Sporran Gallery

Braemar Gathering, men in kilts

Scene at the annual Braemar Gathering, showing three men in traditional Highland costume and one man in a suit. Braemar in Scotland holds an annual Highland Games Gathering on the first Saturday in September, traditionally attended by the British Royal Family. Since the reign of Queen Victoria the reigning monarch has been the patron of the Braemar Royal Highland Society. (1 of 4)

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Patriotic Postcard - WWI - Young Highlander

Patriotic Postcard - WWI - Young boy in the uniform of a Scots Highlander soldier posing on this Christmas Greetings Postcard. "I'm Scotch ye ken and I'll let em know it!" Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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WW1 - 96th Batt. Canadian Highlanders - Terrified Germans

WW1 - Humorous patriotic postcard in support of the 96th Battalion (Canadian Highlanders), an infantry battalion of the Great War Canadian Expeditionary Force. Here, a fearsome soldier of the 96th Canadian Highlanders stands menacingly over the kneeling miserable and subservient figure of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who is being told "Cheer up Willie - you'll soon be dead"! Authorised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 28th November 1915 and embarking for Britain on 27th September 1916, its personnel on arrival were absorbed by the 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), CEF to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion officially disbanded on 8th October 1916. Date: 1916

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection