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 Dubois Phillips & McCallum Limited (now DPM (UK) Limited) with the intention of trying to acquire DPM. The discussions were turned around, and Charente eventually purchased John Lilley and Gillie Limited in June 1999. In June 1999, Graham Knight was appointed the Managing Director, after eleven years in the position of Sales and Marketing Manager. On appointment as M.D. he immediately instigated a programme for re-engineering the existing products. The Charente Group, which included Harrison Line, went through some changes in December 2001, which meant that Lilley and Gillie became the major company within the Group. The company continues to