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 achieved in November 1993. In October 1993 Kopcke International Supply Systems decided to sell both Sestrel Observator and Brown & Perring Limited to their major competitor, Kelvin Hughes Limited. At Lilley and Gillie there was a management buy-out, with the Managing Director, Mr. Chris Turnbull, acquiring the majority of the shares, supported by Iver C. Weilbach and Company of Copenhagen, who had been friends of the company for many decades. During the next six years the company thrived, as a large proportion of the profits were reinvested. In 1997 Chris Turnbull visited the Charente Group in Liverpool, the shareholders of