Framed Kilt Apron - Private Robertson, Seaforth 72nd Battalion, B Company, 8 Platoon, Bramshott Camp, 1916, NPF# 000137, 31" x 32" Possible "Private J. Robertsons": 129737 Robertson, Pte. J. .... F. 6-10-16, Attd. C. F. C. [Canadian Forestry Corps.] 3-2·17 129181 Robertson, Pte. J .. _ .........F. 13-8-16, S. 9·9·17. 472710 Robertson, Pte. J ..._ . . .F. 13-8·16, W. 1·3·17, R. 30·4·17, W. 27·5~17 Kilt Aprons (covers) were worn by Highland regiments on active service. Not only did the apron protect the kilt but it also made the kilt less conspicous in the field. It is a brown canvas apron with tape tie in a seam at the top, a single button flap pocket in the centre (actng as a sporran). Regimental History, Pages 17 - 18 "[During the evening of 5 May 1916] ... The Battalion now found itself in a well-appointed camp which combined huts, to accommodate about 30 men, with tbe usual military tents. Morning breaking revealed Bramshott as a camp of about 11/2 miles long by 1/2 mile broad, on high ground, between Liphook and Hindhead on the Portsmouth road, its soil very sandy, and the surrounding country wild moorland and gorse. There were comfortable headquarters, and good bathing and fumigating arrangements.The Battalion now settled down to three months and one week of steady training, including very thorough instruction in musketry by its own officers and NCOs." The 72nd Battalion left Bramshott for the Front on 12 August, 1916.