Welcome at the Dress gallery of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
At this page you can view the piper uniforms of the famous Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders(Princess Louise's), ranging from 1914-2005. To book the uniform just go to bookonline and fill in the booking form.

Every uniform is coded in red and when filling in the online booking, with this corresponding code it is easier to retrieve in which Dress the Piper is whished to perform. For example: The code for WWI Service dress is AUK 1 or AUK 2.

1. WW 1 Servicedress
2. WW 1 Servicedress with apron

Background: a map of trenches in 1917, somewhere in France

Uniform 1: Servicedress (Cut-a-way jacket) with kilt and Tammy O’ Shanter (the headdress).
If whished, jacket can also be worn with 'Trews' (the tartan trousers!)

Code AUK 1

Uniform 2: Field Service kit with apron (for protection/camouflage).

Code AUK 2

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Carel Retera

WW2 Battledress

On the background of the photo you can see the three gliders which landed there on the evening of D-Day – 1, 5th of june 1944, to conquer the Orne Bridge, nowadays called the Pegasus Bridge, in Bénouville, Normandy
Insignia on sleeves.
1. Depicts the Regiment of A&SH of the 15 th. Scottish division (the red-white chequeres and the Scottish rampart)
2. Pipersbadge

1. 2.
If needed can also play with battledress trousers (same cloth as the jacket) or trews (tartan trousers).

Code: AUK 3

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Carel Retera

WW2 Battledress

On the background of the photo you can see the famous Pegasus Bridge (With bullet holes of the fight on the 5th of june, see the upper right of the bridge) and The Pegasus Café of mme Gondrée, where the Liberation is celebrated every year on the 5th of june on the time of the liberation of the Bridge

Battle Dress jacket with Daydress Sporran and Tammy O' Shanter

Insignia on sleeves.
1. Depicts the Regiment of A&SH of the 15 th. Scottish division (the red-white chequeres and the Scottish rampart)
2. Pipersbadge

1. 2.
If needed can also play with battledress trousers (same cloth as the jacket) or trews (tartan trousers).

Code: AUK 4

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Carel Retera

No 1 Dress

No1 Dress, with spats, glengarry (of course, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is the only regiment which the glengarry is granted, the A&SH are therefore called the Glengarried Men)
Also wearing a piperssporran of the A&SH.

Dress can also be worn with the 'open' piper brogues instead of the 'spats'.

Background if the castle from the movie : 'Highlander'

Code: AUK 5

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No 2 Dress

Exact on these premises the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders were founded, Stirling Castle, Scotland.
In 1881 as an amalgation of the 91 st Argyllshire regiment and the 93 rd Sutherland Highlanders Stirling castle became the depot .

Left: No2 Dress with pipersporran, spats, and Pipe-Major (red) sash.
Code: AUK 6

Right: No 2 Dress with trews.
Code: AUK 7

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Carel Retera

No 2c Dress

Background: Stirling Castle, Scotland.

As AUK 6 but with Daydress sporran and Lovat green full hoses. The worn A&SH Day Sporran is 1949 dated.

Code: AUK 8

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Carel Retera

No 3 White Dress

On the background a canon at the innercourt of Helmond Castle, Helmond, Netherlands.

White outfit of a Pipe-Major as you can notice on the sporran (white with 3 black tassels )

Code: AUK 9

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Desert Work Dress (DPM Desert)

Some where in a desert, which looks like my garden.

Maybe a suitable dress for welcoming 'the boys' back home from one or another ensignment in the wilderness

Code: AUK 10

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Cees Spanjer

Barrack Dress, trews

On the back of the photo you can notice the William Wallace Monument and the famous bridge on which ‘Braveheart’ defeated the English on 11 september 1297.

'Commando' jumper with trews, can also be worn with kilt

Code: AUK 11

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Carel Retera

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