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What do you know about trews?
What are they, what's their history, their suitability today, etc?
Trews
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carl browne
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I am unable to give any more information than is presented in the Wikipedia article on trews. However I do have an interesting picture of officers of the Highland Light Infantry in full dress wearing trews, the only Highland regiment to have done so.
The visible officer at the rear is David Niven.
Being Scottish, Niven requested assignment to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders or the Black Watch; then jokingly wrote on the form, as his third choice, "anything but the Highland Light Infantry" (because the HLI wore tartan trews rather than kilts). He was assigned to the HLI, and his comment was known in the regiment. Thus Niven did not enjoy his time in the Army.
The visible officer at the rear is David Niven.
Being Scottish, Niven requested assignment to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders or the Black Watch; then jokingly wrote on the form, as his third choice, "anything but the Highland Light Infantry" (because the HLI wore tartan trews rather than kilts). He was assigned to the HLI, and his comment was known in the regiment. Thus Niven did not enjoy his time in the Army.
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