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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Pipes of War - A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas - Regiments during the War 1914-18 - -Author: Sir Bruce Seton - John Grant - -Release Date: January 23, 2016 [EBook #51016] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PIPES OF WAR *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - A superscript is denoted by ^{x}. - - In the pipe music notation an accent over a group of letters xyz is - denoted by [(xyz]; for example end[(are], and hodr[(od]in. - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - More detail can be found at the end of the book. - - - - -THE PIPES OF WAR - - - - - GLASGOW - PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY - ROBERT MACLEHOSE & COMPANY LTD. FOR - MACLEHOSE, JACKSON AND CO., PUBLISHERS - TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW - - MACMILLAN AND CO. LTD. LONDON - THE MACMILLAN CO. NEW YORK - MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA TORONTO - SIMPKIN, HAMILTON AND CO. LONDON - BOWES AND BOWES CAMBRIDGE - DOUGLAS AND FOULIS EDINBURGH - - MCMXX - -[Illustration: PIPER JAMES RICHARDSON, V.C., 16TH CANADIAN SCOTTISH - -AT REGINA TRENCH, VIMY RIDGE - -_From the Painting by J. Prinsep Beadle_] - - - - - THE PIPES OF WAR - - _A Record of the Achievements of Pipers - of Scottish and Overseas Regiments - during the War 1914-18_ - - BY - BREVET-COL. SIR BRUCE SETON, Bart., of Abercorn, C.B. - AND - PIPE-MAJOR JOHN GRANT - - WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY - NEIL MUNRO, BOYD CABLE, PHILIP GIBBS, AND OTHERS - - [Illustration] - - GLASGOW - MACLEHOSE, JACKSON & CO. - PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY - 1920 - - - - -Wherever Scottish troops have fought the sound of the pipes has been -heard, speaking to us of our beloved native land, bringing back to -our memories the proud traditions of our race, and stimulating our -spirits to fresh efforts in the cause of freedom. The cry of "The -Lament" over our fallen heroes has reminded us of the undying spirit -of the Scottish race, and of the sacredness of our cause. - -The Pipers of Scotland may well be proud of the part they have played -in this war. In the heat of battle, by the lonely grave, and during -the long hours of waiting, they have called to us to show ourselves -worthy of the land to which we belong. Many have fallen in the fight -for liberty, but their memories remain. Their fame will inspire -others to learn the pipes, and keep alive their music in the Land of -the Gael. - -[Illustration: D. Haig F.M. - -6 Dec^{r} 1918] - - - - -PREFACE - - -This record of the achievements of pipers during the war of 1914-18 -is not intended to be an appeal to emotionalism. It aims at showing -that, in spite of the efforts of a very efficient enemy to prevent -individual gallantry, in spite of the physical conditions of the -modern battlefield, the pipes of war, the oldest instrument in the -world, have played an even greater part in the orchestra of battle in -this than they have in past campaigns. - -The piper, be he Highlander, or Lowlander, or Scot from Overseas, -has accomplished the impossible--not rarely and under favourable -conditions, but almost as a matter of routine; and to him not -Scotland only but the British Empire owes more than they have yet -appreciated. - -In doing so he has sacrificed himself; and Scotland--and the -world--must face the fact that a large proportion of the men who -played the instrument and kept alive the old traditions have -completed their self-imposed task. With 500 pipers killed and 600 -wounded something must be done to raise a new generation of players; -it is a matter of national importance that this should be taken in -hand at once, and that the sons of those who have gone should follow -in the footsteps of their fathers. - -This is the best tribute that can be offered to them. - -The Piobaireachd Society intend to institute a Memorial School of -piping for this purpose, and all profits from the sale of this book -will be handed over to their fund. - -The compilation of the statistical portions of the work has involved -correspondence with commanding officers, pipe presidents and pipe -majors of many units in the Imperial armies; to them, for their -enthusiastic assistance in obtaining information, is due the credit -for the mass of detail that has been made available. - -To the other contributors--authors, artists and poets--is due in -large measure such success as may follow the publication of this -work. They have helped a cause worthy of their efforts. - -It is earnestly to be hoped that Scotland will rise to the occasion. -To the compilers it has been a privilege to record the achievements -of men--many of them personal friends--who contributed so largely to -the success of their gallant regiments. - - B. S. - J. G. - - - - -CONTENTS - - - PAGE - - FOREWORD BY FIELD-MARSHAL EARL HAIG OF BEMERSYDE, K.T. v - - PREFACE vii - - - THE PIPES OF WAR. By BREVET COL. SIR BRUCE SETON, Bart., - of Abercorn, C.B. - - INTRODUCTION 3 - - A HISTORY OF THE PIPES 9 - - THE PIPES IN THE WAR, 1914-1918 - The Western Front 18 - Gallipoli 31 - Salonika 33 - Mesopotamia 33 - The Last Stage 34 - Pipers in the Ranks 35 - Pipers on the March 37 - Pipe Tunes 42 - Individual Achievements 46 - Foreigners and the Pipes 63 - The Pipes in Captivity 64 - - MILITARY PIPE BANDS AND REFORM 66 - - REGIMENTAL RECORDS - The Scots Guards 71 - The Royal Scots 73 - The Royal Scots Fusiliers 82 - The King's Own Scottish Borderers 86 - The Cameronians (The Scottish Rifles) 91 - The Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch) 96 - The Highland Light Infantry 105 - The Seaforth Highlanders 114 - The Gordon Highlanders 124 - The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 130 - The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 135 - The London Scottish 143 - The Tyneside Scottish 145 - The Middlesex Regiment 146 - The Liverpool Scottish 147 - The Royal Fusiliers 147 - The Argyllshire Mountain Battery 148 - The Ross and Cromarty Battery 148 - Miscellaneous 148 - The Pipe Band of the 52nd (Lowland) Division 149 - Prisoners of War Band 150 - Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 150 - The Royal Highlanders of Canada 151 - The 48th Highlanders of Canada 152 - The Canadian Scottish 153 - The Cameron Highlanders of Canada 154 - The 21st Canadians 155 - The 25th Canadians 155 - The 29th Canadians 156 - The 236th Canadians 157 - The Canadian Pioneers 158 - The 2nd Auckland Regiment 158 - The 42nd Australians 159 - The South African Scottish 159 - - ROLL OF HONOUR, 1914-1918 161 - - CANNTAIREACHD. By MAJOR J. P. GRANT, M.C., Yr. of - Rothiemurchus 179 - - THE IRISH PIPES: THEIR HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERGENCE - FROM THE SIMPLE HIGHLAND TYPE. By W. H. GRATTAN - FLOOD, Mus.D., K.S.G. 191 - - THE TUITION OF YOUNG REGIMENTAL PIPERS. By JOHN GRANT, - Pipe Major 195 - - THE SPIRIT OF THE MACCRIMMONS. By FRED. T. MACLEOD, - F.S.A.(Scot.) 201 - - A GOSSIP ABOUT THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS. By J. M. BULLOCH 219 - - TO THE LION RAMPANT. By ALICE C. MACDONELL OF KEPPOCH 228 - - THE MUSIC OF BATTLE. By PHILIP GIBBS 232 - - THE PIPES IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE WAR. By ARTHUR - FETTERLESS 239 - - THE OLDEST AIR IN THE WORLD. By NEIL MUNRO 246 - - THE PIPES: ONSET. By JOSEPH LEE, Lieut. 255 - - FLESH TO THE EAGLES. By BOYD CABLE 258 - - THE BLACK CHANTER. By CHARLES LAING WARR 267 - - THE PIPES. By EDMUND CANDLER 286 - - - - -ILLUSTRATIONS - - - PIPER JAMES RICHARDSON, V.C., 16TH CANADIAN SCOTTISH, - AT REGINA TRENCH, VIMY RIDGE _Frontispiece_ - - From the Painting by J. PRINSEP BEADLE. - - - PIPER DANIEL LAIDLAW, V.C., 7TH KING'S OWN SCOTTISH - BORDERERS, AT LOOS _Page_ 24 - - From the Drawing by LOUIS WEIRTER, R.B.A. - - - "THE COMRADES WE LEFT IN GALLIPOLI" " 32 - - From the Pipe Tune composed by COLONEL H. A. C. MACLEAN - of Pennycross, C.M.G. Set by MRS. A. C. MACDIARMID. - - - PIPER KENNETH MACKAY, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS, AT - QUATRE-BRAS " 64 - - From the Painting by LOCKHART BOGLE, by kind permission - of the Officers of the 1st Cameron Highlanders. - - - PIPE-MAJOR HOWARTH, D.C.M., 6TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS, - AT NEUVE CHAPELLE " 120 - - From the Painting by J. PRINSEP BEADLE. - - - BEN BUIDHE, ARGYLLSHIRE " 136 - - From the Water-colour Drawing by GEORGE HOUSTON, A.R.S.A. - - - BORDER OF CELTIC DESIGN BY ALEXANDER RITCHIE, IONA " 161 - - - THE PIBROCH " 208 - - From the Painting by LOCKHART BOGLE. - - - DUNIQUAICH, LOCH FYNE " 248 - - From the Water-colour Drawing by GEORGE HOUSTON, A.R.S.A. - - - - -THE PIPES OF WAR - -BY - -BREVET-COL. SIR BRUCE SETON, BART. OF ABERCORN, C.B. - - - - -INTRODUCTION - -The history of the bagpipes as a military institution is a long and -honourable one, inseparable from that of Scottish troops, Highland -and Lowland, wherever they have fought, for centuries past. The -strains of _piob mhor_ have been heard all over those bloody European -battlefields on which Scottish soldiers of fortune died--too often -for lost causes--from the time when Buchan's force joined the -Lilies of France in 1422, throughout the Hundred Years' War, in the -Low Countries, in Germany, in Austria; and they have handed on a -tradition which has been lived up to in the later days of the regular -Scottish units of the British Army. - -But memories are short; and, in the army as elsewhere, the passion -for reform before the greatest war of all was threatening many -old-established institutions whose utility was not immediately -apparent. - -And so it came about that to many observers, indeed to a considerable -section of military opinion, it appeared likely that along with the -kilt, the use of tartan, bonnet, doublet and other special features -of the dress of Scottish regiments, the bagpipe must be regarded as -a picturesque anachronism destined to disappear as the conditions -of war changed and as the yearning of high military authorities for -a deadly khaki uniformity of clothing and equipment became more -insistent. - -"Why," it has often been said, "should Scottish units find it -necessary, either in peace or on active service to retain an obsolete -musical instrument of their own? In days past, before the rifle had -revolutionised tactics, when shooting was erratic at 100 yards' -range, there might have been something to say for an instrument -which experience showed to be capable of stimulating men at the -psychological moment when effort was failing; but is it reasonable -to expect that the educated twentieth century soldier will prove to -be responsive to any such stimulus--even if it were possible, under -modern conditions of rifle and shell fire, to provide it?" - -The reply to such a line of argument is clear enough; and its truth -has been demonstrated in every action in which Scottish troops have -taken part during the war. - -The strength of an army depends, to an incalculable degree, on -the strength not only of individual regimental _esprit de corps_, -but of the national sentiment of its units. The retention of -time-honoured territorial titles in the New Armies, instead of a -soulless numbering of units, was itself due to a recognition by the -authorities of the principle that the individual soldier is a better -fighting man when he feels that he has to live up to an ancient and -brilliant regimental record. The Rifleman, even in peace, would never -voluntarily be transferred to a "red" regiment, nor does a 10th -Hussar yearn for the cuirass of the Life Guardsman. When a man joins -a regiment, voluntarily or compulsorily, he adopts for the whole -period of his military service the customs, the prejudices, and the -traditions of his unit, and is himself moulded by them in a manner -which is as inexplicable as it is marked. - -And if regimental _esprit de corps_ and tradition are strong, -national and territorial sentiment are stronger. In the old army, -as a result of the system of recruitment, this factor was of less -importance than in the, comparatively speaking, unmixed units of the -new army of to-day. All our military history shows that the appeal to -such national sentiment is as certain in its effects as the appeal -to regimental tradition; and this war has enormously accentuated its -importance. - -All observers agree--and military despatches confirm the view--that -the rivalry of national sentiment has proved invaluable; units, -whether battalions or divisions, have literally competed for -distinction for their own nationality, and have succeeded in -associating particular exploits with themselves for ever. It may -truly be said that behind the achievements of the 9th, 15th, 51st and -52nd and Canadian Divisions the motive impulse was national rather -than merely regimental. - -In the keeping alive of this national sentiment in Scottish units, -their distinctive dress and, still more, the retention of the -national instrument, have played an important part; and this applies -with equal force to units composed of Scotsmen who have left their -native land permanently or temporarily. - -Throughout the war these units have more than maintained the great -traditions of their past history, carrying on the records of Scottish -gallantry which have been excelled by no troops in the world and -equalled by few. - -And so with the pipers. - -How important a contributory cause they have been to the success of -their battalions is recognized by all alike, men and officers--and -not least by the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief. In spite of -modern conditions they have, in cases too numerous to record, played -the part which was normally theirs in the olden days of set battles. - -To many of the men in the ranks the music of the pipes in peace -time may have had no special association other than with dances and -gatherings; but whenever the piper assumed his historic _rôle_--so -long dormant--of fighting man, the inherited peculiarities of the -Scottish soldier were aroused and the music made an overpowering -appeal to his national sentiment. - -Inherited sympathy of this kind is no doubt inexplicable--but it -exists. It certainly cannot be ascribed to the Celtic strain in -individuals, for we know that the bagpipe was in general use for -centuries all over the Lowlands--perhaps even before it displaced the -bard and the harper and became the war instrument of the Highlands. -We cannot analyse what Neil Munro describes as "the tune with the -river in it, the fast river and the courageous, that kens not stop -nor tarry, that runs round rock and over fall with a good humour, -yet no mood for anything but the way before it"; we only know that -it works on some individuals and some races as no other instrument -does, and we need not try to satisfy ourselves whether this is due to -the flat seventh in the scale, or the ever-sounding drones, or the -inherited memory it arouses. - -The idea that the piper would be too conspicuous an object to be -employed in his proper capacity has proved to be partly true, as -indicated by the casualties among them when playing; but the same -argument might be applied to any other soldier in the ranks. Shells -show no discrimination in their objective. - -To a certain extent this objection is a sound one; but it is all a -matter of relative values. Many commanding officers have expressed -the opinion that at times when, on account of the all-pervading noise -of the battlefield, not a note of his music could be heard by the -men nearest to him, it was the actual presence of the piper that -supplied the stimulus to the men; in fact, it was the piper, not his -instrument, that was followed. - -For obvious reasons pipers are harder to replace than the ordinary -soldier, and, in trench warfare especially, most regiments have tried -to keep them in relative security; but in the records of units which -follow it will be seen that, when the trouble comes, the piper has -always been to the fore, and "the tune with the tartan of the clan in -it" has been heard again as it has for centuries past. - -From the military point of view the bagpipe has the merit of -accentuating national sentiment at just those moments when the -stimulus is most necessary, of rousing the "_mir cath_," the frenzy -of battle, and of rallying men when the ideal is liable to be lost -sight of in the presence of the nerve shattering realities of action. - -In all these ways the company pipers have justified their existence. -In the discharge of a duty which may be regarded as sentimental in -the highest sense of the term, they have, literally by hundreds, made -the supreme sacrifice; wherever Scottish units have fought these men -have exposed themselves, unhesitatingly, recklessly, playing their -companies to the attack in conditions which, as regards intensity -of personal risk, have never previously been experienced. Many -battalions have lost all their pipers more than once, but, as long as -reinforcements were available, there has never been any difficulty -in getting fresh men out of the ranks or from home to take their -place; and the new men have followed the old, just as heedless, as -they played their comrades forward, knowing quite well that for many -of them the urlar of "_Baile Inneraora_" or "_The March of the -Cameron men_" might suddenly change to the taorluath of "_Cha till mi -tuille_." - -The Germans at least, though they may not recognise the tune when -they hear it in the streets of Cologne, appreciated the grim -significance of _piob mhor_ when "_I hear the pibroch sounding, -sounding_" followed the lifting of the barrage. - -The war also has afforded many instances of another function of the -pipes in action. Charging the enemy at a foot pace through deep mud -is after all but a "crowded hour of glorious life," which may or may -not be completely or even partially successful, and men may have to -be rallied when their nerves have given out under intolerable strain. -Of this there have been several instances. - -It must not, of course, be imagined that regimental pipers, during -this or any other war, have been normally employed in playing their -units to the attack; the whole condition of modern fighting makes -this impossible in the same way and for the same reason that it has -made impossible spectacular charges by battalions in line. - -It would be a more accurate presentment of the case to say that the -military piper, _qua_ piper, normally exercises his functions behind -the front line, in billets and on the line of march; and in this -respect he resembles other army musicians whose duty--according to -old Army Regulations of 300 years ago--is "to excite cheerfulness and -alacrity in the soldier." - -But, recognising all this, the peculiarity of the piper is that, -in open fighting, when his unit has been committed to the attack, -he often assumes the _rôle_ which distinguishes him from all other -musicians, and takes his place at the head of his company. - -Instances of this during the war are innumerable, and those which are -detailed below are but typical of what has occurred in every field of -operations, and in most units which possessed pipers. - -And if it is impossible to say too much of the regimental pipers of -the British Army, it is equally so in the case of those of Overseas -units, notably of the Canadians. From the point of view of the -historian who wishes to demonstrate what pipers have done during this -war, no more remarkable case could be selected than that of the 16th -Canadian Scottish. The pipers of this distinguished battalion won -one V.C., one D.C.M., one Military Medal and Bar, and eight plain -Military Medals--a record which is unique. No man was put up for a -decoration unless he had played his company over the top at least -twice, and no piper was ever ordered to play in action--it was left -to volunteers, who, it was found, had to resort to the drawing of -lots to obtain the coveted privilege of playing. - -The colonel of the regiment--himself a V.C.--commenting on the -casualties says: "I believe the purpose of war is to win victories, -and if one can do this better by encouraging certain sentiments and -traditions why shouldn't it be done? The heroic and dramatic effect -of a piper stoically playing his way across the ghastly modern -battlefield, altogether oblivious to danger, has an extraordinary -effect on the spirit and enterprise of his comrades. His example -inspires all those about him." - -And so it comes to this: the method of employment of the regimental -piper during this war has depended largely on opportunity--and still -more on the individuality of commanding officers. Men vary within -very wide limits in the price they are prepared to pay for attaining -their object; and where one man will deliberately sacrifice a certain -number of men to get a position, another will as deliberately avoid -the sacrifice, even if it costs him his objective. - -As far as pipers are concerned, the decision arrived at by commanding -officers of the two schools is equally indicative of the esteem in -which they hold them. - - - - -A HISTORY OF THE PIPES - - -At what stages of his development primitive man discovered he could -obtain musical sounds by blowing on a hollow reed we cannot now -ascertain; if we could do so we could at once determine when the pipe -came into existence. It is unprofitable to speculate on this point. - -What we do know, however, is that men playing the pipe are portrayed -in sculptures the date of which is fixed by the best authorities as -about 4000 B.C., and we conclude that in Chaldaea, Egypt, Assyria -and Persia at least, the pipe--but not necessarily the bagpipe--had -become a recognised musical instrument. - -Actual specimens of the Egyptian pipe dating back to at least 1500 -B.C. are in existence, and we know that they had a reed giving a -scale almost identical with the chromatic scale; they also had a -drone. Such a pipe had, clearly, advanced some way on the upward -development to "_piob mhor_." - -Every stage in its evolution still persists in some country in the -world, and by comparing these it is possible to trace the actual -process. Thus, besides the single pipe, which is world-wide in -its distribution, we have the Egyptian "arghool," which consists -of a pipe "chanter" and drone lying side by side; and the later -development, the "zummarah," has a bag. In India the twentieth -century snake charmer has an instrument in which chanter and single -drone lie side by side fixed into a small gourd with a lump of wax. -The chanter has a small reed very similar to our own chanter reeds, -and, although the scale differs, the sound produced is remarkably -similar. This instrument is essentially a single drone bagpipe, and -is to be found all over India, in Yunnan and other parts of China. - - _Note._--The author takes this opportunity of acknowledging his - indebtedness for much of the early history of the instrument to - Manson's _The Highland Bagpipe_ and Dr. Grattan Flood's _The - Story of the Bagpipe_, both monuments of research. - -It would have been more than surprising if the pipe, in some form or -other, had not been used in ancient Greece and Rome. There are, in -fact, very many references to it in classical literature, and by 100 -A.D. we know that the "askaulos" had evolved into the bagpipe proper, -and Chrysostomos speaks of a man who could "play the pipe with his -mouth on the bag placed under his armpit." - -Martial, Suetonius, Seneca, and other Latin writers refer to the -"tibia utricularis," and there is practically no doubt that it -was used as a marching instrument in the armies of Julius Caesar. -A bronze showing a Roman soldier in marching order playing the -utriculus has been discovered in England, and the writer Procopius -refers to Roman pipe bands in this country. - -But when we come to the question of the introduction of the bagpipe -into the British Isles, and especially into Scotland, we are at once -on highly controversial ground. - -It is obvious enough that the instrument is not peculiar to the -Celtic races; that it has maintained its hold on them long after -its disappearance in other European nations is equally so. But who -introduced it into these favoured isles, whether the Cruithne or -Prydani or Picts or the later "C" Gaidheal branch of the Celtic -stem--who shall say? - -Some authorities--students of the subject would be a safer term--are -prepared to assert that the bagpipe was introduced first into -England, thence to Lowland Scotland, and only long afterwards into -the Highlands; and one recent writer in the _Celtic Magazine_ says -the evidence of its association with the Scottish Gaels does not go -back beyond the middle of the sixteenth century! - -The matter is one of academic interest, no doubt, but there is no -likelihood of its ever being settled. - -Records did not exist in the ancient Highlands, and we have to turn -to early Irish literature for reference to the bagpipe. In the -Brehon Laws of the fifth century it is spoken of as the "cuisle"; -and, although Tara's halls are usually associated with the harp, -it is recorded that at the assemblies which took place there in -pre-Christian days it was the custom for the pipes to play at the -banquets.[1] - -It is possible the bagpipe was brought over from the north of -Ireland, "Scotia" as it then was, on the invasion of the Highlands by -Cairbre Riada, who founded the kingdom of Dalriada in Argyle in A.D. -120; or in the later great colonisation, about A.D. 506, under Lorne -and Angus, the sons of Ere. - -It certainly does not appear likely that the bagpipe came over from -"Scotia" in the first place, unless we are to accept the view that -the Scottish Celt came over by the same route; unfortunately we have -very little accurate knowledge of the early history of the Highlands, -and there are no local written records extant to prove--as they do in -the case of Ireland--that the instrument existed in those early days. -We do know that the harper and the bard were national institutions -of immense antiquity in the Highlands, and that, as the bagpipe -became an increasingly important feature of everyday life, they were -bitterly opposed to it. - -Even Latin authors, who were familiar with the bagpipe as a marching -instrument in their own army, omit to refer to the existence of _piob -mhor_ in the Highlands. The Greek writer Procopius, in 530 A.D., -dismisses the Highlands with the statement that "in the west the air -is infectious and mortal, the ground covered with serpents, and this -dreary solitude is the region of departed spirits." And so we are -thrown back on tradition. - -In the absence of records of the employment of the bagpipe in war in -the Highlands it is to Ireland, the so-called Lowlands of Scotland -and to England that we have to turn for information; at the same time -we must bear in mind that evolution of the instrument itself had -begun to operate, and the English and Lowland pipes were different -from the variety now known as the "Highland," which has supplanted -all others. - -As regards Ireland it is known that the Irish troops who fought -in Gascony in 1286 had pipers with them, and a drawing of their -instrument appears in a manuscript of 1300 A.D. in the British -Museum. There were also Irish pipers at the battle of Falkirk in -1298, and they are again referred to in contemporary accounts of the -battle of Creçy. - -The military piper therefore goes far back into history. But it was -as a social instrument that one finds most frequent reference to -bagpipes of some pattern or other in the Middle Ages. There was a -pipe band at the English Court in 1327, and an old inventory of 1419 -shows that at the Palace of St. James' were "foure baggpypes with -pypes of ivorie ... the bagge covered with purple vellat." - -But, whereas the English pipes went the same way as the Continental -varieties, it was otherwise in Scotland. Two institutions existed -there which fostered the tradition and saved _piob mhor_ from the -fate of disappearance--the Burgh piper and the Clan piper; and by -1450 A.D. these had certainly become part of the national life. - -In Edinburgh in 1487 A.D. there were three town pipers, who were -paid three pence daily; one of their duties was "to accompany the -toun's drummer throw toun morning and evening." In 1505 A.D. the town -records of Dumbarton, Biggar, Wigton, Dumfries and Linlithgow refer -to burgh pipers. - -In Aberdeen in 1630 A.D. exception appears to have been taken to the -custom of playing through the streets, as it is placed on record -that this was to be stopped "it being an uncivill forme to be usit -uithin sic a famous burghe, and being oftene found fault uith als -weill be sundrie niehbouris as by strangeris." That the citizens of -this "famous burghe" are peculiarly susceptible to the criticisms -of "strangeris" might never have been suspected by superficial -observers, and it is well that there is official testimony to the -fact. - -The effect of their daily music on the inhabitants of Perth was -different,--or perhaps Perth was less amenable to the criticisms of -"strangeris." In any case it is recorded of a burgh piper, who used -to rouse the citizens at 5 a.m., that his music was "inexpressibly -soothing and delightful." - -At Dundee the piper played through the town "every day in the morning -at four hours and every nicht at aucht hours," and was paid twelve -pennies yearly by each householder. - -The pipes, at least in the pre-Reformation days--were sometimes -played in church; in course of time, however, piping on Sunday -scandalised the authorities, religious and civil, and, in the burgh -records, we find repeated instances of pipers being punished for this -misdemeanour. - -The burgh piper was a man of peace; the clan piper was a man of -war. For many centuries he had to compete with the "clarsair," or -harper, and the bard, and aroused feelings of acute hostility from -the latter. In 1411 A.D. one bard, MacMhurich of Clan Ranald, wrote a -poem of a most uncomplimentary nature about the bagpipes. - -The recitation of the bard before battle was probably last heard -at Harlaw in 1411, and the clan bards disappeared finally in 1726; -the last clan harper died in 1739, and the "croistara"--the fiery -cross--was sent round the clans for the last time in the '45. -The last Scottish piper will pass when the Scottish race itself -passes--which will certainly be the last of all. - -The clan pipers were highly esteemed as musicians--from the musical -point of view they, no doubt, left us far behind. The courses of -training, lasting over years, at the old piping schools such as -existed at Boreraig, turned a man into a piper. As Neil Munro has it: -"To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning and seven -generations before; at the end of his seven years one born to it -will stand at the start of knowledge, and, leaning a fond ear to the -drone, he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - -One of the results of the Heritable Jurisdiction Act of 1747, which -so completely altered the conditions of life in the Highlands, was -the disappearance of the office of hereditary clan piper. - -The tunes these men played were the old tunes we know so well; and -so it has happened that in this war we find companies marching into -and through machine-gun and artillery barrage and into broken French -villages and through German trenches while the company piper plays -the same melodies that inspired their forebears to fight their -neighbours lang syne--melodies which have been heard, too, in the -same part of the world in the days when Scottish troops fought for -the Lilies of France against all comers. - -The association of the bagpipe with military operations is probably -very ancient in Scotland. Perhaps the tradition that the Menzies -pipers played at Bannockburn rests on an insecure foundation, but if -the Bruce had no pipers, his son David most certainly had, as witness -the Exchequer Rolls. In 1549 a French writer states that "the wild -Scots encouraged themselves to arms by the sound of their bagpipes"; -and in 1598 Alexander Hume of Logie wrote: - - "Caus michtilie the warlic nottes brake - On Heiland pipes, Scottes and Hyberniche. - -Incidentally, this reference to three different kinds of pipes is -interesting. - -The first authentic reference to pipers in the Forces of the Crown -appears to have been in 1627, when Alex. Macnaughton of Loch -Fyne-side was commissioned by King Charles I. to "levie and transport -twa hundredthe bowmen" for service in the French war. Writing in -January 1628 to the Earl of Morton, Macnaughton says: - -"As for newis from our selfis, our baggpyperis and marlit plaidis -serwitt us in guid wise in the pursuit of ane man of war that hetlie -followed us." - -The records show that this company had a harper, "Harrie M'Gra frae -Larg," and a piper, "Allester Caddell," who, in accordance with the -custom of the time, had his gillie to carry his pipes for him. - -Regimental pipers undoubtedly existed in the numerous bodies of -Scottish troops which served at various times on the Continent. Thus, -in 1586, in the "State of War" of Captain Balfour's company in the -Scots Brigade in Holland, there were two drummers and a piper; and -in "the worthy Scots regiment called Mackeye's" raised by Sir Donald -Mackay in 1626 there was an establishment of thirty-six pipers. - -Pipers are also found on the rolls of the "regiment d'Hebron"--now -the Royal Scots--and to that very distinguished regiment we may -safely accord the further distinction of being the first "Regular" -regiment of the British Army to have pipes. The "North British -Fusiliers," now one of the battalions of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, -also had pipes as far back as 1678, and probably as early as 1642. - -Writing in 1641, Lord Lothian said: - -"I cannot out of our armie furnish you with a sober fiddler.... We -are sadder and graver than ordinarie soldiers, only we are well -provided with pypers. I have one for every company in my regiment, -and I think they are as good as drummers." - -The great Montrose had pipers in his armies, and tradition has it -that, in the action of Philiphaugh in 1645, a piper stood on a small -eminence and played the old Cavalier tune, "Whurry, Whigs, awa' man," -until he was shot by one of Leslie's men, and fell into the "Piper's -Pule" in Ettrick river. - -An exactly similar incident occurred in the case of one of the pipers -of Bonnie Dundee at Bothwell Brig in 1679. - -At the Haughs o' Cromdale in 1690 a wounded piper climbed on to a big -rock and went on playing till he died, thus setting an example which -has been followed by his successors in many actions in this war. The -stone on which this unknown hero stood is known to this day locally -as "Clach a phiobair." - -There are many such in France and elsewhere to-day. - -In Wodrow's letters in 1716 there is a reference to the company -pipers of the "Argyle's Highlanders": "They entered in three -companies, and every company had their distinct pipers, playing three -distinct springs. The first played "The Campbells are coming" ... and -when they entered Dundee the people thought they had been some of -Mar's men, till some of the prisoners in the Tolbooth, understanding -the first spring, swung the words of it out of the windows, which -mortified the Jacobites." - -Again, in 1715, when Argyle's troops marched to Leith, it was stated -by Cockburn (Historical MSS. Commission): "While our generals were -asleep the rebels marched to Seton House, leaving the piper in the -citadel to amuse." - -The piper, by this time, had clearly become a recognised military -institution. - -In the '45 the unfortunate Sir John Cope was undoubtedly aroused -by the music of _piob mhor_ at Prestonpans, though it is doubtful -whether "Hey Johnnie Cope" was composed for the occasion. - -Prince Charlie had thirty-two pipers of his own, besides those -belonging to the clans with him. One of these men, James Reid, was -taken prisoner in the operations of 1746. He pleaded that he had not -carried arms, but the Court decided that "no Highland regiment ever -marched without a piper: therefore his bag pipe, in the eye of the -law, was an instrument of war"--and they dealt with him accordingly. - -This view was confirmed by the Disarming Act of 1747, which nearly -succeeded in attaining its object of abolishing the bagpipe, the -kilt, the tartan and national sentiment generally--only Regular -regiments being exempted from its operation. - -Penal legislation against the bagpipe was no new thing. Cromwell had -tried it in Ireland, and, under William II., 600 Irish pipers and -harpers were persecuted with relentless rigour. And in Ireland it -succeeded. - -Saxon governments have always done the piper the honour of regarding -him as an exponent and supporter of national sentiment. - -Even in Scotland the years between 1747 and 1782, when the iniquitous -Disarming Act was repealed, were very nearly fatal to the continued -existence of the bagpipe as a national institution; and it was the -Regular Army which saved it--though no one could ever accuse the -military authorities of unduly favouring the instrument. Even General -Officers have publicly sneered at them--as when Wolfe at Quebec -contemptuously refused to allow the pipes of the Fraser Highlanders -to play, or when Sir Eyre Coote in 1778 described them as a "useless -relic of the barbarous ages." - -Both generals had to withdraw what they had said. - -The opinion of the Court Martial which tried poor James Reid, that -his bagpipe "was, in the eye of the law, an instrument of war," was -after all as shrewd an expression of the truth as their sentence was -harsh. - -In later times the pipes in the army have received little official -recognition. In 1858, when the King's Own Scottish Borderers applied -for their pipers to be placed on the establishment, the Commander in -Chief grudgingly consented "as the permission for these men is lost -in time," but on condition that they were not to cost the public -anything as regards their clothing. - -Nor has the modern War Office shown more sympathy to an institution -whose value, even on theoretical grounds, should have been -recognised. The ancient and honourable title of Pipe Major has been -abolished and that of "sergeant piper" has been substituted. Pipers -themselves, on mobilisation, are returned to the ranks with the -exception of six men. In Lowland regiments, indeed, the piper, though -tolerated, is not officially recognised at all. - -A bandsman may in due course become a first-class warrant officer--in -one or two units, indeed, he has attained commissioned rank; but the -"sergeant piper" remains a sergeant, and can hope for nothing more. -This, surely, is an injustice which is remediable at small cost to -the nation. - -The apathy of the War Office in regard to the training of pipers -as pipers is another matter which is in urgent need of reform. -Commanding officers and pipe presidents are sometimes pipers -themselves--though not always; it is absurd to leave to them the -responsibility of training men in the art. The time has come for -a thorough reform of the whole system and method of training of -military pipe bands. - - - - -THE PIPES IN THE WAR, 1914-1918 - - -THE WESTERN FRONT - -During the autumn[2] and winter of 1914-15 pipers, for obvious -reasons, had few opportunities of attracting much attention, still -less of performing their highest duty, viz. playing their companies -into action. They were necessarily, on account of the extreme -shortage of men, for the most part employed in the ranks; and in many -of the old Regular battalions pipe bands disappeared altogether. - -For a time it seemed that the critics were right, and that in warfare -in the twentieth century there was no longer a place for a class of -man which was destined to disappear, as the bard and the harper had -done in days lang syne. - -This view was widely held, and in some regiments was never modified. - -But gradually, as attacks became more frequent and movements set -in, and as the British Army grew stronger in numbers, the position -changed, and the piper became more than an invaluable marching -instrumentalist or performer at _ceilidhs_ in billets. - -The first occasion on which pipers played, or tried to play, their -companies into action was at Cuinchy on 25th January 1915, when the -1st Black Watch suffered such heavy casualties in advancing through -deep mud up to their knees. - -It was at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 that the company piper -really had his first chance of showing what he could do, as a -piper, in action. On this occasion the 20th Brigade had to carry -the stronghold of Moulin du Piètre, and lost very heavily; the 2nd -Gordons were in the main attack and the 6th Gordons, a Territorial -unit, in reserve. The 6th Gordons were called upon to support their -comrades of the old Regular Army, and advanced, headed by their -pipes and drums, with a rush which carried many of them beyond their -objective. - -From that time onwards, right up to the end of the war, pipers -have repeatedly played their units into action, in spite of the -unfavourable conditions resulting from modern rifle and artillery -fire and gas, and have established the standard of gallantry in this -respect which has been at once the admiration of all observers and an -incentive to their successors to emulate them. - -During the first weeks' heavy fighting, in April-May 1915, on the -left of the attenuated British line of the Ypres salient, the pipers -of Canadian battalions took a prominent part. In their advance on -the St. Julien wood the 16th Canadians were led by their company -pipers, two of whom were killed and two wounded while playing; their -places were at once taken by others, who played the battalion through -the German trenches at the heels of the retiring enemy to the tune -"We'll tak' the guid auld way." In many subsequent actions these men -distinguished themselves in the same way. - -After the failure of the first attack on the German line at Rue des -Bois on 9th May 1915, in the action of Richebourg-Festubert, the 1st -Black Watch were played to a fresh attack by their company pipers. -"With their characteristic fury they had vanished into the smoke, and -the only evidence that remained was the sound of the pipes." When -they reached the German trenches a piper, Andrew Wishart, stood on -the parados playing until he was wounded. Another piper, W. Stewart, -was awarded the D.C.M. on this occasion. - -The same thing happened in the case of the 2nd Black Watch at -Festubert, the companies being led by their pipers. Of these men -two, Pipers Gordon and Crichton, were specially mentioned for their -gallantry. The Seaforth pipers, too, suffered heavily in this as in -many later actions--"Caber Feidh" has often been heard along that -line which looked so weak, but was too strong for the Germans. - -In the action at Festubert on the 17th May the 4th Camerons got -further than any other battalion, and were played in by their pipe -major, J. Ross, and four pipers. These men got through untouched, -though their pipes were all injured. - -Later again, on 16th June 1915, when the Hooge salient was -straightened by the 3rd Division, the attack was led by the 8th -Brigade, and the enemy front and support lines were taken. On this -occasion Pipe Major Daniel Campbell, although wounded, played his -battalion, the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, over the top. - -Dawn was just breaking when the Pipe Major scrambled out on the -parapet and started playing. The men raced forward after him until -stopped by uncut wire. In the hand-to-hand fighting which ensued the -Pipe Major threw aside his pipes and, catching up a bayonet, joined -in the attack. - -It was during the Ypres fighting, where gas was first used against -us, that an incident occurred of which the facts are as stated, but -unfortunately it has been found impossible to get the names of the -men concerned. - -"The men, looking into the storm of shells that swept their course -and at the awful cloud of death now almost on them, wavered, hung -back--only for a moment. And who will dare to blame them? - -"Two of the battalion pipers who were acting as stretcher bearers -saw the situation in a moment. Dropping their stretcher they made -for their dug-out and emerged a second later with their pipes. -They sprang on the parapet, tore off their respirators and charged -forward. Fierce and terrible the wild notes cleft the air ... -after fifteen yards the pibroch ceased; the two pipers, choked and -suffocated with the gas fumes, staggered and fell."