Plaid for wear with Scarlets belonging to Lt Col Leslie. Lt Col Thomas Soga Leslie, ED was veteran of the Great War and the SH of C. He was the Commanding Officer from 1 October, 1938 to 1 September, 1939. He was 56 years old and deemed too old to command a battalion n wartime. Thus command of the overseas battalion was to fall to Lt-Col. J. B. Stevenson, ED.