History: The history behind why we the regiment have a tweed goes back to their antecedent regiments. Almost all old Scottish regiments had their own tweed design, this is linked to when officers would have taken part in field sports ie shooting/fishing on an country estate (country estates have their own tweed design as well). The Royal Regiment of Scotland tweed is made up of a series of coloured lines with a muted earthty/heather background. The stripped lines represent the following: €¢ Green for the Lowland Division (established in 1908) €¢ Purple for the Highland Division (established in 1915) €¢ Blue for the Scottish Division (established in 1968) Orientation: When the cloth is being cut to make a jacket or trousers the blue line is to be vertical and to the left of the purple line. On the horizontal, green line at the top with purple below.