[3] - -Although in these earlier actions pipers had done much to maintain -the traditions of the past they had never had the opportunities -of distinguishing themselves that came to them during the great -operations about Loos in September 1915. The attack of two army -corps, in which were thirty Scottish battalions, along a seven-mile -front, was a chance for these men, and one of which they were not -slow to avail themselves. Three pipers at least earned the title -of "The piper of Loos," and one of these, Daniel Laidlaw, of the -7th King's Own Scottish Borderers, was awarded the Victoria Cross; -but, in the general orgie of gallantry which characterised those -operations, individual pipers in very many cases won the highest -praise in their own units but escaped the official recognition they -had earned. - -The attack by the 28th Brigade on the Hohenzollern Redoubt was -accompanied by fearful casualties; with uncut wire in front, in -an atmosphere heavily laden with gas, exposed to machine-gun fire -in front and flank, the 6th K.O.S.B., 10th and 11th H.L.I. and -9th Seaforths were decimated. The K.O.S.B. were played over the -top by their veteran Pipe Major, Robert Mackenzie, an old soldier -of forty-two years' service. He was severely wounded and died the -following day. - -On the right of this Brigade the 26th had better luck, as the wire -was found to be more thoroughly cut. The 5th Camerons and 7th -Seaforths led the way followed by the 8th Gordons and 8th Black -Watch, and reached Fosse 8, where they hung on, though reduced to the -strength of a single battalion. - -"The heroism of the pipers was splendid. In spite of murderous fire -they continued playing. At one moment, when the fire of the machine -guns was so terrific that it looked as if the attack must break down, -a Seaforth piper dashed forward in front of the line and started -'Caber Feidh.' The effect was instantaneous--the sorely pressed men -braced themselves together and charged forward. The Germans soon got -to realise the value of the pipes and tried to pick off the pipers." - -In this one attack the 5th Camerons had three pipers killed and eight -wounded. Further south the pipers of the 2nd and 6th Gordons led -their companies in the costly attack on Hulluch and the Quarries. An -officer of the Devons, on their flank, writes: - -"I shall never forget those pipes.... During the charge a Gordon -piper continued playing after he was down." - -On the other side of the Hulluch road the 15th Division received its -baptism of fire, and lost 6000 men in the two days' fighting. One -of the battalions of the 46th Brigade, the 7th King's Own Scottish -Borderers, afforded an admirable example of the value of the pipes -in rallying men when the position is critical. The piper concerned, -Daniel Laidlaw, was awarded the Victoria Cross and the Croix de -Guerre. The _London Gazette_ Notification, which does not err on the -side of uncontrolled emotionalism, describes the award as follows: - -"For most conspicuous bravery.... During the worst of the -bombardment, when the attack was about to commence, Piper Laidlaw, -seeing that his company was somewhat shaken from the effects of gas, -with absolute coolness and disregard of danger, mounted the parapet, -marched up and down and played his company out of the trench. The -effect of his splendid example was immediate, and the company dashed -out to the assault. Piper Laidlaw continued playing his pipes until -he was wounded." - -The evidence of eye-witnesses shows that, at the time, a cloud of gas -was settling down on the trench and there was heavy machine-gun fire. -Laidlaw played "Blue Bonnets over the Border," and the effect on the -men was indescribable; as they followed him over the top he changed -to "The Standard on the Braes of Mar." The old tune was surely never -played to better purpose; and if Laidlaw's action stood alone, if he -were the only piper during the war who stimulated a company at the -moment when things were at their worst, surely that achievement amply -supports the view that, even in the warfare of to-day, _piob mhor_ -is an instrument of war which can justify all claims made for it. As -it is, Piper Laidlaw, "the Piper of Loos," stands as type of a class -of men who, throughout the war, have lived up to the traditions of a -great past. - -Another piper of the same battalion, Douglas Taylor, being wounded -and unable to play, spent thirty-six hours bringing in gassed men -without relief, until he himself was dangerously wounded. Further -on, the 44th Brigade--the 8th Seaforths, 7th Camerons, 9th Black -Watch and 10th Gordons--made the historic charge which captured -Loos and then went on, until, for want of support, they could get -no further and were compelled to retire. They rallied on Hill 70 -round a tattered flag made out of a Cameron kilt. The battalions of -this brigade were played into and beyond Loos; and, when they were -widely scattered and mixed up, pipers played to rally the men of -their own battalions. Among many others, Piper Charles Cameron of the -11th Argylls stood out in the open playing unconcernedly, and was -thereafter known in his battalion as "the Piper of Loos." - -The shattered remnants of the 15th Division were withdrawn in the -evening from the blood-stained slopes of Hill 70, but the battalions -were played in by their own pipers. The 9th Black Watch numbered -only 100 of all ranks and one piper; the 7th Cameron pipers were -practically annihilated, the 8th Seaforths lost ten, and others -suffered in similar degree. - -It is a far cry from Hill 70 to Scaur Donald, and they were only -regimental pipers, but to these brave men the words of the old song -are surely applicable. - - "There let him rest in the lap of Scaur Donald, - The wind for his watcher, the mist for his shroud, - Where the green and the grey moss shall weave their wild tartan, - A covering meet for a chieftain so proud." - -In the fighting subsidiary to the main action of Loos, at Mauquissart -and in the neighbourhood of Neuve Chapelle, the 2nd Black Watch -pipers distinguished themselves greatly. They played their companies -into and beyond the first line of German trenches. One of them, A. -Macdonald, stood playing on the German parapet while the position was -being cleared, and then on, through a hurricane of fire, over three -lines of trenches, until dangerously wounded. For this he was given -the D.C.M. - -Three others, J. Galloway, R. Johnstone and David Armit, did -precisely the same; and yet another, David Simpson, behaved with such -gallantry that he also came to be known as "the Piper of Loos," the -third of the brave trio to earn that honourable title. He had already -played over three lines of German trenches, and was leading towards -the fourth when he was killed. Johnstone, on this occasion, played -till he fell gassed. - -Throughout the long succession of actions which punctuated the Somme -operations in 1916, the pipes continued to be much in evidence, -and references to them and to their effect upon the men during -that bloody fighting are frequent in the contemporary reports of -observers, and in private letters subsequently published. French -reports also have placed on record their admiration for the company -pipers of Scottish regiments. "Some of the finest work," writes one -well-known French military writer, "was accomplished at the very -outset by the Highlanders, who carried the trenches in lightning -fashion, urged on by the inspiriting music of their pipes." - -The fighting at Loos had shown, on a comparatively small scale, -that the pipes, when freed from the restrictions placed upon their -employment by the exigencies of trench warfare, were still capable -of fulfilling their historic _rôle_ in open fighting The gallantry -of the pipers at Hulluch and Hill 70 was worthy of the units they -led, and established a record which was hard to beat; but for months -on end their great achievements were emulated by those of their -successors in the new armies which had poured into the field. - -The opening attack on the 1st July affords numerous examples of -pipers playing their companies into action, and a few may be taken as -representative of the whole. - -In the attack by the 32nd Division the 17th H.L.I, succeeded, with a -loss of over 500 men, in capturing and holding part of the Leipzig -redoubt, though unsupported for a considerable time. The Commanding -Officer writes: - -"I told the Pipe Major to play; he at once responded, getting into a -small hollow, and playing and greatly heartening the men as they lay -there hanging on to the captured position. Pipe Major Gilbert showed -a total disregard of danger and played as if he were on a route -march. For this action he obtained the Military Medal." - -In the advance on Mametz on the same day the 2nd Gordons were led by -their company pipers. An officer of an English battalion in the 20th -Brigade describes how "we heard their pipes play these fellows over. -It sounded grand against the noise of shells, machine guns and rifle -fire. I shall never forget them." - -The same thing occurred later when the battalion attacked the -orchards of Ginchy. On both occasions the casualties were very heavy. - -[Illustration: PIPER DANIEL LAIDLAW, V.C., 7TH KING'S OWN SCOTTISH -BORDERERS - -AT LOOS - -_From the Drawing by Louis Weirter, R.B.A._] - -At Fricourt Pipe Major David Anderson of the 15th Royal Scots stood -out in front of the battalion until he was wounded, and played across -shell-beaten ground under heavy fire. He was awarded the Croix de -Guerre. - -The two battalions of Tyneside Scottish were similarly played to -their attack on La Boiselle and the ridge in front of it on the -opening day of the battle of the Somme. A correspondent who was -present says: - -"The Tynesiders were on our right, and, as they got the signal to -advance, I saw a piper--I think he was the Pipe Major--jump out -of the trench and march straight towards the German lines. The -tremendous rattle of machine-gun and rifle fire completely drowned -the sound of his pipes, but he was obviously playing as though he -would burst the bag, and, faintly through the roar of battle, we -heard the mighty cheer his comrades gave as they swarmed after him. -How he escaped I can't understand, for the ground was literally -ploughed up by the hail of bullets; but he bore a charmed life, and -the last glimpse I had of him as we, too, dashed out showed him still -marching erect, playing on regardless of the flying bullets and of -the men dropping all round him." - -Of the two battalions 10 pipers were killed and 5 wounded, and Pipe -Major Wilson and Piper G. Taylor both got the Military Medal. Many -of these pipers, having played their companies up to the German -trenches, took an active part in the fighting as bombers. - -Again, at Longueval on 14th July, regimental pipers were conspicuous. -As the 26th Brigade--8th Black Watch, 10th Argylls, 9th Seaforths, -and 5th Camerons--commenced their advance, they were exposed to -frontal and enfilading machine-gun fire, and shrapnel mowed them -down; but their pipers led the way, and the men followed cheering and -shouting. - -"Where we were the brunt of the action fell on two New Army -battalions of historic Highland regiments. Their advance was one -of the most magnificent sights I have ever seen. They left their -trenches at dawn, and a torrent of bullets met them. They answered -immediately--with the shrill music of the pipes, and, indifferent -apparently to the chaos around them, pushed steadily on towards their -objective." - -Describing the attack by the 10th Argylls, another observer writes: - -"We came under a blistering hot fire, but the men never hesitated. In -the middle of it all the pipes struck up "The Campbells are coming," -and that made victory a certainty for us. We felt that whatever -obstacles there barred our path they had to be overcome.... The -last fight was the worst of all. It was at the extreme end of the -village, where the enemy had possession of some ruined houses. They -had a clear line of fire in all directions, and we were met with a -murderous hail of fire. For a moment the men wavered. I doubted if -they were equal to it. Then a piper sprang forward, and the strains -broke out once more. The attacking line steadied and dashed at the -last stronghold of the Huns. Their line snapped under our onslaught." - -On this occasion the Pipe Major, Aitken, a man of sixty, was awarded -the Distinguished Conduct Medal. One of the pipers referred to in the -above incident was James Dall, and his Commanding Officer considers -his action in playing the regimental march at this juncture was -the means of his company gaining their objective; the other was D. -Wilson, who was also mentioned in despatches with Dall. - -Of the attack by the 9th Seaforths a wounded officer writes: - -"We swept on until we finally carried the German trench with a -rousing cheer to the strain of the pipes. The heroism of the pipers -was splendid. In spite of murderous fire they kept playing on. At one -moment, when the fire was so terrific it looked as if the attack must -break down, one of the pipers dashed forward and started playing. The -change could be felt at once, the sorely pressed men gave a mighty -cheer and dashed forward with new zeal." - -North of Longueval the 1st Gordons made a furious attack, on the 18th -July, and on this occasion they were led by their pipers. - -"They were out of sight over the parapet, but we could hear at -intervals their shouts of 'Scotland for ever!' and the faint strains -of the pipes. Then we saw them reappear, and then came prisoners." - -Similar accounts were given of the 6th and 7th Gordons. In the 6th -Gordons Piper Charles Thomson had his arm blown off while playing. -"The gallantry of these men who wear the tartans of the old Scottish -clans would seem wonderful if it were not habitual with them. Their -first dash for Longueval was one of the finest exploits of the war. -They were led forward by the pipers, who went with them, not only -towards the German lines, but across them and into the thick of the -battle.... In that September fighting the pipe major of a Gordon -battalion played his men forward and then was struck below the knee; -but he would not be touched by a doctor until the others had been -tended. He was a giant of a man and so heavy that no stretcher could -hold him, so they put him in a tarpaulin and carried him back. Then -he had his leg amputated and died."[4] - -On the 3rd September the 4th Black Watch were played into action and -had to capture a village. According to an eye-witness: - -"It was magnificent to see these men charge up the narrow street -leading to the second barricade. Amid the ruined houses on each side -the enemy were posted. At the moment when it was hottest the strains -of the pipes were heard. The men answered with a cheer and swept -steadily on over the barricade and through the ruins; and the village -was ours." - -Of a Seaforth battalion a similar story is told: - -"The men simply raced into the storm of bullets ... at last it became -too terrible for any human being to stand against it. The attacking -lines melted away, the men seeking what cover could be found.... It -was here that the pipers of the Seaforths had their chance. They took -it. As the men advanced again to the attack they were cheered on by -the strains of the pipes, which could just be heard. The men dashed -through, clearing out the enemy as they went." - -During the attack on Beaumont Hamel in October, as in the earlier -fighting at Thiepval, the pipers of the 15th H.L.I. lost very heavily -when leading their companies. - -Such instances of the bravery of pipers and of the stimulus afforded -by the pipes to men in action became matters of almost every-day -occurrence, and, though everyone recognised the tremendous losses -that were the result of their exposure, there were occasions when -those losses were more than compensated for at the time by the -results obtained. Everywhere, at Contalmaison, Martinpuich, Pozières, -Delville Wood, wherever Scottish troops were employed, their pipers -played their historic _rôle_, and, to quote Philip Gibbs, "over the -open battlefields came the music of the Scottish pipes, shrill above -the noise of gunfire." - -Nor were the pipers of purely Scottish regiments left to establish -these records of bravery unchallenged. They had keen rivals in -battalions of overseas Scots, notably the South African Scottish and -the Canadians. - -During the fighting for Delville Wood in July the South Africans were -torn to pieces by shell fire. The remains of the battalion hung on -for days, losing all their officers but the colonel. When relief came -their pipers headed the blackened and weary warriors out of the wood -of death. - -Similarly, the 16th Canadian Scottish pipers maintained the fine -reputation they had earned on the Ypres salient. When the battalion -moved up to the attack on the Regina trench on 8th October, there was -keen competition among the pipers as to who should be allowed to play -them over. "Four pipers, Richardson, Park, M'Kellar and Paul marched -ahead of the battalion with the Commanding Officer for a distance of -half a mile under intense machine-gun fire and escaped scatheless. -They could be heard clearly as they played 'We'll take the good old -way,' and, as they passed, wounded men lying in shell holes raised -themselves on their elbows and cheered them. When they got near -the German line the battalion encountered uncut wire which, being -unusually heavy, took some time to cut. While this was going on Piper -Richardson played up and down outside the wire for twenty minutes in -the face of almost certain death.... Shortly afterwards a company -sergeant major was wounded, and Richardson volunteered to take him -out. After he had gone he remembered he had left his pipes behind. He -left the sergeant major in safety in a shell hole and returned. He -was never heard of again." - -This brave man was awarded a posthumous V.C., the second piper to -obtain this coveted distinction. Piper Paul was subsequently given -the Military Medal. - -At the capture of the Vimy Ridge on 9th April, 1917, by the -Canadians, the pipers of some of their battalions took a prominent -part. On this occasion the 16th Canadian Scottish repeated what -they had done in previous engagements, their companies being led -by pipers. The pipers concerned were Pipe Major Groat and Pipers -M'Gillivray, M'Nab, M'Allister, M'Kellar and Paul, and they advanced -a distance of over a mile under heavy fire without any casualties. -The Pipe Major was awarded the Military Medal. - -Similarly the 25th Canadians had their pipers out in this action, -and Piper Walter Telfer, who went on playing after being severely -wounded, was given the Military Medal; Piper Brand got the same -decoration. - -Later on, in the fighting round Arras, a battalion of the Camerons -was played to the attack: - -"When the order came our men went over with right good will. It was a -thrilling moment, especially when the pipes struck up the Camerons' -march. I believe it was that music, at that particular moment, which -made it possible for us to go through the ordeal that followed." - -Once again "The March of the Cameron Men" was the undoing of an enemy -which had to stand up against the Camerons; and in one part of the -line, when the attack was most furiously resisted, the company piper -changed his tune to the old "Piobaireachd Dhomnuil Duibh"-- - - "Fast they came, fast they come, - See how they gather! - Wide waves the eagle's plume - Blended with heather." - -An account of the few minutes before "zero" by a piper of this -battalion appeared in the _Scottish Field_ ("Pipes of the Misty -Moorland," John M'Gibbon), and affords a good example of the -steadying effect of the pipes in a period of great strain on morale: - -"I looked down at the company and I could see they were shaken.... -I slung my rifle over my back and took up the pipes; that cheered -them. I played through two or three tunes and then birled up -'Tullochgorum.' They fairly hooched it and stamped time with their -feet. It was close on 'zero' ... when I changed to 'The March of The -Cameron Men.' Our guns burst out with drum fire behind us ... and the -men jumped the parapet like deer and raced over the broken ground at -the double. I kept up 'The Cameron Men.' ... I reached the parapet of -the first enemy trench, when I 'stopped one' with my leg, and down I -went in a heap." - -The pipes were again to the front in the fighting for Hill 70 on the -Lens-Loos line in August, 1917. It was surely appropriate enough -that, in the advance over the very country in which so many Scottish -regiments had fought, with only temporary success, two years before, -the pipes should again be at the head of the units which recaptured -those blood-soaked positions. - -An officer, describing the advance of the 13th Royal Highlanders of -Canada, says: - -"Our advance was resumed and we swarmed over the top at three -different points. Away to the left, which was the objective of our -advance, the strains of the pipes could be heard, and across the -hills, where so many Scottish lads had fallen two years ago, there -burst a loud triumphant cheer as the Canadian Highlanders pressed on -to complete their work." - -And so it happened that the gallant lads of the 15th Division were -avenged. - -Opportunities for pipers continued during the later fighting in -1917-18. Records of individual companies and platoons show that on -several occasions the pipes encouraged the men to further effort. In -one case near Albert, a company of the Black Watch was temporarily -cut off from its supports after getting into a German trench and -suffered heavily; the men were crushed by superior numbers, and the -prospect was black until the piper, who was present as a stretcher -bearer, started playing. This had a great effect on the company, -which held on to the position until reinforcements arrived. - -In the fighting about Albert in August, 1918, several instances -occurred of pipers playing their companies to the attack. - -On the whole, however, at this stage in the war, it was being found -increasingly difficult to renew the depleted ranks of the pipe bands, -and most regiments were simply driven to keeping their pipers out of -action as far as possible, except on special occasions. But there -were still enough left of them to lead their units ever further -eastward as the tide of war rolled back. - -Incidents frequently occurred showing that their experience of four -years' fighting had not damped the ardour of pipers in action. - -On one occasion a 16th Canadian piper went into action playing on top -of a tank, and was killed. At Amiens, the pipers of the 16th and 48th -Highlanders of Canada played the battalions to the attack in August, -1918. - -As the German defeat became increasingly apparent and the British -forces drove the enemy before them, pipers again got an opportunity -of leading their companies to the attack. During the fighting about -Albert-Arras in August, 1918, Scottish troops were heavily engaged. -Lieut. Edouard Ross, of the French interpreter staff, describes an -attack by a battalion of the Black Watch in which a detachment with a -piper got into the German trenches; they were all wounded, and their -position was dangerous, but the piper started playing, and the sound -rapidly brought reinforcements, who captured the position. - - -GALLIPOLI - -In Gallipoli, as on the Western front, pipers added lustre to their -reputation; and incidents which occurred to some of them showed that -they were stout fighting men even after their pipes were put out of -action. - -The nature of the terrain generally precluded the more spectacular -duty of playing their units to the attack, and the heavy casualties -in the force and the constant demand for men resulted in their being -frequently employed in the ranks; nevertheless, several cases did -occur of company pipers acting as such. - -On 12th July, 1916, when the 6th H.L.I. captured three lines of -Turkish trenches, Pipers W. Mackenzie and M'Niven played at the head -of their companies; M'Niven was killed, and Mackenzie, putting down -his pipes, took part in the fighting with a Turkish shovel and did -great execution. - -On the same day the pipers of the 7th H.L.I. led their battalion -into action, and only one of them was wounded. Of these men one, -Piper Kenneth MacLennan, was subsequently awarded the Distinguished -Conduct Medal "for playing his pipes during the attack and advancing -with the line after his pipes had been shattered by shrapnel, and -heartening the wounded under fire." Another, Piper Cameron, played -his company over three lines of trenches, with a revolver hanging on -his wrist, and earned a mention in despatches; and Piper Macfarlane -played through two bayonet charges until two of his drones were blown -off by shell fragments. - -Writing of the fighting on 12th July, a wounded officer writes: - -"The sound of the pipes undoubtedly stirred them on, a piper -belonging to each of the two battalions, 5th Argylls and 7th H.L.I., -having mounted the parapets of their own trenches, and there in full -danger played their comrades on to victory." - -In the attack on Achi Baba there was no opportunity for pipers as -such, though Pipe Major Andrew Buchan played the 4th Royal Scots -"over the top," and, as an officer writes: "fearless of all danger -went along the line and did much to hearten the men." Buchan was -killed. - -Of the pipers of the 5th Royal Scots none survived the early days of -the fighting on the Peninsula. An officer of the regiment wrote that -they "gloriously upheld the traditions established long ago." In the -Achi Baba fighting four were killed and four wounded. - -Casualties in action and by disease took heavy toll of the pipers of -all these battalions, and after a few months on the Peninsula the -pipe bands temporarily ceased to exist. - -Even before the withdrawal of the force from Gallipoli it was -found that so many casualties had occurred among the pipers of the -battalions engaged that the bands were well on the way to extinction. -Consequently, under the able management of Colonel Maclean of -Pennycross a divisional band numbering twelve pipers and six -drummers--all that remained--was organised out of the wreck of the -pipe bands of the 52nd Division. That band, though never sent into -action, individually or collectively played frequently under shell -fire; and "Hey Johnnie Cope" could be heard quite distinctly every -morning in the firing line up to within a few days of the evacuation. - -[Illustration: [Music] - -THE COMRADES WE LEFT IN GALLIPOLI. - - Set by Mrs. A. C. MACDIARMID - From the Pipe Tune Composed by - Col. H. A. C. MACLEAN C.M.G. of Pennycoss.] - -The divisional band served on the Desert front in Egypt, and then -accompanied the Division right into Palestine, playing the leading -battalion, the 4th K.O.S.B.'s, over the frontier to "Blue Bonnets -over the Border." - -Later on, more pipers and more Scottish units appeared; and so -we find the 2nd London Scottish being played into Jerusalem, and -"Dumbarton's Drums" sounding at the head of the Royal Scots as -they took over the guard on the Holy Sepulchre--as is the right of -"Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard." - - -SALONIKA - -Opportunities for the employment of pipers as such were comparatively -rare in the course of the Salonika operations, for obvious reasons. -At Karadzakot Zir, however, the 1st Royal Scots pipers played their -companies to the attack on the village, and the C.O. reported that, -in his opinion, - -"It was largely due to the presence of the pipers with the leading -wave that the enemy evacuated their trenches and retired in disorder." - - -MESOPOTAMIA - -Playing the pipes in the Golden East is a far greater effort than it -is at home, and every piper who has soldiered there knows how the -heat and the dryness of the atmosphere affect his bag and reeds. But -the cult of _piob mhor_ thrives east of Suez, and at least as much -enthusiasm is shown by regiments stationed in India as in a home -station. - -And when Scottish troops were called upon to take their part in the -Mesopotamia operations, we find the pipes as prominent a feature in -the fighting as they were on the Western front. At Sheikh Saad on 7th -January, 1916, the 1st Seaforths--the "Reismeid Caber Feidh"--were -played to the attack across absolutely open ground by their Pipe -Major Neil M'Kechnie and other pipers. An officer who was present -describes the incident as follows: - -"As we advanced over the dead flat open desert the Turks suddenly -opened a very heavy fire from well concealed trenches at a range of -from 600 to 800 yards. The battalion immediately advanced by rushes -towards the enemy's position in spite of very heavy initial losses. -Foremost among the men was our acting Pipe Major, M'Kechnie, who -immediately struck up the regimental charge or 'onset,' 'Cabar Feidh.' - -"His fine example as well as his music had a remarkable effect on the -men at such a critical moment. He was shortly afterwards wounded, and -had to drop behind as the lines went on." - -In the same action the 2nd Black Watch were played in by their -pipers just as they had been on many previous occasions in France. -In the act of playing Corpl. Piper MacNee was mortally wounded. This -brave man had been wounded before at Mauquissart and awarded the -Distinguished Conduct Medal. The Pipe Major, John Keith, was awarded -the D.C.M. for "gallant and distinguished service throughout the -operations." - - -THE LAST STAGE - -For four years and a half the pipes of war played their part in the -greatest war in history; in the front, under conditions in which they -could never have been expected to exist at all, they have led men to -victory, have rallied them when victory eluded their grasp, and have -marched them back undismayed by the tortures of battle; behind the -lines they have headed the long columns of Scottish troops on their -way up to the furnace in which the fate of nations was cast. - -But, everywhere, they expressed the ideal of the race and led men to -follow causes, even causes which appeared lost ones, through to the -end. - -When silence fell on the 11th November, 1918, along the blasted line -where rival civilisations had so long struggled for mastery, the -_rôle_ of the pipes changed, and it was no longer the "onset" that -the piper was impelled to play. The consummation of long effort had -been attained--and what instrument more entitled to bear witness -to the fact than the one which had sounded over the blood-stained -slag-heaps of Loos, the shell-swept heights of Vimy? - -As the British First Army entered Valenciennes, the pipers of a -historic Scottish division played through the "place" opposite the -Hotel de Ville, and must have awakened in the old gabled houses -memories of the centuries old alliance between the Lilies of France -and the Thistle. - -Further east, along the roads that led to Cologne, the pipes played -unceasingly, as befitted the occasion, impressing on the population -that this was indeed the coming of "Scotland the Brave." - -And so, over the great Rhine bridge, the pipes of the 9th and -Canadian Divisions led the way, and Germany learnt at last that when -_piob mhor_ sounds "Gabhaidh sin an rathad mor"[5] it generally -attains its objective. - - -PIPERS IN THE RANKS - -The piper is, first and last, a fighting man; and when a regiment is -mobilised it at once loses most of its pipers. Whatever the strength -of the band may have been in peace time, only the "sergeant piper"--a -hideous official term for the pipe major--and five "full" pipers are -normally retained as such. The remainder, while acting as pipers when -opportunity offers--and designated accordingly--serve in the ranks. - -During this war, and notably during the early years of it, it was -often found necessary to make use of full and acting pipers in some -purely military capacity, _i.e._ either in the ranks, or as Lewis -gunners, bombers, orderlies, runners or stretcher bearers. This fact -accounts for many of the honours awarded to pipers, and, at the same -time, for the heavy casualties among them. - -It is quite impossible to do justice to individuals or units in -regard to the part they played in performing such duties; for those -who obtained official recognition, in some form or other, hundreds -have merely had the satisfaction of playing the game, in accordance -with the rules laid down by all ranks of the British army. The few -examples given in this place are typical of the whole. - -At Festubert in June, 1915, the pipers of the 6th Seaforths worked -continuously day and night, and brought 170 casualties from the front -line to the dressing station; at Loos the 9th Black Watch lost nearly -all their pipers when similarly engaged, and at the two actions -of Loos and Neuve Chapelle the 6th Gordons had two killed and ten -wounded. - -Again, the 2nd Royal Scots pipers lost heavily on the Somme, and were -on one occasion highly commended for bringing water up to some newly -captured trenches under heavy fire. - -The comments of General Sir William Birdwood in a despatch to the -Australian Government, though intended to apply to Australian -stretcher bearers, are very applicable to pipers acting in this -capacity, whether individually or collectively: - -"Where all have done so well it is very hard to differentiate, but -as a class the stretcher bearers have been beyond praise. Never for -a second have they flinched from going forward time after time, -absolutely regardless of the fire brought against them; and I so -deeply regret that they should have suffered in consequence." - -Another and most hazardous class of duty, which was largely performed -by pipers in some battalions, was that of "runners" or despatch -carriers; this often involved crossing heavily shelled country, and -has resulted in many casualties. Notable cases have occurred of men -carrying despatches through intense barrages, and some have received -rewards; the majority of such cases, however, have necessarily been -unnoticed. - -Some men appear to have specialised in this duty, _e.g._ Pipe Major -Matheson, 1st Seaforths, who got the D.C.M. "for gallant conduct -on many occasions in conveying messages under heavy fire," and -Lance-Corpl. Piper Dyce, 13th Royal Highlanders of Canada, who on one -occasion carried a most urgent despatch through artillery barrage -when badly wounded. - -In other cases pipers, individually and collectively, have done -admirable service in bringing up ammunition. - -Many instances of acts of heroism by individual men are detailed -below. - - -PIPERS ON THE MARCH - -Playing the pipes in action, though essentially the most important, -is, for obvious reasons, only one of the duties of the soldier -piper. Every unit of an army is not always in close touch with the -enemy, and every battalion puts in a good many miles of marching in -a year in conditions which are rarely ideal and very often acutely -miserable. It is here that the pipes have rendered such conspicuous -service as the marching instrument _par excellence_; and the cult -of the bagpipe has spread to units and nationalities which, before -the war, would never have thought it possible that the company piper -would become one of their most cherished institutions. - -That Irish regiments should again adopt the national instrument that -had played their ancestors on to the battlefields of France in 1286 -is so natural as to need no comment; but when we find English and -Australian units, battalions of the United States army, and ships of -His Majesty's Navy, to say nothing of field ambulances and transport -units, adopting the bagpipe, no further evidence is required to -substantiate its claim to be a highly important feature of modern -military organisation. - -It is indeed to a recognition, in the very early days of the war, of -the great value of the pipes in "exciting alacrity and cheerfulness -in the soldier" that is due the fact that so many units have -deliberately tried to keep their pipers out of harm's way, and have -only allowed them, under protest, to accompany their companies into -action, and then only in limited numbers. Commanding officers have -appreciated that, as a stimulus to tired men, to men marching weary -miles to take up a position, to men returning worn out from a spell -of duty, the music of the pipes has proved invaluable. - -Instances of this stimulating effect are too numerous to mention, but -a few, taken from contemporary accounts of the war, may be regarded -as typical. - -The following incident in the retirement from Mons has frequently -occurred elsewhere. "I shall never forget how one General saw a -batch of Gordons and K.O.S.B. stragglers trudging listlessly along -the road. He halted them. Some more came up, until there was about -a company in all, with one piper. He made them form fours, put the -piper at the head of them, 'Now lads, follow the piper and remember -Scotland,' and they all started off as pleased as Punch, with the -tired piper playing like a hero."[6] - -The Rev. Dr. Maclean, C.M.G., describes a case of the effect of the -pipes on tired men: - -"It was a sweltering hot day, and the road was deep with dust. The -long snaky khaki column came marching steadily down the hill, silent -under the weight of their accoutrements with the grinding heat of an -April sun.... As the Scots came by he gave the sign to the piper. He -stepped forward and struck up one of the great battle marches of our -race. The scene that followed baffled description. A roar of cheering -burst from the ranks." - -Another instance,[7] by one who was himself in the ranks, may -be regarded as typical. The regiment concerned was the Glasgow -Highlanders, but the description is applicable to every Scottish -regiment in the Army List: - -"Kilometre after kilometre we marched, through the hottest hours of -the middle day, and our feet and backs ached under the weight of -all we carried, our faces were dabbled and streaked with dust and -perspiration, and in our mouths was only dust to chew.... - -"Walking had become a purely mechanical exercise, our limbs -controlled, as it seemed, by some power outwith us; our brains were -numb and dazed with fatigue and the maddening persisting pain that -was our every step. Blindly, dumbly, helplessly we staggered on ... -in infinite weariness we dragged ourselves to the beginning of the -street, and then-- - -"Then the pipes suddenly set the heavens and the earth dancing to the -strains of 'Highland Laddie,' the regimental march of the Glasgows. -And at the skirl of the pipes, and before the eyes of those critical -spectators, every man braced himself, his step assumed as much of -jauntiness as he could put into it, and he had a laugh and a jesting -answer ready on his lips for every outsider who spoke to him.... -It was something more potent than wine that put the boldness into -their step, it was the sense of the tradition and honour of their -regiment: the feeling that on no account must they present other than -a brave front to the world, that the one unpardonable offence would -be to let the battalion down." - -Examples could be multiplied indefinitely, but the best tribute to -the value of the pipes as a marching instrument and in keeping the -men cheery is, after all, the fact that regiment after regiment felt -constrained to keep them out of action entirely--whether as pipers -pure and simple or in other military capacities. - -Statements to this effect have been received from nearly all the -regiments whose views have been asked, commanding officers being -almost unanimous in their opinion that, only where it is imperatively -necessary, should a pipe band be exposed to the chances of -annihilation inseparable from modern shell fire. - -And in just the same manner as the pipes have helped battalions -along the "via dolorosa" into action so they have, time and again, -played them back to rest and comparative security. In some cases they -had shared in the action itself, in others they waited until their -services were required. Many commanding officers and observers have -referred to this as one of the most important of their duties. In -describing the return of a battalion, or what remained of it, from -Longueval, Philip Gibbs writes: - -"There was a thick summer haze about, and on the ridges the black -vapours of shell bursts.... It was out of this that the Highlanders -came marching. They brought the music with them and the pipes of war -playing a Scottish love song, 'I lo'e na a laddie but ane.' Their -kilts were caked with mud, they were very tired, but they held their -heads up, and the pipers who had been with them played bravely ... -and the Scottish love song rang out across the fields." - -An officer of an Argyll battalion, writing of the days of trench -fighting, says: "They have done much to hearten us on long marches. -They came out of Bethune after Loos and played what was left of us -back to billets." Another, in the Royal Scots, referring to the -return of the battalion from Kemmel, says: "I shall never forget the -effect on the men; as they struck up they fairly shouted themselves -hoarse with delight." - -"Wonderful pipes! The men get tired and would fall out, but the -pipes make a unity of them. Invisible tendons and muscles seem to -connect the legs of all files, and all move as one, mechanically, -rhythmically, certainly. The strong are reduced to the step, the weak -are braced up to it. All bear the strain and share the strain. So we -go on, and the miracle is in the power of the music."