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
Annis Gillie Japp) Gillie. She studied at Wycombe Abbey School, University College London and University College Hospital, graduating in 1925. In 1927 she became member of the Royal College of Physicians. She started working as assistant to a medical partnership of three women, and after they retired continued receiving patients at her home in Connaught Square in London. During World War II she moved with her two children to a country cottage at Pangbourne, continuing her medical work until retirement in 1963. Gillie was noted for helping recover British general practice after World War II. She was a member of the General