Figure 1.--The Scouts in this patrol during the 1990s wore both kilts and long trousers. None wore headgear. Note one boy with kneesocks that have colored tops mathing his kneckerchief.

All Scouts in the United Kingdom wore the samne uniform. Scottish Scouts have worn the same Scout shirts as British Scouts. The style and color has changed over time. The Scottish Scouts here in the 1990 wear green shirts which were als worn in the 1980s. This is the British Scout uniform. I'm not sure about the official headwear. Scottish Scouts were apparently allowed to wear the Glengarry. I'm not sure about the Balmoral tam. The kilt is generally asociated with Scottish Scouts. We note many images of Scottish Scouts with boys wearing both short pants and kilts. We note Scouts wearing kilts from very early period in Scottish Scouting. The kilt is worn by many Scottish Scouts, especially for dress occassions. Scottish Scouts also wear them to international events like Jamborees. When roughing it, the kilt is usually put away and more conventional uniforms worn. Scottish Cubs wear the same uniform as English Scouts, although a badge identifies them as Scottish. Scottish Cubs have also worn kilts, but not as commonly as the older Scouts. We have also noticed differences in Scttish Scout socks over time.

Headwear

I'm not sure about the official headwear. We note early Scottish Scouts wearing the same wide-brimmed hats s English couts. We also notice them wearing berets after World war II. Scottish Scouts were apparently allowed to wear the Glengarry. I was not sure about the Balmoral tam, but a reader report that his troop in the 1960s wore berets looking rather like balmorals. Thge berets worn by Englidh Scouts did not have the poms that these Scottish Scouts were wearing. Headwear regulations were changed in the 1990s.

Keckerchiefs

Shirts

All Scouts in the United Kingdom wore the samne uniform. Where Scottish Scouts had some destinctive uniform features and options, the uniform was basically the same as that worn by English Scouts. The Scout sure worn by Scottish Scouts has always been the same as that worn by the English scouts. The style and color of the shirt has changed over time. The uniform shirt in the 1950s and 60s was a khaki shirt worn with matching khaki short trousers or a kilt. The Scottish Scouts here in the 1990s wear green shirts which was adopted in 1967 and was still being worn in the 1990s (figure 1).

Trousers

Scottish Scouts wore the same short trouser uniform worn by English scouts. The uniform was changed in 1967 to a new uniform with long trousers. The same uniform was worn by all Britih Scouts, except Scottish Scouts can wear kilts as an option.

Kilts

The kilt is generally asociated with Scottish Scouts. We note many images of Scottish Scouts with boys wearing both short pants and kilts. We note Scouts wearing kilts from very early period in Scottish Scouting. The kilt is worn by many Scottish Scouts, especially for dress occassions. Scottish Scouts also wear them to international events like Jamborees. A Scottish reader reports that his troop in the 1960s wore kilts for a camping trip in Austria. When roughing it, the kilt is usually put away and more conventional uniforms worn. Scottish Cubs wear the same uniform as English Scouts, although a badge identifies them as Scottish. Scottish Cubs have also worn kilts, but not as commonly as the older Scouts.

Hosiery

We have also noticed differences in Scttish Scout socks over time. We have noted Scouts wearing greenish kneesock with their kilts. Scottish Scouts have also worn kneesocks with red and yellow tops matching thir kneckerchiefs such as some of the Scouts seen here (figure 1). This was never the case with English Scouts. I have seen amusing caracitures of Scottish Scouts by non-Scots with stereotypical views of Scottish scouts. We would never wear tartan socks or kerchiefs as tartan is a family (clan) thing and so would all have to be different (except boys from the same clan. Socks and kerchiefs are in the troop colours - one or two colours, the same for all boys - and never tartan which is for the kilt, if worn."

Shoes