[8] - -A final quotation--one of a very great number received--reflects the -opinion of all ranks: - -"I have often seen a company just out of the trenches straggling -along the road too weary to think of keeping in formation, let alone -in step. On the first sound of the pipes these same men would double -up to their place and march along with the best of them." - -The ubiquity of the pipes on the Western front has been remarked by -all observers. "The music of the pipes is now as much a part of the -great orchestra of this war as the incessant rumbling of distant -guns, as the swirl of traffic along the transport lines, as the -singing of birds above No Man's Land.... And where there are pipes -there are Scotsmen--Scots everywhere from the sea to St. Quentin, in -old French market towns, and in Flemish villages ... and in camps -behind the fighting line not beyond the reach of long range shells, -and up in the trenches where death is very near to them.... As long -as history lasts the spirit of France will salute the memory of these -kilted boys and of all the Lowland Scots who have gone into the -furnace fires of this war to the music of the pipes, and have fallen -in heaps upon her fields. A thousand years hence, when the wind -blows softly across the ground where they fought, old Scottish tunes -will sound faintly in the ears of men who remember the past, and all -this country will be haunted with the ghosts of Scotland's gallant -sons."[9] - -Nor has it been on the Western front alone that the value of the -pipes has made itself appreciated. In every other theatre of war -as well has "the tune with the tartan of the clan in it" been -heard at the head of columns toiling through the dust and heat, or -through pitiless rain. In Egypt and Gallipoli and the Holy Land, in -Mesopotamia and the Balkans, the pipes have been the prelude to -great happenings. "Bundle and Go" in the early dawn of an Eastern -day, "Soldier lie down" at night--these have been the preliminaries -which led up naturally to "Cabar Feidh" in a hail of machine gun -fire, or "Horo mo nighean donn bhoidheach" in the streets of captured -Bagdad. - -"Many a soldier sadly misses his pipe, which of course may not be lit -on a night march; but to me a greater loss is the silence of those -other pipes, for the sound of the bagpipes will stir up a thousand -memories in a Highland regiment, and nothing helps a column of -weary foot soldiers so well as pipe music, backed by the beat of a -drum."[10] - -When the British army advanced into German territory the pipers had -an opportunity to play with an abandon that had never been felt -before. - -"Next day, with the skies still streaming, we made the longest -continuous march, some 36 kilometres, and by that effort got well -into Germany. The roads improved as we got farther on, but the tramp -through the forest of Zitter was long, marshy, and melancholy. Our -company was first after the pipers, and had the full benefit of the -music all the way. And we wandered inward; inward, with our seeking -and haunting Gaelic melodies, into the depths of the hanging, silent -wood. It was strange how aloof nature seemed to these melodies. In -Scotland, or even in France, all the hills and the woods would have -helped the music. But in this German land all were cold toward us, -and those endless pine trees seemed to be holding hands with fingers -spread before the eyes to show their shame and humiliation. There was -a curious sense that the road on which we trod was not our road, and -that earth and her fruits on either hand were hostile. - -"And how tired the men became, with half of them through the soles -of their boots and with racking damp in their shoulders and backs -from their rain-sodden packs. But we listened still whilst voluminous -waves of melody wandered homeless over German wastes and returned to -us, - - I heard the pibroch sounding, sounding, - O'er the wide meadows and lands from afar. - -or to the stirring strains of the 'March of the Battle of Harlaw,' -or to the crooning, hoping, sobbing of 'Lord Lovat's Lament,' and -so went on from hour to hour through the emptiness of Southern -Germany. When we thought we had just about reached our camping ground -for the night, we came to a guide post which showed it still to be -seven kilometres on. But that was at the top of a long hill, and -the road ran gently down through woods the whole way. The colonel -sent a message to play 'Men of Portree.' The rain had stopped, and -an evening sky unveiled a more cheerful light. So, with an easy -inconsequent air, we cast off care and tripped away down to the -substantial and prosperous bit of Rhineland called Hellenthal, well -on our way to Cologne."[11] - -The interminable marches are over and their goal has been attained; -and the instrument which has a tune for every human emotion can now -play "The Desperate Battle" in German towns with a safety which has -been long unknown. To many a man, however, as he fingers his chanter, -the feeling will come, as he thinks of the good men and true who -never reached the 11th November, 1918, that the tune that is most -appropriate is "Lochaber no more." - - -PIPE TUNES - -Pipe tunes--as every piper knows--have local associations, -associations with particular incidents, particular emotions; and -in military piping this is never overlooked. In war everything has -changed--everything but the elemental courage and passions of the -men who are engaged in it; and, as _piob mhor_ is essentially the -instrument on which those elemental passions can be best expressed, -it is not uninteresting to observe how individual pipers have -resorted to particular tunes, to suit particular occasions. In -many, perhaps in most, cases there were traditional or regimental -reasons for playing one tune rather than another, and such tunes -were often in the highest degree appropriate; but in other cases the -individuality of the performer determined the choice. - -Of a selection based on tradition the best authenticated instance is -that of the Gordon piper who played Cogadh na Sith, "War or peace," -during the Somme fighting. The tune itself, a piobaireachd composed -by the great M'Crimmon some 400 years ago, was played by the Gordons -at Waterloo and by a Cameron piper, Kenneth M'Kay, at Quatre Bras. - -"[12]About the middle of June a draft of about a hundred and twenty -men arrived in camp for the Gordons--the finest draft the commanding -officer declared he had ever seen. On the 18th, they were ordered to -the front. I found they had a piper with them, and immediately laid -hold on him to play the men down to the station. I brought him up to -my tent and provided him with a set of pipes which I had reserved for -my own particular work.... I found something more interesting than -that. His great-grandfather had been a piper in the regiment in the -days of the Napoleonic war, and at the Battle of Waterloo he stood -within the square and played the ancient Highland challenge-march -'Cogadh na Sith,' as the French cuirassiers hurled themselves upon -the immovable ranks in vain. - -"'John,' I said, 'this is the anniversary of Waterloo, and you will -lead the men out to that very tune which your great-grandfather -played on that great day.' I told the colonel, and his eyes gleamed -as he said to me, 'Ah! padre, we'll do better than that. You will -tell the men about it, and I will call them to attention, and your -piper will play his tune in memory of the men of Waterloo.' - -"And so it was done, and a thrilling incident it was as the men stood -rigid and silent in full marching order, and the piper strode proudly -along the ranks, sounding the wild, defiant challenge that stirred -the regiment a hundred years before." - -Regimental tunes appeal enormously to the men who hear and know them; -it was probably as much the sound of "Blue Bonnets over the Border" -as the sight of Piper Laidlaw piping along the parapet that made the -men, shaken with shell fire and gas, go straight forward; and red -hackles have followed "Highland Laddie" in circumstances when another -tune might have failed to exert the same extraordinary influence. -But, having played his regulation onset, the piper has an opportunity -of suiting his own taste and selecting a tune appropriate musically -and emotionally, as well as in name, to the occasion. - -On many occasions when the choice of a tune has not been restricted -by regimental custom or tradition, individual performers have made -selections which indicated the remarkable mentality of the British -soldier. - -At Loos, where Pipers Simpson and M'Donald of the 2nd Black Watch -played their company over the top and through the attack, the tune -they commenced with was "Happy we've been a' thegither,"--only later -changing into the ceremonial onset "Highland Laddie." To men in a -trench who have suffered untold nerve strain waiting for Zero and who -happen--as do most men in Highland regiments--to know one tune from -another, no more appropriate combination of "onsets" could have been -selected. - -At Beaumont Hamel, when the 17th H.L.I. took the German trenches and -had an opportunity of bombing out the occupants, Pipe Major Gilbert -played another popular and very suitable tune, "The muckin' o' -Geordie's Byre," and greatly encouraged the men in their task. This -same tune has done duty on many similar occasions. - -It was to "We'll tak the guid auld way" that the 16th Canadians -attacked at Vimy, and many Cameron pipers have played the -"Piobaireachd Dhomhnuill Duibh" in similar circumstances. - -Another very favourite tune was "The Macgregor's Gathering" which was -played with great effect in the capture of many villages during the -Somme fighting. - -A curious coincidence was the selection by the pipers of the 1st -H.L.I. of "I'll gang nae mair tae yon toun" as they marched out of -Marseilles on 1st November, 1914, on their way to the front. During -the first six months they lost seven pipers killed, eight wounded and -two taken prisoner, and the band ceased to exist. - -"Baile Inneraora,"--otherwise "The Campbells are Coming"--was the -tune to which the first Highland regiment of the Expeditionary -Force, the 2nd Argylls, landed in France; from that time onward it -has immortalised on every front, if that were necessary, the town of -which Burns wrote: - - "There's naething here but Highland pride - And Highland scab and hunger. - If Providence has sent me here, - 'Twas surely in his anger." - -The Argylls long ago took Burns' song and treated it with the -contempt it deserves when they adopted "Baile Inneraora" as their -"onset." It was played at the taking of Longueval, in the attack at -Loos, and at the subsequent rally after that glorious disaster, and -in many other actions. - -During the fighting on the Somme for the heaps of ruins which had -once been a French village, an incident occurred which takes us back -to the legend connected with the pibroch "A Cholla, mo run." Long -ages ago, when the Campbells heard they were going to be attacked by -Coll Kiteach at Dunivaig, they set an ambush and captured the advance -guard. All were hanged except the piper, who was given permission -to play a lament over his comrades. The piper at once started the -warning, which was heard and understood by his comrades, - - "Coll of my love avoid the strait, avoid the strait, avoid the strait, - Coll of my love, go by the Mull, gain the landing place." - -The poor piper was instantly stabbed by the infuriated Campbells. - -It is a far cry from those days, when men could converse to each -other in pibroch, to 1916; but another tune--not "A Cholla, mo -run"--was played by another piper in a French village when his party -was cut off. Two officers, a sergeant, and a piper of an Argyll -battalion, got separated from the main body, and found themselves -unable to get away when the village was again attacked by our men. -The small party at once started bombing the enemy from the rear, -but the piper, appreciating the unpleasant possibility of their -own presence not being recognised, struck up the regimental onset. -This alarmed the Germans, who thought they were being attacked from -a fresh quarter, and materially contributed to the success of the -operation. - - -INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS. - - "Agus bha iad am measg uam fear treuna 'n an luchd-cuideachaidh - 's a' chogadh." - -To attempt to compile a complete record of the achievements of -individual pipers or of the pipe bands of units is an impossible -task; it would involve a review of the whole course of the war. -A long time must elapse before the histories of battalions are -completed, and even then we shall probably never know fully the -extent to which their pipers have contributed to the attainment of -success. - -Throughout the war correspondence has been carried on with -individuals who, in spite of their appalling environment, have found -time to supply information. They at least have the satisfaction of -knowing that to them is largely due the fact that brave acts have -been saved from oblivion. - -Such a review as follows is but a fragmentary one, based on -information obtained from officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the -battalions concerned--but almost never from individual pipers. -Among these men there appears to have been a conspiracy of silence, -and attempts to obtain fuller information as to the reason for the -granting of awards or the names of pipers whose identity disappeared -under the blue pencil of the Censor have proved in very many -instances unavailing. - -The omission from these pages of mention of achievements of pipers -of many battalions must be regarded as indicating lack of space to -record them, or of failure to obtain the desired information. - -The original Expeditionary Force landed in France with seven -Scottish battalions possessing pipe bands; when the armistice was -signed the number of such units exceeded a hundred. Although on -mobilisation the number of "full" pipers in a battalion is only six -it must be remembered that there are always "acting pipers" serving -in the companies who are available--until that source of supply is -exhausted--to take the place of casualties; and it is safe to reckon -that the 100 battalions have had more than 2500 pipers at various -times. - -The numbers that served in various units during the campaign varied -enormously; in some, which freely utilised their pipers in the front -line--in the ranks, as bearers, and as pipers in action--as many -as seventy or eighty have been borne on the strength at different -times; in others, which kept these men invariably behind the front -line, the casualties were negligible and comparatively few were used -up. - -This difference in method of employment largely explains the -variations in the casualty lists and honours of different units; and, -in some cases, it has been found impossible to obtain anything like -complete information. - - 8543 Piper JAMES MACKENZIE, 1st Scots Guards. - - During the desperate fighting about Ypres in October, 1914, Piper - Mackenzie greatly distinguished himself bringing up ammunition to - the firing line. He was killed while doing so. Awarded a mention - in despatches. - - 8081 Piper CHARLES SCOTT MAGUIRE, 2nd Scots Guards. - - On the 27th October, 1914, near Ypres, an advanced trench was - blown to pieces by shell fire, most of its occupants being killed - or wounded. Hearing calls for help, Piper Maguire went forward - from the support trench to report. He crawled 15 yards on hands - and knees to the wrecked trench and found several men had been - buried by the explosion. Although without any protection from - enemy fire he dug out a man and found he was dead; he continued - his task and got out another, placing him for safety under cover - of the dead body. He then crawled back to his trench. The N.C.O. - in charge had been killed meantime, and no official report of his - conduct was possible. Maguire himself was wounded shortly after, - his back being broken; he died of paralysis some seven months - later. - - 11002 Piper J. MCMILLAN, 1st Royal Scots. - - Was awarded the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry as a battalion - scout. - - 10123 Corpl. E. COLLINS, } - 10754 Piper J. CLANCY, } - 10639 " J. SMART, } 1st Royal Scots. - 10032 " P. MALLIN, } - - During the operations on the Salonika front the battalion had - to capture Karadzakot Zir. The men had to advance over open - country to the attack. These pipers played over three successive - charges to the enemy's position, and the commanding officer - considered their gallantry on this occasion was to a large extent - instrumental in bringing about the success of the attack. In - spite of their exposed position they all got through without - being touched. - - 11065 Piper H. M'LEOD, 2nd Royal Scots. - - Was repeatedly mentioned in despatches for gallantry in attending - wounded under fire, and was recommended for the D.C.M. - - 1235 Piper W. SINCLAIR, 5th Royal Scots. - - Shortly after the original landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula, - a critical retirement took place. Piper Sinclair, on his own - initiative, gathered together a handful of stragglers, and, - taking up a favourable position, covered successfully the - withdrawal of the battalion. He was killed. - - Pipe Major JOHN BUCHAN, 4th Royal Scots. - - Just before the attack on Achi Baba on 28th June, 1915, Pipe - Major Buchan played along the line as the battalion went over; he - was killed. - - 7271 Pipe Major J. M'DOUGALL, 8th Royal Scots. - - Was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "for gallant conduct - under very trying circumstances" as a stretcher bearer at - Festubert in May, 1915. - - Corpl. ALEXANDER FORSYTH, 9th Royal Scots. - - At Arras in April, 1917, this man, who was a highly skilled - bomber, volunteered to bomb the Germans out of a position in - which they were covered by machine guns. He crawled up and - succeeded in his object, but was killed. He was given the - Distinguished Conduct Medal. - - 13283 Pipe Major A. COLGAN, 12th Royal Scots. - - In the Loos attack the pipe major played the battalion over the - top and was wounded. Subsequently, in the great German offensive - in 1918, when pipers had to serve in the ranks, he got the - Military Medal "for good leadership and courage." - - Pipe Major JOHN MOUAT, 13th Royal Scots. - - During the final advance in 1918 the pipers were employed as - bearers, and suffered heavy casualties. Pipe Major Mouat received - a mention in despatches. - - Pipe Major MURDOCH MACDONALD, 13th Royal Scots. - - A heavy shell burst among a company and buried a number of men. - Pipe Major Macdonald went out alone, under very heavy shell fire - and brought in six wounded men unaided. - - Pipe Major DAVID ANDERSON, 15th Royal Scots. - - In the opening attack on the Somme front on 1st July, 1916, - the battalion was played forward by the pipe major, to the old - regimental tune "Dumbarton's drums." He was hit shortly after - going over the top, but continued playing; he was again wounded - after crossing the third line of trenches and fell to the ground. - He tried to go on playing while sitting on the ground, but his - pipes were shattered by a shell bursting near him. He managed to - get up and was at once attacked by a German, but succeeded in - knocking him out with his fists, and then continued fighting with - a rifle until overcome by his wounds. - - Pipe Major Anderson was given the one Croix de Guerre allotted - to his Division for the most conspicuous act of bravery. The - pipes he was playing on this occasion were of historical interest - as they had been taken to the Antarctic by a member of Scott's - expedition, and had been played also in the Arctic expedition of - 1907. - - Another interesting feature of Anderson's achievement was that - several Germans surrendered to him as he played on the parapet of - one of their trenches. - - Pipe Major DAVID CAMPBELL, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers. - - Although he had been wounded in the arm on the previous day Pipe - Major Campbell played his battalion to the attack on the German - position at Hooge on June 16, 1915. He played on right up to - the German wire entanglements when, throwing his pipes aside, he - caught up the bayonet of a comrade who had just been shot by a - German officer and at once attacked the latter. He captured the - officer. - - 9884 Piper HIGGINSON, 1st K.O.S.B. - - The initial engagement of the battalion was the landing on - Gallipoli. During the first few days the pipers were fighting - in the ranks, and the gallant exploit of Piper Higginson is - eloquent indication of the fact that they played the part of the - fighting man right well. All the officers and N.C.O.'s of his - Company having been killed or wounded during the heavy fighting - of 26th April, 1915, Piper Higginson rallied the remainder, and - organised and led a bayonet charge with such dash and bravery - that the Turks were swept back from a line they had captured - earlier in the day. Just as success was attained Piper Higginson - was mortally wounded, and died some hours later. Had he survived - he was to have been recommended for the D.C.M. - - 1315 Piper MAITLAND, } - 8248 Pipe Major W. MACKENZIE, } 1st K.O.S.B. - - During most of their stay on the Gallipoli peninsula the pipers - had to bring up ammunition, rations, stores, etc., a job which - was at all times most trying and often extremely hazardous. For - conspicuous bravery in charge of these carrying parties the Pipe - Major and Piper Maitland were awarded the Military Medal. - - 556 Piper A. ERSKINE, 5th K.O.S.B. - - Was mentioned in despatches for gallantry as a stretcher bearer - in Gallipoli. - - 14851 Pipe Major ROBERT MACKENZIE, 6th K.O.S.B. - - At the battle of Loos 25th September, 1915, when the battalion - went forward to the attack in which it was decimated, the first - over the top was the Pipe Major, who started playing at once. - He was wounded and fell after a comparatively short distance, - but managed to crawl back. His leg had to be amputated, and he - died of shock shortly afterwards. Mackenzie was a man of nearly - sixty years of age, and had forty-two years' Army service. He was - awarded a mention in despatches. Before the action he had been - detailed, on account of his age, to be postman, but insisted on - going into action. - - 15851 Piper DANIEL LAIDLAW, V.C., 7th K.O.S.B. - - Just before the attack on Hill 70 and Loos on 25th September, - 1915, the battalion, which was under heavy shell fire, was - exposed to a cloud of poison gas. Many of the men succumbed to - this gas, and the remainder were shaken by what they were going - through. The commanding officer, seeing Laidlaw standing waiting - with his pipes for the order to advance, called to him, "Pipe - them together, Laidlaw, for God's sake, pipe them together," and - he immediately climbed out on to the parapet, and marched up - and down, regardless of danger, playing "Blue Bonnets over the - Border." The effect on the men was magical; at the same moment - the order came to advance, and the officer shouted "Come on, the - Borderers, who'll be the first to reach the German trenches?" - The survivors of the company swarmed up and over to the assault - following the piper. The men were falling all round him, but - Laidlaw continued to advance until he got near the German line, - when he was wounded and the officer, who was alongside of him, - was killed. As he lay on the ground he tried to go on playing, - and then managed to get up and hobble after the battalion. - - He was awarded the Victoria Cross "for most conspicuous - gallantry," and the French Croix de Guerre. - - The sobriquet "Piper of Loos" was commonly applied to Piper - Laidlaw; though, in fairness to two other men, it must be - admitted that he only shared that distinction with them. - - Pipe Major DOUGLAS TAYLOR, 7th K.O.S.B. - - During the attack on Loos when Piper Laidlaw got the V.C., the - other pipers were chiefly employed in bringing in the casualties. - There were large numbers of men lying about who had been - gassed. Pipe Major Taylor, though himself wounded in the hand, - continued bringing in these men for thirty-six hours, until he - was himself shot down with a bullet in the heart. He recovered - ultimately--one of the surgical miracles of the war. - - Pipe Major W. ROBERTSON, 2nd Scottish Rifles. - - Was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the field. - - Pipe Major NEIL MACLEOD, 8th Scottish Rifles. - - Greatly distinguished himself in the Dardanelles fighting in - attending on the wounded. He was killed in the attack on 12th - July, 1915. - - 40631 Corpl. WHITELAW, } - 17806 Piper M'GURK, } 9th Scottish Rifles. - - In a daylight raid at Arras in February, 1917, these two men - played their companies over, standing on the parapet, and then - followed them up to the German position. - - Pipe Major J. M'COLL, 10th Scottish Rifles. - - Was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during the Somme - fighting. - - 14631 Piper ALEXANDER STEVENSON, 11th Scottish Rifles. - - On 20th April, 1917, Piper Stevenson observed a comrade, who - had been out on a night patrol, lying wounded in No Man's Land, - and calling for help. He at once went over the parapet in broad - daylight and brought him in, although the Germans brought a - machine gun to bear on him as soon as he exposed himself. While - assisting the medical officer to dress the wounded man he was - killed. His name was mentioned in despatches for gallantry. He - had previously done excellent work carrying messages in action. - - Piper ANDREW WISHART, } - 9430 Piper W. STUART, } 1st Black Watch. - - After the failure of the first attack on Richebourg, 9th May, - 1915--the attacking battalions simply melting away under a sheet - of lead--a second attack on the position was ordered for midday; - the leading battalions on this occasion being the 1st Black Watch - and 1st Camerons. The men went over the top with a tremendous - dash, and each company was led by its pipers. Two at least - actually reached the German trenches and continued playing--9430 - W. Stuart, and Andrew Wishart of the Black Watch. They were - under very heavy fire, and both got wounded. Wishart fell into - a shell hole and lay there for four days before he succeeded - in crawling back to our trenches. When he fell there were loud - shouts "The piper's down," and the men made frantic efforts to - get into the enemy's trenches; but the machine gun fire was too - heavy, and they had to withdraw. Piper Stuart was awarded the - D.C.M. - - Piper GEORGE GALLOWAY, 7th Black Watch. - - On one occasion Piper Galloway rescued five men who had been - buried by a shell explosion. Subsequently, when employed as a - runner, he was called on to deliver an important message under - very heavy fire. This he accomplished in almost impossible - conditions, and was given the Military Medal. - - L/Corpl. G. SWAN, 7th Black Watch. - - Served in the ranks during the Somme fighting. He was killed in - action, and was awarded the Military Medal. - - 1919 Piper ALEXANDER PRATT, 2nd Black Watch. - - Pipers throughout the war have been employed in a great variety - of ways besides piping. Piper Pratt was reported in Mesopotamian - Force Despatches as "one of the bravest and most intelligent bomb - sergeants in the regiment; on three occasions he has proved his - high capacity for leadership in the attack. He has been twice - wounded. His power of training grenadiers and his influence over - his men are quite exceptional." He was promoted in the field to - Sergeant and awarded a D.C.M. - - 941 Piper PETER MACNEE, 2nd Black Watch. - - Also distinguished himself greatly as a bomber. He won the D.C.M. - at Neuve Chapelle. In France he was twice wounded, but went to - Mesopotamia with the battalion. In the fighting at Sheikh Saad in - January, 1916, he was mortally wounded. - - 1839 Piper ALEXANDER MACDONALD, } - 736 Piper DAVID SIMPSON, } - 365 Piper R. JOHNSTONE, } 2nd Black Watch. - 699 Piper DAVID ARMIT, } - 187 Piper J. GALLOWAY, } - - In the attack by the 2nd Black Watch at Mauquissart, 25th - September, 1915, the pipers took a prominent part, playing - their companies up to and through the German first and second - lines. After three lines had been captured the order to attack - the fourth was given. 736 Piper David Simpson at once dashed - forward playing, followed by his company; he was killed just as - they reached the objective. His bravery earned him the title, - for long after, of "The Piper of Loos." He was recommended for - the Victoria Cross. Further on, 1839 Piper Alexander Macdonald - alternately played from one trench to the next and assisted in - bombing the enemy out of their dugouts. In the third trench he - marched, playing "Macgregor's Gathering," down the trench at - the head of the bombers, and then climbed on to the parapet and - continued playing. He was ultimately wounded and lost his leg. - For his gallantry he was given the D.C.M., but did not long - survive to enjoy the honour as he died soon after his discharge. - At the same time 365 Piper R. Johnstone went on playing until he - fell gassed. As pipers fell out wounded others took their places, - and the battalion was played continuously into and through the - action. It appears to have been a tradition among the pipers - of this battalion that they were always to play whenever an - opportunity occurred. Pipers David Armit and J. Galloway also - played right up to and through the German support trenches. - - 1198 Pipe Major D. M'LEOD, 4th Black Watch. - - Piper M'Leod played his company into action at Loos. - - During this action the commanding officer was mortally wounded; - he was brought in, under intense fire, by Pipe Major--then Corpl. - Piper--M'Leod, who received the Military Medal for his gallantry. - He subsequently got a bar to the Medal for repeated acts of - gallantry during the great advance of 1915. - - 410 Pipe Major ALEXANDER LOW, 4th Black Watch. - - Received the Military Medal for devoted attendance to the wounded - at Neuve Chapelle. - - 1568 Piper ALEXANDER HOWIE, 5th Black Watch. - - At Neuve Chapelle Piper Howie greatly distinguished himself in - bringing in casualties. He was killed while performing this duty. - Mentioned in despatches. - - Piper R. PIRNIE, } - Piper A. FORBES, } 6th Black Watch. - Piper A. TAINSH, } - Piper R. MAPLETON, } - - These men played the battalion in to the attack on High Wood, - 14th July, 1916. Though much exposed they escaped unwounded. - - Piper FERGUSON, 6th Black Watch. - - At Laventie this man marched from one end of the line to the - other playing "Johnny Cope," which aroused the enemy, who, - expecting an immediate attack, at once started a barrage. No - attack was ever intended. - - 2126 Piper ALASDAIR M'DONALD, 6th Black Watch. - - Near Laventie in July, 1916, a small patrol of four men operating - in No Man's Land ran into some Germans, with the result that - two of them were badly wounded and could not get back to our - lines. Volunteers were asked for, and M'Donald and another man - went out. They met a German patrol and dispersed it, but this at - once brought hostile machine gun fire on to them. They had to - hunt about for a considerable time in high grass full of barbed - wire before finding the wounded men, and, in bringing them back, - had to make use of part of a German communication trench. Piper - M'Donald was mentioned in despatches. - - 290056 Pipe Major THOMAS MACDONALD, } - 292440 L/Corpl. G. SWAN, } 7th Black Watch. - 200509 Piper A. MANDS, } - Piper GEORGE GALLOWAY, } - - All these men received the Military Medal for gallantry in - carrying despatches during the Somme actions. On several - occasions they performed quite invaluable service in this way. - - 7671 Piper ALEXANDER HENDERSON, 1st Cameron Highlanders. - - On October 22nd, 1914, Piper Henderson went out to an officer - of the battalion who was lying wounded in a very exposed - position, and applied first field dressings. He then helped - this officer back to our position under heavy machine gun fire - and then returned to his duty in the ranks. He was awarded the - Distinguished Conduct Medal. - - Sergt. JOHNSON, 2nd Cameron Highlanders. - - Received the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry on the - night of 11th March, 1917, when on a reconnoitring patrol on the - Struma. He killed the enemy's sentry before he had time to warn - his group, thus enabling the party to account successfully for - five out of seven of the enemy. Also for continuous good work as - sergeant in charge of regimental scouts. - - As scout sergeant he subsequently still further distinguished - himself, and by his initiative and daring in incessant patrol - work, materially assisted in gaining complete ascendancy over all - the ground between our own and the Bulgar trenches. "His display - of daring, initiative and courage has been a splendid example to - all the men under him." - - 56 Pipe Major JOHN ROSS, 4th Cameron Highlanders. - - Played the battalion to the attack at Festubert on 17th May, - 1915, along with the other pipers of the battalion. - - 17128 Piper J. SCOBIE, Cameron Highlanders. - - Obtained the M.M., D.C.M. for gallantry in action. - - 9158 Acting Pipe Major J. MACLELLAN, 1st Seaforth Highlanders. - - During the advance in Mesopotamia ammunition happened to run - short at a point only 50 yards removed from the Turk trenches. - MacLellan at once volunteered to fetch some, and was killed as he - was bringing it up. - - 8391 Pipe Major D. MATHIESON, 1st Seaforth Highlanders. - - Was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "for gallant conduct - on many occasions in conveying messages under heavy fire, and - also for gallantry in attending on the wounded on an exposed part - of the line." - - 9446 Pipe Major NEIL M'KECHNIE, 1st Seaforth Highlanders. - - During the engagement at Sheikh Saad on 7th January, 1916, the - battalion had to advance for a long distance over perfectly flat - country under very heavy fire. Casualties among our men were very - numerous. The pipe major and Pipers Colin M'Kay and Alex. M'Kay - at once started playing "Caber Feidh," and continued to do so for - some time. M'Kechnie and Alex. M'Kay were both wounded. - - At Neuve Chapelle M'Kechnie had distinguished himself as a - bomber, and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Russian - Order of St. George. - - 766 Pipe Major MACKENZIE, 1st Seaforth Highlanders. - - Was mentioned in despatches for gallantry in Palestine. - - 412 Piper WILLIAM BARRY, 1st Seaforth Highlanders. - - Went out into No Man's Land under heavy machine gun fire to the - assistance of a wounded comrade who was lying unable to move, and - whose clothing had caught fire. Piper Barry was recommended for - the D.C.M.; he was mentioned in despatches. - - 529 Piper COLIN M'KAY, 1st Seaforth Highlanders. - - During the advance at Sheikh Saad some of the pipers had to bring - up ammunition. The Turkish barrage was generally late and missed - the advancing battalion, but came down behind it; this resulted - in severe casualties among ammunition parties. Piper M'Kay was - specially promoted on the field for gallantry in performing duty - as an ammunition carrier. - - 201307 Piper P. STEWART, 4th Seaforth Highlanders. - - A company on the Ypres sector in September, 1917, had to advance - a distance of nearly two miles over flooded ground badly cut up - by our artillery. The men were very heavily laden with extra - ammunition, bombs, etc.; Piper Stewart played them along until - he fell and damaged his pipes. When they reached their position - volunteers were called for to go out and try to establish - communication with the brigade on the left, whose position was - not known. Piper Stewart went out and performed this task, but - was badly wounded in the arm. He had previously done excellent - work in collecting casualties and putting them in an abandoned - gun emplacement. He was awarded the Military Medal. - - 599 Piper DONALD M'KAY, 5th Seaforth Highlanders. - - Was killed at Beaumont Hamel when carrying despatches. His C.O. - said of him, "It was by devotion such as his that victory was - bestowed on us that day." - - 21629 Piper D. FRASER, } - 4661 Piper B. HAMILTON, } 7th Seaforth Highlanders. - - In the attack at Loos, when the battalion was played in by their - pipers, most of these men were killed or wounded. At one time the - position became very serious and the advance was checked. Pipers - Fraser and Hamilton at once got up into the open and started - playing "Caber Feidh"; the effect was very marked as their - companies dashed forward after them. They were both killed. - - 8535 Piper D. DAVIDSON, 7th Seaforth Highlanders. - - This man, when serving in the ranks, showed such gallantry and - initiative that he received both the Distinguished Conduct Medal - and the Military Medal. - - 8112 Pipe Major ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, 8th Seaforth Highlanders. - - At Loos, when the battalion was played into action, there - were very heavy losses among the pipers. Pipe Major Mackenzie - distinguished himself greatly, and was given the Distinguished - Conduct Medal. - - 8119 Pipe Major G. GORDON, 9th Seaforth Highlanders. - - Played the battalion into action at Longueval on 14th July, 1916, - and was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. - - 5745 Piper CHARLES M'LELLAN, 9th Seaforth Highlanders. - - At the battle of Loos he was acting as orderly to his captain; - as they got over the parapet the officer was hit, and died a - few minutes afterwards. Piper M'Lellan then reported himself - to another officer who sent him back, under heavy fire, for - reinforcements. Having done this several times, he went to look - for his captain and brought in his body. He was awarded the - Military Medal. - - 10744 Corporal A. GODSMAN, 1st Highland Light Infantry. - - During the action at Neuve Chapelle he repeatedly brought up - ammunition to the firing line under the heaviest fire, until he - was wounded. