

18. Pte J Laing, RH, Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch                      

25, seated, Pte D Pringle, S'GDS, Scots Guards                                           

5, behind, Pte R Taylor, Lovat's S't, Lovat Scouts                                       

19. Pte A Christie, S'Forth, Seaforth Highlanders                                       

20. Pte JM Muir, R.Berks, Royal Berkshire Regiment                              

26, seated, Pte T Wilson, RH, Royal Highlanders, Black Watch             

6, behind, Pte D Hardie, SH, Scottish Rifles, Cameronians                      

21. Pte J Anderson, A & SH, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders                

22. Pte C Aitchison, A & SH, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders