Cap Badge - 5th (Sutherland & Caithness) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders The 5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, which originated in 1859 as the Sutherland Rifle Volunteers, retained the Sutherland tartan throughout its history until disbanded after World War II. The Sutherland tartan is identical to the Government or Black Watch tartan, but the kilt is pleated to show the green, instead of the blue as in the Black Watch kilt. The 5th Seaforths (formerly Sutherland Highland Rifle Volunteers) by the Duke of Sutherland. . It wore the uniform of the Argylls, being based on the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. OR's wore the Argyll glengarry with the badge of the Sutherland clan wildcat and motto 'Sans Peur' rom the French "Without Fear". Officers wore a plain glengarry with feathers behind their badge. When the Territorial Force was formed, the battalion had to change its name to the 5th (Sutherland and Caithness) Seaforth Highlanders. However as a concession to volunteer and county traditions, it was still allowed to wear the Sutherland Badge and Tartan. It is thus unique in being differently dressed from all other Seaforth Battalions. The officers of the 5th Bn had slightly different badges to the other ranks. Their badgea had small metal eagle's feathers. Lieutenants had one feather, captains two feathers, majors three feathers and colonels had four feathers. Because the cap badge used the clan crest of the Sutherland family the Volunteer unit used the accepted Victorian practice of adding eagle feathers to a clan crest badge. The 1/5th (Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders were a territorial unit based at Golspie with the Seaforth & Cameron Brigade, Highland Division. When war broke out in August 1914, they had just departed for annual camp and were at once recalled to home base, they mobilised for full time war service on the 5th of August 1914 and the Division concentrated at Bedford. They proceeded to France on the 2nd of May 1915. The Division concentrated in the area of Lillers, Busnes and Robecq and were rushed to the defence of Ypres, being in action until the 19th of May when they moved to Estaires on the River Lys. The brigade was renamed 152nd Brigade, 51st (Highland) Division. They were in action in the The Battle of Festubert and The Second Action of Givenchy before moving south to The Somme taking over the line near Hamel. In 1916 they were in action in the Battles of the Somme, including the attacks on High Wood and The Battle of the Ancre, capturing Beaumont Hamel, taking more than 2000 prisoners. In 1917 They took part in the Arras Offensive, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Menin Road Ridge and the Cambrai Operations. They remained in the Cambrai area until the 21 March 1918, when the enemy launched an overwhelming attack and the Division were engaged in a fighting withdrawal back to Bapaume. In April they moved north and fought in The Battles of the Lys before a quiet spell at Oppy near Arras, from May to July. They were then in action at The Battle of the Tardenois, The Battle of the Scarpe, The pursuit to the Selle and the Final Advance in Picardy. They were resting the Cambrai-Iwuy area at the Armistice and demobilisation began December.