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and - the Russian Order of St. George. - - 11480 Piper JOHN BRODIE, 2nd Highland Light Infantry. - - This man was one of the party with the late Col. W. L. Brodie - when that officer won the V.C. - - 240881 Piper WILLIAM MACKENZIE, 6th Highland Light Infantry. - - In the action of 12th July, 1915, in which the battalion captured - three lines of Turkish trenches in Gallipoli, Piper Mackenzie - went into action armed with a revolver and a shovel, displaying - great gallantry and doing great execution with both these weapons - until he was wounded. - - 1914 Piper KENNETH MACLENNAN, 7th Highland Light Infantry. - - Was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "for playing the - pipes during the attack (on the Turkish trenches, 12th July, - 1915) and advancing with the line after his pipes had been - shattered by shrapnel, and heartening the wounded under fire" - (_London Gazette_). After his pipes had been broken he continued - to play on his chanter for some time. He then made several - journeys across the open to fetch water for the wounded under - heavy fire; and also brought up boxes of ammunition. - - 1901 Piper D. CAMERON, 7th Highland Light Infantry. - - In the attack on the Turkish trenches on 12th July, 1915, Piper - Cameron played his company right up to the captured trenches - and was awarded a special mention in Divisional Orders (52nd - Division). On this occasion, while playing, he had a revolver - hanging from his wrist, and on reaching the trenches started - using it with good effect. - - Piper DONALD MACFARLANE, 7th Highland Light Infantry. - - In the same action in Gallipoli on 12th July, 1915, Piper - Macfarlane played his company through a bayonet charge and - continued doing so until a shell burst shattered his pipe drones. - He then devoted himself to giving water to the wounded. - - Corpl. Piper ALLAN M'NICOL, 12th Highland Light Infantry. - - During the fighting at Loos and Hill 70 Corpl. M'Nicol was - employed carrying an artillery observation flag, and signalling - successive positions to our guns as they were captured. For his - gallantry in action he was awarded the Military Medal. - - 15006 Pipe Major WILLIAM M'COMB, 16th Highland Light Infantry. - - On 14th February, 1916, the Pipe Major, though stunned and sick - from a blow by a branch of a tree which had been hit by a shell, - went forward and dug out several men who had been buried. There - was heavy shell fire at the time. He was given the Military Medal. - - 12095 Piper (Pipe Major) THOMAS RICHARDSON, 16th Highland Light - Infantry. - - Was awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct at Roupy in - the night of 2nd April, 1917, when the company in support was - heavily shelled and casualties were heavy. "Pipe Major Richardson - organised carrying parties and showed an utter disregard of - danger under the continuous fire of heavy guns." - - Pipe Major B. M'DONALD, Highland Light Infantry. - - An ammunition dump having caught fire he went in under heavy - machine gun and shell fire and succeeded in dragging out boxes - of bombs and throwing them into a shell crater full of water. - By this means he stopped the conflagration. At the time he had - just been given a commission, and he received for this action the - Military Cross. - - 16094 Pipe Major YOUNG GILBERT, 17th Highland Light Infantry. - - On the 1st July, 1916, the battalion crawled up to within 100 - yards of the Leipzig redoubt and rushed the latter when the - barrage lifted, and held on. The position was a very perilous - one, and the C.O. called on the Pipe Major to play to the men. - This he at once did and continued doing so, with the most - stimulating effect on the battalion. For this action he was - awarded the Military Medal. - - 5495 Piper JAMES RITCHIE, 2nd Gordon Highlanders. - - On the 14th July, 1916, the battalion had to attempt the capture - of the road from High Wood to Longueval. Advancing beyond the - first objective they advanced further and tried to dig in, but - came under deadly fire from flank and rear. Of the two leading - platoons only one wounded officer and five men ever got back. - Piper Ritchie volunteered to carry a message to regimental - headquarters and bring up reinforcements. He did this twice. He - was awarded the Military Medal. - - 6349 Pipe Major CHARLES ANDERSON, 2nd Gordon Highlanders. - - Was awarded the Military Medal. His C.O. writes: "Has done - splendid work throughout; his cheerfulness and gallantry have - been at all times most marked, and he was a splendid example to - all until he was severely wounded at Hulluch on 25th September, - 1915." - - 6863 Piper R. STEWART, 2nd Gordon Highlanders. - - From the commencement of the war Piper Stewart's gallantry was - repeatedly brought to notice and especially during the fighting - in October and November, 1914, and at Ypres. He was specially - promoted to Sergeant and awarded the D.C.M. and the Russian Order - of St. George for bringing up ammunition under particularly - trying circumstances at Ypres. He was killed at Loos. - - Pipe Major (Sergt. Major) ANGUS MACLEAN, 2nd Gordon Highlanders. - - Rejoined his old battalion on the outbreak of war and was - transferred from the pipes to a company as sergeant major. He was - awarded the Military Medal for "conspicuous courage and ability - in organising work under very dangerous conditions." - - THE 2ND GORDON HIGHLANDERS IN ITALY. - - In the summer of 1918 the pipers, during the offensive, were - attached for duty to the 23rd Field Ambulance. All the wounded - had to be carried across a deep and very rapid burn, which was - difficult to get across for a single man. These pipers, however, - with four men to a stretcher and four more to steady them, and - without their kilts and hose, succeeded in getting large numbers - of casualties over. They stood in the water for many hours. - Subsequently they went out to look for wounded and brought in - many more. "But for the work of the pipers and drummers it would - have been impossible to evacuate the wounded that night." - - Piper GEORGE PATERSON, 4th Gordon Highlanders. - - In the fighting outside Cambrai in November, 1917, Piper Paterson - played the battalion into action and charged in three successive - waves; he also played it into Cantanig under heavy fire. Here he - was wounded. He was awarded the Military Medal. - - Piper WILLIAM WEBSTER, 4th Gordon Highlanders. - - In the face of heavy fire during the retirement in March, 1918, - repeatedly brought up ammunition to men in the front line. Was - awarded the Military Medal. - - Piper P. BOWIE, } - Piper P. PATERSON, } 4th Gordon Highlanders. - Piper R. PRENTICE, } - Piper G. DAVIDSON, } - - In the Ypres fighting on 31st July, 1917, Piper Bowie rallied the - men at a time when things were looking very bad. He was awarded - the Military Medal. At the Marne, too, he and Pipers P. Paterson, - R. Prentice, and G. Davidson played their companies into action - "and the example set by them roused the troops to further efforts - to force the enemy from a difficult position and enabled them to - gain a great victory." - - 1985 Piper CHARLES THOMSON, 5th Gordon Highlanders. - - At Festubert Piper Thomson showed great courage as an observer, - and repeatedly crossed a heavily shelled zone, which was - also under fire by snipers, carrying messages to battalion - headquarters. - - Piper H. LUNAM, 5th Gordon Highlanders. - - In the action at High Wood on 18th July, 1916, Piper Lunam "very - heroically played his company into action in face of heavy - machine gun fire and a heavy enemy barrage. He got no official - recognition, but the thanks and respect of his comrades who - followed him." - - 10115 Pipe Major J. HOWARTH, 6th Gordon Highlanders. - - During the fighting at Loos Pipe Major Howarth was acting as - orderly to the commanding officer, and, in the course of the - advance, was wounded in the feet. A shell had burst and knocked - over a dozen of our men and he at once went off to give first - aid. On the way he saw Captain ---- of the 2nd Gordons lying - wounded. As, on account of his own wound, he was unable to carry - the wounded officer in, he took off his own puttees, wound them - round his knees as a protection, took Captain ---- on his back - and crawled back on hands and knees to our own line. - - Pipe Major Howarth had already received the D.C.M. for his - gallantry in tending the wounded at Neuve Chapelle. For his - action on this occasion he was awarded a bar to the medal. - - 10700 Piper W. BANNERMAN, 6th Gordon Highlanders. - - In the fighting at Givenchy on 2nd June, 1915, some of the pipers - were employed in the ranks. Piper Bannerman was mentioned in - despatches for great gallantry in leading a bayonet charge. - - Piper (Sergt.) PETER DEAN, 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - - When serving in the ranks as a machine gun sergeant he worked his - gun alone in an exposed position when the rest of the gun team - had all been killed or wounded. He was awarded the Distinguished - Conduct Medal. - - 3162 Piper WILLIAM CARLYLE, 6th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - - After a bayonet charge at Festubert on 16th June, 1915, the - battalion was lying on the ground under heavy fire. Near the - enemy's line was a wounded man. Piper Carlyle crept out on hands - and knees to try and bring him in; just as he reached the man - and had started to lift him, he was killed. Piper Carlyle was - mentioned in despatches. - - Piper JOHN WALLS, 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - - Was awarded the Military Medal for devotion to duty as battalion - runner through the barrages on 23/24th July, 1915. - - Pipe Major J. WILSON, 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - - On the 8th April, 1916, a German raiding party of considerable - strength entered our trenches in the Labyrinth after the - explosion of several mines which inflicted heavy casualties. Pipe - Major Wilson at once organised a counter attack and drove out the - enemy. He received a Divisional certificate of gallant conduct. - - 266 Piper GEORGE SHEARER, 9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - - When employed as a bearer on 24th May, 1915, brought in a - wounded man out of No Man's Land under particularly difficult - circumstances, and was awarded the D.C.M. - - 4627 Pipe Major THOMAS AITKEN, 10th Argyll and Sutherland - Highlanders. - - During the fighting at Longueval in July, 1916, although a man - of sixty years of age, Pipe Major Aitken, at his own request, - acted as orderly to the commanding officer for the whole day; - he was ultimately wounded. He was awarded the Distinguished - Conduct Medal "for conspicuous gallantry on this and many other - occasions." - - 6191 Piper J. DALL, } - 2616 Piper D. WILSON, } 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - - When the battalion attacked Longueval it was met by heavy - machine gun fire, which caused very severe casualties. Part of - the enemy wire had been left uncut by our bombardment, and this - caused momentary confusion in the ranks, as it was very dark. - The advance was held up by some ruined dwellings in the streets - of the village which had been turned into machine gun nests. - Pipers Dall and Wilson at once started playing, and in spite - of the noise of shell fire all round them, they succeeded in - rallying the men, and in leading an attack which proved to be - irresistible. Piper Dall was wounded. Piper Wilson was awarded a - mention in despatches. - - 569 Piper G. GAMACK, 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - - Received the Military Medal for great gallantry in evacuating - casualties during the storming of the St. Quentin Canal, Sept., - 1918. - - Pipe Major DONALD MACFARLANE, 11th Argyll and Sutherland - Highlanders. - - In the action of Loos the Pipe Major was employed as a despatch - runner carrying messages back from Hill 70. He continued doing - this though severely wounded in the arm. He was recommended for - the Distinguished Conduct Medal. - - Piper CHARLES HOEY, } - Piper J. BARNETT, } 11th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - Piper T. WALLACE, } - - In the attack at Loos these men all played their companies into - action. Piper Barnett was killed while doing so. - - Piper CHARLES CAMERON, 11th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - - When the battalion attacked Hill 70 on 25th September, 1915, the - pipers led their companies and suffered heavy casualties. The - 15th Division hung on to the slope of the hill until next day, - but ultimately had to fall back, being heavily counter-attacked. - The men of different units got mixed up in the hand to hand - fighting which ensued, and it was necessary to rally them in - their own units. Piper Cameron stood under heavy fire playing, - and rallied the men of the 11th. His bravery resulted in his - being known in the division as "The Piper of Loos." - - 598 Corpl. Piper R. STEVENSON, 12th Argyll and Sutherland - Highlanders. - - Many of the pipers of this battalion were employed as scouts, - and Corpl. Stevenson rendered particularly good service in - this capacity, especially in August, 1918, when, in spite of - heavy enemy fire, he went forward and carried out a successful - reconnaissance of the wire on the enemy's trenches. For this he - got the Military Medal. - - 139 Corpl. Piper H. G. LATHAM, 1st London Scottish. - - On account of heavy losses at Messines the pipers of this - battalion during the early part of the war were employed in - the ranks. Corpl. Latham was a crack shot and had got into the - final stage of the King's Hundred at the Bisley Camp in 1914. - He was accordingly employed as a sniper with much success. He - took a prominent part in the bayonet attack at Messines. He was - killed at Zillebeke 16th November, 1914. Was awarded a mention in - despatches. - - Piper SYDNEY WILSON, Liverpool Scottish. - - This man served in the ranks. He was awarded the certificate for - gallantry on three separate occasions. - - 290 Pipe Major JOHN WILSON, } 1st Tyneside Scottish. - 1525 Piper GEORGE TAYLOR, } - - Both these men received the Military Medal for bravery in playing - their battalion into action at La Boiselle on 1st July, 1916. - The whole of the pipers of this and the 2nd Battalion took part - in this, one of the most spectacular attacks on the Somme; and - their behaviour was an inspiration to the men. They were exposed - to very heavy fire and to every sort of obstacle on the ground, - but went on playing after ten pipers had been killed and five - wounded. 1525 Piper James Phillips of the 2nd Battalion, after - having his pipes shattered, started bombing the German trenches. - He was mentioned in despatches. - - Sergt. JOHN MACDONALD, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light - Infantry. - - At Hooge on 8th May, 1915, after a front trench had been - obliterated by shell fire, Sergt. Macdonald dug out two wounded - men who had been buried, and carried one on his back and assisted - the other to a place of safety under very heavy shell and rifle - fire. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. In Sept., - 1916, he died of wounds. - - 24011 Lance Corpl. J. DYCE, 13th Royal Highlanders of Canada. - - During the Ypres fighting in April, 1915, Corporal Dyce was - employed as a despatch runner and had to cross ground heavily - bombarded by the enemy. While doing so he was shot through - the chest, and became unconscious; on coming to, knowing the - importance of the despatch he was carrying, he started crawling - in to deliver it at battalion headquarters, collapsing when he - arrived there. He was mentioned in despatches. - - 29327 Pipe Major JAMES GROAT, 16th Canadian Scottish. - - In the attack on the Vimy Ridge Pipe Major Groat and the pipers - of the battalion played them to the attack, Groat accompanying - the commanding officer. They had to advance over a mile under - terrific fire. On this occasion he received the Military Medal. - - Subsequently, in the attack on Hill 70 on 15th August, 1918, - he again led the battalion and was awarded a bar to the Medal; - and on 2nd September, 1918, at Arras, he got the Distinguished - Conduct Medal for a similar action. He had played the battalion - through five successful attacks when he was finally wounded. - - 28930 Piper JAMES RICHARDSON, V.C., 16th Canadian Scottish. - - At Festubert in May, 1915, he showed the greatest gallantry in - carrying despatches, and also saved a wounded comrade's life. - In the attack on the Regina trench on 8th October, 1916, he - played his company to the attack. When they got near the enemy's - position very heavy wire entanglements were encountered, which - took a considerable time to cut through; while this was being - carried out Piper Richardson marched up and down outside the - wire playing, while the men were falling all round him. When the - wire had been cut he continued at the head of his company, and - played the "Reel of Tulloch" on the German parapet, followed - by the "Deil in the Kitchen" as the battalion started bombing - the dugouts. At this moment the Company Sergeant Major was - dangerously wounded and Richardson volunteered to take him - out. He successfully accomplished this and then said he must - go back to fetch his pipes which he had left behind in the - captured trench. He never returned and must have been killed. The - Commanding Officer[13] writes of him: "I really think his V.C. - performance was one of the great deeds of the war. The conditions - were those of indescribable peril and terror. The lad's whole - soul was bound up in the glory of piping, and he was only taken - into action after imploring his colonel with tears in his eyes. - Altogether a most wonderful example of high souled courage and - enthusiasm." - - A year after Piper Richardson's death he was awarded a posthumous - Victoria Cross. - - 28557 Piper ALEXANDER M'GILLIVRAY, } - 29048 Piper ALLAN CAMERON M'NAB, } - 429603 Piper GEORGE PAUL, } - 466703 Piper JOHN M'ALLISTER, } - 603174 Piper GORDON CRUICKSHANK, } 16th Canadian Scottish. - 467573 Piper ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, } - 737176 Piper JOHN M'LEAN, } - 633179 Piper ARCHIBALD M'DOWELL. } - - The whole of these men received the Military Medal for playing - their companies into action on different occasions. No man was - ever recommended for reward unless he had played into action on - three different occasions, and every man had to volunteer for the - duty. As a matter of fact so keen was the competition that lots - had to be drawn to decide who should play. - - 429603 Piper GEORGE PAUL, 16th Canadian Scottish. - - After winning the Military Medal for his gallantry in playing his - company to the attack on Hill 70 on 15th August, 1918, Piper Paul - went into action at Amiens playing on top of the tank "Dominion." - While doing so he was killed. His action on this occasion roused - the wildest enthusiasm among his comrades and contributed greatly - to the success of the operation. - - 59224 Corpl. WILLIAM CURRIE, 21st Canadians. - - On several occasions Corpl. Currie showed extraordinary gallantry - in bringing in wounded men from positions in which any attempt at - rescue appeared hopeless, on account of the heavy fire brought - to bear on any one trying to approach. The last man rescued by - Corpl. Currie had been shot by a sniper and was lying in a trench - only a foot deep. Currie succeeded in getting him away although - he was badly wounded in the process. He was several times - complimented officially and was finally specially promoted and - awarded the Military Medal. He subsequently got a Commission and - won the Military Cross for gallantry. - - 60115 Piper HUGH MACKENZIE, 21st Canadians. - - At Hill 70 volunteers were called for to bring in a man who was - lying wounded in No Man's Land. Mackenzie was one of three who - volunteered to get him; two of these men were killed. Mackenzie - was given the Military Medal. - - Piper W. BRAND, } 25th Canadians. - Piper WALTER TELFER, } - - In the attack on the Vimy Ridge 9th April, 1917, these two pipers - played their companies into action. Telfer was so badly wounded - that his leg had subsequently to be amputated, but continued - playing, until he fell. Both of them were awarded the Military - Medal. - - 1246 Piper JOHN MACDONALD, 1st Canadian Machine Gun Corps. - - During an action the attack was held up and most of the teams - of the machine guns were killed. Piper Macdonald succeeded - in pushing forward to the objective with a gun and held on - until dark. He was the last to leave, carrying the gun on his - shoulders. For this he was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant, and - was awarded the Military Medal. - - Pipe Major ALEXANDER GRIEVE, } - Piper J. WATERHOUSE, } South African Scottish. - Piper A. GRAY, } - - When the Germans advanced on the Cambrai front in March, 1918, - the pipers were frequently called upon to serve in the ranks in - various capacities. At Houdincourt they were suddenly required to - reinforce a position and piled their pipes on the ground. A shell - burst destroyed the whole of the pipes. For gallantry when acting - as despatch runners Pipe Major Grieve got the D.C.M. and Pipers - Waterhouse and Gray the Military Medal. - - Pipe Major J. ROBERTSON, 2nd Auckland Regiment. - - The pipers served in the ranks. Pipe Major Robertson received the - D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry at Bapaume. - - Piper A. AITKEN, } 42nd Australians. - Piper R. GILLESPIE, } - - These men were employed as scouts and both received the Military - Medal for valuable observation work prior to the action at - Messines in June, 1917. - - -FOREIGNERS AND THE PIPES - -Brought in contact as Scottish troops have been with those of our -Allies it is not surprising that military pipers have attracted the -attention of observers and writers who, before the war, knew nothing -of their existence. From the early days of the war the pipes, the -tartan and the kilt aroused the liveliest interest in France; and -perhaps the sincerest tribute to them is the fact that, in their -caricatures of the nations, the Germans usually depicted the British -soldier as a particularly unattractive Highlander. - -At first the French writers were mildly sarcastic about the players -of the "cornemuse," and regarded them as an amiable weakness of the -comrades of the "auld alliance"; but gradually they discovered that -pipes and tartan were the outward and visible signs of a spirit which -won their whole-hearted admiration, and then their attitude changed. - -Describing an attack by the 51st Division a French observer wrote: - -"Resolutely they crossed what seemed to be impossible ground ... they -charged to the shrill sounds of the bagpipes ... they charged like -heroes of Walter Scott--_leurs bonnets à rubans et leur jupes de -danseuses_." - -Though the Breton bignon, the cornemuse, the German dudelsackpfeife -are no longer--if they ever were--instruments of war, the instinctive -admiration for the pipes remains in the most unexpected quarters; -and in France, Flanders, Italy, the Balkans, and even the occupied -portions of Germany, "_piob mhor_" has aroused race memories long -dormant. One effect of this is the demand which has recently arisen -in Italy for pipes from this country; another is the fact that the -French Government have added a painting of a piper by a French artist -to the official collection of war pictures. - -American observers were often very ignorant of the mysteries of -the bagpipe. A writer in the _Boston Evening Transcript_, after -eulogising the piper as a military institution, informs his readers -that in the hands of a really skilled performer the strains of the -pipes can be heard for a distance of six miles against the wind or -ten miles if the conditions are favourable. The writer may have been -of M'Crimmon descent, but his enthusiasm exceeded his powers of -observation. - -One thing is quite certain, viz., whatever their inmost feelings -regarding the musical qualities of the pipes, foreigners generally -appreciate their military value in war and share the opinion of the -court-martial in 1746 that they must be regarded as an "instrument of -war." - -The Germans certainly were not slow in forming an estimate of the -military value of the piper. From a very early stage in the war -they learned to associate the instrument with a type of troops for -whose mentality, as exhibited in the attack, they had more respect -than sympathy, and the piper at once became a marked man whenever he -went over the top. The casualties among pipers while playing would -of themselves suggest that this was the case; but the statements of -officer prisoners show that orders were given to pick off pipers -for precisely the same reason as officers commanding platoons or -companies. - - -THE PIPES IN CAPTIVITY - -Even pipers fall into the hands of the enemy occasionally, but -they were never allowed to take their instruments with them into -captivity. Gradually, as "comforts," pipes were sent out to -individual officers and men; and the following letter from an officer -of the Gordon Highlanders who was at Friedberg Camp, indicates how -popular pipe music became among his fellow-prisoners of the Allied -armies. - -[Illustration: PIPER KENNETH MACKAY, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS - -AT QUATRE-BRAS - -_From the Painting by Lockhart Bogle, by kind permission of the -Officers of the 1st Cameron Highlanders_] - - "FRIEDBERG, 11/1/1917. - - Though only a young player I play here every day and do not find - people too hostile to me. The Russians, French and even the - Germans greet me with great interest and seem to find pleasure - in listening to me--though as I said I am no great player; the - most unsympathetic are always to be found among the ranks of the - "Sassenach." I learnt to play in 1911, on joining my Regiment, - under George MacLennan, who was Pipe-Major at that time. While on - leave in Edinburgh I used to have lessons with his father--Jno. - MacLennan. Up till now I have only attempted "The Glen is - mine" and "Struan Robertson" in Piobaireachd, but having been - thoroughly taught by the MacLennans I naturally follow their - way of thinking. Yesterday I played to a Russian who is a - very good player of the piano. He was delighted with the Pipes - and I could not play too many tunes for him. Strathspeys and - Reels are greatly appreciated by all our Russian friends. Last - St. Andrew's Day we organized an Exhibition of dancing which was - a complete success. As the Scottish Colony here is so small we - asked the Russians to come and help us. This they did right well - with dances and songs, the music being provided, in both cases, - by "Balalaika," or Russian national instrument. For our part we - danced two foursome Reels (dancing two different sets of steps), - a Sword Dance and a Highland Schottische. In the latter dance we - each took a Russian as a partner, they having been trained up - for the event. We sang "Bonnie Dundee," "Lassies of Scotland," - "MacPherson," and finished up with "Auld Lang Syne." For the - Reels my Russian friend provided the music on the piano. Our - costume was of course improvised. Kilt, shoes and hose we had, - we wore white shirts with lace cuffs, a strip of tartan fastened - with a brooch at the shoulder to do duty as a plaid and a black - velvet band with a lace ruffle, falling down in front, round our - necks. Our sporrans, with the exception of one which was made - out of a local rabbit, all came from home. I had several pretty - compliments paid to me by the Russians and French, both on our - costume and dancing. Five of us took part altogether. I wonder - if it would be too much to ask you to send me instructions for - dancing the "Lochaber Broadswords" and the "Seann Triubhas," in - case we have the misfortune to pass another St. Andrew's Day - here in Germany. If we do we shall give another Exhibition and I - would like to be able to vary it. I only know 12 Strathspey steps - and 8 Reel steps. Since I have been a prisoner I have taught - over 30 people to dance the Reel--including two Frenchmen and - one Russian, and at present I have five pupils on the chanter. - We are 16 Scots here, so can you say we are losing our national - distinctions? I have only told you this because I thought it - would interest you." - -In Holland, in the internment camps, an organised pipe band was -instituted by the writer of the above letter, and consisted of -thirteen pipers of whom two were pipe majors. - - - - -MILITARY PIPE BANDS, AND REFORM - - -In preparing this record of the pipe bands of our Armies during the -war the opportunity has been taken of consulting pipe presidents and -pipe majors as to the present condition of military piping and the -manner in which obvious defects might be remedied. Like other experts -they exhibit divergences of opinion, sometimes as regards the nature -of the defects, sometimes as to the best method of remedying them. In -certain matters, however, there is absolute unanimity, and these are -deserving of attention by the military authorities. - -"_Sergeant piper._"--Throughout the Army there is, and has always -been, a strong objection to the title of "sergeant piper," which -in official parlance is employed instead of "pipe major." No one -ever calls a pipe major a sergeant piper, except in returns; and -withdrawal of this modern and indefensible title could result in -nothing but good. As there is no financial aspect involved in the -change, it would be a graceful and inexpensive concession to a body -of men to whom the Army and the nation owe much. - -_Rank of the Pipe Major._--On another point there is absolute -unanimity of opinion, viz., the rank of the pipe major. As -responsible for a band possibly numbering twenty or more pipers, the -pipe major ought to have the same rank as a bandmaster. To limit the -career of a piper to the possibility of becoming a pipe major with -the rank of sergeant is to prevent good men accepting the position; -and many a man, seeing he can hope for no advancement, leaves the -pipes and returns to the ranks, thus getting a chance of rising to -warrant rank. - -This question of rank has a most important bearing on the interests -of piping generally, and is therefore a national one. As instructor -to his men the pipe major should be a first-class performer -himself, and this--although the public appear to be unaware of the -fact--involves long and assiduous training. It is useless asking a -man to attain the necessary standard of excellence for this purpose -and to offer him the pay of a sergeant in return. The consequence is -pipe majors are not always the best pipers--from the professional -point of view--in their units; and this ought to be remedied, even -though it does cost the nation the difference between the emoluments -of a warrant officer and of a sergeant in each unit. - -_The Appointment of "Piper."_--Another necessary reform, which also -has the merit of costing nothing, is the official recognition of -"piper" as an appointment. In the Army "drummer" is an appointment, -but a piper is a private. - -One result of this is that, on mobilisation, all pipers revert to the -ranks, excepting six (including the sergeant piper) per battalion. -Apart altogether from the special liability to casualties among the -"full pipers" when playing in action, it is evident that so small a -band may, under the ordinary conditions of modern warfare, be put -out of action; and then great difficulty is experienced in raising -another band. In many battalions during the war this happened, -sometimes more than once; and it is these battalions which are most -insistent on the strength being twelve instead of six pipers. - -_Lowland regiments._--A grievance which cries for remedy at the hands -of the War Office is the treatment of pipers in Lowland regiments. -The official view appears to be that the existence of the pipes in -regiments such as the Royal Scots, the K.O.S.B.'s and others is an -unreasonable concession to a sentiment which is vulgarly called -"Scotch," but which, though believed to be nebulous, happens to be -too strong for the military reformers to ignore altogether. This view -indicates ignorance of the history of the pipes and of the Lowland -regiments; the one may be pardoned, the other is inexcusable. - -It is absolutely certain that Lowland regiments had pipers before the -existing Highland regiments were raised at all; and the pipes were a -national instrument all over the Lowlands for centuries before there -was any Regular Army at all. - -This being so it is quite illogical that the maintenance of their -pipe bands should be a greater financial burden on officers of a -Lowland than of a Highland regiment. The value of the institution, -from a military point of view, is the same in both; and pipe bands -should be treated as part of the recognised establishment in one as -in the other. - -_Standardisation of military pipe music._--There is one grave defect -in military piping which is capable of being remedied quite easily. -Anyone who knows anything of piping knows that each individual piper -learns his tunes after the setting of some well-known authority, and -is for ever after prepared to maintain that that version alone is the -correct one. Unfortunately every battalion has its own setting for -every tune played in the band and declines to admit the possibility -of any other setting being used in any circumstances. Even in the -case of distinctively regimental tunes, _e.g._ "_Cabar Feidh_," the -two Regular battalions of the Seaforth Highlanders play--or used -to play, just before the war--different settings of that tune, and -a man transferred from one battalion to another had to learn the -slight differences which his new unit preferred. The same remarkable -individuality exists in every battalion and makes it very difficult -indeed to get a number of pipe bands to play even the best-known -tunes together without considerable practice. - -This is quite wrong. By all means let the individual piper learn and -adhere to the setting of piobaireachd by his favourite authority; but -to have as many settings of an ordinary march as there are battalions -in the Army is not to the advantage of piping. - -The remedy is simple enough,--the standardisation of pipe tunes for -military purposes, in precisely the same manner as obtains with -the National Anthems and trumpet and bugle calls; and, just as no -departure to meet regimental custom or prejudice is permitted in the -case of these latter, so the setting laid down for the Army in the -case of pipe tunes should be strictly defined and adhered to. - -The superiority of one setting over another does not enter into the -question; what is essential is uniformity. - -Many pipe majors have pointed to this standardisation as one of the -most important measures to be adopted after the war, in the interests -of piping in the Army. - -_Neglect of Piobaireachd._--It is open to argument whether the -military piper does or does not exert a determining influence on the -cause of piping generally. Allowing fully for the great value of the -recognised societies and the periodical piping meetings throughout -Scotland, in keeping up the standard of the national instrument and -offering inducements for its study, it will be readily admitted that, -by their mere existence as permanent institutions, military pipe -bands keep up the cult of the pipes, at home and abroad, to so marked -a degree that any decline in their standard must have a deleterious -effect on piping generally. - -To what extent, then, if at all, is military piping conducted to the -best advantage of the cause of piping, and is there room for reform? - -It may be taken as generally the case that, in so far as a military -pipe band is regarded as designed for duty on the march, and for -various routine military musical duties, it fulfils its functions to -the satisfaction of all concerned. It is too much to expect the War -Office--or even individual commanding officers--to accept the view -that neglect of "ceol mor" is not compensated for by a high standard -of excellence in the "middle music" and in dances and marches. -Individual pipers in every battalion are players of "piobaireachd"; -but any one with experience of regimental or garrison piping -competitions knows how small is the number of men who enter for that -class of event, as compared with performers of the march, strathspey -and reel. - -The explanation is simple enough--the men play what their audience -demands, and "Leaving Glen Urquhart" or "Duntroon" appeals to more -people, military or civil, than the finest piobaireachd. Pipe majors, -even when themselves anxious to teach their pipers the higher class -of music, recognise that to attempt to do so would often be wasted -labour--men come to them too old to make piobaireachd players, and, -in any case, the opportunities for playing it in the Army are too few -to make it worth while trying to get men to go through the initial -drudgery. Being human they naturally turn to march and dance music; -and the result is that, except in the case of professional pipers who -have enlisted, the soldier piper generally ignores altogether the -classical side of his music. - -This is a defect in military piping, and it should be remedied by -insisting that, before promotion to pipe major, a piper should pass -an examination in every branch of pipe music. - -_A school of piping._--The time has come to establish a school of -piping for the army at which likely pipers could undergo refresher -courses of instruction in all classes of pipe music, in the correct -writing of music--a subject which is lamentably ignored, in the -theory of music, and in methods of instruction of recruit pipers. -In other words it should fulfil the same functions as regards the -training of future pipe majors, and the improvement of the standard -of playing in the army, that Kneller Hall does in the case of -bandmasters and military musical education generally. - -No piper should be promoted pipe major until he has undergone a -complete course lasting at least six months, and has passed an -examination at the end of it. - -Such a school should be open to civilian pipers and should become the -Macrimmon school of to-day. - -The Piobaireachd Society have already decided to institute a memorial -to fallen pipers which shall take this form, and to the necessary -endowment the proceeds of this book will be devoted. But the army -must contribute towards its maintenance. - - - - -REGIMENTAL RECORDS - - -These Records are not based on military returns, and are -therefore not, in all cases, complete. They have been obtained by -correspondence with commanding officers, pipe presidents, pipe -majors and many others, but the exigencies of war have prevented the -information so obtained being absolutely accurate. - -In many cases, units, reduced by fighting to mere cadres, have been -absorbed into other units and their pipers scattered; in others, the -field records of the units themselves have been lost or have ceased -to be available; and, in several, correspondence has been abruptly -terminated by the correspondent himself being killed or wounded. - -In the circumstances it is satisfactory that so much information has -been obtained. - - -THE SCOTS GUARDS - -1ST BATTALION. - -During the first few months of the war there were very heavy -casualties among the pipers, and the band soon ceased to exist in -consequence. It was reconstituted in 1916, but was not again utilised -in the front line. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major ALEX. ROSS - 3707 Sergt. SAMUEL RICHARDSON Died of wounds, Battle of - Aisne, 14/9/14. - 6495 Lance-Cpl. DAVID SMITH Wounded, the Aisne, 14/9/14. - 6926 Piper KENNETH M'KAY Wounded, Ypres, 31/10/14. - 6999 " BRUCE HOBSON Wounded, Ypres, 31/10/14; taken - prisoner. - 991 " ALEXANDER MARTIN, Won D.C.M.; killed 19/2/16. - D.C.M. - 8543 Piper JAMES M'KENZIE Killed, Ypres, 31/10/14; - despatches. - 7529 " MURDOCH M'DONALD Wounded. - 8423 Corporal JAMES CARSTAIRS Wounded, Ypres, 26/10/14. - 6456 Piper ROBERT PATON Wounded, Ypres, 31/10/14. - 5437 " A. M'RURY - 11150 " CHRISTOPHER M'PHERSON - 9456 " ALAN M'PHEDRAN - " HECTOR M'NAIR - " J. SMITH Wounded. - " THOMAS ANDERSON - " MALCOLM M'KENZIE Killed, Oct. 1914. - " J. M'DONALD Wounded. - " E. KENNEDY - " J. ORMISTON - " D. M'INNES - Corpl. D. HOWISON - Piper A. CARMICHAEL Killed, 1915. - " T. BROWNLOW, D.C.M., Military Medal, D.C.M. - M.M. - " D. TAYLOR - " D. MARSHALL - " C. M'PHERSON - " J. COVENTRY - " R. PATON Wounded. - " J. JOHNSTONE - " W. M'LEOD Wounded. - " C. M'RAE Wounded. - - -2ND BATTALION - -There were heavy casualties in the Ypres fighting in Oct. 1914, -and by the end of March, 1915, practically no pipers remained. The -band was subsequently reconstituted, but like that of the sister -battalion, was as far as possible saved from further decimation. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major WILLIAM ROSS Invalided. - 7743 Sergt. ANDREW M'INTOSH - " DONALD M'INTOSH - 3681 Lance-Sgt. ARCHIBALD M'KIMM Wounded and taken prisoner, - Zonnebeke, 26/10/14. - Lance-Cpl. HECTOR M'KIMM Killed, Zonnebeke, 26/10/14. - 5539 Piper ALEXANDER RUSSELL Wounded, Ypres, 21/10/14. - 7281 " WILLIAM GRANT Wounded, Gheluvelt, 28/10/14. - 8053 " JOHN CONNOR Wounded, 28/10/14. - 7725 Piper JAMES WELSTEAD Wounded and taken prisoner, - Zonnebeke, 26/10/14. - 8341 " WILLIAM M'DONALD Wounded; invalided, 26/10/14. - 8349 " ARCHIBALD M'PHERSON Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 11/3/15. - " M. M'PHERSON - 8081 " CHARLES M'GUIRE Died of wounds at Ypres, - 29/10/14. - 8852 " COLIN LIVINGSTONE Wounded, Ypres, 27/10/14; - burned with liquid fire, - Neuve Chapelle, 13/3/15. - 11148 " JAMES COVENTRY - 7039 " JAMES M'DONALD Wounded, 13/3/15. - " T. MARSHALL - " C. MUNRO - " D. MARSHALL - " W. CRAIG - " D. M'PHEDRAN Wounded, Ypres, 27/10/14. - " J. M'PHEDRAN - " D. M'ARTHUR - " J. WALKER - -These two battalions, in the first year, had 7 pipers killed and 17 -wounded. - - -THE ROYAL SCOTS - -1ST BATTALION - -In the capture of Karadzakot Zir, in the Salonika operations, the -battalion was played to the attack by Pipers Collins, Clancy, Smart -and Mallin, and the C.O. considers that their services on this -occasion "were of inestimable value; it was largely due to the -presence of the pipers with the leading wave that the enemy evacuated -their trenches and retired in disorder." Besides their value on the -march and in billets "they were invaluable in inspiring _esprit de -corps_ under fire." - -Pipers were also employed as observers, messengers, scouts, etc. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 10369 Pipe Major G. J. ALLAN - 8473 Sergt. J. M'NAB Promoted Pipe Major, 1st R.S.F. - 10122 Corpl. R. SOFTLEY Wounded, May 1915, France. - 10123 " E. COLLINS - 10183 Piper J. CLANCY Invalided. - 10754 " J. BURNS - 11002 Corpl. W. M'MILLAN, D.C.M. - 10032 Piper P. MALLIN Invalided. - 9885 " W. M'ARTHUR Invalided. - " E. DUGUID - 10639 " J. SMART - 8450 " R. DRUMMOND Wounded, May 1915, France. - 39291 " H. THOMSON - 10273 " R. ARMOUR Wounded, Karadzakot, Sept. 1916. - 13859 " D. WHITE - 43315 " H. M'WILLIAMS Wounded, Aug. 1918. - 32844 " J. NOBLE - 48594 " D. M'DONALD Died in hospital, Bulgaria. - 16443 " A. ALVES - 200297 " W. HOVAN - - -2ND BATTALION - -The 2nd battalion took part in the original fighting of the war. -During the retirement from Mons the pipers were chiefly employed as -despatch-runners and orderlies. They went out with 16 pipers and lost -6 during the first few weeks. Four pipers, including Pipe Major Duff, -were taken prisoner at Audincourt on 26th August, 1914. - -During the Somme fighting they were employed as stretcher-bearers -and suffered severe casualties. On one occasion they did invaluable -service in bringing water up to the battalion. At Ypres in September, -1916, the pipers were carrying barbed wire up to the front when a -shell wounded three. After that the band was withdrawn from the front -line and employed in playing the battalion to and from the trenches. -By the end of 1918 there had been 7 pipers killed, 16 wounded and 4 -taken prisoner, and, to quote the pipe major, "I have seen 3 bands -disappear and the fourth is now on German soil." - -Apart from the difficulty of replacement of casualties one of the -reasons why pipers were not used in attacks was because it was felt -"when the men heard the pipes they would lose control of themselves -and, in their eagerness to get forward would be apt to rush into -their own barrage." - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 8696 Pipe Major J. DUFF Wounded, taken prisoner, - Audincourt, 26/8/14. - 5815 Pipe Major J. A. DUNBAR - 9357 Lance-Cpl. G. M'DONALD Wounded, taken prisoner, - Audincourt, 26/8/14. - 325127 Corpl. J. MACKAY Wounded, 23/11/17. - 10535 Piper D. WHEELAN Wounded, taken prisoner, - Audincourt. - 9865 " A. SMART Wounded, taken prisoner, - Audincourt. - 9867 Lance Cpl. GROVES Wounded, Kemmel, Nov. 1914. - 11161 Piper J. STEELE Wounded, Kemmel, Nov. 1914. - 9356 Piper J. HUNTER Wounded, Ypres, 28/5/15. - 10541 " F. M'EWAN Wounded, 23/5/15, 12/4/18, - 8/10/18. - 11065 " H. M'LEOD Recommended for D.C.M.; - wounded, Ypres, 28/5/15. - 11484 " D. LINDSAY Killed, 4/5/17. - " A. MACKINLAY Killed, 9/4/18. - 4918 " A. CRUICKSHANKS Killed, 27/9/18. - 9356 " R. HUNTER Wounded, 23/5/15. - 13459 " WILLIAM FISHER Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15; killed, - 15/4/16. - 250240 " WILLIAM BLACK Wounded, 12/11/17. - 8516 " J. ROBERTSON Killed, Croix Barbes, 13/10/14. - 325547 " R. ROBERTSON Wounded, 9/4/18. - 8450 " J. DRUMMOND Killed, The Bluff, 23/1/16. - 8906 " J. HENRY Wounded, Somme, 13/7/16. - 9787 " J. YOUNGSON Wounded, The Bluff, 4/3/16. - 9061 " J. JOHNSTON Wounded, 13/9/14. - 7929 " J. ANDERSON Wounded, Kemmel, April, 1915. - 3190 " J. THOMPSON Died, 30/8/15. - 10536 " E. DUGUID Killed (gas), 10/5/18. - 270014 " J. SINCLAIR Wounded, 9/4/17. - 32553 " W. HUTCHESON Wounded, 26/3/18. - 11613 " A. MACDONALD Wounded, 12/4/18. - 8899 " R. SCHOLES - 10178 " J. SCOTT - 11486 " J. CLARK - 270037 " J. PAUL - 270045 " A. STOCKS - 325080 " R. JOHNSTONE - 250240 " W. BLACK - 270821 " D. SHANE - 11437 Lance Cpl. A. SWINNEY - - -4TH BATTALION (QUEEN'S EDINBURGH RIFLES) - -This battalion served in Gallipoli, and took part in the attack -on Achi Baba on 28th June, 1915. On this occasion the Pipe Major -John Buchan was killed when playing along the line as the regiment -commenced their advance. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major ANDREW BUCHAN Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15. - Piper C. RUTHERFORD Died of dysentery, June, 1915. - " E. ALEXANDER Wounded on Achi Baba, 28/6/15. - " J. CHRISTIE - " A. MURRAY - " J. DUNCAN - " W. ARMSTRONG - " J. HUGHES - " P. LAIDLAW - - -5TH BATTALION (QUEEN'S EDINBURGH RIFLES) - -During the Gallipoli fighting the whole of the pipers became -casualties, some of them while acting as pipers, others while serving -in the ranks. Shortly after the landing, 1235 Piper Sinclair gathered -together some stragglers and successfully covered the retirement of -his battalion at a critical period. He himself died of his wounds. -The band ceased to exist until again started in 1916. Writing of -their subsequent experiences the commanding officer says "they -gloriously upheld the traditions achieved by their predecessors." - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 1417 Pipe Major JAMES PEDEN - 1303 Piper G. HARDIE Killed, 2/5/15, Gallipoli. - 1235 " W. SINCLAIR Died of wounds, 8/5/15, - Gallipoli. - 766 " A. LAWSON Killed, 28/4/15. - 1824 " G. W. DOWNIE Killed, 7/5/15. - 471 " J. UNCLES Wounded, April, 1915, - Gallipoli. - 1885 Corpl. D. SWAN Wounded, 7/5/15. - 1156 Piper J. G. SCOTT Wounded, May, 1915. - 1364 " N. M'ELHINNY Wounded, 4/6/15; and again, - Gallipoli. - 1539 " W. M'IVOR Wounded, 28/6/15, Gallipoli. - 8109 " DAVID ROSS Killed, July, 1916. - - -6TH BATTALION - -Pipers were almost entirely employed behind the front line owing to -the difficulty of replacement. - -The battalion was ultimately merged with the 5th Royal Scots. