MACKAY (ANCIENT) [non-wool] Murray of Atholl becoming the Bombay Battalion in

becoming the Bombay Battalion in 1917

3rd Gurkha Rifles and the remaining Battalion was re-designated as 39th (Garhwáli) Regiment of the Bengal Infantry

It is said that the royal patronage went to John's head - to the disdain of his neighbours

a lover of heritage textiles

Of 37 officers

MACKAY (ANCIENT) [non-wool] Murray of Atholl becoming the Bombay Battalion inThe pattern shows a marked similarity to the Gunn tartan in all but colour, suggesting a territorial origin for both. Recently historians of Scottish dress have tended to stress the geographical sources, rather than the clan associations of the earliest Highland tartans. A sample was signed and sealed by the Chief for Highland Society of London in 1816. The sett is known as the 'Green' Mackay.