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I'll add stuff here as I run across it:

Hutchison, P. P. (1946). Highland Scrapbook. Vol. 5. Black Watch Museum and-Archives – via Internet Archive. – Collection of newspaper clippings and other ephemera mainly pertaining to the Black Watch. Other volumes might be online; I'm not sure. Yep, here's another one:
Hutchison, P. P. (1932–1939). Highland Scrapbook. Vol. 2. Black Watch Museum and-Archives – via Internet Archive.

— SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 15:13, 21 September 2023 (UTC); rev'd. 15:21, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

3 SCOTS

Wondering what this designation should be explained as in the parentheses, since it currently isn't. I did an unfruitful Google search just now. Is it a codename? Seasider53 (talk) 11:25, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

3 SCOTS is the Royal Regiment of Scotland Battlion short designation, (Long: The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, 3 SCOTS for short.) 78.145.63.92 (talk) 13:53, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The modern era and structure part is wrong. 78.145.63.92 (talk) 13:51, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]