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major R. ANDERSON - Corpl. J. GREER - " R. ROUGH - Piper T. LEAKE Died, Egypt. - " A. M'KENZIE - " R. BREMNER - " J. FISHER - " R. IRVINE - - -5/6 BATTALION - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major J. A. GORDON - Corpl. A. JACK - Piper R. DAVIDSON - " R. MARTIN - " R. FLETCHER - " J. MARSHALL - " J. HANNAH - - -7TH BATTALION - -This battalion lost the pipe major and 2 pipers in a railway accident -before going overseas. While in Gallipoli they were employed in the -ranks. After the Gallipoli operations the band was brought up to -strength and played the battalion into Palestine to the old air of -"Blue Bonnets over the Border." - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Sergt. Piper JAMES GEAR Killed in train in England. - Piper GEORGE SMEATON Killed in train in England. - " ALEX. NICOL Killed in train in England. - Lance-Cpl. JAMES CAMPBELL Wounded. - Piper JAMES PEARSON Wounded in train smash. - " FRED TURNER Killed, 12/7/15. - " THOMAS CLACHERS - 251141 " PETER M'NEILL Killed, 6/11/17, Palestine. - - -8TH BATTALION - -At Festubert and elsewhere the pipers were employed as -stretcher-bearers, and Pipe Major J. M'Dougall was awarded the D.C.M. -"for gallant conduct under very trying circumstances." After the -first two years it was decided to keep the band out of action as far -as possible. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 7271 Pipe Major J. H. M'DOUGALL, Wounded, 22/5/15; D.C.M. - D.C.M. - 7124 " J. STERRICK Time expired, 6/5/16. - 335120 " J. STEVENSON - 325119 Lance-Cpl. S. THOMSON - 335062 Piper D. SHEILLS - 335113 " A. EUMAN - 7059 " J. STIRLING Wounded, 20/5/15. - 594 " J. MARTIN Wounded, 21/12/14. - 335118 " R. A. DODDS - 7112 " A. STERRICK Invalided, Dec., 1914. - 7132 " R. CRAWFORD Invalided, May, 1915. - 819 " G. DARLING Wounded, 13/10/16. - 4244 " T. FORREST Invalided, 26/2/15. - 4467 " A. NOTMAN Invalided, 13/10/16. - 330041 " W. BROWN - 335074 " F. CONFREY Invalided, 10/8/18. - 330347 " J. DICKSON - 330400 " G. REID - 10027 " A. METHVEN - 9885 " R. M'ARTHUR - 42591 " H. CAMERON - 302447 " J. O'DONNELL - - -9TH BATTALION - -The band was kept out of action as far as possible as it was regarded -as an invaluable asset on the march and in billets. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major C. M'KINLEY Wounded, 17/5/15. - " WILLIAM REID - Lance-Cpl. A. L. FORSYTH, M.M. Wounded, 17/5/15; awarded - Military Medal; killed, - 23/4/17. - Piper J. M'EWAN Wounded, 7/4/15; and - again 23/5/15. - " R. HOUSTON - " J. URQUHART - Piper W. B. MARTIN Invalided. - " J. CHARGE - " H. C. CLARK - " C. MANDERSON - Corpl. G. LAUDER Killed, 23/5/17. - " JAMES ROBERTSON - Lance-Cpl. E. M'DONALD - Piper WILLIAM RITCHIE Wounded, 25/3/18. - " WILLIAM LEGG (Lieut. Royal Air Force). - " A. CANNON Invalided. - " J. TULLY - " G. COCKBURN - " J. ROBERTSON - " J. CLARK Wounded, Soissons, 29/7/18. - " P. M'LEAN - " J. ARMSTRONG - " W. DUFFY - " W. ROS - " D. ROSS - " R. CONNOLLY - - -11TH BATTALION - -In spite of their frequent requests to be allowed to play in action -the pipers were not permitted to do so, as the band was regarded as -too valuable. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 3451 Pipe Major J. CLARK - 227629 Sergt. W. SINCLAIR - 27230 Piper ROBERT MARSHALL Wounded, 7/7/16. - 8906 Lance-Cpl. W. HENRY - 200521 Piper W. CHRISTIE - 29304 " G. COMBE - 29519 " J. HARPER - 29331 " T. HERMISTON - 41216 " R. JOHNSTONE - 40063 " G. MUIR - 20857 " W. STEWART - 40057 " W. BRUCE - 40787 " A. YOUNG Wounded, 23/3/18. - 27237 " A. POTTS - " J. KANE Killed, 14/7/16. - - -12TH BATTALION - -During the advance of the 26th Brigade at Loos in September, 1915, -the companies were played to the attack by their pipers, and suffered -heavily. Normally they were kept out of the front line owing to the -difficulty of replacement. During the German offensive of 1918 they -were in the ranks, and Pipe Major Colgan got the Military Medal "for -good leadership and courage." The casualties among them were heavy, -two having been killed and nine wounded. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 13283 Pipe Major A. COLGAN, M.M. Military Medal. - 10122 " R. SOFTLEY Wounded, 25/9/15. - 12991 Piper THOMAS HISLOP Killed, 25/9/15. - 200737 Lance-Cpl. P. WEST Killed. - 13459 " WILLIAM FISHER Wounded, Sept., 1915; killed, - 15/4/16. - 270322 Piper H. BARRIE - 31137 " D. BOWES Wounded, 25/9/15. - 16036 " C. CAMPBELL - 13530 " W. COWE Wounded, 25/9/15. - 43280 " J. GRAY - 12991 " D. M'DONALD Wounded, 25/9/15. - 270099 " J. M'INTYRE - 3404 " N. M'INTYRE - 270324 " J. M'KNIGHT - " G. M'PHEE - 43345 " A. ROBERTSON - 6392 " J. ROBERTSON Wounded four times. - 270326 " D. ROSS - 40300 " D. THOMSON Wounded, 1916. - 18516 " G. WATSON Wounded, 1916. - - -13TH BATTALION - -At Loos, 25th September, 1915, and in subsequent actions, the pipers -were employed as bearers. There were heavy casualties among them in -the last advance in 1918, when 2 were killed and 5 wounded. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major MURDOCH MACDONALD Invalided; died, 9/2/16. - " JOHN MOUAT Mentioned in despatches, - 27/12/18. - Sergt. ROBERT M'KAY - " THORNTON Invalided, 1917. - Corpl. F. DALGLEISH - Piper JOHN FORD Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - " JOHN MARR Wounded, 26/8/18. - " WILLIAM M'NEILL Wounded, 26/8/18. - " PETER CAMPBELL Wounded, 26/8/18. - Piper THOMAS FLOOD Killed, 26/8/18. - " ROBERT CAMPBELL Wounded, 25/9/15; taken prisoner - and died. - " JOHN CROWBOROUGH Wounded, April, 1918. - " JOHN FALCONER Invalided. - " JOHN FERRIER - " JOHN KILPATRICK Invalided. - " JOHN MACMILLAN Invalided. - " JOHN RANKIN Invalided. - " JOHN ROUGH Invalided. - " ROBERT NORRIS Wounded, 27/1/16. - " ANGUS MACDONALD - " WILLIAM TWEEDIE Wounded, 28/3/18. - " ROBERT MITCHELL Died of wounds, 26/8/18. - " J. FINDLAY - " F. GRAY - " G. GUILD - " M. M'LENNAN - " F. MORRIS - " J. M'LEAN - " W. WHITEHEAD - " J. CLUNIE - - -15TH BATTALION - -The battalion was played to the attack on Fricourt on the 1st July, -1916, by Pipe Major David Anderson, who was subsequently awarded the -Croix de Guerre. Only one decoration was available for the Division, -and his was considered the most conspicuous act of bravery. - - -16TH BATTALION - -After suffering heavy losses this battalion was absorbed by the 9th -Royal Scots. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major W. DUGUID - Corpl. D. SINCLAIR - Lance-Cpl. P. GOLDIE - Piper W. ADAMS Invalided. - " M. BETHUNE Killed, Somme, July 1916. - " H. GREY Killed, Arras, April 1917. - " D. HENDRY - " A. JACK - " A. LOCH Wounded, 1918. - Piper A. NOON Killed, Arras, April 1917. - " G. PHILP Invalided. - " D. ROSS - " J. THOMSON - " H. TUOHY Wounded, Somme, 1916; - invalided. - " E. TUOHY - " A. WILSON - - -17TH BATTALION - -The pipers, when employed in action at all, went as bearers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major M'DONALD Invalided. - " DONALD M'LEAN Became Lieut. 1st Gordons; - killed, July 1918. - " A. M'PHEDRAN - Corpl. C. M'KINNON - Lance-Cpl. LAWRIE Prisoner of war. - " J. MOON - Piper RAMAGE Wounded; invalided. - " CALDER - " SWANSON Wounded; invalided. - " WILSON Invalided. - " DOUGLAS Invalided. - " M'ANULTY - " PEEBLES - " M'GARVIE - " BRENNAN - " J. THOMSON - " A. COLLINS - " JAS. HOGG - " P. MACK - - -THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS - -1ST BATTALION - -The battalion was played to the attack on the German trenches at -Hooge on 16th June, 1915, by the Pipe Major David Campbell. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major DAVID CAMPBELL Wounded, Hooge, 15/6/15. - " J. M'NAB From 1st Royal Scots, - 20/11/15. - - -2ND BATTALION - -After the first battle of Ypres only one piper remained, but a small -band was made up from such acting pipers as could be spared from the -trenches. Drafts from other battalions ultimately brought the band up -to strength. The pipers who were taken prisoner, along with one of -the officers, started a band in a German prison camp. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major A. MEIKLE Prisoner of war. - Sergt. D. DUNCAN Prisoner of war. - " J. JAMIESON Wounded. - " D. BRYCE Wounded. - Corpl. H. ELLIS - " A. W. RICHARDSON Killed. - " J. DUFF Wounded. - " A. JENNINGS Killed. - Piper W. CRUICKSHANK Prisoner of war. - " J. URQUHART Prisoner of war. - " J. VERRALL Wounded. - " W. BUTTERWORTH Killed. - " A. M'GARVA Prisoner of war. - " W. STEWART - " G. GILLESPIE Three times wounded. - " J. HUNTER Wounded. - " H. FULLSTONE Wounded. - " W. MOORE Wounded; invalided; died. - " D. M'LEAN Killed, Messines, 1917. - " M. WATT - " G. LAWRIE - " G. PRATTIS - " T. ALSTON - " G. WITHERS Invalided. - " C. CONNOR Invalided. - " J. BAIN - " A. LEES - " F. COUTTS - " G. GREIG - " W. SINCLAIR - " A. MATHIESON - - -4TH BATTALION - -Pipers in Gallipoli were originally employed as duty men in their -companies, and in the action on 12th July, 1915, three of them were -killed. The band was gradually reduced to vanishing point, and was -reconstituted in France in 1918 from men of the 7th R.S.F. In France -they were kept out of the front as they were regarded as too valuable -an institution to be lost again. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major M'QUEEN Invalided, Nov. 1915. - " N. SHAW Died of wounds, Palestine, - 21/4/17. - " C. M'INNES - Lance-Cpl. J. W. M'ALLISTER Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15. - Piper P. GREIG Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15. - " J. MILNER Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15. - " A. GORDON Invalided, Nov. 1915. - Lance-Cpl. W. HIGHET - Piper W. BATCHELOR } - " J. SMITH } - " J. RAE } - " R. STORRIE } - " J. KIDDIE } - " J. CREWS } Transferred from 6/7 Battalion - " J. K. STEPHEN } to 4th Batt. on return to France - " R. CURRIE } from Palestine. - " J. WOODS } - " D. INNES } - " H. HOGGAN } - " R. HOGGAN } - - -5TH BATTALION - -In Gallipoli the pipers served in the ranks. The C.O. considers, -however, their value in keeping the men cheery, and on the march, so -great that they should not be allowed in the front line at all. "When -the men were exhausted and inclined to straggle the effect of the -pipes was most marked, the men at once pulled themselves together." - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 6909 Pipe Major ANDREW THOM Invalided - 241387 " JOHN MACPHEE - 7797 Lance-Cpl. JOHN MURDOCH Killed, 13/7/15. - 7613 Piper HUGH DICK - 6348 " ALEXANDER CALDWELL Wounded, 12/7/15. - 7107 " ANDREW HOPE - 5726 Lance-Cpl. WILLIAM JOHNSTONE - 241579 Piper WILLIAM LENAGHEN - 9806 Piper JAMES M'CONNELL - 240011 " ROBERT MAGIE - 240190 " THOMAS SHANKS - 240834 " H. SAMSON - - -7TH BATTALION - -When the battalion went out it was found necessary to put the -pipers in the ranks. After the amalgamation of the 7th with the 6th -Battalion they were kept out of the front line for a time. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major WATSON - Piper T. MARR Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " W. MARR Wounded. - " R. ROMMIE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " BALSILLIE - " DAVIDSON - " W. BARCLAY - " M'ARTHUR Invalided. - " FINLAYSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - - -6TH AND 7TH BATTALION. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major D. INNES - Piper J. KIDDIE - " W. CRAIG - " J. WOOD - " J. STEPHENS - " J. CREWS - " R. CURRIE - " D. TUNES - " J. JAMIESON - " CLAYDON - " BALSILLIE - " DAVIDSON - -The combined battalions were ultimately broken up, and the pipers -transferred to the 4th Battalion, which had returned from Palestine -with its pipe band no longer in existence. - - -8TH BATTALION - -Owing to the difficulty of replacing casualties the pipers were not -allowed to go into action. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major H. PETERS - " W. M'CORMICK Invalided. - " J. DUFF - Corpl. G. GRAY - Lance-Cpl. A. ALVES - " J. NOBLE Invalided. - Piper J. M'NAB - " A. M'KAY - " P. M'GUINNESS - " J. BLAYLOCK - " G. GLENDINNING - " F. MORRISON - " W. MURRAY - " J. FERGUSON Invalided. - " A. LAVE Invalided. - " B. PATERSON Invalided. - " R. STORIE Invalided. - " J. M'FARLANE Invalided. - " W. HARAN Invalided. - " P. ABERNETHY Invalided. - - -11TH BATTALION - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 26522 Pipe Major T. PORTEOUS - 59663 Sergt. R. HAILSTONES - 265732 Piper A. M'DONALD - 59415 " D. M'BAIN - 265763 " A. FORBES - - -THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS - -1ST BATTALION - -In the landing on Gallipoli the pipers of the battalion had to take -their places in the ranks in the first line fighting; here they -distinguished themselves. During the subsequent operations in the -Peninsula the pipers were employed in miscellaneous duties behind the -front line. - -Of the 10 pipers who landed only 4 remained to accompany the -battalion on its evacuation. - -In France they were employed in any and every capacity; "as bearers -and ammunition carriers they had tasks to carry out that were almost -superhuman, but as a band they ceased to exist until May 1917, when -they were reconstituted. It was then decided to keep them out of the -front line altogether." - -The opinion of the officers is that pipers are far too valuable -an institution to be employed in action in any capacity. The C.O. -considers the band "plays no inconsiderable part in promoting the -efficiency of a fighting force." - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 8248 Pipe Major W. MACKENZIE, M.M. Military Medal. - 6863 Sergt. F. PURGAVIE Wounded, Flers, 25/11/16, while - in charge of a Dump. - 8400 Corpl. H. M'DONALD Wounded, Suvla Bay, 10/8/15. - 11412 Piper COLGAN Wounded, Gallipoli, 4/6/15. - 9884 " HIGGINSON Killed while leading bayonet - charge, Gallipoli, 26/4/15. - 7936 " LILLIE - 11315 " MAITLAND, M.M. Killed at Paschendaele, - 27/4/17; awarded Military - Medal. - 8629 " R. SCOTT Wounded, Gallipoli, 4/6/15. - 9545 " TURNBULL - 10884 " TROTTER Wounded, Gallipoli, 1/6/15; - Cambrai, 28/11/17. - - -2ND BATTALION - -The officers of the battalion regard the pipers as a most necessary -adjunct to a unit on active service, but consider that owing to the -difficulty of replacement they should not be employed in action. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major J. MACINTYRE Wounded, Givenchy, 27/9/15, - 11537 " W. MACKIE - 9059 Corpl. T. HOPE - 10340 " L. RODGERS - 10693 " F. CAIRNS Wounded twice. - 6342 Piper W. WOODS - 8401 " J. BLACK - 10632 Piper W. MACDONALD Wounded. - 11893 " M. HALLIDAY - 11172 " F. MARR Wounded twice. - 40089 " G. LOCKIE Wounded. - 44039 " A. BRUCE - 23492 " R. M'ROBERTS - 202225 " A. LENNOX - 201229 " J. CAIRNEY - 44069 " J. CASSIDY - 9876 " J. BLACK - 8274 " J. RIDDLE - 8366 " J. ROACH Prisoner. - 7152 " ROBB Wounded twice. - 22122 " J. HALL - - -4TH BATTALION - -In Gallipoli the pipers were principally employed as messengers -and bearers, and most of them became casualties. When the band was -reconstituted the pipers were kept out of the front line. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 28 Pipe Major C. FORBES - 6074 Piper J. YOUNG - 179 " W. SCOTT - 729 " F. WOOD Wounded. - 478 " J. LOCKHART - 593 " B. MOWATT Wounded. - 778 " T. LUNHAM Died of wounds. - 779 " J. KERR Died of wounds. - 306 " C. STREET Missing. - 822 " A. HENDRY Missing. - - -5TH BATTALION - -In Gallipoli the pipers were mostly employed as stretcher-bearers, -and nearly all of them became casualties. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 1163 Lance-Sgt. PORTER - 1333 Corpl. J. PRIESTLY Wounded, 12/7/15. - 554 Piper A. ERSKINE Congratulated for bravery. - 686 " R. T. ARRALL Wounded, 22/6/15. - 308 " R. BROWN Killed, 12/7/15. - 833 " J. CLINT - 1760 Piper T. E. MARTIN Killed, 12/7/15. - 1762 " H. C. BURNETT Wounded, 30/6/15. - 995 " J. DICKSON - 556 " J. ERSKINE - 1489 " J. JACKSON - 1622 " D. M'MINN - 799 " M. STEWART Wounded, 12/7/15. - 1377 " D. WILSON Wounded, 12/7/15. - " JAS. GORMAN Killed. - - -6TH BATTALION. - -In the attack on the Hohenzollern redoubt in September 1915 the -battalion was played over the top by the Pipe Major, Robert -Mackenzie. The casualties in this action, 4 killed and 3 wounded, -resulted in the temporary disappearance of the band. At Arras, Ypres, -and in later engagements, the men were employed as bearers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 14851 Pipe Major R. MACKENZIE Loos, 25/9/15; died of wounds; - despatches. - " T. RICHARDSON Transferred to Depôt. - " J. DAY - Corpl. J. WALLACE - Lance-Cpl. J. LOMAS Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " J. MARSHALL - " A. M'KENNA Invalided. - Piper J. SIME Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " J. BLOOMER - " P. MOFFAT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " D. HANLON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - " G. M'GREGOR Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - " J. PRINGLE Missing; killed, Somme, October - 1916. - " J. FERGUSON - " D. BARRY Wounded, Gallipoli, 1915. - " J. GRAY Wounded, Hill 60, 1915. - " H. STOTT - " J. JENKINS Invalided. - " W. LITTLE - " H. SHERRY - " J. PHILLIPS - " G. STEVENSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - " W. H. SMITH - " T. RANKINE - - -7TH BATTALION. - -Just before the attack at Loos when there was a very heavy -bombardment and gas discharge, Piper Daniel Laidlaw got up on the -parapet and played the men over the top and continued until he fell -wounded. For this act he was awarded the V.C. Another piper, Douglas -Taylor, who had been wounded in the hand and could not play, went out -and brought in several wounded men who had been gassed; he continued -until he was dangerously wounded. - -During the first eighteen months of the campaign the whole of the -pipers were wounded. - -The enormous value of pipes to a battalion returning from the front -line is recognised by all ranks. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major DOUGLAS TAYLOR Loos, wounded, 25/9/15. - 15851 Piper DANIEL LAIDLAW, V.C. Loos, 25/9/15, wounded; V.C. - " J. MILLIGAN Loos, 25/9/15, wounded. - " G. STEVENSON Loos, wounded, 25/9/15. - " G. DUTTON Wounded. - " W. IRVINE Wounded Hulluch; invalided. - " J. M'DONALD Wounded, Arras. - " W. LAMONT Wounded, Dardanelles. - " J. TAYLOR Died of wounds, Arras. - " G. BLACK Invalided. - - -8TH BATTALION - -This battalion, on account of its losses, was absorbed into the 7th -K.O.S.B The casualties among the 23 pipers of the two battalions were -heavy, viz. 4 killed and 10 wounded. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 8352 Pipe Major J. BALLOCH Invalided; Meritorious Service - Medal. - 14875 Lance-Sgt. J. BROADWOOD Invalided. - 8365 Corpl. R. HALLIDAY Promoted Pipe Major of 7/8th - K.O.S.B. - 14277 Lance-Cpl. A. M'VITTIE Killed, Arras. - Piper D. BALLOCH - " A. SIMPSON - Piper C. REID Killed, Somme, July 1916. - " P. OGILVIE Wounded, Ypres. - " J. YOUNG Wounded, Arras. - " W. BUCHANAN Wounded, Ypres. - " G. SWINTON Killed, Arras. - " J. CAIRNEY - " D. REID - - -THE CAMERONIANS (THE SCOTTISH RIFLES) - -1ST BATTALION - -During the early part of the campaign the casualties among pipers -were so heavy that it was found necessary to keep them as much as -possible out of the front line. By the end of 1915 the band had -practically ceased to exist. Of 25 pipers who have served during the -war 3 have been killed and 9 wounded. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 6062 Pipe Major J. ALEXANDER Wounded. - 265008 " D. M'GRUER - 8453 Corpl. R. GORDON - 10873 " G. PETERS - 6740 Lance-Cpl. W. SMITH - 9429 Piper T. BEST Killed. - 9441 " R. BLACK Killed. - 10786 " T. BRODIE - 8899 " D. CAMERON Invalided. - 8890 " W. CATTANACH Wounded. - 10688 " W. DICK Wounded. - 10006 " R. FLEMING Wounded. - 9209 " C. GULLAN Prisoner of war. - 8883 " C. HENDERSON - 8254 " J. HAMILTON Wounded. - 10641 " W. KINGSMAN Invalided. - 7739 " R. MENZIES Discharged. - 36628 " G. MILLER Wounded. - 8809 " A. M'CULLOCH Invalided. - 10924 " P. ROBERTSON Killed. - 10326 " R. STEWART Wounded. - 10765 " W. SHANE Prisoner of war. - 22436 " J. STRACHAN Wounded. - 8393 " G. WHITEHEAD Discharged. - 53509 " J. WILLIAMSON - - -2ND BATTALION - -Pipers during the first part of the war were chiefly in the ranks, -and the casualties among them were so heavy they had to be withdrawn. -The band was reconstituted, and the pipers were then kept out of the -front line. In March 1918 they again had to be employed as rifles. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major W. ROBERTSON, M.M. Military Medal; gassed, Lens, - Sept. 1918. - " D. MACDOUGALL - " A. CAMERON Killed, 4/2/15, Laventie; - acting platoon sergeant. - Corporal A. WYLLIE Wounded, 10/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - " J. CAMPBELL Killed, La Bassée, 16/5/15, - while leading section. - " A. HORNE Killed, 31/7/17. - " D. M'CULLOCH Wounded; promoted P.M. 13th - Scottish Rifles. - 6703 Piper IAN MACPHERSON Wounded, Nesle. - " A. MACDONALD Killed, Laventie, Jan. 1915. - " FORSYTH Killed, Bois Grenier, - July 1915. - " NICOL Invalided. - " FLEMING Wounded, 23/10/16. - " FERGUSON Wounded, Dec. 1914. - " PARKER Invalided. - " STARK Wounded, 10/3/15; Neuve - Chapelle; invalided. - " CLARK Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - " E. O'NEIL Invalided. - " LAUDER Died of wounds, March 1918. - " A. M'DONALD - " C. BARCLAY - " J. INGRAM - " C. ROBERTSON - " G. LATHAM - " W. CAMPBELL - - -5TH BATTALION - -The original pipers served in the ranks and became casualties, and -from early in 1915 to the end of 1916 the band ceased to exist. Since -the reconstitution the men have been employed behind the front line -as far as possible. In April 1917 they played the battalion back out -of the Hindenburg line which had just been captured. During the last -phase of the war they had to be employed in the ranks. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 5476 Pipe Major C. G. TAYLOR Invalided, 1/10/15. - " PATERSON Accidentally killed. - 5515 Piper D. M'PHEE - 5474 " C. ROBERTSON - 6408 " J. SLOAN Wounded 3 times; invalided - 6240 " F. WATT Invalided. - 6471 " A. MACKAY Invalided. - 6595 " M. DUNBAR - 6572 " K. SUTHERLAND - 6696 " R. M'GREGOR - - -6TH BATTALION - -This battalion was merged into the 5th in July 1916. The pipers were -employed in the ranks. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 201124 Pipe Major J. C. PURDIE Killed. - Lance-Cpl. JAS. KIRK Wounded, Festubert, 16/6/15. - 202159 Cpl. D. M'DOUGALL - Lance-Cpl. A. M'DONALD Transferred to 2nd S.R. - 202140 " D. GARDINER - 201213 Piper H. M'GREGOR Wounded, 24/2/16; invalided. - 240869 " J. BEGG - 6435 " D. M'GREGOR Wounded; invalided. - 202162 " J. GRAHAM - 202161 " L. M'DOUGALL - 202051 " M. M'INTYRE Invalided. - 202160 " T. POLLOCK - 240024 " J. POTTER - 202164 " W. SWEETEN - 240653 " R. KERR - 290665 " P. MACCULLOCH - 39875 " A. FERGUSON - 54252 " S. BELL - 291284 " D. LAMONT - 39693 " A. M'PHEE - - -7TH BATTALION - -In the Dardanelles and Palestine the pipers were employed as bearers -and suffered heavy casualties. It was then decided to keep them out -of the front line. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 152 Pipe Major E. J. M'PHERSON Invalided. - 166 " LOUIS BEATON - 1103 Piper W. JAMIESON - 1106 " ARCHIBALD RAMAGE Killed, 28/6/15, Dardanelles. - 868 " ARCHIBALD SHEARER Killed, 23/7/15, Dardanelles. - 1178 " WILLIAM DEANS Killed, June 1915. - 1260 " J. CAMPBELL - 404 " W. TAYLOR Wounded, 28/6/15; invalided. - 1095 " J. PATERSON - 266069 " J. M'DONALD Wounded, 23/11/17, Palestine. - 265902 " A. THOMSON - 265858 " D. M'KENZIE - 265803 " R. M'INTYRE Wounded, 2/11/17, Palestine. - 265958 " J. M'IVER Killed, 12/11/17, Palestine. - 1817 " J. STRACHAN Killed, 4/11/17, Palestine. - - -8TH BATTALION - -Pipers were principally employed, when in Gallipoli, as bearers, and -suffered very heavily. On the 28th June, 1915, three were killed, and -from Jan. 1916 for a year only one piper remained. There were also -heavy losses in Palestine. They were chiefly employed in the ranks. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major NEIL MACLEOD Killed, Dardanelles, 12/7/15. - Corpl. ALEXANDER STENTON - Piper D. MACDOUGALL Transferred to 2nd Batt. as - Pipe Major. - " G. LATHAM - " JOHN MACINTYRE Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15. - " JAMES FERGUSON Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15. - " ROBERT WHITELAW Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15. - " JOHN MACKENZIE Wounded, Gallipoli, 28/6/15. - " JAMES M'INDOE Killed, France, 29/7/18. - Lance-Cpl. JAMES MIDDLETON - Piper WILLIAM DICKIE Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17. - Piper JAMES ANDERSON Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17. - " ROBERT CAMERON Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17. - " A. F. CLARK - " T. RAE - - -9TH BATTALION - -The whole band went into action at Loos, and suffered so heavily it -took months to restore it. In a daylight raid at Arras in February -1917 Corpl. Whitelaw and Piper M'Gurk played their companies over the -top. - -During the Somme fighting pipers were employed in bringing up -ammunition. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 1886 Pipe Major M. FERGUSON - 40631 Lance-Cpl. R. WHITELAW - 30503 Piper HUGH MACARA Killed, March 1917. - 40643 Lance-Cpl. W. JOHNSTON - 11619 Piper A. MACPHERSON - 43338 " H. LENNOX - 16458 " J. M'KENNA - 11113 " W. MILLAR Wounded. - 267072 " H. BAIRD - 12094 " T. MACFARLANE - 17806 " M. M'GURK - 10542 " J. NICOL - 12325 " T. STEWART - 11797 " G. MUIR - 11839 " J. THOMPSON Wounded. - 11064 " J. SHIELDS Invalided. - 28525 " H. CAMERON Invalided. - 10588 " J. GILCHRIST Wounded. - " G. NAPIER Gassed. - - -10TH BATTALION - -The pipers were used as stretcher-bearers. Pipe Major M'Coll won the -Military Medal when in charge of the stretcher party on the Somme. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major J. M'COLL, M.M. Military Medal. - Piper ROBERT BLACK Wounded, Loos, 15/9/15; - killed, 28/1/16. - " DUNCAN MACKENZIE Killed, 17/11/15. - " ALEX. HARRIS Killed, 27/1/16. - - -11TH BATTALION - -Pipers were frequently employed as runners, orderlies, and to bring -up stores and ammunition. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 15515 Pipe Major A. FINLAYSON Invalided. - 14786 Corpl. W. REID Wounded, 8/5/17. - 16195 Piper W. ROBERTSON Invalided, 29/9/16. - 14631 " A. STEVENSON Killed, 28/4/17; despatches, - 29/11/17. - 14324 " W. LEWIS - 15174 " R. M'KAY - 14595 " R. TULL - 14597 " G. CURRIE - 14687 " A. TAIT Wounded, 8/5/17. - 11839 " J. THOMSON Wounded, 8/5/17. - 11505 " D. HUNTER - 30547 " J. COULL - 35462 " J. RICHMOND - 18176 " W. HEWITT - - -THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS (THE BLACK WATCH) - -1ST BATTALION - -During the opening stages the pipers were necessarily mostly employed -in the ranks, and, within the first three months, practically the -whole of the 13 pipers were casualties. During the Somme fighting the -companies were repeatedly played to the attack by their pipers; on -one of these occasions the pipe major, M'Leod, was killed. At Rue des -Bois in May 1915, when the battalion attacked the German positions -near Festubert, every company was played up, and Pipers Stuart and -Wishart distinguished themselves, and Stuart was awarded the D.C.M. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 4621 Pipe Major T. CLARK Invalided. - 7068 " HUGH MAXWELL THOM Pipe Major, 22/8/16. - 635 Lance-Cpl. J. REID Invalided. - 9617 Piper D. M'LEOD Promoted Pipe Major; killed, - 21/8/16. - 7820 " H. BRUCE Wounded; missing, 9/5/15. - 2053 Piper W. BURNS Wounded, 26/1/15; invalided. - 2487 Lance-Cpl. R. KNOWLES Wounded, 26/10/14. - 1314 Sergt. R. SMITH Wounded, 8/9/14. - 2190 Piper T. CARDOWNIE Wounded, 24/10/14. - 1956 " T. M'INTYRE Killed, 14/8/14. - 1738 " B. BAIN Wounded, 26/10/14; invalided. - 1771 " T. PETERS Wounded, 14/9/14; invalided. - 1186 " G. ROBERTSON - 943 Lance-Cpl. J. BROWN Transferred as Pipe Major - 8th Batt.; 3 times wounded. - 740 Piper R. JAAP - " J. LEES Wounded, 25/1/15. - " N. M'LEOD - " A. STEWART Wounded, 9/5/15. - " P. M'GINN - " A. WISHART Wounded, 9/5/15. - 9430 Lance-Cpl. W. STUART, D.C.M. Wounded, Rue des Bois, 9/5/15 - awarded D.C.M. - Piper T. HARDY - 9088 " DAVID WEMYSS - 43115 " ROBERT MUIR - 699 " DAVID ARMIT - 779 " ANDREW HADDEN - 40034 " ANDREW SIME - 40154 " JOHN CARMICHAEL - 43114 " ALEX. SHERIFF - 1892 " DUGALD M'DADE - 15895 " JAMES HIGGINS - 2045 " JOHN NEILL - 7099 " GEORGE WILSON - 13291 " WILLIAM HARLEY - 12194 " EDWARD TATTON - 2106 " WILLIAM HARDIE - 9723 " JOHN DAWSON - 16186 " GEORGE MARTIN - - -2ND BATTALION - -At Neuve Chapelle, March 1915, and at many other subsequent -engagements, the pipers lost heavily. At Mauquissart on 25th -September, 1915, when the companies were played to the attack, one -piper, Robert Johnstone, played on until he fell gassed; and another, -Armit, on reaching the enemy trenches, started bombing. On the same -occasion, Pipers David Simpson and A. Macdonald stood on the parapet -under very heavy fire playing their company over; Simpson was killed -and Macdonald, who lost his leg, received the D.C.M. The pipers were -also employed as bombers, and in this capacity Lance-Corpl. Peter -MacNee obtained the D.C.M. at Neuve Chapelle. - -On another occasion Pipers Gordon and Crichton played from one end -of the line to the other out in the open, and similar feats were -subsequently performed by other pipers. - -While the battalion was in France, out of 22 pipers 4 were killed and -13 were wounded, during the first year of the war. - -The battalion subsequently went to Mesopotamia. Here again the -pipers were employed, sometimes in miscellaneous duties in the -ranks, sometimes as pipers. The pipe major, John Keith, was awarded -the D.C.M. Piper Pratt was promoted and given the D.C.M. for "high -capacity in leadership" when acting as sergeant. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 6830 Sergt. JOHN KEITH, D.C.M. Wounded, Rue de Bacquerat, - 15/7/15. - 7184 Corpl. DONALD MACMASTER Wounded, Rue des Bois, 5/3/15. - 8358 " (Sgt.) ANGUS MACLEOD Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 10/3/15. - 9908 Lance-Cpl. JAMES WANN Died of wounds, Neuve - Chapelle, 10/3/15. - 365 Piper ROBERT JOHNSTONE Wounded Neuve Chapelle, - 9/5/15; and again at - Mauquissart, 25/9/15; - finally gassed. - 9476 " JOSEPH GORDON Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 9/5/15. - 1165 Lance-Cpl. PETER CRICHTON - 65 Piper JOHN DUTHIE Invalided. - 699 " DAVID ARMIT Wounded, Givenchy, 8/10/15. - 1449 " JAMES DAVIS Missing, Mauquissart, - 25/9/15; believed killed. - 1871 " JAMES GALLOWAY Wounded, 3/11/14; killed, - Givenchy, 8/10/15. - 1838 " JAMES BRADLEY Wounded, November 1914, and - invalided. - 1350 " THOMAS LOGAN Invalided. - 736 " DAVID SIMPSON Killed, Mauquissart, 25/9/15. - 1539 " ALEXANDER M'DONALD, Wounded, Givenchy; - D.C.M. awarded D.C.M.; died. - 1478 " THOMAS PHINN - 1919 Lance-Sgt. ALEXANDER PRATT, Wounded, La Gorgue, 2/8/15; - D.C.M. Mesopotamia, 22/4/16. - 941 Lance-Cpl. PETER M'NEE, D.C.M. Gassed, Mauquissart, 25/9/15; - Mesopotamia, 13/1/16; D.C.M.; - subsequently died of wounds. - 779 Piper ALEXANDER HADDEN Wounded, 18/5/15, and again, - 4/7/15. - 467 " JOHN KIDD Wounded, 1/11/14, and again - Mauquissart, 25/9/15, and - again Mesopotamia, 7/1/16. - 1358 " WILLIAM MACKAY Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle, - 10/3/15. - 1314 " A. SMITH - 1998 " JOHN JORDAN - 288 " WILLIAM THOMSON Wounded, Ypres. - S/17486 Corpl. NEIL YOUNG - " WM. MATHIESON Killed. - 3/3422 " JOHN BENZIE Invalided. - 3/8973 Piper JOHN BROWN Invalided. - 3/8570 " DAVID STORRAR - 487 " JAMES ANGUS Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14. - S/17639 " DAVID DRUMMOND - S/19965 " JAMES DUNN - S/17691 " JAMES GREIG - 336 " DAVID KIDD Wounded, Le Cateau, Aug. 1914. - S/4372 " WILLIAM ROBERTSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15, and - San-i-yat, April 1916. - S/18525 " DAVID STARK - 1171 " THOMAS TALLON - 8875 " ALEXANDER THOMSON Wounded, Sheikh Saad, 7/1/16; - again, 20/4/16; again, - 22/4/16. - - -4TH BATTALION - -The pipers were employed principally as bearers, and were highly -complimented for their gallantry at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915; -at Loos they were similarly employed, and Piper M'Leod was awarded -the Military Medal for gallantry in bringing in his colonel, who was -mortally wounded, under very heavy fire. On 3rd September, 1916, the -battalion was played in to the attack, but, as a rule, they were kept -back behind the front line. Pipe Major Alex. Low got the D.C.M. for -attending wounded, and Piper M'Leod got a bar to his Military Medal. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 210 Pipe Major ALEXANDER LOW, D.C.M. Recommended for D.C.M., Neuve - Chapelle. - 1198 " D. M'LEOD, M.M. Awarded Military Medal, - 25/3/15; and bar in 1918. - 263 Corpl. J. NICOLL Wounded, 10/3/15. - 1914 Piper J. REID Wounded, 9/5/15. - 1403 " J. LYALL Wounded, 6/9/15. - 1301 " R. SWORD Wounded, 9/5/15. - 832 " J. DONALDSON Wounded, 10/3/15. - 663 " J. SOUTER - 714 " J. DEWAR - 1039 " G. SCOTT - 1160 " J. MERCHANT - 1887 " T. CAMERON - 1678 " F. MITCHELL - 2204 " A. FINDLAY - 4029 " C. GIBSON - 1717 " J. MYLES - 2177 " A. SANGSTER - 769 " H. MITCHELL - " THOS. PATERSON Transferred to Wireless - Service, R.N., as Sub-Lieut. - - -5TH BATTALION - -Pipers were employed, during the trench fighting, as observers, -messengers and stretcher-bearers, and in the ranks, and suffered -heavy casualties. The battalion was subsequently merged into the 4th -Black Watch. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 668 Pipe Major A. M'DONALD LAMOND Wounded, 9/5/15, Fromelles. - 1053 Sergt. A. E. CROWE - 1163 Piper J. CARSTAIRS Invalided. - 729 Lance-Cpl. J. STEWART Invalided. - 826 Piper J. DUNCAN - 1150 " A. NICOLL Wounded, 25/8/15, while - sniping. - 1053 " A. LUNDIE Wounded, 9/5/15. - 1689 " J. WHITTON - 1051 " J. BEGG - 1568 " A. HOWIE Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle; mentioned in - despatches. - 406 Lance-Cpl. F. REID Killed, 13/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - 382 Sergt. P. M'KAY - 719 Piper W. WEBSTER - 1719 " J. MYLES - 751 " A. C. SCOTT - 1017 " A. BRAND - - -6TH BATTALION - -Pipers were employed in many ways, but chiefly as stretcher-bearers. -The band was regarded by the men as the best stretcher-bearers they -came across. At High Wood in July 1916 the battalion was played over -by Pipers Pirnie, Forbes, Mapleton and Tainsh. - -Since September 1916 they have been kept out of the front line as far -as possible. - -In December 1917 four pipers were killed and one wounded by a bomb -during an aeroplane raid at Fromicourt. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major W. GALLOWAY - " J. SINCLAIR - " D. ANDERSON - Lance-Cpl. D. BERRY - 2126 Piper ALASDAIR M'DONALD Despatches. - " P. FALLON Killed, May, 1915. - " R. PIRNIE - " P. DAVIDSON - " P. IRONS - " W. M'EWAN - " J. FERGUSON Killed, La Boiselle, August - 1916. - " A. M'DONALD - " P. M'INTOSH - " R. MAPLETON Commission in Gordons. - " MACCULLEN Wounded, March 1917. - " J. HARPER Killed, 23/12/17. - " A. TAINSH Killed, 23/12/17. - " A. FORBES Killed, 23/12/17. - " J. WYSE - " J. GUTHRIE - " W. PEGGIE - " A. PATON Transferred to R.E.; killed, - June 1917. - " W. MASON - " D. STEWART - " D. M'BETH - " T. LYALL - " A. LEES - " C. MACKENZIE - " G. GOW - " J. GOW - Piper A. MYLES Killed, 23/12/17. - " J. M'BETH - " A. M'COLL - " D. LEGGAT - " J. BURLEIGH - " J. NICOL - " F. CHRISTIE - " R. LOW - " J. CONDIE - " E. DEANS - " J. STEWART - " N. BEATON - " R. SPENCE - " H. RATTRAY Transferred to 7th Gordons - as Pipe Major. - " C. NISBET - " J. SIMPSON - " L. MASSIE Killed, Somme, Oct. 1916. - - -7TH BATTALION - -The pipers were employed in the ranks, as despatch runners, etc. -Piper G. Galloway was awarded the Military Medal for performing this -most hazardous duty under heavy fire during the Somme fighting; and -Pipe Major Thomas Macdonald and Pipers Swan and Hands were rewarded -with the same distinction. - -Latterly the pipers were trained as anti-aircraft Lewis gunners, and -proved extremely successful. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 290056 Pipe Major THOMAS M'DONALD, M.M. Military Medal, Somme. - Lance-Sgt. J. CHISHOLM Invalided. - 292440 " N. M'DONALD - Lance-Cpl. G. SWAN, M.M. Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme; - Military Medal. - 292435 " A. CHALMERS - " A. WILKIE - Piper H. FORKER - " A. WILKIE Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. - " B. MORRIS - " J. JOHNSTONE Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. - " GEORGE GALLOWAY, M.M. Wounded, April 1917; Military - Medal. - Piper J. ROSS Invalided. - " W. BRIDY Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. - " E. LINN Wounded, July 1916. - " D. LEGGAT Wounded, Dec. 1916. - " J. MOODIE - " J. CONDIE Invalided. - " R. ADAMSON Invalided. - " J. ROBERTSON Invalided. - " J. GUTHRIE Invalided. - " W. CAMPBELL Invalided. - 3/4470 " JAMES JOHNSTON Killed, 7/1/17, Somme. - " E. ARCHIBALD Invalided. - " A. MITCHELSON Invalided. - 41028 " J. RUSSELL - 292434 " A. CHALMERS - 293096 " D. CHALMERS - 292406 " W. FITZPATRICK - 200509 " A. MANDS, M.M. Military Medal. - 112084 " J. M'KELLAR - 290127 " T. ARCHIBALD - 201553 " F. M'LEOD - 42124 " D. CAMERON - " J. M'GILL - - -8TH BATTALION - -The battalion was played into action at Loos and in many of the Somme -engagements. After 1916, on account of losses among them, they were -kept out of the front line as far as possible. - -The band headed the State Entry of King Albert into Brussels in -November 1918. - - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 2911 Pipe Major R. MATCHETT - 8368 " E. RENNIE Wounded, Ypres, 1915; - invalided. - 943 " J. BROWN Wounded, three times. - 4266 Corpl. D. SINCLAIR Wounded, Festubert, 1915. - 6245 Piper D. AINSLIE Wounded, Nieuport. - 853 " J. ALLAN Wounded, Aisne. - 1738 " B. BAIN Wounded, Aisne. - 7211 " A. BARCLAY - 9220 " A. CAMPBELL Wounded, Ypres, 1915. - 11780 " R. EDMONSTON - 6365 " D. GLEN - 16987 Piper W. HOSIE - 3925 " W. LOCKHART Wounded, Somme, 1916. - 40577 " J. M'ARTHUR - 3020 " A. M'COURTIE - 266912 " J. M'KAY - 265912 " R. MENZIES Killed, Meteren, July 1918. - 3281 " J. M'LEOD Wounded, Loos, 1915. - 8832 " W. NICHOLSON Wounded twice, Vermelles, Loos. - 3375 " W. REILLY Killed, Loos, 1915. - 8659 " S. REID Wounded, Ypres, 1915. - 299331 " G. REDPATH - 265989 " J. STRANG - 265715 " P. STEWART - 6366 " W. STRATHIE - 3019 " D. SIMPSON Killed, Somme, 1916. - 266055 " D. WINTON - 3014 " D. WILSON Killed, Loos, 1915. - 3/1861 " J. WOODS - - -9TH BATTALION - -The pipers played the battalion into action at Hill 70, and the whole -band, except one man, was killed or wounded. - -The battalion was ultimately absorbed into the 4/5th Black Watch. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 9005 Pipe Major T. HARLEY - 4924 Lance-Cpl. D. CAMERON - 11463 Piper J. ARMOUR Invalided. - 40016 " J. BURLEIGH Wounded, 18/5/18. - 43236 " G. FAIRWEATHER Wounded, 28/7/18. - " J. JOHNSTONE Killed, March 1918. - 40018 " D. LAMOND - 43448 " J. SCOTT - 7814 " R. NAPIER - 43155 " A. ROBERTSON Wounded, 30/10/18. - 16105 " J. SPENCE - 6563 " A. STIRLING Wounded, 18/5/18. - 11195 " R. THOMSON - " J. WEMYSS Invalided. - 1350 " T. LOGAN - - -THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY - -1ST BATTALION - -During the first six months of the war 7 pipers were killed, 8 were -wounded and 2 were taken prisoner. These casualties mostly occurred -at Festubert in December 1914, and later at Neuve Chapelle. They were -then withdrawn from the front lines. Subsequently they were employed -as bearers, ammunition carriers, etc. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 11281 Pipe Major R. SUTHERLAND - 6894 Sergt. D. BUCHAN Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14. - 10774 Corpl. A. GODSMAN, D.C.M. Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 12/1/15; D.C.M. and Order of - St. George. - 7918 Piper W. WHITE - 9615 " C. STEWART Killed, Ypres, 1/5/15. - 10116 " J. M'GRORY Wounded, Festubert, - 19-21/12/14. - 10258 " H. CATER - 10107 " F. BURNS Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14. - 11356 " C. WILSON - 9860 " T. JAMES Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14. - 11782 " D. SUTHERLAND Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 11-14/3/15. - 11685 " A. BAIN Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 14/3/15. - 9011 " J. MORRISON Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14. - 10579 " T. JACKSON - 11124 " J. M'DONALD Prisoner of war, Festubert, - 19-21/12/14. - 11718 " R. M'LEISH - 11470 " J. SMITH Wounded, Festubert, - 19-21/12/14; wounded, - Richebourg, 6/10/15; died, - 7/9/16. - 11533 " J. JOHNSTONE Prisoner of war, Festubert, - 19-21/12/14. - 11499 " J. M'NAUGHT Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14. - 10383 Corpl. D. CHISHOLM Wounded, Ypres, 23/10/14. - Lance-Cpl. MITCHELL Killed, Verneuil, 18/9/14. - 10010 Piper GAULT Wounded, Rue du Bois, 17/5/15. - 11468 Corpl. J. SMITH Wounded, Ypres, 22/10/14; died - enteric. - 12064 Lance-Cpl. A. CRAIG - 12061 Piper A. MACKAY - 12106 " C. BALD - - -2ND BATTALION - -Of the original band of thirteen men all but two were killed or -wounded in the first few months of the war. While they lasted they -acted as pipers as well as in the ranks. From May 1915 to May 1916 -there was practically no band, and, when reconstituted, the men were -kept out of the front line as far as possible. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 9728 Pipe Major W. YOUNG - 10713 Lance-Cpl. L. M'KINNON Wounded, 21/10/14. - 11448 " J. SMITH Wounded, 21/10/14; died of - enteric. - 11480 Piper J. BROWN - 10478 " J. BRUCE - 9029 " J. CAMPBELL Wounded, 2/11/14. - 7721 " W. HAINES Wounded, 17/5/15, Ypres. - 11945 " R. HENDERSON Wounded, 18/5/15, Ypres. - 10976 " J. IRVING Killed, 3/11/14. - 11137 " A. MORROW Wounded, 24/8/14; taken - prisoner. - 11614 " A. MACDONALD - 11627 " J. SMITH Wounded, 3/12/17. - 9272 Corpl. J. MACKENZIE Killed, 21/10/14. - 7885 Piper J. DALE - 7943 Corpl. J. ROBERTSON - 7886 Piper J. GIBSON - 35100 " J. MORGAN - 33119 " R. MORRISON - 35123 " R. MACNAUGHTON - 8515 " W. PEIL - 6978 " A. WILLIAMSON - 7472 Sergt. C. W. JOHNSTONE - 9387 Piper A. MACNEILAGE Twice wounded. - 7270 " D. MACINTYRE - 9280 " R. STEIN - 331117 " W. GUNN - 332186 " H. CAMPBELL - 331230 " J. MENZIES - 330068 " A. OGILVIE - 330070 " R. WILDER Wounded. - 327119 " W. WHITE - 3970 " J. MACRAE - 10264 Sergt. T. FINDLAY Killed, Neuve Chapelle, - 14/3/15. - 220217 Piper J. REID - 12302 " D. BONNAR - - -5TH BATTALION - -In Gallipoli, in 1915, practically all the pipers became casualties -within a very short time, and, until the end of 1916, there was no -band at all. It was then decided to keep the band out of the firing -line as far as possible. