Keywords: Captain Gilbert004.jpg en Image of W S Gilbert as Captain in the Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders from between 1875 when the kilt was added to the uniform and 1878 when Gilbert resigned For dating see Ainger Michael Gilbert and Sullivan A Dual Biography Page 112 The highlight of 1875 for the Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders was a change in Regimental dress from that year Gilbert donned the kilt as part of his uniform Page 154 gives his resignation date as 24 April 1878 cite book Burgess A J 1997 The Notary and other Lawyers in Gilbert Sullivan Hadleigh Suffolk Jardine Press Author between 1875 1878 PD-Old PD-US W S Gilbert Highlander image |