Listing of Hackle Color s Following the amalgamation of the regiments of the Scottish Division to form The Royal Regiment of Scotland on 28 March 2006, the following hackles are being worn by the regiment's constituent battalions: Royal Scots Borderers (1 SCOTS): Black Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 SCOTS): White Black Watch (3 SCOTS): Red The Highlanders (4 SCOTS): Blue Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (5 SCOTS): Green 52nd Lowland Regiment (6 SCOTS): Grey 51st Highland Regiment (7 SCOTS): Purple Royal Regiment of Fusiliers: Red over white Royal Highland Fusiliers (a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland): White Former non-fusilier regiments, now amalgamated, which also wore the hackle were: 40 (Ulster) Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals: Navy blue, sky blue and green. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: (feather bonnet only - Drummers and Drum Major): White Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: (Pipers only) Black Cock Feather Black Watch: Red The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles): Black Gordon Highlanders: Feather bonnet only - Drummers and Drum Major: White, Bandsmen: Red and White Gordon Highlanders: (Pipers only) Black Cock Feather Highland Light Infantry: White over red The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons): Royal blue The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons): (feather bonnet only - Drummers and Drum Major) White The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons): (Pipers only) Eagle feather Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: Royal blue Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: (feather bonnet only - Drummers and Drum Major) White Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: (Pipers only) Eagle feather Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons): Royal blue
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons): (feather bonnet only - Drummers and Drum Major) White Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons): (Pipers only) Eagle feather Queen's Royal Irish Hussars (pipers on caubeen only): White over red Royal Irish Rangers: Green Royal Corps of Transport (pipers on feather bonnet only): Red over white over blue Royal Ulster Rifles: Black Seaforth Highlanders (feather bonnet only - Drummers and Drum Major): White Seaforth Highlanders (Pipers only) Black Cock Feather No. 9 Commando and No. 11 (Scottish) Commando: Black Historic fusilier regiments There were several other fusilier regiments which have been amalgamated and no longer exist. The hackle colors worn were as follows: Lancashire Fusiliers: Primrose yellow Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment): White Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: Grey Royal Irish Fusiliers: Green Royal Northumberland Fusiliers: Red over white Royal Scots Fusiliers: White Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers: Blue over Gold Royal Welch Fusiliers: White Non-Fusilier Regiments Soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment Non-fusilier regiments which wear the hackle are: Irish Guards (pipers on caubeen only): St Patrick's blue Liverpool Scottish (now a platoon of A (King's) Company, King's and Cheshire Regiment): Royal blue Liverpool Irish (now A Troop of 208 Battery, 103rd Regiment Royal Artillery): Blue over red London Irish Rifles (now D (London Irish Rifles) Company, London Regiment): Green [Pipers wear St Patrick's blue] Royal Irish Regiment (as the direct descendent of two regiments of fusiliers): Green
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (on pipers' feather bonnet in Full Dress, pipers' / drummers' glengarry /atholl bonnet in No.1 and No.2 dress): White Royal Welsh (Other Ranks only): White Scots Guards (pipers on feather bonnet only): Blue over red The Queen's University Officers' Training Corps: St Patrick's Blue (A Coy Caubeen Only) Royal Air Force (pipe band only): Blue Other armies Dutch Army Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard: Black Korps Commandotroepen: Black Regiment Limburgse Jagers: Red Regiment Infanterie Oranje Gelderland: Red Korps Luchtdoelartillerie Black over red Canadian Army The Princess Louise Fusiliers: French grey The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada: White Royal 22e Régiment: Red (not otherwise considered a fusilier regiment, they wear fusilier full dress because of their alliance with the Royal Welch Fusiliers) Scottish-influenced non-fusilier regiments which wear the hackle include: 48th Highlanders of Canada (feather bonnet only): White The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) (drummers on feather bonnet only): White The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada: Red The Calgary Highlanders (drummers on feather bonnet only): White [3] The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own): Royal blue The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) (drummers on feather bonnet only): White The Essex and Kent Scottish (feather bonnet only): White The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment): Primrose yellow
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada: Royal blue (except pipers in full dress, who wear an eagle feather instead). The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada (drummers on feather bonnet only): White Irish-influenced non-fusilier regiments which wear the hackle (on the caubeen): 2nd Battalion, Irish Regiment of Canada: Green (light blue for senior NCOs and officers) Indian Army In the Indian Army, a few selected infantry regiments wear the hackle: Brigade of the Guards: Red over yellow The Grenadiers: White Kumaon Regiment: Green Mahar Regiment: Dull cherry Maratha Light Infantry: Red over green Naga Regiment: Orange Rajput Regiment: Maroon over red National Cadet Corps: Red New Zealand Army Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment: Green Malaysian Army Royal Military College: Red (to be worn on Annual Passing Out parade only) Royal Ranger Regiment: Black Pakistan Army The Punjab Regiment: Green The Sindh Regiment: Red Northern Light Infantry: White with ceremonial headgear only Cadets at Pakistan Military Academy: Red over Green 9th Battalion, Azad Kashmir Regiment: Red (commemorates the action in the Leepa Valley, Kashmir in 1972) South African Army Scottish- and Irish-influenced regiments which wear the hackle include: South African Irish Regiment: Green Transvaal Scottish Regiment: Red
Witwatersrand Rifles: Black United States Army United States Military Academy: Cadet Officers wear black hackles in their Shako for parades.