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 306 Pipe Major JOHN THOMSON Killed, 12/7/15, Dardanelles. - 3601 " A. PURDIE - 201571 " A. ARTHUR - 309 Lance-Cpl. J. B. DAY Invalided. - 280313 " D. J. CAMERON - 330041 " R. AGNEW - 1596 Piper J. REID - 1233 " G. CAMERON Invalided. - 1317 " J. SMITH Invalided. - 201259 " J. CONNELLY Invalided. - 201330 " T. CLELLAND Invalided. - 203064 " A. THOMSON - 12226 " C. KENNEDY - 200170 " R. REID - 200601 " J. PITHIE - 18263 " A. DAVIE - 240633 " M. WATSON - - -6TH BATTALION - -The pipers were employed in the ranks while the battalion was in -Gallipoli, but, in attacks, the pipers played their companies. On -12th July, Piper M'Niven was killed while playing the charge, in an -attack on the Turkish forts. Most of the original band were killed or -wounded on the Peninsula, and, when reconstituted, it was decided to -keep them out of action as far as possible. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 24001 Pipe Major JOHN MACKENZIE - 55533 Sergt. J. BRAIDWOOD - 240881 Piper W. MACKENZIE Wounded, 12/7/15. - 1237 " PETER M'NIVEN Killed, 12/7/15, Gallipoli. - 1190 " A. M'COLL Wounded, 21/11/15. - 240066 Lance-Cpl. W. FRANCEY Wounded, 17/8/15. - 1286 Piper W. FINLAY Invalided. - 240171 " W. CHRISTIAN - 240235 " A. CAMERON Wounded, 12/7/15. - Piper JAMES ROSS Machine Gun Corps; gassed, - Marne, March 1918. - 240189 " JAMES NICOLL - 240168 " C. M'PHEDRAN - 240538 " P. MULVEY - 241426 " H. CLIMIE - 243457 " J. M'MUNN Wounded, 12/6/18. - 203070 " D. SUTHERLAND - 355753 " F. YOUNG - 29111 " J. M'CORMICK - 64901 " W. STRINGER - 201126 " W. CAMPBELL - - -7TH BATTALION - -On several occasions in Gallipoli the battalion was played to the -attack by pipers. Piper Maclennan was awarded the D.C.M. Piper -Macfarlane had the drones blown off his pipes. The acting pipers -served in the ranks or as bearers. Piper D. Cameron was mentioned in -despatches for conspicuous bravery in playing his company over the -top, and right on to the enemy trenches. These men also did great -work in bringing up water for the wounded under heavy fire, and -ammunition. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major WILLIAM FERGUSON - 1914 Piper KENNETH MACLENNAN, D.C.M., 12/7/15. - D.C.M. - 1901 " D. J. CAMERON Despatches, 12/7/15. - " DONALD MACFARLANE Wounded. - " WILLIAM PATERSON - " DONALD LAMONT - " J. G. MACKENZIE - " RITCHIE GRAHAM - " JAMES CARRUTHERS - " JOHN SCOTT - - -8TH BATTALION - -The battalion was disbanded early in the war, and the pipers were -distributed to other units. - - -9TH BATTALION - -At first pipers were used as orderlies, ammunition carriers, and -similar duties; and, after active operations, as bearers. As far as -possible they were, however, kept out of the front line, as being too -valuable to lose. On one occasion, when the battalion had to make -a demonstration to test the strength of the enemy, pipers were sent -up to the front line to play. Pipe Major MacDiarmid was awarded the -Military Medal. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major T. BAILLIE Discharged after 31 years' - service. - 330075 " A. B. MACDIARMID, - M.M. Awarded M.M. - 330167 Lance-Sgt. T. J. KELLY Wounded, 25/1/15. - 330115 Lance-Cpl. G. C. BLACKADDER - Piper R. AGNEW Invalided home. - 331499 " D. BARRIE - 331044 " W. BAIRD - 56645 " J. D. BUCHANAN - 330304 " R. BLACKADDER - " C. BROWN Wounded, May 1915. - 333792 " T. CRAWFORD Died of wounds. - 330310 " T. M. FRASER Wounded, 24/3/18. - 241138 " K. FRASER Wounded, 22/3/18. - " W. GIBSON Wounded, 24/3/18; discharged. - " J. HALL Invalided home. - 1666 " J. DRUMMOND Killed in action, June 1915. - 333113 " W. IMLAY Wounded, 13/4/18. - 331077 " R. JOHNSTON - 330834 " W. KENNEDY - 333269 " P. M'ARTHUR Invalided home, 17/4/15; - discharged, 14/6/15; - recalled, 1/9/16. - 333138 " G. M'CREATH Died of wounds, Oct. 1918. - " J. M'DONALD Wounded, 25/9/15. - 333162 " J. B. M'NEE - 332318 " J. M'GILVRAY Wounded, 24/3/18. - 330865 " G. M'GREGOR - " A. OGILVIE Wounded, July 1915. - 331564 " W. ROBERTSON Wounded, 22/3/18. - 333729 " R. ROSS - 333137 " H. STARK Wounded, 27/9/17. - 331198 " H. SIMPSON Wounded, 24/3/18; discharged. - 331579 " J. STEWART - " H. WILDER Invalided. - - -10TH BATTALION - -Pipers were occasionally employed as bearers, but were usually kept -out of the front line. Nearly all the original pipe band were killed -or wounded at Cambrai on 25th September, 1915. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 7682 Pipe Major E. RICHARDSON Transferred to 12th H.L.I. - 2747 " C. CAMERON - 9016 Piper CHARLES M'GREGOR Gassed and wounded, Cambrai, - 25/9/15. - 12562 " ALEX. WHITEFIELD Killed, Cambrai, 25/9/15. - 17174 " J. WEBSTER Invalided. - 902 Lance-Cpl. DAVID DONALDSON Killed, Festubert, 9/7/15. - 1988 Piper ANDREW THOMSON Wounded, Cambrai, 25/9/15. - 1991 " W. CURRIE - 9628 Lance-Cpl. D. SUTHERLAND - 19858 " J. ROSE - 17805 Piper P. M'INTYRE Gassed, Cambrai, 25/9/15, - died, 8/11/18. - 21233 " J. M'LENNAN - 40166 " J. DUGUID - 40091 " J. M'KENZIE - 240908 " J. MACKAY - " J. CUNNINGHAM - 355667 " D. M'NICOL - - -12TH BATTALION - -During trench warfare the pipers acted as orderlies, stretcher -bearers and the like; in engagements, however, they took part as -company pipers. So many casualties occurred in the Loos action in -Sept. 1915 that there was only one survivor. The band ceased to exist -until the following spring, and it was then decided to allow only -half of the pipers to go up into the line or into action. - -During the battles of the Somme, 1916, and Arras, 1917, the companies -were played into action by one piper each; casualties occurring among -them, it was decided again to withdraw them from the front; and they -took no part in the fighting at Ypres, 1917. - -During the last phase of the war, the attack in Flanders on 28th -Sept. 1918, the pipers played their companies throughout their -triumphant attacks on the Germans. - -The C.O. of the battalion says: "I cannot speak too highly of the -work done by the pipers of this unit. There is nothing I can think of -which has added more to the _esprit de corps_ of the men, which has -enabled them to put up with misery and discomfort and which has given -them the inspiration necessary to accomplish what had appeared at -first sight an impossibility." - - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major E. RICHARDSON - Sergt. WILLIAM PIERCE Killed, Somme, August, 1916. - Corpl. ALLAN M'NICOL, M.M. Despatches, Loos, and Hill 70, - 25/9/15; Military Medal. - Piper THOMAS SPENDLOVE Wounded, Ypres, 8/10/14. - " JACK SMITH Wounded, Cambrai, 5/12/17. - " GEORGE M'KAY Wounded, Somme, 1/7/16. - " PETER KENNEDY - " WILLIAM TAYLOR - " ROBERT COMLOQUOY - " ROBERT BELL - " WILLIAM ANDERSON - " DONALD M'PHERSON - " JOHN M'GHEE - " DAVID ROBERTSON - " WILLIAM THOMPSON Killed, Arras, April 1917. - " GEORGE TULLIS Invalided. - " MALCOLM M'LEAN Wounded, Arras, April 1917. - " JOHN MORRISON Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16. - " WILLIAM BARCLAY Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16. - " ROBERT WEIR Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16. - " JOHN M'KEAN Killed, Loos 25/9/15. - Lance-Sgt. ALEX. M'KAY Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - - -14TH BATTALION - -Pipers played their companies into action on the Somme and at Bourlon -Wood. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major A. HYND - Sergt. G. TAYLOR - Lance-Cpl. J. M'CORMACK - Piper J. CONNLY - " J. MANN - " T. KENNEDY - " J. WILSON - " SUTHERLAND - " T. PIRIE - " A. PHINN - " J. GORDON - " P. THOMSON Killed, 29/4/17. - - -15TH BATTALION - -At Thiepval and Beaumont Hamel the pipers lost very heavily when -leading their companies, and, as a consequence, it was found -necessary afterwards to keep them in the reserve line. In April -1918, on account of heavy casualties in the battalion, they had to -be employed in the ranks, and suffered very heavily; of 20 pipers -all but 3 became casualties, mostly through being gassed at Ayette. -Within a month, however, the band was reconstituted. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 973 Pipe Major N. M'LELLAN Gassed, 13/4/18; invalided. - 16084 " T. GILBERT, M.M. From 17th H.L.I. - 13374 " J. PARK Wounded, 14/10/17; gassed, - 13/4/18; invalided. - 14078 Piper J. KILPATRICK Wounded, 1/7/16. - 1020 " C. LOGAN Gassed, 13/4/18; invalided. - 13591 " D. KEENAN Wounded, 10/5/16; invalided. - 13356 " R. HOUGH - 15497 " J. BURLEIGH Gassed, 13/4/18. - 36456 " T. MARR Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 36455 " W. MARR Wounded, May 1916. - 13601 " J. REID - 13706 " R. GILLIES Wounded, 2/7/16; gassed, - 13/4/18. - 10010 " J. GAULT Gassed, 13/4/18. - 28093 " A. J. MACDONALD Gassed, 13/4/18. - 350254 " T. GRAHAM - 280889 " A. GRAY Wounded, Aug. 1918. - 281053 " W. BROWN Gassed, 13/4/18. - 280979 " J. BRYSON Gassed, 13/4/18. - 15719 " H. M'ARTHUR Gassed, 13/4/18. - 14304 " A. F. WATSON Wounded, 13/4/18. - 353152 " D. M'KENZIE Killed, Ayette, 13/4/18. - 15296 " C. GALLOWAY Gassed, 13/4/18. - 10108 " W. M'LELLAND Invalided. - 200601 " J. PITHIE Gassed, 13/4/18. - 54366 " W. M'NAIR - 58009 " M. M'LEAN - 50267 " T. ORR - 56597 " A. MILLAN - - -16TH BATTALION - -The pipers were employed chiefly as bearers. - -On 1st July, 1916, at Thiepval the pipers played the battalion over -with the loss of two killed and two wounded. The band was then -withdrawn as far as possible from the front, except occasionally -as stretcher bearers. It was felt by all ranks that pipers were too -valuable an institution to lose. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major W. M'COMBE, M.M. - " T. RICHARDSON, M.M. - Lance-Cpl. W. ORR Killed, 1/7/16. - " P. MURRAY - Piper R. ALEXANDER - " J. WATSON Wounded, 1/7/16. - " R. BAIRD - " B. FRASER Wounded, 1/7/16. - Lance-Cpl. L. ARMOURER - Piper A. RANKINE Killed, 1/7/16. - " R. M'KAY - " R. WATSON - " R. BARCLAY - " J. FOGO - " R. HUNTER - " J. HOY - " J. M'DONALD - " H. BARRIE - " T. PORTEOUS - " D. BELL - " D. MACINTOSH - " G. BELL - " W. COUTTS - " J. BRUCE - " A. MACPHERSON - " R. HOPE - Lance-Cpl. W. HENDRY - Corpl. R. BROWN - - -17TH BATTALION - -In the attack on the Leipzig Redoubt on 1st July, 1916, when the -battalion had to hang on unsupported to a part of the captured -Leipzig Redoubt, the pipers played and did an immense deal in keeping -the men's spirits up. Pipe Major Gilbert on this occasion won the -Military Medal. The casualties in this attack put the pipe band out -of action, and the pipers were thereafter kept, as far as possible, -out of the front line. The battalion was subsequently merged in the -15th H.L.I. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major T. GILBERT, M.M. Military Medal, July 1916; - despatches, July 1917; - transferred to 15th H.L.I. - Corpl. JOHN BURLEIGH Gassed, April 1918; - transferred to 15th H.L.I. - " CHARLES GALLOWAY Wounded, Nieuport, 10/7/17; - promoted for gallantry, - 1/7/16; gassed, Arras, - April 1918. - Lance-Cpl. JAMES M'MUNN Wounded, 1/7/16, Somme; again, - in Egypt; transferred to 7th - H.L.I. - Piper ARCHIBALD FORREST Received Commission; died of - disease, 1918. - " HUGH M'ARTHUR Gassed, Arras, April 1918; - transferred to 15th H.L.I. - " ARCHIBALD CARMICHAEL Wounded, Nieuport, 10/7/17. - - -THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS - -1ST BATTALION - -The casualties among the pipers of this battalion have been very -heavy. At Richebourg in November 1914, 2 pipers were killed and 6 -wounded, and the pipe major, Matheson, was awarded the D.C.M. for -great gallantry in carrying messages. In December 1914, and again at -Neuve Chapelle in May 1915, 3 more were killed and 4 wounded. Some of -them were employed as pipers, others as bearers and in the ranks. At -Neuve Chapelle the companies were played into action in May 1915, and -Piper Pratt was killed while playing. - -The battalion went to Mesopotamia, and in the action at Sheikh Saad -on 7th January, 1916, Pipe Major M'Kechnie played the regimental -charge at a most crucial moment and continued until he fell wounded. -In this and other subsequent engagements pipers played their -companies into action. Some of them did excellent work bringing up -ammunition, and 529 Piper Colin M'Kay was specially promoted for -this. This duty was particularly dangerous as the Turkish barrage was -generally late. - -The casualties continued to be heavy. Altogether 11 pipers have been -killed. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 8391 Pipe Major D. B. MATHIESON, D.C.M.; wounded "Port Arthur," - D.C.M. 7/11/14. - 10169 Lance Cpl. J. TULLOCH Wounded in trenches, "Port - Arthur," 6/11/14. - 9158 Sergt. J. MACLELLAN Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15; - subsequently killed, 21/4/17. - 7900 Piper W. F. COWANS Killed, 7/11/14, "Port Arthur." - 9291 " J. PRATT Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle, - 9/5/15. - 479 " D. BLACK Killed, 3/11/14, "Port Arthur." - 766 Lance Cpl. Lance Sgt. J. Wounded, "Port Arthur," - MACKENZIE 9/5/15. - 216 Piper, Actg. P.M. W. PATON Wounded, Givenchy, 6/4/15. - 10457 Lance Sgt. J. STEWART Transferred to 2nd Batt.; - killed, 1917. - 412 Piper WILLIAM BARRY Despatches. - 311 Lance-Cpl. DONALD CAMPBELL Wounded, Givenchy, 4/11/14; - killed, Mesopotamia, 1917. - 9458 " JOHN DUNBAR Wounded, Mesopotamia, 7/1/16, - while performing duties in - attack. - 9628 " ALEXANDER HAY Transferred to R.E. - 444 " ROBERT HILL Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15. - 262 " A. M'DONALD - 264 " ALEXANDER M'GILL - 433 " ANDREW MACKAY Wounded, Mesopotamia, 21/4/17. - 435 " JOHN M'VEAN Wounded, Mesopotamia, 7/1/16; - invalided. - 564 " N. MORRISON Wounded, Givenchy, 4/12/14. - 366 " T. MUIR Wounded, "Port Arthur," - invalided. - 284 " D. MURRAY Wounded, Givenchy, 6/4/15; - invalided. - 768 " ADAM ROSS Wounded, Givenchy, 17/11/14. - 9419 " D. SKINNER Wounded, Givenchy, 20/12/14 - invalided. - 10183 Lance Cpl. J. HERON - 645 Piper D. SMITH Killed in France. - 661 " J. STEIN Wounded in trenches; invalided. - 788 " T. URQUHART Killed, Givenchy, 20/12/14. - Corpl. A. VINCE Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 9/5/15; transferred to R.S.F. - 9446 Corpl. Actg. P.M. NEIL ACTING PIPE MAJOR WHEN - M'KECHNIE battalion went to - Mesopotamia; wounded, 7/1/15; - mentioned in despatches, - 25/8/15. - 10056 Piper JOHN SHAND Wounded, Mesopotamia, 21/4/17; - and again Palestine. - 7214 Lance Cpl. JAMES HARDY - 543 Piper NEIL MORRISON - 529 Sergt. Piper COLIN M'KAY Died of wounds, Baghdad. - Lance Cpl. ALEX. ROBERTSON Severely wounded, Sheikh Saad; - pipes smashed, 7/1/16. - Piper JAMES ROBERTSON - 7184 Lance Sgt. JAMES DUNCAN - Lance Cpl. HEARNE Died at home. - 200300 Piper WILLIAM M'DONALD - 16360 " J. CUTHILL - 9526 " GEORGE PATERSON - " WILLIAM M'LELLAN - " ALLAN - 709 " J. WILKINSON Killed, France. - " COOK Killed, Mesopotamia. - 204786 " A. HART - 8338 " J. WILSON - 7208 " J. KNOX - 22602 " REID - 8337 " M. JOHNSTONE - - -2ND BATTALION - -The pipers were largely employed as runners, orderlies, etc., and -suffered very heavy casualties. On several occasions during the open -fighting they were employed in the attack as pipers. Of 23 pipers who -went to France with the battalion 6 were killed and 10 wounded in -the first year of the war. The opinion of the officers is that only -the difficulty of reinforcements limits the employment of pipers in -action. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 6731 Pipe Major JOHN HAYWOOD Invalided, Dec. 1914. - 577 " JAMES MACKENZIE Wounded, 25/1/17. - 6171 Corpl. ANGUS MACLEAN Wounded, May 1915. - 9106 Lance Cpl. WILLIAM ROSS Killed, June 1915. - 9223 " JOHN GRANT Killed, October 1914. - 283 " DOUGAL MACMILLAN Died of disease, Feb. 1915. - 9454 " JAMES RENNIE Wounded, August 1914; killed, - Loos, Oct. 1915. - 70 Piper HUGH KEIL Gassed, May 1915. - 625 " GEORGE THOMSON Wounded, March 1915. - " DAVID MACRAE Killed, February 1915. - 3 " ROBERT HALL Killed, July 1916. - " ALEXANDER THORNTON - 570 " ALEXANDER MACKENZIE Wounded, February 1915. - " RONALD MACKENZIE - 711 " JAMES URQUHART Invalided, Dec. 1914. - Piper FREDERICK COOK Wounded, 13/10/14. - " ALBERT HUNTER - " ALEXANDER MACANGUS - 1096 " GREGOR MACKENZIE Gassed, 2/5/15. - " KENNETH MACKENZIE Killed, May 1915. - " ALEXANDER ANGUS Wounded, April 1915. - " ROBERT RENNIE Killed, May 1915. - " ALEXANDER CLARK, Killed, May 1915. - 10670 " ALEXANDER MACINTOSH Wounded, August 1914; prisoner - of war. - 10457 Lance Sgt. JAMES STEWART Transferred from 1st Batt.; - wounded, 1/7/16, Maillet - (Somme); killed, 1917. - 7635 Lance Cpl. A. ROSS - 8666 Corpl. W. LOWLANDS - 7838 Piper A. CALDER - 9132 " N. JOHNSTONE Wounded, 25/4/15; killed, - 26/1/17. - 4255 " J. ROBERTSON Wounded, Nov. 1916. - 10169 " J. TULLOCH Wounded, 20/11/14. - 189 " A. STEIN - 24729 " J. MURDOCH - " A. MILNE - 21630 " D. MACLEOD - 7366 " D. MACLEOD - " N. MACLEAN - 7126 " W. MACLEAN - 7603 " J. MACKAY - 7206 Lance Cpl. M. MACLEAN - 2886 Piper G. BELL Gassed, April 1915. - 8134 " J. GRANT Wounded, April 1915 and August - 1917. - 204612 " P. LAMONT - 9607 " J. MACARTHUR Wounded, April 1917. - - -4TH BATTALION - -In the early part of the war pipers were employed as such, and in -many other capacities. Casualties, however, were exceedingly heavy, -and it was decided in the later stages to keep them out of action as -much as possible. Five pipers were killed and sixteen wounded. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major MURDO MACKENZIE Discharged, 1918. - " JOHN M'KENZIE Wounded, Neuve Chapelle. - Piper D. M'KENZIE Died of wounds in Germany. - Piper J. KEMP Died of wounds at Neuve - Chapelle, 1915. - " A. M'AULAY Died of wounds at - Valenciennes, 1918. - " J. M'KENZIE Died of wounds at Neuve - Chapelle, 1915. - " J. M'DONALD Wounded at Cambrai, 1917; - discharged. - " A. J. M'KENZIE Wounded at Neuve Chapelle, - 1915; discharged. - 201307 " P. STEWART, M.M. Wounded at Cambrai, 1917; - discharged. - " J. STEWART Wounded at Marne, 1918. - " W. M'KENZIE Discharged, 1916. - " M. SANDISON Wounded at Cambrai, 1917. - " H. FORBES Wounded and gassed at Arras, - 1918. - " J. URQUHART Wounded at Cambrai, 1918; - \ discharged. - " W. MARSHALL Wounded and gassed at Cambrai, - 1917. - " D. M'RAE Discharged. - Lance-Sgt. D. THOMSON Invalided home. - " F. FINDLAYSON Invalided home. - Piper J. M'DONALD Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915. - " A. M'LENNAN Killed at Neuve Chapelle, 1915. - " W. ROSS Transferred to Home Service. - " H. ROSS Transferred to Home Service. - " H. M'LENNAN Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915. - " D. WILLIAMSON Wounded and gassed, Arras and - Cambrai. - " W. M'DONALD - " W. CORBET Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915. - " W. M'LEOD Wounded at Neuve Chapelle, - 1915, and discharged. - " H. R. M'KENZIE Wounded. - " R. HIGGINS Invalided, 1918. - " J. M'DONALD Discharged. - " J. M'LENNAN - " N. ROSS Discharged. - " J. ROSS Wounded at Cambrai. - " E. LEAMAN Wounded at Cambrai. - L/C. Piper W. GRAY - Piper J. M'KENZIE - " J. GUMM - " M. SANDISON - Piper W. MARSHALL - " J. A. AIRD - " H. FORBES - " A. M'LEOD - " J. BAIRD - " D. M'MILLAN - " W. RICHARDSON - - -5TH BATTALION - -Pipers in action were employed as orderlies, despatch runners, etc. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 2026 Pipe Major J. SUTHERLAND - " A. HARLEY Invalided. - 97 " W. GRANT - 422 " G. ROSS Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart. - 41186 Corporal H. GAMMACK - 450 Piper A. M'LEOD - 214 " W. TRUSSLER - 240082 " R. M'KAY - 240578 " G. STEWART - 379 " R. M'KENZIE, M.M. Wounded; Military Medal. - 599 " DONALD MACKAY Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont - Hamel. - 242179 " D. MACINNES - 144 " H. GRANT - 240137 " D. A. MATHESON Wounded. - 426 " C. RAE - 8971 " A. MACKAY - 560 " R. MACKAY - 242212 " G. URQUHART - 2266 " W. S. COGHILL - 3023 " A. KEITH - 2392 " R. STEPHEN - 24227 " J. MACDONALD - 2729 " A. TAYLOR - 251 " R. ROSS Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart. - 242094 " D. MACKENZIE - 669 " M. MURRAY Wounded. - 26 " R. TRUSSLER - 25209 " J. MUNRO - 267336 " JAS. SUTHERLAND Transferred to 6th Seaforths; - killed, 19/4/17. - 42195 " D. MORRISON - 24284 " J. CULLEN - - -6TH BATTALION - -At Festubert, June 1915, the pipers did magnificent service as -bearers, working day and night, and bringing in 170 wounded men. They -were largely employed in the ranks as machine gunners. The casualties -among them were heavy--8 killed and 6 wounded. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major G. MILTON - Sergt. W. MACLEOD Killed, May 1916, Labyrinth. - " C. D. MACDONALD Killed, Beaumont Hamel, - 13/11/16. - " H. MACKIE Killed, Beaumont Hamel, - 13/11/16. - " J. BROWN, M.M. Killed, Arras, May 1917. - " G. GILBERT, D.C.M. Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, - 13/11/16. - Corpl. W. URQUHART - Piper J. ALEXANDER Killed, La Bassée, April 1918. - " J. BOWIE - " L. CUMMING - " G. FRASER - " J. GIBB - " J. GRANT - " G. M. GRANT - " D. GRANT - " D. GEDDIE Invalided. - " J. LOGIE - 265172 " W. LOGIE Wounded, 9/4/17, Roclincourt. - " J. LUMSDEN, M.M. Wounded, High Wood, July 1916. - " A. JENKINS Invalided. - " A. MITCHELL - " W. D. MILL - " A. MACKAY Killed, 9/4/17, Roclincourt. - " W. MACKAY Wounded, Cambrai, Nov. 1917. - " H. MACKENZIE - " W. MACDONALD - " J. MACDONALD Wounded, 9/4/17, Roclincourt. - " W. MACKAY Invalided. - " A. PATERSON Invalided. - " J. ROBERTSON Killed, July 1915. - " G. ROSE Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, - 13/11/16. - " W. SHERVAN - " W. SUTHERLAND Killed, 9/4/17, Roclincourt. - " A. THOMSON - -[Illustration: PIPE-MAJOR HOWARTH, D.C.M., 6TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS - -AT NEUVE CHAPELLE - -_From the Painting by J. Prinsep Beadle_] - - -7TH BATTALION - -At Loos the battalion was played to the attack, and had 5 pipers -killed and 3 wounded. At one time, when the position was very -serious, a piper rallied the men with "Cabar Feidh," and produced a -tremendous effect. On the Somme, in 1916, a piper was always on duty -with the battalion. At Arras, in 1917, the pipers acted as bearers, -but in later operations they were kept out of the front line as far -as possible. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 5111 Pipe Major W. TAYLOR Awarded Croix de Guerre and - Meritorious Service Medal. - 1536 " A. HARLEY Invalided. - 1689 Sergt. W. FRASER, M.M. Military Medal. - 7765 " W. GORDON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 8822 Corpl. T. JOHNSTON Received Commission in - Camerons. - 711 Lance Cpl. A. URQUHART - 40417 " O'KAIN MACLENNAN Killed, 11/4/17. - 6876 " M. M'LEAN - 8134 " J. GRANT Wounded, 12/10/17. - 13385 Piper P. CALDER - 6892 " W. COOPER - 8535 " D. DAVIDSON, D.C.M. and Military Medal; - D.C.M., M.M. promoted Sergt. in his Coy. - 21629 " T. EATON - 1456 " D. FRASER Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 40177 " R. FRASER - 4272 " W. GALBRAITH Wounded, Loos, and again Arras, - 9/4/17. - 4181 " R. GALBRAITH Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 9070 " G. GRANT Died in hospital. - 2177 " B. HALLIDAY Died of wounds received at - Loos. - 4661 " B. HAMILTON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 9859 " J. HINTON - 10859 " A. J. MACKAY - 9488 " J. MACKAY - 570 " A. MACKENZIE Wounded, 10/4/15, Messines; - gassed, 23/6/18. - 1487 " R. MACKENZIE, M.M. Wounded, 12/3/18; Military - Medal. - 7366 " D. MACLEOD Invalided. - 201819 " M. MONTGOMERY - 12597 " M. MURRAY - 201991 " R. MURRAY - 825 " G. THOMSON Wounded, Messines, 10/4/15. - 3843 " K. THYNE Killed, Somme, 14/7/16. - - -8TH BATTALION - -There were heavy casualties at Loos, September 1915, when 5 pipers -were killed and 5 were wounded; on this occasion the gallantry of -these men won the wholehearted admiration of all ranks. The companies -were played into action by the pipers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 8112 Pipe Major ALEX. MACKENZIE, D.C.M. - D.C.M. - " JOHN HAYWOOD - 8119 Sergt. GEORGE GORDON Transferred 9th Seaforths as - Pipe Major; Belgian Croix de - Guerre. - 8172 Lance Cpl. JOHN MUNRO - 3161 Piper ANDREW HAMILTON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 5721 " CHARLES ANDERSON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 6368 " ROBERT CLARK Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15, and - taken prisoner. - " ANDREW CLARK Killed, Loos, 28/9/18. - 7519 " JOHN MATHESON - 6567 " GEORGE SPENCE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 3503 " JAMES CAIRNS Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 2897 " ROBERT ROBERTSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15, and - taken prisoner. - 2583 " JAMES MORTON - " ALEXANDER MACKAY Wounded, Ypres, 31/7/17. - 6400 " WILLIAM MACKAY Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " ROBERT BEATON - 6546 Lance Cpl. DUNCAN MACGREGOR Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 3307 Piper DONALD VALANTINE Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - " HUGH SUTHERLAND Died of disease, 1917. - Corpl. R. CURRANT - Piper JAMES HARVEY Wounded, Arras, 21/2/18. - " ALEXANDER MACAULAY - 25812 " ALEXANDER MACDONALD - 25825 " ALEXANDER MACDONALD - " MALCOLM MACKENZIE - " ROBERT MACKENZIE - " DONALD MACLEOD - " GEORGE MACMILLAN - " JAMES MATHESON - " JAMES MORTON - " ROBERT ROBERTSON - " ALEXANDER SIMPSON - " GEORGE SPENCE - Piper P. STEWART - " HENRY SUTHERLAND - " J. TAIT - Lieut. HECTOR ROSS Formerly Piper 6th S.H.; - killed, 23/4/17. - - -9TH BATTALION - -Pipers were frequently employed as despatch runners. In the advance -of the 26th Brigade at Longueval on 14th July, 1916, the battalion -was played into action under very heavy fire. When attacking the -village they met with a stout resistance and came under heavy machine -gun fire from a flank as well as from the front. The pipers rallied -the men who were thrown momentarily into confusion, and, at their -head, charged down the street and over the wires into the German -trenches. - -The casualties were heavy throughout, 4 killed and 15 wounded. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 8119 Pipe Major G. GORDON Belgian Croix de Guerre. - 4422 Lance Sgt. D. M'NIVEN - 5745 Lance Cpl. C. M'LELLAN, M.M. Military Medal, Loos, 1915. - 261949 Piper JAMES LUMSDEN, M.M. Wounded, Somme, 1916; Military - Medal. - 240018 " ROBERT ROSS Killed, 11/4/18. - 267336 " JAMES SUTHERLAND Killed, 19/4/17. - 4394 " M. ROSS Wounded. - 8264 " D. MACKENZIE Wounded. - 4858 " J. MACDONALD Wounded. - 5011 " A. CHEYNE - 3949 " H. ARNOTT Wounded. - 9394 " W. M'MAHON Killed. - 4657 " W. GRAY Wounded. - 5693 " D. HUNTER Wounded. - 40497 " A. MACKENZIE - 40502 " R. WATT Wounded. - 40547 " G. DAVIDSON - 267049 " J. MACLEOD - 13286 " J. AITKEN Wounded. - 23879 " W. DUNCAN Killed. - 23889 " J. M'LELLAN Wounded. - 26416 " P. MACDONALD - 26426 " D. M'KINNON Wounded. - 5943 Piper R. LAWSON Wounded and gassed. - 24518 " A. BUCHANAN - 261313 " A. MACKENZIE - 5570 " J. BARCLAY Wounded three times. - - -THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS - -1ST BATTALION - -The battalion took out 18 pipers, and at the roll call at Cambrai on -26th August, 1914, only two remained. For a long time pipers had to -be employed in the ranks. On several occasions in the Somme fighting -they took their place at the head of their companies and played them -into action. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major J. HENDERSON - Sergt. J. JOHNSTON Wounded, 25/9/15. - Piper GEO. CRUICKSHANK Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - " DAVID COPLAND Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - " A. THOMPSON Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14, but - escaped and returned to duty; - again captured, 24/10/14. - " F. PATERSON Killed, Mons, 26/8/14. - " J. WATT Gone to 2nd Batt. - Corpl. F. ROBERTSON Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - Lance Cpl. W. M'FALL Killed, October 1914. - Piper W. FRASER Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - " GEO. MITCHELL Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - " GEO. ANDERSON Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - " N. WATT - " D. WEIR Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - " P. CRAN Invalided. - " F. GRANT Invalided. - " P. HAIR Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - " W. CROMARTY Wounded, 26/9/15. - " W. HARVIE Killed, 24/10/14. - Corpl. A. GARDEN - Piper A. M'KAY Died of wounds, Jan. 1915. - " W. ALLAN Killed, 14/12/14. - " J. COUTTS - " W. PATON - " EADIE - Piper HAY - " M'KAY Wounded. - " GILLIES Wounded. - " HECTOR ROSS Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15; killed, - March, 1916. - - -2ND BATTALION - -This battalion took 32 pipers out to France; by the end of the first -year of the campaign 10 had been killed and 20 wounded. At Loos and -in the Somme fighting the pipers of the 2nd Gordons repeatedly played -the battalion into action and suffered heavily. The pipers were also -employed as runners, bearers, etc., and in the ranks. - -In March 1915, the battalion was played to the attack on the Aubers -Ridge under heavy fire, and again at Mametz and Guichy. - -In the Italian field of operations they did most excellent work in -getting the wounded back across a swift river, work which their C.O. -considered it would have been impossible to accomplish without their -enthusiastic assistance. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 6349 Pipe Major C. ANDERSON Wounded; Military Medal, - Loos, 1915. - 10655 Piper R. GRANT Killed, Loos, 1915. - 10639 " J. GRANT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 110 " R. WILSON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 219 " W. BRUCE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 10653 Corpl. J. M'KENZIE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 205 Piper J. LEDINGHAM Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " J. RAMAGE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " A. CASSIE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " J. BISSETT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 10296 " W. SINCLAIR Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15. - 311 Lance Cpl. A. M'DONALD Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14; - invalided. - 10113 Piper J. GILLIES Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14. - 175 Lance Cpl. J. LIVINGSTONE Wounded; prisoner of war, - 30/10/14. - 10243 Piper J. MURRAY Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14. - 8699 " C. MUNRO Despatches; wounded, Loos, - 1915. - 349 " J. CRUICKSHANKS Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 1915. - 10219 " J. TOPP Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14. - 297 Piper J. GRANT Wounded and invalided. - 120 " H. ADAMS Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14. - 10072 " G. TENNENT Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14. - 233 " J. WATT Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 7569 Sergt. W. SMITH Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 606 Piper A. BRUCE Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 192 " W. HINNIE Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 429 " T. MACINTOSH Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14; - invalided. - " FRASER Wounded; invalided. - 543 " A. HOLMES Wounded, Ypres, 5/10/17. - 10256 " B. M'KAY Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14. - 430 " J. ROBERTSON Killed, Ypres, 30/10/14. - 206 Lance Cpl. J. DUGUID - 6853 Sergt. R. STEWART, D.C.M. Killed, Loos, 1915; awarded - D.C.M. - 7641 Piper J. M'DONALD - 10486 " C. TAYLOR Wounded, Somme, July 1916. - 5614 " JAMES RITCHIE, M.M. Military Medal, Somme. - 7375 Corpl. A. SMITH Killed, Loos, 1915. - 8390 Piper J. SCOTT Killed, Somme, 1916. - 335 " J. M'CRIMMON Wounded, Ypres, 1914; killed, - Loos, 1915. - 10139 " D. WHITE Killed, Loos, 1915. - 747 " J. LORIMER Wounded, Somme, 1916. - 6994 Sergt. A. HORNE Invalided. - 7288 Piper C. ORCHARD - 5495 " J. WHITE - 10264 " D. BOWIE - 7383 " P. BROWN Killed, Ypres, 5/10/17. - 235745 " R. INNES - 240455 " J. GOW - 43479 " J. GRAHAM - 2595 " D. WILLIAMS - - -4TH BATTALION - -During the trench fighting the pipers were mostly used behind the -front line, and in marching the battalion to and from rest billets. -Subsequently, in open fighting, the company pipers took their place -at the heads of their companies. At the Marne, Pipers P. Paterson, -R. Prentice, P. Bowie and G. Davidson played their companies into -action, and their action immensely stimulated the troops "and enabled -them to gain a great victory on that day"; at Ypres on 31st July, -1917, Piper P. Bowie "rallied the men at a time when fighting was -very fierce," and was awarded the Military Medal; on 17th November, -1917, Piper G. Paterson also got the Military Medal for playing the -battalion through three successive charges and into Cantaing under -heavy fire. The pipers were also employed as ammunition carriers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major A. CHISHOLM - 201290 Piper JOHN WEBSTER, M.M. Military Medal. - Lance-Cpl. W. CRUICKSHANK - Piper T. WATSON Invalided. - 200347 " G. PATERSON, M.M. Wounded; Military Medal. - " N. PATERSON - " W. M'KAY Invalided. - " E. EWEN Wounded. - " P. PATERSON Wounded. - " D. ROBBIE Wounded (twice). - " G. DAVIDSON Gassed, Ypres, 31/10/17. - " J. WYCH Prisoner. - " C. LAWSON Prisoner. - " J. GRAY - " J. GRAY Wounded. - " R. SIM Wounded. - " P. BOWIE, M.M. Military Medal. - " E. MATHER - " R. PRENTICE - " J. OSWALD - " F. WRIGHT - " J. FOOTE - " A. THOMSON Killed. - - -5TH BATTALION - -The pipers were principally employed in the ranks and as observers, -but in the attack on High Wood on the Somme front company pipers -played at the head of their units. On this occasion Piper Willox was -killed as he led his company, and several others became casualties. -It was thereafter decided not to employ pipers in action again. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 302 Pipe Major J. H. CLARK - 1596 Cpl.-Piper J. HARVEY - 760 Piper A. STEWART - 1985 " G. THOMSON - 1586 " A. WILLOX Killed, 31/7/16, High Wood. - 1156 Piper W. GRAHAM Killed, 3/6/15, Festubert. - " W. ALLAN - " J. BIRNIE - " H. LUNAN - " J. M'DONALD - " G. MIDDLETON Wounded, Bullecourt. - " A. ROBINSON - " J. A. SCOTT - " J. STEWART - " R. WYNESS - " ANDREW BROWN, M.M. Military Medal; killed, - 31/7/16, High Wood. - " G. LINDSAY Wounded, Sept. 1917, Ypres. - - -6TH BATTALION - -At Neuve Chapelle the pipers headed the charge of the battalion on -the Moulin du Piètre, losing one piper killed and four wounded. - -Pipers were mostly employed in action as stretcher bearers or in the -ranks, and, while suffering heavily, won the highest reputation in -their battalion. At Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 they lost one killed -and six wounded; on this occasion Pipe Major Howarth won the D.C.M. -At Loos in the following September, the casualties were again heavy, -and the pipe major won a bar to the D.C.M. In later operations pipers -were kept, as much as possible, out of the front line. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 10115 Pipe Major J. HOWARTH, D.C.M. Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - and Bar - 161 Corpl. G. LOGIE Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 25/3/15. - 728 Piper A. SMITH Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 25/3/15. - 62 " G. MILTON Killed, Neuve Chapelle, - 25/3/15. - 1257 Lance-Cpl. G. M'PHERSON - 104 Piper A. COUTTS Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 25/3/15. - 117 " G. GRANT Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 25/3/15. - 10604 " A. MILNE - 967 Lance-Cpl. J. BIRNIE - 10700 Piper W. BANNERMAN - 806 " R. SCOTT - 961 " J. BIRNIE - 1561 " R. M'CAY Wounded, Festubert. - " H. DAVIDSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - Lance-Cpl. T. KNOWLES - - -8TH BATTALION - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major W. J. GRANT Wounded. - Corpl. G. FLOCKHART - - -9TH BATTALION - -The great value of the pipers in action is recognised by the whole -battalion, but it is considered it sometimes happens that the men get -so overkeen under the influence of the music that they are liable -to exceed orders. The employment of pipers as bearers, etc., is -deprecated as resulting in casualties which cannot be replaced. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major K. MACLEOD Invalided, Dec. 1914. - S/7747 " G. FINDLATER, V.C. Invalided, Dec. 1915. - S/4212 " D. MACLEOD - S/6827 Piper A. M'DONALD - S/2772 " M. MURRAY - S/9023 " C. CAMPBELL Killed in action, Somme, - 10/7/16. - S/3068 " T. TURNER Invalided. - S/4057 " J. MILLER - S/4058 " H. HEEPS - S/4560 " J. CRAIG Wounded, Somme, 1916. - S/9364 " J. AITKEN - 348 " J. M'DONALD Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 1915; - Loos, 25/9/15; Somme, 1/7/16. - 560 " W. WATT Wounded, Ypres, 1914. - S/17640 " H. MACLACHLAN - 9283 Lance-Cpl. H. ADAMS Wounded, Ypres, 1914. - S/3052 Pte. J. SHARKEY - - -10TH BATTALION - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major HORNE - Corpl. ORCHARD Wounded. - 5614 Piper JAMES RITCHIE, M.M. Transferred to 2nd Gordons; - Military Medal. - - -THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS - - "A chlanna nan con - A chlanna nan con - Thigibh an so - S'ghaibh sibh feoil." - -1ST BATTALION - - -Pipers were not employed as such, but, during the early part of the -war, they were in the ranks. At the battle of the Aisne and Ypres the -casualties were heavy. - -The value to the battalion of their pipe band is considered so great -that the officers would like the establishment doubled. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 6720 Pipe Major G. SELBY Killed, 22/10/14. - 6718 " W. CRUICKSHANKS - 5210 Corpl. W. KINNEAR Wounded, 5/11/14, Ypres. - 5173 Piper H. BARRIE Killed, 5/11/14, Ypres. - 8445 " C. MACLACHLAN - 7671 " A. HENDERSON, D.C.M. Taken prisoner, 11/11/14; - D.C.M. - 8535 Lance-Cpl. G. M'CALMAN Wounded, Langemarck, Oct. - 1914; died after discharge. - 8072 Piper D. ROSS - 8475 " M. CAMPBELL Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14. - 9575 " L. JOHNSTONE Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14. - 6726 " D. COOK Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14. - 9345 " L. M'BEAN Died of wounds, Arras, Aug. - 1918. - 9444 " J. COYLE Wounded, Aisne, 25/8/14. - 14059 " J. PEDERS - 18921 " N. ROSS - 5859 " A. MACDONALD - 30748 " N. SMITH - - -2ND BATTALION - -There were heavy casualties among the pipers, who were employed -in many ways throughout the war,--largely in the ranks. One, -Lance-Corporal Johnstone, was awarded the D.C.M. and M.M. for his -gallantry as a guide in 1915 and subsequently as scout sergeant. -Throughout the war the pipers went into action with their companies. -The opinion of the commanding officer is that they have been -invaluable to the battalion. At the time of the advance into Bulgaria -sickness had caused the disappearance of the band. - -Altogether 14 pipers were wounded and 7 died or were killed during -the war. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major DOUGALL MATHESON Wounded, 1915, and in 1916. - " JOHN STEELE Wounded, 15/2/15. - Sergt. JAMES JOHNSON, Wounded, 1918. - D.C.M., M.M. - Corpl. ALEX. M'LEOD - " ALEX. THOMSON - 8479 Piper DONALD DYCE Wounded, Salonika, 30/9/16. - Lance-Cpl. ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON - Piper WILLIAM BORTHWICK - " PETER EASSON Wounded, 1915, Ypres. - " JOSEPH ELLIOT Wounded, 1916. - " DONNACHIE Killed, 1915. - " ARCHIBALD FULTON Prisoner of war, 1915; - invalided. - Lance-Cpl. JAMES GILLON Wounded, 10/5/15, St. Eloi. - Piper KEEBLE Wounded. - " JOHN LUMSDEN Wounded, Struma, 1/10/16. - " JAMES M'DOUGALL Wounded, Hill 60; invalided. - " JOHN M'CABE Died, 1917. - " DONALD M'RAE - " JOHN M'ASKILL Killed, Hill 60, April 1916. - " THOMPSON Died. - " ALEXANDER THOMPSON Invalided. - " WILLIAM HOPE Wounded, Ypres, 1918. - " HUGH CONNER Wounded, 30/9/16, St. Eloi; - invalided. - " DONALD CAMPBELL Wounded, 10/5/15, St. Eloi. - " ARCHIBALD M'KENZIE Killed, Hill 60, April 1916. - " MURDOCH SCOTT Wounded, Aug. 1915. - " LACHLAN M'BEAN Died of wounds, St. Eloi, - 10/5/15. - " MURDOCH SCOTT Wounded, Aug. 1915. - " ARCHIBALD LINDSAY - " ROBERT FERGUSON Invalided. - " WILLIAM STEWART Died, Salonika, 18/10/17. - " JOHN SMART - " JAMES CARSWELL - " ARCHIBALD SMITH - - -4TH BATTALION - -At Festubert on 17th May, 1915, the companies were played to the -attack by their pipers, and these men came through unscathed but with -their pipes rendered useless by mud and water. Of those who were -serving in the ranks several were killed and wounded at Festubert. - -Again at Loos the pipers were employed in action as such. - -They were often employed as bearers. The battalion was disbanded as a -separate unit. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 56 Pipe Major J. S. ROSS - 275 Lance Cpl. J. SHIRRAN Wounded, Fanquinart, 9/5/15. - 1090 Piper A. FULLARTON - 44 " W. FRASER Wounded. - 519 " R. MUNRO - 988 " C. MILNE - 528 Lance Cpl. G. FORSYTH - 53 Piper K. LOGAN Wounded. - 1395 " W. F. MACDONALD Wounded, Richebourg, 17/7/15. - 1120 " J. CHEYNE Killed, Festubert, 17/5/15. - 1100 " J. MUNRO - 645 Lance Cpl. D. PATERSON Killed, Festubert, 17/5/15. - 2670 " T. D. MACKAY Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, - 12/3/15. - 200120 Piper W. MACDONALD Died of wounds, 14/10/17. - " W. MACLEAN Transferred as Pipe Major to - 5th Camerons. - - -5TH BATTALION - -At Loos the battalion was played into action, and practically all the -pipers became casualties. Subsequently they were employed as bearers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 4424 Pipe Major A. BEATTIE (Now Quartermaster.) - " JOHN MACMILLAN - " WILLIAM MACLEAN - 3/5497 Piper ALEX. MACEACHEN Died of wounds received 25/9/15. - 3/5113 Lance Cpl. A. J. M'DONALD Killed at Fosse 8, 27/9/15. - 3/5096 " DONALD M'LEAN Wounded, Festubert, 1915. - 3/5059 Piper ALEXANDER BOYD - S/14504 " DONALD M'INTYRE - 3/3931 " NEIL WILSON Killed, 27/9/15. - S/11755 Piper JAMES BUTLER Wounded, 27/9/15; Loos, and - again subsequently. - 3/5636 " J. A. MACASKILL - 3/3541 " ANGUS M'DONALD Wounded, 27/9/15, Loos. - 3/5621 " ALEX. M'LENNAN Wounded, 27/9/15, Loos. - S/10510 " JOHN M'LACHLAN Wounded, 27/9/15, Loos; killed, - Sorel, 21/3/18. - S/10311 " J. M'GREGOR Invalided. - S/12582 " ANGUS M'PHERSON Gassed, 25/9/15, Loos. - S/11605 " JOHN ROSS Wounded, 25/9/15, Loos. - S/10026 " JOSEPH SCOTT Wounded, 25/9/15, Loos. - " DONALD MACPHEE - Corpl. DONALD CAMPBELL - Piper WILLIAM STRACHAN Invalided. - " ANGUS ROBERTSON - " MALCOLM MACGREGOR - " ALEX. CLUNIE Killed, 3/5/17, Arras. - " JAMES HENDERSON - " LACHLAN MACLEAN - " JAMES MACDONALD Invalided. - " DUNCAN MACLENNAN - " ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD Killed, Sorel, 21/3/18. - " JOHN MACLENNAN - " DONALD MACLENNAN - " D. BOWES - " T. FYFFE Invalided. - " C. GRANT Invalided. - " ALLAN CAMERON Invalided. - " CHARLES MILNE - " JOHN STAVERT - " NORMAN M'KILLOP - " JAMES PORTEOUS Killed, Oct. 1918. - " JAMES INNES - " FINLAY MARTIN - " JAMES FERGUSON - " JAMES RICHARD - - -6TH BATTALION - -During trench fighting the pipers were employed behind the line. In -the Loos attack, when they played the battalion into action, there -were many casualties. On this occasion, when the 44th Brigade had to -fall back, the men rallied on an extemporised flag of Cameron tartan -at the foot of which stood the pipers of several battalions. