Captain, 9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Full Dress, c. 1909
The 1st Administrative Battalion, Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteers, with headquarters at Balloch, Scotland, was formed in May of 1860. The Volunteer Rifle Corps included in it were the 1st through the 14th.
In April of 1880, the battalion was consolidated and retitled as the 1st Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, with twelve companies and headquartered at Helensburgh, Scotland.
The battalion adopted the scarlet doublet with yellow facings, trews, and glengarry of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in March of 1887. Following the Haldane Reforms of 1907, the battalion was reconstituted as the 9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, and consisted of eight companies. It was then that the battalion adopted the kilt, hose, and sporran.
In April of 1880, the battalion was consolidated and retitled as the 1st Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, with twelve companies and headquartered at Helensburgh, Scotland.
The battalion adopted the scarlet doublet with yellow facings, trews, and glengarry of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in March of 1887. Following the Haldane Reforms of 1907, the battalion was reconstituted as the 9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, and consisted of eight companies. It was then that the battalion adopted the kilt, hose, and sporran.
From Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force: 1859-1908, first published in 1909.
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