'Walking out' dress doublet : Second Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Service dress doublet of a Lieutenant of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The doublet has four pockets, worsted embroidered rank insgnia on the cuffs, a wound stripe on the left sleeve and two blue and one red service chevron on the right sleeve. The red chevron indicates service on or before 31st December 1914. The doublet features gilt Argyll and Sutherland collar badges and ribbons for the 1914-15 Star and the British War Medal 1914-20.

Service dress doublet of a Second Lieutenant of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. From about 1902 khaki Service Dress became a general issue in the Scottish regiments of Britain and the Commonwealth. The 'walking out' dress, a form of full dress worn off duty by an infantryman consisted of the full dress tunic, or doublet, and trousers or kilt, forage cap or Glengarry, with waist belt, swagger cane and gloves.

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) was an infantry regiment of the British Army until amalgamation into The Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006. At the outbreak of the First World War the regiment had two Regular Battalions, two Militia battalions and five Territorial Battalions. Seven more Service Battalions were raised for Kitchener's Army. Ten of the battalions served in France and Flanders and gained 65 battle honours. Four served in the Mediterranean area and gained a further 13 battle honours. 431 officers and 6475 other ranks lost their lives and six Victoria Crosses were awarded to the regiment during the war.

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