Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Choose:By the metre Joining the Highlanders is by

Joining the Highlanders is by invitation-only from the Duke

decided to dress all his family in it to make them easily identifiable from the rest of the clan who wore the Ancient version

This started life allegedly as a 'Royal' tartan - that of the Royal House of Stuart - and theoretically the personal tartan of the reigning monarch

Gow is the Gaelic form of Smith meaning metal worker or armourer

As worn by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders it is kilted to show the green

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Choose:By the metre Joining the Highlanders is byCameron of Erracht (Pipers wear Royal Stuart) The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 at Fort William from among the members of the Clan Cameron by Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht. It amalgamated with the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) to form the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1961.