the Anderson tartan features a crisscross pattern of horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours
A tartan very similar to this can be seen in a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of Niel Gow (1717-1807) the famous Perthshire fiddler (see http://www
No less than eight Victoria Crosses were received by the regiment - all for service during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Wilsons of Bannockburn were producing it before 1820 - but only under the name of 'Regent'
Scottish Tartan Society: A sample of this distinctive and ancient tartan exists in the Cockburn Collection in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow dating before 1810 when the collection was made
71 Engineer Regiment (Scotland) Choose:By the metre the Anderson tartan features aMacDonald of Keppoch 71 Engineer Regiment is an Army Reserve regiment of the Royal Engineers, British Army. Its headquarters is at RAF Leuchars, Fife, and has units across Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland. Its regular army paired unit is 39 Engineer Regiment, at Kinloss, Moray. Made to order: 1 2 weeks