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 5161 Pipe Major A. MATHIESON - MACDONALD Gassed, 25/9/15. - 12643 Lance Cpl. WILLIAM FRASER Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 11347 Piper WILLIAM WHITEHEAD - 12629 " THOMAS MACCULLOCH - 10101 " DUGALD DOW Gassed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 10210 " JAMES PITCAIRN - 10297 " WILFRED MORRIS - 12070 " J. LECKIE MACLEAN - 14831 " DAVID ROY ROBERTSON - 27434 Sergt. CAMPBELL From 1st Lovat's Scouts. - 43268 Lance Cpl. M'NEILL From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders. - 10256 " M'READY Wounded, Somme, Oct. 1916. - 40971 Piper MACLENNAN From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders. - 43267 " MACNEIL From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders; - wounded, Oct. 1916. - 43318 " JOHNSTONE From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders. - 40715 " MACCORMICK - 43311 " M. M'LENNAN From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders. - 22461 " JAMES WALKER Killed, 26/4/17. - - -7TH BATTALION - -In the historic attack at Loos the pipers took a prominent part, -and helped to rally the men subsequently. They lost heavily, and in -subsequent actions pipers were only employed singly in the attack. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 13845 Pipe Major R. MACDOUGALL - Piper J. MACLEAN Wounded, Loos. - 14356 " J. RAEBURN Wounded, Loos, 25-27/9/15. - 13291 " DUGALD SCOULAR - 14059 " PEDEN - Corpl. ROSS - " R. M. DEWAR Gassed. - Lance Cpl. J. LEVACK - 200104 " H. R. MUNRO - Piper G. ALVES Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 21487 " G. COWIE Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 9444 " J. COYLE Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - " A. DUNCAN - " J. FINDLAY - " T. FRASER Gassed. - 14055 " W. HENDERSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 200252 " J. HUNTER - 201253 Piper A. M'DONALD - 5545 " J. M'DONALD - " J. M'INTOSH Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 13294 " R. M'KENZIE - " M. M'KILLOP Invalided. - " M. MACKINNON - 43209 " J. MUNRO - 13442 " A. SHAND - " A. SMART Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " F. STEWART Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 14369 " W. WILLIAMSON - - -THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS - -1ST BATTALION - -Early in the war pipers were used in action, but, on account of -casualties being very heavy among them, the practice was given up. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major R. MACFARLANE - Piper M'KAY Wounded. - " KENEALY Wounded. - " CAMPBELL Wounded. - " WOODSIDE Killed, St. Eloi, 16/2/15. - Corpl. F. ROSS - Piper W. M'INTOSH - " C. HAY - " J. BEATTIE - " W. WADDEL - " STEVENSON - " LYNCH - Lance-Cpl. STRUTHERS - " WILSON - " BIRRELL - Piper M'FADYEN - " HANLISON - " BELL - " HARDIE - " M'DONALD - Piper CAMPBELL - " FRASER - 570 " ROBERT KENNEDY Killed, 30/7/16, Somme. - - -2ND BATTALION - -During the first year of the war 3 pipers were killed, 3 were wounded -and 3 were taken prisoner, and the band was broken up, the survivors -being returned to the ranks. Throughout the war pipers have been -employed as orderlies, ammunition and ration carriers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major WILLIAM GRAY - " JOHN MACKINTOSH - 10719 " LAWRIE - 672 " JOHN GRAY - 8157 Piper L. A. PLANNER Killed, Oct. 1918. - " ALEXANDER STEVEN - 188 " ALEXANDER SINCLAIR - 10313 " J. BLACK - 10295 Corpl. J. P. M'DONALD Invalided. - 522 Piper HENRY JONES Invalided. - Lance-Cpl. MILNE Missing. - 567 Piper PETER M'LINTOCK Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15. - 90 " M'KAY Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15. - " J. GARDNER Wounded, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - 974 Lance-Cpl. A. PATERSON Wounded, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - Piper PETER MURRAY Wounded, Le Cateau, 26/8/14. - 1153 Sergt. P. DEAN, D.C.M. D.C.M. - 9901 Lance-Cpl. A. MILLER Prisoner of war; wounded, Le - Cateau, 26/8/14. - 660 Piper R. SCOTT Prisoner of war; wounded, - Armentières, 27/11/15. - 58 " S. DUFF Prisoner of war; wounded, Le - Cateau, 26/8/14. - 9279 " ROBERT ORMISTON Wounded, Somme, 13/7/16. - " WILLIAM BLACK - " JOHN WATT - " DAVID BLAIR - " RICHARD ANSELL Wounded, 19/11/15 and 21/6/15. - " DONALD ANDERSON - " ALEXANDER M'DONALD - " JOHN MACCULLOCH - Piper ALEXANDER GRAY - " GORDON INNES - " DUNCAN MACKELLAR - -[Illustration: BEN BUIDHE, ARGYLLSHIRE - -_From the Water-colour Drawing by George Houston, A.R.S.A._] - - -5TH BATTALION - -When in Gallipoli the full pipers were chiefly employed as messengers -and ammunition carriers. In the latter capacity they did excellent -work in the fighting on 12th July, 1915. The acting pipers were -employed as stretcher bearers. On the occasion of the 12th July -attack a piper mounted the parapet and played the battalion over. The -pipers have been kept out of action as far as possible. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 201471 Pipe Major C. HAY Wounded, 24/11/17. - " JAS. SMITH - Piper ROBERT SMITH - " THOMAS MACDONALD - " ROBERT MACLACHLAN - 200129 " JAMES BLAIR - 200043 Lance-Cpl. FRED BRANWHITE - Piper ROBERT MACLEOD Wounded, 25/12/15. - 200300 Lance-Cpl. ANGUS MACARTHUR - 300620 Piper JOHN MACLEOD - 200359 " JAMES MURRAY - " MALCOLM STEWART - " GEORGE STIRRAT - 325764 " W. HENDRY Wounded, 29/7/18. - 200325 " WILLIAM LEPICK - 201062 " J. M'CALLUM - 200357 " DONALD MATHESON - 202708 " WILLIAM MATHESON - 43040 " JOHN MYLES - 200780 " A. NEILSON - 200855 " J. OLIVER - 201925 " W. PONTON - - -6TH BATTALION - -While in the trenches were employed as orderlies, messengers, etc. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 362 Pipe Major JOHN M'CONNACHER Transferred as C.Q.M.S. - 275321 " D. FINLAYSON - 35 Corpl. ANDREW FERGUSON - 538 Lance-Cpl. THOMAS DOURNIE Wounded, Richebourg, May 1915. - 1704 Piper WILLIAM HENDERSON - 1365 " ROBERT M'AULAY Gassed, 25/4/18. - 1560 " DAVID GAULT - 1507 " HENRY MURRAY - 1506 " WILLIAM PARK Wounded, Festubert, 18/6/15. - 1890 " JOHN CRAIG Killed, Longueval, 27/7/16. - 3037 " JAMES PRINGLE Killed while trying to bring - in wounded man, 18/6/15. - 3042 " JOHN M'ALLISTER Killed, Festubert, 18/6/15. - 1653 " JAMES GILLAN Invalided. - 3256 " JOHN M'FARLANE - 3162 " WILLIAM CARLYLE Killed, Festubert, 16/6/15; - despatches. - 3166 " WILLIAM GANSON - " THOMAS MYRON - 250989 " A. M'LINTOCK Wounded, 23/11/18. - 250962 " H. ARMSTRONG - 8016 Lance-Cpl. J. STEWART - 251957 Piper A. M'ASKILL - 202120 " N. CAMPBELL - 252567 " F. M'PHERSON - 250018 " W. CORSAN - 252028 " J. LANG - 300099 " N. CRAWFORD - 250919 " A. GRAY - 325262 " M. THOMSON - - -7TH BATTALION - -Pipers were employed as runners and orderlies. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Piper JOHN WALLS, M.M. Military Medal, 24/7/16. - 277167 " HUGH M'DONALD Killed, Aug. 1917, Ypres. - - -8TH BATTALION - -Until the Somme fighting the pipers went into the trenches but -did not play. The battalion had a pipe band composed of officers, -Capt. Alastair M'Laren, Lieuts. Graham Campbell, Yr. of Shirvan, -and Leslie Smith. The drummers were the Adjutant, Major Lockie, the -Quartermaster Lieut. Disselduff and Lieut. Clark. - -As far as possible pipers were kept out of the trenches. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major W. LAWRIE Invalided home, and died of - illness contracted on - service. - " J. WILSON Received Certificate from Div. - Comdr. for gallant conduct, - May 1916. - Lance-Cpl. C. JEFFREY Wounded at Richebourg, May - 1915. - Piper J. M'LELLAN, D.C.M. Awarded D.C. Medal for - gallantry at Magersfontein, - Dec. 1899; wounded at - Laventie, 1915. - " N. CRAWFORD Invalided, August 1916. - " A. CURRIE - " R. FERGUSON Time expired. - " F. FRASER Wounded. - " D. FERGUSON Invalided, 1917. - " D. JOHNSTONE Invalided, 1915. - " A. LAUDER - " J. M'CALLUM Wounded, Somme, July 1916. - " J. M'DOUGALL - " J. M'DONALD - " J. M'FARLANE Invalided, 1915. - " J. M'INTYRE - " R. M'LELLAN, M.M. Wounded, Somme, July 1916; - awarded Military Medal. - " J. ORR Wounded, La Boiselle, August - 1915. - " J. RISK Time expired. - " J. SHIRLAW Gassed. - " J. WOODROW - " N. FLETCHER - " T. STRATHEARN - " R. MORRISON Wounded, Ypres. - " J. MACLEOD - " D. ROBERTSON Invalided. - " D. WOODS Wounded twice. - " T. SHEARER Wounded. - " D. MACINNES Invalided. - " J. MACWILLIAMS - " T. MOFFAT - " J. HANNON - - -9TH BATTALION - -Pipers were principally utilised, when in action, as -stretcher-bearers, orderlies, etc. - -Great bravery was shown by pipers when acting as bearers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major J. R. GARSEWELL - 324 Corpl. ALEXANDER M'ALLISTER Missing since 10/5/15; 2nd - Battle Ypres. - 1790 Piper DAVID PANTON Wounded, 10/5/15, Ypres. - 266 " GEORGE SHEARER, D.C.M. Awarded D.C.M. - 1711 " ALEXANDER RUSSELL Killed, 8/4/15. - - -10TH BATTALION - -During the trench fighting the pipers were kept in the reserve lines -in order to avoid casualties. At Loos and on the Somme, however, they -were employed with their companies, and at the taking of Longueval -they behaved with quite remarkable gallantry. On this occasion Pipe -Major Aitken, a man of sixty years of age, was awarded the D.C.M., -and Pipers Wilson and Dall were commended for playing through -heavy machine gun fire. At the same time Piper Donnachie greatly -distinguished himself carrying despatches. - -The commanding officer says the casualties on the Somme have led him -to keep them out of action as far as possible, as he regards them as -invaluable to a regiment. It was, in the later stages, only under -dire necessity, that pipers were occasionally used as bearers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major T. AITKEN, D.C.M. Superannuated; D.C.M. - " J. WRIGHT - 9263 Lance-Sgt. J. MACKENZIE - 1720 Corpl. J. DONNACHIE - Piper MACNEILL Killed, Longueval, Oct. 1916. - Corpl. W. LAURIE Wounded, Dickebusch; invalided. - 8860 Lance-Cpl. D. CAMPBELL - 569 " J. GAMACK, M.M. Military Medal. - 4512 Piper W. ANDERSON Invalided. - 3205 " J. CULLEN - 9835 " J. HEATHERINGTON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - 3014 " J. KENNEDY - 1375 " J. M'DONALD Wounded, Longueval; invalided. - 2011 " W. M'GILLIVRAY - 8656 " D. M'RAE - 6153 Lance-Sgt. D. D. M'SPORRAN Wounded, Longueval. - 10390 Piper J. SMITH Wounded, Ypres, Nov. 1915. - 9339 " W. PIRRIE - 2616 " D. WILSON Despatches. - 570 " R. KENNEDY Died of wounds, Longueval. - 9256 Piper A. M'LEAN Invalided. - 6191 " J. DALL Wounded, Longueval. - 5091 " J. PATERSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - Sergt. J. F. SWORD - 8051 " ALEX. MACLEAY Killed, 12/10/17, Ypres. - 300583 " JOHN SINCLAIR Severely wounded, Oct. 1917. - 302955 Piper WALTER NAPIER Killed, 12/10/17, Ypres. - " WILLIAM SINCLAIR - " JOHN CLARK - " ANDREW THOMSON - - -11TH BATTALION - -When the battalion was in support of the 44th Brigade at Loos the -pipers took a very prominent share in the glory and the losses of -the day. One, Charles Cameron, stood out in the open and played as -a rallying point, and the battalion called him "The Piper of Loos." -Other pipers were employed as runners, or in the ranks. - -The casualties during this part of the campaign were so heavy that -the pipe band was kept, as far as possible, out of the front line. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major DONALD MACFARLANE Wounded, Loos, 25-27/9/15. - Sergt. JAMES RITCHIE Killed, Loos, 26/9/15. - " JOHN M'MILLAN, D.C.M. D.C.M., 25/9/15, Loos. - Piper CHAS. CAMERON - " CHAS. HOEY - " J. BARNETT Killed on Hill 70. - " T. WALLACE - " A. GILLESPIE - " F. M'DIARMID Wounded, July 1915; killed, - July 1916. - Corpl. M. W. M'CALLUM - Piper D. WOOD Wounded, May 1916. - " D. MACPHERSON Wounded. - " F. HARPER Wounded, Somme. - " J. BENNET - " A. M'DIARMID - " HAMILTON - " CAMPBELL - " FERGUSON Died Dec. 1916. - " M'KELLAR - Corpl. J. GRAY - - -12TH BATTALION - -Were often employed as runners. When the battalion was due to go into -support the pipers were sent on to meet the companies and bring them -in. The officers value the band so highly that they consider they -should not be sent into the front line if it can possibly be avoided. - -During actual offensive operations pipers were also employed as -runners or on forward trench dumps, etc., and sometimes in the ranks. - -Marches in Macedonia were often very arduous "and the pipers made an -amazing difference on the men's spirits." - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 4492 Pipe Major J. DOUGLAS - 275286 " J. M'EWAN Wounded. - 598 Sergt. R. STEVENSON, M.M. Twice wounded; Military Medal. - 6829 Piper JOHN M'COLL Died of disease, Salonika, - 16/2/17. - 284 Corpl. J. BEATTIE Wounded. - " W. STIRLING Killed, Oct. 1916. - 5660 " D. ROBERTSON Killed, 8/5/17. - 409 " W. M'KAY - 10138 Piper D. WILSON, D.C.M. D.C.M. - 20022 " W. NORRIE - 203267 " W. PIRRIE - 4564 " M. CONNELLY - 5808 " A. DONNELLY - 4738 " F. HINTON - 6468 " J. TRAILL - 5388 " A. DAVIDSON - 5896 " J. LINTON - 14389 " D. KELLY - 5705 " M. HARPER - 279048 " T. PHILLIBAN - " T. HILL - 4927 " L. M'CON Killed in action, 8/5/17. - 5813 " A. STRATHEARN - 5706 " J. M'KERROW - - -14TH BATTALION - -Owing to their value to the battalion the pipers were not employed in -the front line. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major HENRY FORSYTH - " DONALD CAMERON - Piper PHILIP MELVILLE - " WILLIAM ADAMS - " DAVID DEAN - " WILLIAM M'DONALD - " JOHN M'DONALD - " DAVID GIBSON - " JOSEPH THOMSON - " JOHN KENNEDY - " JAMES M'ISAAC - " CHARLES BURNESS - " ALEX. M'KENZIE - " JAMES M'ARTHUR - " DAVID BLYTH - " ALEXANDER YULE - " WILLIAM CORSON - " WILLIAM CAMPBELL - " WILLIAM MAXWELL - " DUNCAN GRANT - - -THE LONDON SCOTTISH - -1ST BATTALION - -During the earlier part of the war the pipers served in the ranks -and suffered heavy casualties. In the fighting at Messines on 31st -October, 1914, and the subsequent operations at Zillebeke, 4 were -killed and 2 were wounded, and of the original pipe band only one -remained after six months. All these casualties occurred while the -men were acting as observers. Several pipers were subsequently given -commissions in other regiments. - -Owing to the great difficulty of replacement every effort has been -made, during the last two years of the war, to keep pipers out of the -front line. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major K. GREIG Lt. Army Ordnance Dept. - 142 Corpl. J. CAREY Killed at Messines, 1/11/14, - when acting as observer. - 139 Lance-Cpl. M. G. LATHAM Despatches; killed at - Zillebeke, while sniping, - 16/11/14. - Piper NICOL - Piper R. PORTEOUS Wounded at Messines, - 31/10/14-1/11/14. - 1145 " W. PORTEOUS Wounded at Messines, - 31/10/14-1/11/14. - 1341 " D. PARKYN Missing since Messines, - 31/10/14-1/11/14. - " C. W. D. MACKAY Lieut. 5th Camerons; wounded - and missing, 17/8/16. - 1870 " J. F. BENNIE Killed at Zillebeke, 9/11/14. - " R. F. GORDON FORBES Lieut. Army Ordnance Dept. - " G. ORAM - " A. JOSS - 4167 " D. S. PINNINGTON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. - " J. HENDERSON - " A. SUTHERLAND-GRAEME - " W. GORDON - 3599 " A. A. CORNELL Died of wounds, Somme, 2/10/16. - " ROBERT MORRISON Transferred to R.E.; got D.C.M. - and Military Medal. - " A. CAIRNS WILSON Formerly piper; 2nd Lieut.; - killed; Military Cross. - " SIMON CAMPBELL Killed, 13/5/17, Arras. - 510531 " A. B. PATON Killed, 13/5/17, Arras. - 511874 " M. W. DAVIDSON Wounded. - " R. S. D. GRANT Transferred to A.O.D., Lieut. - CRAWFORD - - -2ND BATTALION - -The pipers of this battalion have served in three theatres of war. -They have played through Flanders and France, across the desert and -in Palestine. They led the battalion into Jerusalem on 9th Dec., -1917, and thereafter on across the Jordan, through the hills of -Gilead, and in Jericho, and Bethlehem. Again in Salonika and among -the Macedonian hills they carried the music of the Highlands. In the -desert difficulties were experienced with the reeds and with the -drought; and the men often had to keep the bags going out of their -own scanty ration of water. - -From the nature of the operations against the Turks, in which -surprise played so important a part, pipers had no opportunity of -playing their companies into action. So invaluable were they in -keeping the men up in the long desert marches that they were, as far -as possible, reserved for that duty. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major D. C. WILLS Invalided. - 510021 " J. A. M'GILVRAY - 510013 Corpl. C. ORAM - Piper C. W. CUMMINS Invalided. - 513953 " D. K. PULLAR - 510759 " E. J. HORNIBLOW - " M. MILLS - 511170 " D. A. MATHESON - 511450 " C. A. STEWART - 510264 " O. MACHELL-VARISE - 513865 " J. W. MACMILLAN - 513650 " D. HAY Invalided. - S/18941 " F. A. W. GILLIES - S/41114 " A. MACFADYEN - 290381 " A. EWEN - - -THE TYNESIDE SCOTTISH - -1ST BATTALION - -In the Somme fighting on 1st July, 1916, the battalion was played -into action by its pipers and had 5 killed and 2 wounded; the -survivors, Pipe Major John Wilson and Piper George Taylor, were -awarded the Military Medal. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 290 Pipe Major JOHN WILSON, M.M. Military Medal. - 237 Lance-Cpl. GARNET W. FYFE Killed, 1/7/16. - Piper ALEX. BOYD Wounded, 1/7/16. - 223 " E. BOYCE Killed, ? 1/7/16. - " E. SCOTT Wounded, 1/7/16. - " STEPHENS Wounded, 1/7/16. - 1585 " WILLIAM FELLOWS Missing. - 154 " JAMES DOWNIE Missing. - 840 " CHARLES M'LEAN Wounded, 1/7/16. - 1594 " ROBERT DAVIDSON Missing. - 1485 " WILLIAM INGLIS Wounded, 1/7/16. - 1525 " GEORGE TAYLOR, M.M. Military Medal. - - -2ND BATTALION - -On the same occasion this battalion was played into action by its -pipers. 1525 Piper James Phillips was mentioned in despatches. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 1147 Pipe Major MUNRO STRACHAN - 1149 Piper JOHN STRACHAN Wounded, 1/7/16. - 1150 " ALEX. SCOTT - 1230 " WILLIE SCOTT Killed, 1/7/16. - 1188 Lance-Cpl. W. CLARK - 558 Piper G. C. GRIFFITHS - 1151 " JAMES PHILLIPS Killed, 1/7/16. - 1225 " J. M. PHILLIPS, M.M. Military Medal. - 1228 " JAMES CARNEGIE Wounded, 28/6/16. - - -3RD BATTALION - -On the same occasion this battalion was played into action, but the -whole of the pipers were killed or wounded. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Piper A. BOYD Wounded, 1/7/16. - " J. STEPHENS Wounded, 1/7/16. - " D. STEELE Missing, 1/7/16. - " E. FINLEY Killed, 1/7/16. - " R. GREAVES Died of wounds, 1/7/16. - " T. WILSON Wounded and missing, 1/7/16. - - -THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT - -16TH BATTALION - -This was the first English regiment to have a pipe band, the men -being recruited for the purpose from Glasgow. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 1152 Pipe Major CHARLES STEWART - 1149 Corpl. THOMAS GIBSON - 1144 Piper JOHN GRANT - 2530 " WILLIAM SLOAN Wounded, Oct. 1916, Somme. - 1145 " FRED CARRUTHERS - 1148 " NORMAN M'DONALD - 1350 " DUGALD M'FARLANE - 1154 " HENRY MITCHELSON - 1151 " THOMAS LATHAM Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - 1930 " JAMES GILCHRIST - 1153 " JOHN KERR - - -THE LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH - -At Bois Grenier, Piper Thomas Wilson played his company over the -top. Mostly employed as stretcher-bearers, but in 1914 the pipers of -1st Batt. also served in ranks. Piper Sydney Wilson was three times -awarded certificate of gallantry. - -1ST BATTALION - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major JOHN STODDART Killed, Poperinghe, July 1917. - " JOHN STODDART (Junior) - Lance-Cpl. JOHN WHITE Invalided. - Sergt. E. J. OGILVIE - Piper JAMES ROGERS - " JOHN GRAHAM - " THOMAS WILSON - " SYDNEY WILSON Twice wounded. - " WILLIAM BARCLAY - " CHARLES COPLAND - - -2ND BATTALION - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 358269 Piper THOMAS WILSON Wounded (gas). - " JAMES GILFILLAN Twice wounded. - " HENRY FORRESTER - " ROBERT JOHNSON Twice gassed. - " THOMAS CARLYLE Wounded. - " STANLEY RAE - " ARCHIBALD SERVICE - " DON. FOWLER Twice wounded. - " JAMES MARTIN - " SYDNEY ROGERS Wounded. - - -THE ROYAL FUSILIERS - -23RD BATTALION - -(1st Sportsman's Batt.) - -The pipers, during the period of trench warfare, were employed behind -the lines. The C.O. considers they were of the greatest value in -keeping up the men's morale, on marches and in bringing companies -out of the trenches. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 1339 Pipe Major D. F. ROBERTSON - Lance-Cpl. T. M'CLUNIE Wounded. - Piper W. JOHNSTONE - " W. FOREMAN - " W. F. SUTTIE Killed, 16/3/16. - " ALEX. M'LENNAN - " DAVID SEATH - " JOHN ADAMSON - " WILLIAM MACKENZIE Killed, 16/3/16. - " D. LEATH - - -THE ARGYLLSHIRE MOUNTAIN BATTERY - -The pipers in this Battery all served as gunners. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major WILLIAM MACNEILL Died, pneumonia, 18/8/15. - Corpl. NEIL SMITH Accidentally killed, 1/3/16. - " JAMES MACPHEE - - -THE ROSS AND CROMARTY BATTERY - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 4403 Piper JOHN MACDONALD Wounded, 14/5/15; died of - wounds. - 5035 " JAS. MACKAY Wounded, 14/5/15. - 4323 " ANGUS MACDONALD Wounded, 23/6/15. - - -MISCELLANEOUS - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 318411 Pte. WILLIAM SCOTT 11th F.A., R.A.M.C.; Military - Medal. - 93110 Piper ANDREW M'INTOSH 2/2nd Lothian Field Ambulance; - severely wounded. - - -THE PIPE BAND OF THE 52ND (LOWLAND) DIVISION - -This band was formed in Gallipoli in October, 1915. - -It was understood then that a dull and dreary winter campaign was in -front of the troops. A committee of officers was formed to find some -sort of entertainment to keep the men as cheery as possible. It was -decided that both a Military and a Pipe Band should be raised. This -job was left entirely in the hands of Colonel C. A. H. MACLEAN of -Pennycross, a critical and enthusiastic lover of music, who, being a -Highlander and an accomplished piper, naturally insisted on the Pipe -Band being a good one. - -Practically all that was left of the pipers in the different -regiments of the Division were used to form the band, which consisted -of twelve pipers and six drummers, all having taken part in the -severe fighting prior to this duty. Good players and members of some -of the finest bands in Scotland, under the leadership of Pipe-Major -Wm. Fergusson, 1/7th Battn. Highland Light Infantry, a well-known -piper and exponent of "Ceol Mhor," the band made steady progress, -and soon was in grand fettle. The way both bands were appreciated -testifies to the sound judgment of the committee and the able -management of the Colonel. - -The Division, being entirely composed of Scots, hailed with delight -the skirl of the pipes, which had been heard but too seldom since the -Division landed. - -The band had exceptional luck while on Gallipoli, never having had -a casualty after it was raised, although often playing under heavy -shell fire. They played and warmed the hearts of all true Scots, and -must have given the wily Turk quite a shock with "Hey Johnnie Cope," -which could be heard quite distinctly on a quiet morning in the -firing-line, right up till within a few days of the final evacuation -of the peninsula. - -After sojourning for a month on the Island of Mudros, they sailed -with the rest of the Division for Egypt. From Abbassia (Cairo) they -moved to the desert front, and have been with the Division in the -trek across Sinai. - -From El Arish the band accompanied the Division right into Palestine, -and is believed to be the first pipe band to play in the "Holy Land." - - -PRISONERS OF WAR BAND - -One of the most remarkable of military pipe bands was one organised -in the British prisoners' internment camps in Holland. At one time -this band consisted of 13 pipers of different units, including two -pipe majors, under Pipe Major Duff, 2nd Royal Scots. - - -OVERSEAS BATTALIONS - - -PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY - -The pipers were mainly employed as bearers. - -In the attack on the Vimy Ridge on 9th April, 1917, the battalion was -played over by the nine pipers. - -Pipers were also employed as runners. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 667 Pipe Major JOHN COLVILLE Invalided; despatches. - 12942 " W. CAMPBELL - Sergt. JOHN MACDONALD, D.C.M. Died of wounds, 17/9/16; - D.C.M. - 262 " H. LAING Wounded, 8/5/15; despatches. - 672 Corpl. D. M'INTOSH Invalided. - 1770 Lance-Cpl. J. HUNTER Wounded, Oct. 1918. - 264 Piper J. RITCHIE Wounded, 22/3/15. - 676 " J. M'LOY Wounded, 28/2/15. - 265 " W. ROBERTSON Died of wounds, 25/3/15. - 1296 " J. M. ROBERTSON, - D.C.M. Wounded, 8/5/15, D.C.M. - 679 " J. WOOD Wounded, 17/5/15. - 1772 " G. MILLER Invalided. - 266 " C. M'LEAN - 1771 " G. HARVEY - 1174 Piper H. LOGAN Wounded, 15/3/15. - 21499 " A. G. M'DONALD - 432938 " J. LAING - 432013 " R. RITCHIE - 432966 " W. ADAMSON Wounded, March, 1916. - 432862 " L. SMITH - 432137 " J. WOOD - 432812 " G. DUNBAR - 433130 " G. THOMSON - 432312 " G. MURRAY - - -THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA - -13TH BATTALION - -In the Ypres fighting in April 1915 the pipers suffered heavily, 3 -of them being killed and 5 wounded. Some of them were employed as -runners, others in the ranks. - -At the recapture of Hill 70 in August 1917 the companies were led to -the attack by their pipers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 24002 Pipe Major D. MANSON - 24962 Piper D. A. M'ARTHUR - 24010 " J. BURNS Wounded, Ypres, 23/4/15. - 24011 Lance-Cpl. J. DYCE Wounded, Ypres, 23/4/15. - 24012 Piper W. LAWSON Died of wounds, Fleurbaix, - 16/3/15. - 24013 " A. J. MACDONALD Killed, 24/4/15. - 24014 " N. SINCLAIR - 24015 " A. SINGER Wounded, 3/5/15, Ypres. - 24392 " H. ROBERTSON Killed, Ypres, 2/5/15. - 24155 " N. MACDONALD Killed, Ypres, 24/4/15. - 24704 " D. CAMPBELL Wounded, 22/4/15. - 25045 " J. W. MACDONALD - 8004 " C. S. MACDONALD - 11095 " A. EDEN - 12942 " W. CAMPBELL - 46636 " J. CONNACHER - 14536 " G. B. MACPHERSON - - -THE 48TH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA - -15TH BATTALION - -The battalion took out 19 pipers. At the battle of Amiens, 5th-8th -August, 1918, their pipers played in the front line. They were -fortunate as regards casualties during the war, having lost only one -man killed. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 27221 Pipe Major A. R. KEITH, M.M. - 27386 Lance-Sgt. A. A. NEWLANDS - 27548 Corpl. J. THOMPSON Died of disease. - 27925 Lance-Cpl. A. M'DONALD - 27659 Piper K. CROSBIE Obtained commission in R.A. - 27058 " F. A. COWEN Gassed, Ypres, 22/4/15; - invalided. - 27883 " A. DONALDSON - 27023 " K. MILLER - 2709 " W. H. WICK - 13611 " D. BRAIDWOOD Obtained commission. - 30207 " A. GORDON - 152 " J. A. MACKINNON, M.C. Obtained commission. - 43212 " A. STURROCK - 37451 " W. MACDONALD - 41587 " N. A. ROSS - 58456 " G. C. HENDERSON - 135514 " A. M. MACDONALD - 192071 " D. MACDONALD - 193489 " J. HINSHELWOOD - 799915 " A. MACDONALD - 1045162 " T. HAMILTON - 1045069 " J. M'NEILL - 1045923 " H. E. MATHEWS - 1045177 " R. B. MACWILLIAM - 192170 " T. MARTIN - 1045779 " W. HYND - 192270 " W. MAIR - 799627 " R. SMITH - 799248 " R. ANDERSON - 799041 " W. G. WATSON - 799255 " W. LAWRIE - 799704 " A. MACLACHLAN - 799258 " D. MACPHERSON - 799256 " P. T. LAMB - 2393381 " F. M'DOWALL - 2393526 " J. CANT - - -THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH - -16TH BATTALION - -At Ypres (April 1915) two pipers, Jas. Thomson and W. M'Ivor, were -killed while playing the charge; and at Festubert in May, G. Birnie -and A. Morrison were killed in the same way. Some of the pipers were -employed as bearers, runners, etc., but, the casualties continuing, -it was found necessary for a time to withdraw them from the firing -line. During the Somme fighting, however, they were again used as -pipers. In the attack of 8th October, 1916, Pipers Richardson, Park, -Paul and M'Kellar played through very heavy fire for over half a -mile, and Richardson and Park were killed. Piper Richardson was -awarded the V.C. posthumously. On another occasion, in the attack -on the Quirique Rue position, Pipers Birnie and Morrison stood on a -ruined farmhouse and played until they were both killed. - -In the attack on the Vimy Ridge on 9th April, 1917, the battalion was -again led to their objective by the Pipe Major, Groat and five pipers -for a distance of over a mile; Pipe Major Groat got the Military -Medal. - -For bravery at Paschendaele, Aug. 1917, Lance-Cpl. M'Gillivray--who -was killed--got the Military Medal, and Piper Paul received the same -distinction. - -The C.O. regards the pipes as invaluable in action. Of the pipers one -got the V.C., one the D.C.M. and nine the Military Medal. No man was -recommended for a distinction unless he had twice played his company -to an attack. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 28556 Pipe Major DONALD M'LEOD Invalided, 1915. - 28558 " RONALD M'DONALD - 29327 " JAMES GROAT, D.C.M., Pipe Major, Nov. 1915; D.C.M.; - M.M. Military Medal and Bar. - 28812 Piper C. WILSON Wounded, Ypres, 22-28/4/15; - invalided. - 28694 " JAMES THOMSON Died of wounds, Ypres, 23/4/15. - 28779 " WILLIAM M'IVOR Died of wounds, 10/5/15. - 29236 " JAMES LOWE Wounded, Ypres, 22-28/4/15; - invalided. - 28595 " GEORGE BIRNIE Killed, Festubert, 20/5/15. - 29468 " ANGUS MORRISON Killed, Festubert, 20/5/15. - 28557 " ALEC M'GILLIVRAY (?), Killed, 15/8/17; Military - M.M. Medal. - 29048 " ALAN M'NAB, M.M. Military Medal. - 28559 " HUGH M'DONALD - 29336 " GEORGE INGLIS - 29149 " GORDON ROSS - 28930 " JAMES RICHARDSON, V.C. Killed, 8/10/16; V.C. - 28561 " JOHN PARKS Killed, 8/10/16. - 28560 " HUGH M'KELLAR Invalided, 1917. - 859495 " J. LIGHTHEART - 429603 " G. PAUL, M.M. Killed, Amiens, 8/8/18; - Military Medal. - 467573 " ALEX. ROBERTSON, M.M. Military Medal. - 466703 " JOHN M'ALLISTER, M.M. Military Medal. - 183188 " WILLIAM BUCHANAN - 183192 " HUGH M'BETH - 736522 " DAVID HORN - 737176 " JOHN J. M'LEAN Wounded, Amiens, 8/8/18. - 736406 " WILLIAM GOLDIE - 160387 " NORMAN M'IVER - 859059 " ARTHUR DUNCAN - 603174 " GORDON CRUICKSHANK, - M.M. Military Medal. - 633237 " DUNCAN M'KINNON Wounded, Oct. 1918. - 633179 " ARCHIBALD M'DONELL, - M.M. Military Medal. - 633524 " LAWRENCE M'GILLIVRAY - 189348 " HARRY M'LEAN - 603269 " WILLIE DARLOW - 859498 " JOHN LIGHTHEART - 860095 " JOHN REID - 85959 " JOHN M'DONALD Wounded, Sept. 1918. - 959196 " DAVID HUNTER - 859941 " WILLIAM M'GREGOR - 693164 " ARTHUR ROBERTSON Wounded, Oct. 1918. - 859100 " ROBERT M'DONALD - 779259 " GEORGE M'LEOD - 859454 " DONALD M'KENZIE - - -THE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major JOHN DUKE - Piper JAMES G. MUNRO Taken prisoner, Somme, ? Sept. - 1916. - - -THE 21ST CANADIANS - -(Eastern Ontario Regiment) - -It is considered in this battalion that pipers are quite -indispensable, and should be spared as far as possible. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major IAN MACKENZIE Killed, Cambrai, 11/10/18. - 59224 Corpl. WILLIAM CURRIE, M.M., Wounded, 23/4/16; Military - M.C. Medal; promoted Lieut.; got - Military Cross. - 59937 Sergt. WILLIAM SUTHERLAND Wounded, 27/11/15. - 60115 Piper HUGH MACKENZIE, M.M. Military Medal. - 59320 " C. FYFE Wounded, 28/10/15. - 59311 " J. EWART Invalided. - 59620 " H. M'KEACHEN Invalided. - 633985 " W. GRANT Invalided. - 401191 " MACDOUGALL Wounded, 19/6/16. - 59618 Pipe Major J. M'DOUGALL - 59181 Corpl. J. R. COGHILL, M.M. Military Medal. - 675268 Piper W. H. COLLINS - 633879 " W. ALEXANDER - 675274 " J. LITTLE - 633643 " D. M'DONALD - - -THE 25TH CANADIANS - -Piper Telfer played his company into action at Vimy Ridge until -wounded. He was awarded the Military Medal; Piper W. Brand also got -the same distinction. Again, at Amiens, August 1918, the battalion -was played over. There was great competition among the men to be -allowed to perform this duty. Frequently they were employed as -bearers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major CARSON Meritorious Service Medal; - wounded, 13/8/18; Mons Medal. - Corpl. CANT Invalided. - " MORRISON - Piper W. TELFER Military Medal; wounded, - 9/4/18. - " W. BRAND Military Medal. - Piper D. BRAND Invalided. - " A. CAMPBELL Invalided. - " M. M'DOUGALL - " G. HOOPER - " P. KITCHENHAM Wounded, 9/4/18. - " G. THOMAS Wounded, 9/4/18. - " H. O'CONNELL - " E. STEWART Killed, 9/4/18. - " T. H. M'KINNON - " J. H. SHIRLEY - " E. B. THURLOW - " W. FYFFE Wounded. - " A. RITCHIE Wounded. - " H. M'CULLOCH - " N. M'LEOD - " J. MACINTOSH - " A. LAVREY - " W. BUCHANAN - " F. MACBEAN - " HECTOR MACLEAN ANGUS Invalided. - - -THE 29TH CANADIANS - -(Vancouver Regiment) - -Pipers were employed as bearers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 75582 Pipe Major W. MONTGOMERY Invalided. - 75132 " D. M'CULLOCH - 75297 Corpl. D. MAY Wounded, 13/11/17; invalided. - 75599 Piper W. S. GRANT Killed, 6/11/17. - 76216 " W. BURNSIDE Killed, 6/11/17. - 76484 " J. R. DAVIDSON - 76186 " A. ROBERTSON Invalided. - 73583 " A. M. BAYNE Wounded, 20/4/16. - 76482 " J. CLARK - 75848 " R. M'DONALD - 75673 " A. M'LACHLAN - 76180 " A. M'RAE - 75298 " W. A. ROBERTSON - 76481 " A. DUNSMUIR - 30173 " A. WILSON - - -THE 236TH CANADIANS - -(The MacLean Regiment) - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 1030319 Piper E. BARTON - 1030099 " W. H. BLAIR - 1030239 " W. W. BRADFORD - 1030098 " CECIL BREWER - 1030225 " DOUGLAS BURBRIDGE - 1030152 " JOHN CAMPBELL - 1030076 " GEORGE CLARKE - 1030020 " W. H. COLLINS - 1030328 Lance-Cpl. CHARLES CROMWELL - 1030253 Piper ANDREW DODDS - 1030008 Corpl. RICHARD FERRIE - 1030312 Piper DONALD GRANT - 1030513 " KENNETH GREGORY - 1030010 Sergt. FRED HAYTER - 1030043 Piper FRED HARRIS - 1030012 " JOHN M'FADGEN - 1030511 " WILLIAM M'EWAN - 1030326 " JOHN M'NAMEE - 1030581 " JAMES MACK - 742630 " WALTER MORRELL - 1030196 " HAROLD MILES - 1030045 " EDWARD RALSTEN - 1030030 " A. REGAN - 743040 " CHARLES ROSS - 1030016 Pipe Sgt. W. H. ROSS - 1030323 Piper J. BENSON ROBINSON - 1030052 " GORDON SCOTT - 1030142 " E. J. SLOANE - 1030066 " JAMES SMITH - 1030014 Corpl. ALEX. STEWART - 1030184 Piper DOUGLAS STEWART - 291928 " J. SIMPSON - 1030545 " WILLIAM STEWART - 1030217 " GEORGE TANDY - 1030026 " A. E. WALKER - 1030093 " GEORGE WHITE - 1030110 " E. WILLIS - 1030061 " JAMES WILSON - 467264 " GEORGE WALKER - 1030143 " ROBERT JAMERISON - - -THE CANADIAN PIONEERS - -1ST BATTALION - -Owing to the nature of the employment of this battalion on railway -construction the pipers were principally in the ranks as sappers. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - 154580 Pipe Major H. M'KENZIE - 154492 Piper (Sapper) WILLIAM HENRY - 154589 " F. MACDONALD Wounded, 7/5/16. - 154184 " J. GRANT Killed, 13/6/16. - 155016 " WILLIAM GRAY Wounded, 4/6/16. - 154121 " R. KELL - 154027 " G. MARS Wounded, 17/8/18. - 491353 " W. G. RICHARDSON - 154231 " P. HYNDMAN Wounded, 17/9/17. - - -THE 2ND AUCKLAND REGIMENT - -The band was started in Egypt in 1915 with 4 pipers, and gradually a -few more were added. The pipers were not allowed to go into action -as such. Pipe Major J. F. Robertson was given the Military Medal for -gallantry during the operations round Bapaume in 1918. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Piper H. CAMERON - " J. F. ROBERTSON Awarded Military Medal, - Bapaume, 1918. - " H. M. KENNEDY - " J. STEVENSON - " J. BROWN - " D. M'KINLEY - " A. LAMBIE - " F. BARRY - " F. M'LEAN - " J. CLOTHIER - " B. JOHNS - - -THE 42ND AUSTRALIANS - -This battalion raised a band of 8 pipers when they left Australia in -1916. They were largely employed as scouts, runners, etc. - -The battalion was subsequently merged into the 41st. - -Pipers A. Aitken and R. Gillespie were awarded Military Medals for -valuable scouting work carried out prior to the action at Messines in -June 1917. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major A. R. M'COLL - Corpl. A. S. MACNAUGHT - Piper A. AITKEN, M.M. Wounded; Military Medal. - " R. GILLESPIE, M.M. Military Medal. - " J. A. MURRAY - " A. M'PHERSON Wounded. - " J. M'COLL Wounded. - " J. ROBERTSON Wounded. - " A. MURRAY Wounded. - " M. H. FRASER Killed. - " D. LATHANGIE - " T. A. FRASER Wounded. - " A. S. CHAPLIN - " W. REID - " W. MILNE - " A. M'PHERSON - " J. CLARKE - " A. HOWIE Wounded. - - -THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCOTTISH - -The pipers proved quite invaluable on the long marches in the -operations against the Senussi, in keeping the men going, under the -most trying climatic conditions. - -The pipers were sometimes employed as bearers, or as carriers of -stores, ammunition, etc., and as runners. - -In the Cambrai advance by the Germans they had to serve in the ranks. -At Houdincourt, having piled their pipes and taken up rifles, nearly -all their instruments were destroyed by a shell. - - REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD. - - Pipe Major D. CAMERON, D.C.M. Became C. Sergt.-Major; - wounded. - " ALEXANDER GRIEVE Gassed, March 1918. - Lance-Cpl. R. HAY - Piper T. SCOTT Killed, Arras, 9/4/17. - " A. GRAY, M.M. Military Medal. - " J. WATERHOUSE, M.M. Military Medal. - " J. MATHESON - " D. A. CUMMINGS - " F. FRASER - " C. GORDON Invalided. - " R. LINDSAY - " M. M'NEIL - " J. M'CALMAN - " J. MUNRO Wounded, Oct. 1916; invalided. - " M. STRANG - " G. COLLIER - " W. IRONS - " M'GREGOR - " M'COLL - " W. STRANG - - - - -[Illustration: - - Roll of Honour - - 1914-1918 - - Cha till, cha till, cha till Mac Criomain, - An cogadh no sith cha till e tuille; - Le airgiod no ni cha till Mac Criomain, - Cha till e gu bràth gu là na cruinne. - - Son épée au Roi, - Son cœur à sa dame, - Ses honneurs à soi, - --À dieu son âme. -] - - -ROLL OF HONOUR. 1914-1918 - -1ST SCOTS GUARDS. - - 3707 Sergt. SAMUEL RICHARDSON Died of wounds, Aisne, 14/9/14. - 8543 Piper JAMES MACKENZIE Killed, Ypres, 31/10/14. - 991 " ALEXANDER MARTIN, - D.C.M. Killed, 19/2/16. - " MALCOLM MACKENZIE Killed, 1914. - " A. CARMICHAEL Killed, 1915. - -2ND SCOTS GUARDS. - - Lance-Cpl. HECTOR M'KIMM Killed, Zonnebeke, 26/10/14. - 8081 Piper CHARLES M'GUIRE Died of wounds, Ypres, - 29/10/14. - -1ST ROYAL SCOTS. - - 48594 Piper D. M'DONALD Died, Bulgaria, Oct. 1918. - -2ND ROYAL SCOTS. - - 13459 Piper WILLIAM FISHER Killed, 15/4/16. - 8516 " J. ROBERTSON Killed, Croix Barbes, 13/10/14. - 8450 " JAMES DRUMMOND Killed, The Bluff, 23/1/16. - 11484 " D. LINDSAY Killed, 4/5/17. - " A. M'KINLAY Killed, 9/4/18. - 44118 " A. CRUICKSHANKS Killed, 27/9/18. - 3190 " J. THOMPSON Died, 30/9/15 - 10536 " E. DUGUID Died of gas, 10/5/18. - -4TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - Pipe Major ANDREW BUCHAN Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15. - Piper CHARLES RUTHERFORD Died, dysentery, Gallipoli. - -5TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - 1303 Piper GEORGE HARDIE Killed, Gallipoli, 2/5/15. - 766 " ALEXANDER LAWSON Killed, Gallipoli, 28/4/15. - 1824 " GEORGE W. DOWNIE Killed, Gallipoli, 7/5/15. - 1235 Piper WILLIAM SINCLAIR Died of wounds, Gallipoli, - 8/5/15. - 8109 " DAVID ROSS Killed, July 1916. - Lieut. TOM BARTLEMAN (formerly Piper), Seaforth - Highlanders, killed, Sept. - 1917. - -6TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - Piper MURDOCH BETHUNE Died of wounds, Somme, 2/7/16. - " THOMAS LEAKE Died of disease. - -7TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - Pipe Major JAMES GEAR Killed in railway accident. - Piper GEORGE SMEATON Killed in railway accident. - Piper ALEXANDER NICOL Killed in railway accident. - " FRED TURNER Killed, 12/7/15, Gallipoli. - 251141 " PETER M'NEILL Killed, 6/11/17, Palestine. - -9TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - Lance-Cpl. A. L. FORSYTH, M.M. Killed, 23/4/17. - Corpl. G. LAUDER Killed, 23/5/17. - -11TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - Piper JOHN KANE Killed, 14/7/16. - -12TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - 12991 Piper THOMAS HISLOP Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 200737 Lance-Cpl. PETER WEST Died of wounds. - 13459 Piper WILLIAM FISHER Killed, 15/4/16. - -13TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - Pipe Major MURDOCH MACDONALD Died of disease, 9/2/16. - Piper THOMAS FLOOD Killed, 26/8/18. - " ROBERT CAMPBELL Died as prisoner of war, Sept. - 1915. - " ROBERT MITCHELL Died of wounds, 26/8/18. - -16TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - Piper M. BETHUNE Killed, Somme, July 1916. - " H. GREY Killed, Arras, April 1917. - " A. NOON Killed, Arras, April 1917. - -17TH ROYAL SCOTS. - - Pipe Major DONALD M'LEAN Killed, 14/7/18 (Lieut. 