Ghillie suit when viewed using these methods. The ghillie suit was developed by Scottish gamekeepers as a portable hunting blind. Lovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland regiment formed by the British Army during the Second Boer War, is the first known military unit to use ghillie suits. In 1916, Lovat Scouts went on to become the British Army's first sniper unit. The term "ghillie" is derived from "gille" (), the Scottish Gaelic for "servant" or a "lad". In English, this term was especially used to refer to those assisting in deer hunting, deer stalking or fly fishing expeditions in the Scottish Highlands. The
John Lilley and Gillie Ltd ports, survey and salvage companies, superyachts and leisure yachtsmen. In May 2009 John Lilley & Gillie Ltd established an office in Singapore and subsequently formed John Lilley & Gillie (Singapore)Pte Ltd. Mr Daniel Lim is the Asia Regional Sales Manager and also a Director. This move has proved highly successful and enables the company to provide account management and face to face contact with the extremely important client base in the Pacific rim. The current Managing Director of John Lilley and Gillie Ltd, Glenn Heathcote, was appointed in September 2006. Glenn had spent 12 months at North Shields in 2004