These men wear dress uniforms for a Colour Presentation parade in October 1904. They each wear medals for the Boer War, and comparisons can be made between officers’ and NCOs’ uniforms after changes were made in 1902. The badger sporrans were replaced by white horsehair and black tassels, and a silver cantle which had a regimental badge in the middle. The lieutenant has gold cords looped above the five tassels. The officers’ doublets had gold lace after 1903, the lieutenant’s rank allowing him a single half-inch gold lace edge on his collar and cuffs, but not on the skirt flaps. The facings were still yellow but the collar badges had changed from the thistle to a more complex type that can be seen in the Badges section.
Officers were armed with a sword that is not shown clearly here but was similar to the broadsword carried prior to 1904. It is attached to a white leather shoulder belt that has a regimental plate. Officers also had a dirk on the right hip; this is attached to a white leather waist-belt, although he would be expected to have a gold laced belt. On his left shoulder is a crimson silk sash, while the sergeants have a red sash on their right shoulder. All of them have a half plaid which does not wrap around the chest, but they have a new style of silver regimental plaid brooch which replaced the cairngorm in 1902. The officer has gold cord epaulettes. The white helmets have a white pagri with a blue top edge. The officer’s new style bimetal badge is worn higher on the helmet than the sergeants. The rifles carried by the sergeants and other ranks are the long magazine Lee Metford issued in 1899, in service until c1909 when it was replaced by the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield.
