Black Watch Pipers Scotland Forever 1 & 2 RTR amalgamated

1 & 2 RTR amalgamated to become the Royal Tank Regiment

claimed a lineage from Scots in French service dating back to the 13th century

a very active Regimental Association and a Ladies Committee up to the point of the renaming process

The earliest reference to a related MacQuarrie sett appears in the Cockburn Collection (c

There was thought of calling it the 'Ayr Tartan' but that was discarded in favour of the present name which more aptly celebrated the bicentenary of the poet's birth

Black Watch Pipers Scotland Forever 1 & 2 RTR amalgamatedRoyal Stewart As members of a royal regiment, the pipers wear the Royal Stewart tartan, which is the tartan of the current monarch. The regimental drummers wear the Government tartan, which came to be known as the Black Watch tartan due to its dark hue.