On 17 Sep 1994 the amalgamation took place in Edinburgh of the Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) with The Gordon Highlanders, to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). This lieutenant wears No.1A Ceremonial dress which, by c1990, had undergone a change of jacket. The former waist-length jacket with squared off tails was replaced by a doublet based on the scarlet doublet worn up until 1914, having Inverness skirts decorated with gold braid and buttons. This jacket is dark green, almost black, and the stand collar is plain apart from the collar badges which, from 1994, were embroidered Tigers, known as the Hindoostan Tiger commemorating the services of both the 75th and 72nd Regiments in India in the early 19th century. The shoulder cords were intertwined with black in memory of Sir John Moore who died at Corunna.
The badges worn by officers included elements of the three regiments. The silver three-part badge worn on the glengarry had the stag’s head and motto of the Seaforths and the crowned thistle of the Camerons. The blue hackle of the Camerons continued to be worn. The shoulder-belt plate was from the Gordon Highlanders as was the badge on the cantle of his sporran. The hair sporran was white with two black hair tassels, but the Other Ranks had a black hair sporran with two white tassels. The waist-belt clasp was the same pattern as the clasp on the elaborately embroidered dirk belt worn prior to 1914. The kilt is in the tartan of MacKenzie of Seaforth. The photo was on the front cover of Regiment magazine, Sep 1999.