1st - Gordons). - -2ND ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS. - - Corpl. A. W. RICHARDSON Killed. - Piper W. BUTTERWORTH Killed. - " W. M'LEAN Killed, Messines, 1917. - " W. MOORE Died after discharge. - -4TH ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS. - - Pipe Major N. SHAW Died of wounds, Palestine, - 21/4/17. - Lance-Cpl. J. M'ALLISTER Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15. - Piper P. GREIG Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15. - " J. MILNER Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15. - -5TH ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS. - - 7797 Lance-Cpl. JOHN MURDOCH Killed, 13/7/15. - -1ST KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. - - 9884 Piper HIGGINSON Died of wounds, Gallipoli, - 26/4/15. - 11315 " MAITLAND Killed, Paschendaele, 27/4/17. - -4TH KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. - - 778 Piper THOMAS LUNHAM Died of wounds. - 779 " J. KERR Died of wounds. - 306 " C. STREET - 822 " ALEX. HENDRY - -5TH KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. - - 308 Piper R. BROWN Killed, 12/7/15. - 1760 " THOMAS MARTIN Killed, 12/7/15. - " JAMES GORMAN Killed. - -6TH KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. - - 14851 Pipe Major ROBERT MACKENZIE Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15. - Lance-Cpl. J. LOMAS Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - Piper J. SIMES Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " P. MOFFAT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " J. PRINGLE Killed, Somme, Oct. 1916. - -7TH KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. - - Piper J. TAYLOR Killed, Arras. - -8TH KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. - - 14277 Lance-Cpl. A. M'VITTIE Killed, Arras. - Piper C. REID Killed, Somme, July 1916. - " G. SURRITON Killed, Arras. - -1ST SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - 9429 Piper T. BEST - 9441 " R. BLACK - 10924 " P. ROBERTSON - -2ND SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - Pipe Major ALEX. CAMERON Killed, 10/2/15, Laventie. - Corpl. A. HORNE Killed, 31/7/17. - Corpl. JAMES CAMPBELL Killed, 16/5/15, La Bassée. - Piper A. MACDONALD Killed, 10/2/15, Laventie. - " FORSYTH Killed, July 15, Bois Grenier. - " CLARK Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - " LAUDER Died of wounds, March 1918. - -5TH SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - Pipe Major PATERSON Accidentally killed. - -5/6TH SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - 201124 Pipe Major J. C. PURDIE Killed. - -7TH SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - 1106 Piper ARCHIBALD RAMAGE Killed, 28/6/15, Dardanelles. - 868 " ARCHIBALD SHEARER Killed, 23/7/15, Dardanelles. - 1178 " WILLIAM DEANS Killed, June, 1915, - Dardanelles. - 265958 " J. M'IVER Killed, 12/11/17, Palestine. - 1817 " J. STRACHAN Killed, 4/11/17, Palestine. - -8TH SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - Pipe Major NEIL MACLEOD Killed, 12/7/15, Dardanelles. - Piper JOHN MACINTYRE Killed, 28/6/15, Dardanelles. - " JAMES FERGUSON Killed, 28/6/15, Dardanelles. - " JAMES M'INDOE Killed, 29/7/18, France. - " ROBERT WHITELAW Killed, 28/6/15. - -9TH SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - 30503 Piper HUGH MACARA Killed, March 1917. - -10TH SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - Piper ROBERT BLACK Killed, 28/1/16. - " DUNCAN MACKENZIE Killed, 17/11/15. - " ALEX. HARRIS Killed, 27/1/16. - -11TH SCOTTISH RIFLES. - - 14631 Piper ALEXANDER STEVENSON Killed, 28/4/17. - -1ST BLACK WATCH. - - 9617 Pipe Major D. M'LEOD Killed, 21/8/16. - 1956 Piper T. M'INTYRE Missing, 14/8/14. - -2ND BLACK WATCH. - - 1871 Piper JAMES GALLOWAY Killed, 8/10/15, Givenchy. - 9908 Lance-Cpl. JAMES WANN Died of wounds, 10/2/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - 1449 Piper JAMES DAVIS Killed, 25/9/15, Mauquissart. - 736 " DAVID SIMPSON Killed, 25/9/15, Mauquissart. - 941 Lance-Cpl. PETER M'NEE Died of wounds, 25/9/15, - Mesopotamia. - Piper MACKAY Died of wounds, 10/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - " WILLIAM MATHIESON Killed, 25/9/15, Mauquissart. - 1539 " ALEX. MACDONALD, Discharged; subsequently died, - D.C.M. 26/3/17. - -5TH BLACK WATCH. - - 1568 Piper ALEXANDER HOWIE Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - 406 Lance-Cpl. FRED REID Killed, 13/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - -6TH BLACK WATCH. - - Piper L. MASSIE Killed, Somme, Oct. 1916. - " DONALD GILLIES Died, July 1915. - " P. FALLON Killed, Festubert, May 1915. - " J. FERGUSON Killed, La Boiselle, Aug. 1916. - " J. HARPER Killed, Fremicourt, 23/12/17. - " A. TAINSH Killed, Fremicourt, 23/12/17. - " A. FORBES Killed, Fremicourt, 23/12/17. - " A. MYLES Killed, Fremicourt, 23/12/17. - " A. PATON Killed, June 1915. - -7TH BLACK WATCH. - - 4470 Piper JAMES JOHNSTON Killed, 7/1/17, Somme. - Lance-Cpl. G. SWAN Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. - Piper JAMES ROSS Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. - " ALEXANDER WILKIE Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. - -8TH BLACK WATCH. - - 3014 Piper DONALD WILSON Killed, Loos, 1915. - 265912 " R. MENZIES Killed, Meteren, July 1918. - 3019 " D. SIMPSON Killed, Somme, 1916. - 3375 " W. REILLY Killed, Loos, 1915. - -9TH BLACK WATCH. - - Piper J. JOHNSTONE Killed, March, 1918. - -1ST HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 6894 Sergt. D. BUCHAN Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert. - 9615 Piper C. STEWART Killed, 1/5/15, Ypres. - 10107 " F. BURNS Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert. - 9860 " THOMAS JAMES Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert. - 9011 " J. MORRISON Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert. - 11499 " J. M'NAUGHT Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert. - 11470 " J. SMITH Killed, 7/9/16, Somme. - Lance-Cpl. MITCHELL Killed, 18/9/14, Vermeuil. - 11468 Corpl. (acting Pipe Major) J. SMITH Died enteric, Mesopotamia. - -2ND HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 10264 Sergt. T. FINDLAY Killed, 14/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - 10976 Piper J. IRVING Killed, 3/11/14. - 9272 Corpl. J. MACKENZIE Killed, 21/10/14. - -4TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - Piper CHARLES STEWART Killed. - -5TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - Pipe Major JOHN THOMSON Killed, 12/7/15, Dardanelles. - -6TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 1237 Piper PETER M'NIVEN Killed, 12/7/15. - -9TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 1666 Piper JOHN DRUMMOND Killed, 3/6/15, Vermelles. - 333792 " T. CRAWFORD Died of wounds. - 333138 " J. M'CREATH Died of wounds, Oct. 1918. - -10TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 12562 Piper ALEX. WHITEFIELD Killed, 25/9/15, Cambrin. - 902 Lance-Cpl. DAVID DONALDSON Killed, 9/7/15, Festubert. - 17505 Piper PETER M'INTYRE Gassed, Cambrai; died, 8/11/18. - -12TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - Piper WILLIAM THOMPSON Killed, Arras, 9/4/17. - " JOHN M'KEAN Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - Sergt. WILLIAM PIERCE Killed, Somme, Sept. 1916. - -14TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - Piper PETER THOMSON Killed, 24/4/17. - -15TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 353152 Piper D. M'KENZIE Killed, Ayette, 13/4/18. - -16TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 15032 Lance-Cpl. WALTER ORR Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - 14699 Piper ARCHIBALD RANKIN Killed, 1/7/16, Thiepval. - -17TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - Piper ARCHIBALD FORREST Died. - -20TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 26650 Lance-Cpl. DEVLIN Killed, Ypres, 25/9/17. - 30503 Piper HUGH MACARA Killed, March 1917. - -1ST SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. - - Lance-Cpl. HEARNE Died of disease. - 709 Piper J. WILKINSON Killed, France. - 7900 " WILLIAM COWANS Killed, 7/11/14, "Port Arthur." - 9291 " J. PRATT Died of wounds, 9/5/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - 479 " D. BLACK Killed, 3/11/14, "Port Arthur." - 788 " T. URQUHART Killed, 20/12/14, Givenchy. - 9158 Actg. Pipe Major J. MACLELLAN Killed, 21/4/17, Mesopotamia. - 10457 Lance-Sgt. STEWART Killed, 1917. - 311 Lance-Cpl. D. CAMPBELL Killed, Mesopotamia, Oct. 1917. - 529 Sergt. C. M'KAY Died of wounds, Baghdad, 1916. - " COOK Killed, Mesopotamia, 1916. - " SMITH Killed, France. - -2ND SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. - - 9106 Lance-Cpl. WILLIAM ROSS Killed, /6/15. - 9223 Lance-Cpl. JOHN GRANT Killed, /10/14. - 283 Lance-Cpl. DOUGAL MACMILLAN Died, /2/15. - Piper DAVID MACRAE Killed, /2/15. - " KENNETH MACKENZIE Killed, /5/15. - " ROBERT RENNIE Killed, /5/15. - " ALEX. CLARK Killed, /5/15. - 9494 " JAMES RENNIE Killed, Loos, 3/10/15. - 3 " ROBERT HALL Killed, 1/7/16. - 9132 " N. JOHNSTONE Wounded, 25/4/15; killed, - 26/1/17. - 10456 Lance-Sgt. JAMES STEWART Killed, Somme, 1917. - -4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. - - 24316 Piper DONALD M'KENZIE Prisoner; died of wounds, May - 1918. - " J. KEMP Died of wounds, Neuve - Chapelle, 1915. - " A. M'AULAY Died of wounds, Valenciennes, - 1918. - " J. M'KENZIE Died of wounds, Neuve - Chapelle, 1915. - " A. M'LENNAN Killed, Neuve Chapelle, 1915. - -5TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. - - 422 Lance-Cpl. G. ROSS Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart. - 251 Piper R. ROSS Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart. - 599 " DONALD M'KAY Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont - Hamel. - -6TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. - - Lieut. (formerly Piper) J. HECTOR ROSS Killed, 23/4/17. - Piper W. SUTHERLAND Roclincourt, 9/4/17. - Sergt. WILLIAM M'LEOD Killed, May 1916. - " C. D. MACDONALD Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont - Hamel. - " H. MACKIE Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont - Hamel. - " J. BROWN Killed, May 1917, Arras. - Piper J. ALEXANDER Killed, April 1918, La - Bassée. - " A. MACKAY Killed, 9/4/17, - Roclincourt. - " J. ROBERTSON Killed, July 1915. - -7TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. - - 40417 Lance-Cpl. O'KAIN M'LENNAN Died of wounds, 11/4/17. - 1456 Piper D. FRASER Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 4181 " R. GALBRAITH Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 9070 " G. GRANT Died of wounds, 30/6/16. - 2177 " B. HALLIDAY Died of wounds, at Loos. - 3843 " K. THYNE Killed, Somme, 14/7/16. - 4661 " B. HAMILTON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - -8TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. - - 5721 Piper CHARLES ANDERSON Killed, 25/9/15, Loos. - 6567 " GEORGE SPENCE Killed, 25/9/15, Loos. - 6400 " WILLIAM MACKAY Killed, 25/9/15, Loos. - 6546 Lance-Cpl. DUNCAN MACGREGOR Killed, 25/9/15, Loos. - Piper HUGH SUTHERLAND Died of disease, France. - " ANDREW CLARK Killed, 25/9/15, Loos. - -9TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. - - 267336 Piper JAMES SUTHERLAND Killed, 19/4/17. - 240018 " ROBERT ROSS Killed, 11/4/18. - 3964 " WILLIAM M'MAHON Killed. - 23879 " WILLIAM DUNCAN Killed. - -1ST GORDON HIGHLANDERS. - - Piper FREDERICK PATERSON Killed, 26/8/14, Mons. - Lance-Cpl. W. M'FALL Killed, 24/10/14. - Piper W. HOWIE Killed, 24/10/14. - " A. M'KAY Died of wounds, /1/15. - " W. ALLAN Killed, 14/12/14. - " HECTOR ROSS Killed, /3/16. - -2ND GORDON HIGHLANDERS. - - 430 Piper J. ROBERTSON Killed, Ypres, 30/10/14. - 10655 " R. GRANT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 10639 " J. GRANT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 110 " R. WILSON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 219 " W. BRUCE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 10653 Corpl. J. M'KENZIE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 205 Piper J. LEDINGHAM Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 10139 " J. RAMAGE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " D. WHITE Killed, Loos, 1915. - 7383 " A. CASSIE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " P. BROWN Killed, Ypres, 5/10/17. - Piper J. BISSETT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 10296 " W. SINCLAIR Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15. - 7375 Corpl. A. SMITH Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 6853 Sergt. R. STEWART, D.C.M. Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 8390 Piper J. SCOTT Killed, Somme, 1916. - 335 " J. M'CRIMMON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - -4TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS. - - Piper A. THOMSON Killed while serving with - R.F.C. - -5TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS. - - 1156 Piper WILLIAM GRAHAM Killed, 3/6/15, Festubert. - 11586 " ALEXANDER WILLOX Killed, 31/7/16, High Wood. - " ANDREW BROWN, M.M. Killed, 31/7/16, High Wood. - -6TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS. - - 62 Piper GEORGE MILTON Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve - Chapelle. - -9TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS. - - 9023 Piper C. CAMPBELL Killed, Somme, 1916. - -1ST CAMERON HIGHLANDERS. - - 6720 Sergt. G. SELBY Killed, 22/10/14. - 5173 Piper H. BARRIE Killed, 5/11/14, Ypres. - 8535 " GILBERT M'CALMAN Died of wounds, Feb. 1918. - 9345 " L. M'BEAN Died of wounds, Arras, Aug. - 1918. - -2ND CAMERON HIGHLANDERS. - - Piper JOHN MACASKIL Killed, Hill 60, April 1916. - " DONNACHIE Killed, 1915. - " JOHN M'CABE Died. - " THOMPSON Died, 1918. - " ARCHIBALD M'KENZIE Killed, Hill 60, April 1916. - " LACHLAN M'BEAN Died of wounds, St. Eloi, - 10/5/15. - " WILLIAM STEWART Died, Salonika, 18/10/17. - -4TH CAMERON HIGHLANDERS. - - 1120 Piper J. CHEYNE Killed, Festubert, 17/5/15. - 645 Lance-Cpl. D. PATERSON Killed, Festubert, 17/5/15. - 200120 Piper WILLIAM MACDONALD Died of wounds, 14/10/17. - -5TH CAMERON HIGHLANDERS. - - 5497 Piper ALEX. MACEACHERN Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15. - 5113 Lance-Cpl. A. J. M'DONALD Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - 3931 Piper NEIL WILSON Killed, Loos, 27/9/15. - " JOHN MACLELLAN Killed, Sorel, 21/3/18. - " ALEXANDER CLUNIE Killed, Arras, 3/5/17. - " ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD Killed, Sorel, 21/3/18. - " JAMES PORTEOUS Killed, Oct. 1918. - -6TH CAMERON HIGHLANDERS. - - 22461 Piper JAMES WALKER Killed, 26/4/17. - -7TH CAMERON HIGHLANDERS. - - Piper G. ALVES Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - " A. SMART Killed, Loos, 25/9/15. - Pipe Major KENNETH MACLEOD Died. - -1ST ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - Piper WOODSIDE Killed, 16/2/15, St. Eloi. - 570 " ROBERT KENNEDY Killed, 30/7/16, Somme. - -2ND ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - 567 Piper PETER M'LINTOCK Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15. - Lance-Cpl. MILNE Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15. - 90 Piper M'KAY Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15. - 8157 " L. PLANNER Killed, October 1918. - -6TH ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - 3037 Piper JAMES PRINGLE Killed, 18/6/15, Festubert. - 3042 " JOHN M'ALLISTER Killed, 18/6/15, Festubert. - 3162 " WILLIAM CARLYLE Killed, 16/6/15, Festubert. - 1890 " JOHN CRAIG Killed, 27/7/16, Longueval. - -7TH ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - 277167 Piper HUGH M'DONALD Killed, Aug. 1917, Ypres. - -8TH ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - Pipe Major WILLIAM LAWRIE Died, Nov. 1916. - -9TH ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - 324 Corpl. ALEX. M'ALLISTER Killed, 10/5/15, Ypres. - 1711 Piper ALEX. RUSSELL Killed, 8/4/15. - -10TH ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - Piper MACNEILL Killed, Oct. 1916, Longueval. - 570 " R. KENNEDY Died of wounds, Longueval. - 8051 " ALEX. KENNEDY Died of wounds, Ypres, - 12/10/17. - 302955 " WALTER NAPIER Killed, 12/10/17, Ypres. - -11TH ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - Sergt. JAS. RITCHIE Killed, 26/9/15, Loos. - Piper JAS. BARNETT Killed, 26/9/15, Hill 70. - " F. M'DIARMAID Killed, July 1916, Somme. - " FERGUSON Died, Dec. 1916, Somme. - -12TH ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. - - Corpl. W. STIRLING Killed, Oct. 1916. - 6829 Piper JOHN M'COLL Died of disease, Salonika, - 16/2/17. - 5660 " D. ROBERTSON Killed, 8/5/17. - 4927 " L. M'CON Killed, 8/5/17. - -LONDON SCOTTISH. - - Corpl. T. CAREY Killed, 1/11/14, Messines. - 139 Lance-Cpl. H. LEATHAM Killed, 16/11/14, Zillebeke. - ? 1341 Piper D. PARKYN Killed, 1/11/14, Messines. - " C. W. MACKAY Killed, 17/8/16, Somme (Lieut. - 5th Camerons). - 1870 " J. BINNIE Killed, 9/11/14, Zillebeke. - 3509 " A. CORNELL Died of wounds, 2/10/16, - Somme. - Lieut. A. CAIRNS WILSON Killed, 1917; Military Medal. - (formerly Piper) - 513657 Piper SIMON CAMPBELL Killed, 13/5/17, Arras. - 510531 " A. B. PATON Killed, 13/5/17. - " WOODCOCK Killed. - -1ST TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. - - 237 Lance-Cpl. GARNET FYFE Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - 223 Piper E. BOYCE Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - 1585 " WILLIAM FELLOWS Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - 154 " JAMES DOWNIE Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - 1485 " WILLIAM INGLIS Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - -2ND TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. - - 1230 Piper WILLIAM SCOTT Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - 1151 " JAMES PHILLIPS Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - -3RD TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. - - Piper J. STEELE Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - " E. FINLAY Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - " T. WILSON Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - " R. GREAVES Died of wounds, 1/7/16, Somme. - -16TH MIDDLESEX. - - 1151 Piper THOMAS LATHAM Killed, 1/7/16, Somme. - Sergt. GEORGE KIRKLAND - (formerly Piper, - 11th Middlesex) Killed, Ypres, 17/2/17. - -1ST LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH. - - Pipe Major JOHN STODDART Killed, Poperinghe, July 1916. - -23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (1ST SPORTSMAN'S BATT.). - - Piper W. SUTTIE Killed, 16/3/16. - " WILLIAM MACKENZIE Killed, 16/3/16. - -ARGYLL MOUNTAIN BATTERY. - - Pipe Major WILLIAM MACNEILL Died, 18/8/15. - Corpl. NEIL SMITH Accidentally killed, 1/3/16. - -ROSS AND CROMARTY BATTERY. - - 4403 Gunner JOHN MACDONALD Died of wounds, 14/5/15. - - -OVERSEAS BATTALIONS - -PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY. - - 265 Piper J. M. ROBERTSON, - D.C.M. Died of wounds, 25/3/15. - Sergt. JOHN M'DONALD, D.C.M. Died of wounds, 17/9/16. - -ROYAL HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA, 13TH BATTALION. - - 24013 Piper A. J. MACDONALD Died of wounds, 16/3/15, - Fleurbaix. - 24012 " W. LAWSON Died of wounds, 16/3/15, - Fleurbaix. - 24392 " H. ROBERTSON Killed, 2/5/15, Ypres. - 24704 " N. MACDONALD Killed, 24/4/15, Ypres. - -48TH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA, 15TH BATTALION. - - 27548 Corpl. J. THOMPSON Died. - -CANADIAN SCOTTISH, 16TH BATTALION. - - 28694 Piper JAMES THOMSON Died of wounds, 23/4/15, Ypres. - 28779 " WILLIAM M'IVOR Died of wounds, 10/5/15, Ypres. - 28595 " GEORGE BIRNIE Killed, 20/5/15, Festubert. - 29468 " ANGUS MORRISON Killed, 20/5/15, Festubert. - 28930 " JAMES RICHARDSON, V.C. Killed, 8/10/16, Somme. - 28561 " JOHN PARKS Killed, 8/10/16, Somme. - 28557 " ALEC M'GILLIVRAY Killed, 15/8/17, Paschendaele. - 429803 " GEORGE PAUL Killed, 8/8/18, Amiens. - -21ST CANADIANS (EASTERN ONTARIO REGIMENT). - - Pipe Major IAN MACKENZIE Killed, Cambrai, 11/10/18. - -25TH CANADIANS. - - Piper E. STEWART Killed, 9/4/18. - -29TH CANADIANS (VANCOUVER REGIMENT). - - 75599 Piper W. GRANT Killed, 6/11/17. - 76126 " W. BURNSIDE Killed, 6/11/17. - 76484 " J. R. DAVIDSON Killed, 6/11/17. - -1ST CANADIAN PIONEERS. - - 154184 Piper JOHN GRANT Killed, 13/6/16. - -42ND AUSTRALIANS. - - Piper M. H. FRASER Killed. - -5TH VICTORIAN INFANTRY. - - 32 Corpl. GORDON INGLIS Died of wounds, 24/1/16, - Gallipoli. - -SOUTH AFRICAN SCOTTISH. - - Lieut. (formerly Pipe Major) - ROBERT THORBURN Killed, 20/7/16, - Somme. - Piper THOMAS SCOTT Killed, Arras, - 9/4/17. - -NEW ZEALANDERS (OTAGO REGIMENT). - - 8/2519 Corpl. Piper NEIL MACDONALD Killed, 15/7/16, Somme. - - - "So he passed over. And all the trumpets sounded for him on - the other side." - - - - -CANNTAIREACHD - -BY MAJOR J. P. GRANT, M.C., YR. OF ROTHIEMURCHUS - - -It is related[14] by Sir John Graham Dalyell how in 1818, one John -Campbell from Nether Lorn, brought "a folio in MS., said to contain -numerous compositions," for the inspection of the judges at the -annual piping competition held in Edinburgh under the auspices of -the Highland Society: the story goes on, "but the contents merely -resembling a written narrative in an unknown language, nor bearing -any resemblance to Gaelic, they proved utterly unintelligible. Amidst -many conjectures relative both to the subject and the language, -nobody adventured so far as to guess at either airs or pibrochs." -It is believed that this is the earliest authentic reference to the -pipers notation known as Canntaireachd, and it is of interest to note -that even as early as 1818,[15] among the class of Highland gentlemen -who acted as judges at the biggest competition in the country, the -very existence of the notation was unknown. Sir John mentions also -that he made later attempts to acquire this MS. volume and to trace -two others in the possession of John Campbell's father: his attempts -were unsuccessful. - -In 1828 Captain Macleod of Gesto published some pipe tunes in -Canntaireachd as taught by the MacCrimmons in Skye. The merits of -this publication have been made the subject of controversy among -pipers and others; this controversy has no place in this paper. The -late John Campbell (Iain Ileach) of _Tales of the West Highlands_, -wrote a monograph on Canntaireachd in 1880, in which he reviewed -Gesto's book: the monograph, interesting as it is and written in Iain -Ileach's easy flowing style is extraordinarily disappointing. In -spite of his comprehensive knowledge of folk-lore--more particularly -of Gaelic folk-lore--he fails to indicate any probable source of this -notation--probably no one in Europe was, or is better fitted to make -conjectures on the point. However, he made two statements of interest -in the late history of the notation, (1) that he had "often seen -my nurse John Piper reading and practising music from an old paper -manuscript, and silently fingering tunes. I have tried to recover -this writing, but hitherto in vain," and (2) that there were three -local varieties of the notation (_a_) MacCrimmon (_b_) MacArthur, -and (_c_) Campbell of Nether Lorn. Now "John Piper" was this same -John Campbell of the family of Nether Lorn, which possessed three MS. -volumes of Canntaireachd. - -Among the older-fashioned pipers in Scotland, even just before the -war, one constantly heard syllables (hodroho, hiodro, etc., etc.) -being used, generally at haphazard, seldom in their correct place. -The astounding thing is that even fragments of a notation, the system -of which had been out of use for so long, should have survived to -this day. - -About 1912 two of the Nether Lorn MS. books were rediscovered, and -from them it has not been hard to reconstruct the system of notation. -Those tunes with recognisably the same names as we know them by -to-day, furnished the first step in the problem: after that it became -easy to identify other tunes with different names, and finally to -rediscover a number of tunes which have been lost for an undetermined -period. - -One word of caution will be necessary to certain pipers before -going further into this subject. This notation, invented for and -suitable only to piobaireachd, is not going to teach pipers how to -_play_ piobaireachd. There is and always has been, one way and only -one way to do that--to get instruction from a master; once that is -accomplished, a pupil may be fit to learn more tunes by himself from -books written in any intelligible notation. This I take to be true of -any musicians and any music. - -The piobaireachd pupil might well get his instruction through the -medium of canntaireachd, for it has been made solely for this music, -and is in point of fact very suitable for the purpose. To begin with, -if the few master-instructors of piobaireachd will take the trouble -(and assuredly it will not be great to them) to become familiar -with canntaireachd, and to use it as a medium of instruction, it -is a matter of certainty that they will realise its use for this -end--for instead of a perplexing maze of notes and grace-notes in -staff notation to correspond to any movement which they are trying to -teach their pupil, they will have pronounceable vocables which will -act as _memoria technica_ to the pupil: the pupil will, at first, -learn these parrot style, until he gets to a certain length, when, -unaided, he will begin to see that these vocables he has learnt -convey a definite meaning--a definite combination of note and grace -note, in a form which can be crooned to the air. I have found that -for the purposes of learning new tunes, staff notation compared with -canntaireachd is cumbrous and misleading: and even when written in an -abbreviated form (as in General Thomason's great book, _Ceol Mor_) it -appeals mainly to the eye, while canntaireachd appeals to the ear. - -For some years now I have found it invaluable as a kind of musical -shorthand, and with a certain amount of practice it becomes possible -to write down a tune in canntaireachd while it is being played, -and then to learn it at leisure. I had the triumph of converting a -brother piper a few years ago. He was inclined to be sceptical about -the whole system, so to test me and it he played me a tune which I -had never heard and I wrote it down as he played it. After he had -finished he said, "Now we shall see what is in it, for I made two -mistakes: play what you have got and we shall see." I played on the -practice chanter just what I had written, with the mistakes, of -course, included. - -Again, when one is judging piobaireachd competitions, it is valuable -as shorthand to jot down notes of mistakes, etc. - -Before coming to the notation itself, it should be explained that it -is not maintained for a moment that this variety (the Nether Lorn) -is superior in any way to the MacCrimmon or MacArthur varieties. It -is merely given and suggested for use, because it is this variety -which has become once more available to pipers at large. There are -people who undoubtedly can do the same for the MacCrimmon variety -also, and it is sincerely hoped that they will do so. That all three -varieties are first cousins to each other is beyond doubt to any one -who compares them; perhaps at a later date, when more knowledge of -canntaireachd becomes available, it may be possible to point to one -as the original, or to find a common ancestor to all. - -Coming now to the actual notation, the following paragraphs should -be read, subject to this note that the pronunciation of the vocables -must be largely a matter of conjecture, but it is reasonable to -suppose that, as they were written in the manuscript and used by -Gaelic-speaking pipers,[16] the pronunciation should have at least -some reference to Gaelic pronunciation--thus the vowels, when -occurring as the last letter of the syllable, would be pronounced - - 'a' as in English h_a_rd - 'e' " h_ay_ - 'i' " h_ee_d - 'o' " h_o_me - -and probably the consonants should be given their Gaelic equivalents -also (all which can best be obtained verbally from a Gaelic speaker). - -In addition to the simple vowels, combinations occur which require to -be sounded as diphthongs: - - 'io' } as in English _yo_ke, _e.g._ hioeo - 'eo' } - 'ea' " _ya_rd, _e.g._ haea. - - -KEY TO NETHER LORN CANNTAIREACHD. - - Key to columns: - - A = Scale with high G grace note. - B = Scale with D grace note. - C = Scale with E grace note. - D = Scale with no grace notes. - E = Siubhal. - F = Siubhal Sleamhuinn. - G = Leumluath to E. - H = Taorluath to low A. - I = Tripling or Taorluath Breabach. - J = Crunluath. - - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - low|him |dam|em |em |himen |himem |himbare|himdarid|himbabem|himbandre| - G | |or | | | | | | | | | - | |bam| | | | | | | | | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - low|hin |dan|en |en |hinen |hinen |hinbare|hindarid|hindaen |hinbandre| - A | | | | | | | | | | | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - B |hio |to |eo |o |hioen |hioeo |hiobare|hiodarid|hiotoeo |hiobandre| - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - C |ho |do |eo |o |hoen |hoeo |hobare |hodarid |hodoeo |hobandre | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - D |ha | |ea |a |haen |haea |habare |hadarid | |habandre | - | | | |or | | |or | | |or | - | | | |da | | |harodde| | |haroddre | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - E |che | | |e |chehin|cheche |chebare|chedarid| |chebandre| - | | | |or | | | | | | | - | | | |de | | | | | | | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - F |he | | |ve |hehin |hehe |hebare |hedarid | |hebandre | - | | | |or | | | | | | | - | | | |dhe| | | | | | | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - G |hi or | | |di |hihin |hihi |hibare |hidarid | |hibandre | - |chi | | | | | | | | | | - |(high | | | | | | | | | | - |Ag-n.)| | | | | | | | | | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - A | | | |I |Ien |no |Ibare |Idarid | |Ibandre | - | | | | | |example| | | | | - +------+---+---+---+------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+ - -The nomenclature of most of the different movements has for -convenience been taken from the Piobaireachd exercises in Logan's -Tutor, price 1s., and the examples here given refer to the staff -notation examples given there and should be compared with them. - - -PIOBAIREACHD EXERCISES - -(_Cf._ Logan's Tutor.) - -1st Scale of Instructions, pp. 34 and 35. On the _Urlar_. - - Chedari, hiriri, herere, cherede, hiharara, hihodro, hihorodo, - hiharin. (See _Cadences_, p. 185.) - -2nd Scale of Instructions. - - Enbari (should be embari, _i.e._ from low G), end[(are], endre - (note: if this shake on F or E is approached from a higher note - the vocables become ved[(are] and edre respectively; thus one - gets Ived[(are], but hiod[(are], heedre but hiodre) tradarodo - (tra being the usual throw on D, _e.g._ hiotra), p. 36, - hihor[(od]in, hodr[(od]in, hiotrodin. - -3rd Scale of Instructions. On _Crunluath_. - - Hinban or hinbain, dre--together hinbandre, Ibandre. - -4th Scale, p. 37. On _Crunluath Breabach_. - - Hinbandreendi. - - IbandreenI hibandreendi, hibandreendhe chebandreende, - habandreenda hobandreendo, hiobandreemto hinbandreendan. - -5th Scale. On _Crunluath Fosgailte_. - - Hindodre. - - No examples of open: closed, himdandre hintodre, hindodre - hindadre, twice over. - -6th Scale. On _Crunluath Mach_. - - Hiotradre hodrodre, hiotrodre himbamdre, twice over. - -7th Scale. The _Exercise on Accidentals_. - - IbarI dibari (no example known), vebarhe edre, adeda odro, otro - enban or enbain, twice over. - - -CHA TILL MACCRUIMEIN - - 1st. Dreve hiove, cheve cheento, dreve hiove, cheve cheemto, - dreve hioe, trae haento, - - 2nd. Dreve hiove, cheve cheemto, dreve hioe, trae haemto, dreve - hioe, trae haento, - - 3rd. Dreve hiove, cheve cheemto, dreve hioe, trae haento. - -Var. 1st. - - 1st. DreI ove, cheI deento, dreI ove, cheI deemto, dreI oe, traI - aento, etc. - -Var. 2nd. - - 1st. Cheve hiove, cheve cheento, cheve hiove, cheve cheemto, - cheve hioe, trae haento, etc. - -Doubling of Var. 2nd. - - 1st. Chea cheo, cheve cheento, chea cheo, cheve cheemto, chea - cheo, trae haento, etc. - -_Various Vocables not previously included._ - - Throw on high A dili. - - Taorluath to low G hiodarem, chedarem, etc. - - Low A with low G grace-note before -din (_e.g._ hiodin). - - D or C followed by B grace-note on - low G grace-note followed by A - with low G grace-note before har[(od]in or hor[(od]in. - - Taorluath mach hiotroeo, hodroeo, hiotraea. - - Crunluath to low G. hiobamdre, or hiobaemdre - or (on D) haromdre. - -_Cadences_ - -By cadences I mean those notes often printed as grace-notes, GED, -followed by C, B, low A, or low G melody notes, and GE followed -by D, low A, or low G melody notes. The prefix 'hi' is in general -terms used for this, _e.g._ hiharin, hihorodin. Taking them in -above order, examples of the vocables used are, of the former, -hihodin, hihioem, hihinbain, and hihambam, and of the latter hiaen, -hienem, hiemto. It is one of the remarkable points in the MS. that -these cadences are indicated to a far less extent than is played -by traditional players of modern times, and I am as yet unable to -make any deductions from the manner in which they appear as to the -style in which the MS. intends them to be played. To avoid confusion -between 'hi' as cadence and high G with A grace-note, it would be -better to use the alternative 'chi' for the latter. - -_General_ - -A study of the key will reveal various noticeable points, some -of which I will touch on here. It will be seen that some of the -composite vocables can be pulled to pieces into their component -parts, _e.g._, hiotroeo, hinbandre, etc., while others can only be -dissected to a lesser extent, _e.g._, hindaen in the Tripling or -Taorluath Breabach; in this latter case the vocable must be read in -its context, for hindaento might be ^{G}low A, D, low A, ^{D}B, while -standing by itself, but in conjunction with a string of others it -is undoubtedly meant to be the Taorluath Breabach. Again there is -liable to be confusion between 'en' low A without any and with an E -grace-note, and in some few cases it is impossible to say definitely -which is meant: on the other hand it is used in the siubhal -variation, and there can be no doubt in such a context: hinen by -itself is unambiguous, and in various combinations, _e.g._, hiaendre, -it is highly probable that no E grace-note is intended. The question -of the eo and o, B or C, is a little more difficult in theory, but -in practice it will be found to narrow down to one or two instances; -the most common instance of this ambiguity is odro, which may be -either B grip C, or C grip C. It seems likely that this confusion is -the origin of this difference in existing settings of various tunes, -_e.g._, An Daorach Mhor (The Big Spree) Var. 1st and doubling, The -Battle of Auldearn, The Carles of Sligachin and many others. Campbell -often writes 'ho' for 'o,' obviously not intending a G grace-note, -but to avoid this ambiguity. - -Time signature and rhythm are, I think, sufficiently shown to enable -a trained player to find no difficulty in playing; bar divisions are -indicated by commas, and each part of each tune is divided into lines -numbered 1st, 2nd, etc.: and a repeat is written at the end of the -line to be repeated, thus: Two times or twice over. '3 times,' etc., -is often used in the MS. to refer back only to the last comma, not -to the beginning of the line. The smaller details of time, which I -will call "pointing," is a matter of greater doubt. I have said above -why I think Gaelic standards should be applied to the pronunciation -of the vocables, and my opinion is that the same applies to this -question in general terms: it can be said that as a rule the vocables -are separated into distinct words, the accent or stress (and in this -case the longer note) being represented as the first syllable of the -word (an almost invariable rule in Gaelic). Thus one gets hodarid -hiodarid--not daridho daridhio darid. Many exceptions can be pointed -out no doubt, but the above will serve as a broad rule. - -It should be made clear to any reader of this paper that it has been -written in haste. Most of it is written from memory after four and -three-quarter years separation from MSS., books and notes, and I have -no doubt that mistakes will be discovered later. Further, it does not -profess to be complete, for there are some vocables not included, the -meaning of which is not yet clear to me. - -The two volumes of the MS. contain 169 tunes of which I can trace in -no other collection, printed or MS., 65 tunes: moreover, many tunes -which exist already in printed collections are written in entirely -different settings, and under different names from those known by -present day players. To illustrate this I have included at the end -of this paper the MS. style of An Ceapadh Eucorach (translated -as the "Unjust Incarceration"). This setting, apart from smaller -differences, contains one line in each part which, so far as my -knowledge goes, is unknown to-day, and which in my opinion is an -essential part of the theme, leading the 3rd line up to the musical -climax of the ordinarily accepted 4th line.[17] The names of the -tunes as written in the Index or as headings in the MS. present a -very difficult problem. Some are in English; some are in recognisable -Gaelic; some are in unrecognisable Gaelic, some give the first few -notes of the tune, and some are ludicrous mistranslations of Gaelic -into English. Only approximately 42 out of the total have anything -like the names by which the tunes are known to-day. - -It is to be hoped that some day soon the whole MS. will be printed, -so that enthusiasts who have the time may really get to work and -unravel some of the conundrums which still remain so. I have a -feeling that the vocables used in so many Gaelic songs are distantly -related to canntaireachd, and research into this might conceivably -throw light on the larger question of the origin of canntaireachd. -It would also be interesting to know of any examples of similar -notations in foreign countries. But the main thing to be done by all -pipers at the present day is to make real attempts to discover other -canntaireachd manuscripts: and the ideal should be that all MSS. now -known to exist or discovered at a later date should be made available -for comparison and information of other players; this is best done -by publication in as near the original form as possible, and failing -that by loan or gift to some responsible piping society, such as the -Scottish Pipers Society, The Piobaireachd Society, the Caledonian -Pipers Society, London, The Inverness Pipers Society, The Highland -Pipers Society, Edinburgh, or any other well-known society. This -would ensure that the information would get into the hands of those -who can most easily disseminate it. - - -AN CEAPADH EUCORACH - -(From the Campbell MS. vol. i. p. 1.) - - 1st called _Kepper Eggarich_. - - Hiharin hioen[18], hodrooen, himen hoen, hiotroenem, hihodrooen, - hiotroenem hihodroen hioem hiharinen - - 2nd Hiharin hioen hodrooen, himotrao hoen, hiotroenem, hihodrooen - hiotroenem, hihodroen, hioem hiharinen - - 3rd Hihodrotra, cheredea hoen, hadrea hoen, hihorodoenem, - hihodrotra, cherededea[19] hihodroen hioem, hiharinen - - 4th Hihararache, hived[(are]ve[20] cheho, haem, barivecheho, - hiharara[21]hohic, hihodrotraem, barived[(are]vechea,[20] - hihodroen, hioem, hiharinen - - 5th Chedari Ie, hiririeha diliedrehia, cheredeaho himbarihia, - cheho, hadre himbaria, chedaria, hioem hiharinen. - -_The First Motion_ - - 1st Hinen hinen hioen, hoen, hoen, hinen, himen, hinen, hoen, - hioen, hioen, himen, hoen hoen hinen hioen, hioen, himen hoen - hoen hioem, hinen hinen hinen. - - 2nd Hinen hinen hioen hihoen[22] hoen hinen himen haen hoen, - hioen hioen, himen hoen hoen hinen hioen hioen himen hoen hoen - hioem, hinen three times. - - 3rd Hoen hoen haem, chehin chehin, hoen haem, chehin hoen hioen - hioen, himen hoen hoen haem, chehin chehin chehin hoen hoen - hioem, hinen three times. - - 4th Haen haem, chehin hien hien chehin haem hien chehin haen haen - hioem, hoen hoen haem hien hien chehin hoen hoen hioem, hinen - three times. - - 5th Chehin hien, dilien hien hien, haen dilien, chehin hien, - chehin chehin, hoen hien hien, chehin haem, chehin hien, chehin - hien, hioem, hinen three times. - -_The 2nd Motion, called Tolive_ - - 1st Hindarid hindarid hiodarid hodarid hodarid hindarid himdarid - hindarid hodarid hiodarid hiodarid himdarid hodarid hodarid - hindarid hiodarid hiodarid himdarid hodarid hodarid hiodarem, - hindarid three times. - - 2nd Hindarid hindarid hiodarid hodarid hodarid hindarid himdarid - hadarid hodarid hiodarid hiodarid himdarid hodarid hodarid - hindarid hiodarid hiodarid himdarid hodarid hodarid hiodarem - hindarid three times. - - 3rd Hodarid hodarid hadarem, chedarid chedarid, hodarid hadarem, - chedarid hodarid, hiodarid hiodarid, himdarid hodarid hodarid, - hadarem, chedarid three times, hodarid hodarid, hiodarem hindarid - three times. - - 4th Hadarid hadarem, chedarid hidarid hidarid chedarid hadarem - hidarid, chedarid hadarid hadarid hiodarem, hodarid hodarid - hadarem hidarid hidarid chedarid hodarid hodarid hiodarem, - hindarid three times. - - 5th Chedarid hidarid Idarid hidarid hidarid hadarid Idarid - chedarid hidarid chedarid chedarid hodarid hidarid hidarid - chedarid hadrem,[23] chedarid hidarid chedarid hidarid hiodarem, - hindarid three times. - -_Part 3rd, Crolive_ - - 1st Hinbandre hinbandre, hiobandre hobandre hobandre hinbandre - himbandre hinbandre hobandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre - hobandre hobandre hinbandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre - hobandre hobandre hiobaemdre hinbandre hinbandre hinbandre - hinbandre. - - 2nd Hinbandre hinbandre hiobandre hobandre hobandre hinbandre - himbandre habandre hobandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre - hobandre hobandre hinbandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre - hobandre hobandre hiobaemdre, hinbandre hinbandre hinbandre. - - 3rd Hobandre hobandre habamdre chebandre chebandre hobandre - habamdre chebandre hobandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre - hobandre hobandre habaemdre, chebandre three times, hobandre - hobandre hiobamdre hinbandre hinbandre hinbandre. - - 4th Habandre habaemdre chebandre hibandre hibandre chebandre - habaemdre hibandre chebandre habandre habandre hiobaemdre - hobandre hobandre habaemdre hibandre hibandre chebandre hobandre - hobandre hiobaemdre, hinbandre three times. - - 5th Chebandre hibandre Ibandre hibandre hibandre habandre Ibandre - chebandre hibandre chebandre chebandre hobandre hibandre hibandre - chebandre habaemdre chebandre hibandre chebandre hibandre - hiobaemdre hinbandre three times. - - - - -THE IRISH PIPES: - -THEIR HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND DIVERGENCE FROM THE SIMPLE HIGHLAND -TYPE - -By W. H. GRATTAN FLOOD, Mus.D., K.S.G. - - -There is ample evidence that the bagpipe was used in pre-Christian -Ireland, whence it was brought to Scotland. It is referred to in -the Brehon Laws of the fifth century. Irish writers allude to it -as _Cuisle_ and as _Piob mor_--and this is the warlike instrument -which was adopted by our Scottish brethren and became the national -instrument of Scotland. - -During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Irish pipers -accompanied the Irish troops that fought in Gascony and Flanders -under King Edward I. Strange, too, that Irish pipers were heard, in -opposition to the Scots, at the battle of Falkirk (July 22, 1298), -and it is surmised that the strident tones of the Irish _piob mor_ -suggested to the Scotch the employment of this warlike instrument -in battle. At Creçy (August 26, 1346) the Irish pipes were also -in evidence, and again at Harfleur (1418) and at Rouen (1419). -Incidentally, it may be stated that there is no sound historical -evidence for the Scotch bagpipes in battle at Harlaw (1411), but it -would appear that they were employed at the battle of Inverlochy -(1431). Irish pipers were heard to advantage in Henry VIII.'s -Tournay campaign (1513) and also at the siege of Boulogne (1544). -This association of Irish pipers leading the charge is strikingly -pourtrayed in the _Mask of Irishmen_ played before Queen Mary at -the English Court, on April 25, 1557, in which there were six Irish -_Kerne_ and two _Bagpipers_. - -Here is Stanihurst's description of the Irish _piob mor_, in 1575: -"The Irish, likewise, instead of the trumpet, make use of a wooden -pipe of the most ingenious structure, to which is joined a leather -bag, very closely bound with bands. A pipe is inserted in the side -of this skin, through which the piper, with his swollen neck and -puffed-up cheeks, _blows in the same manner as we do through a tube_. -The skin, being thus filled with air, begins to swell, and the player -presses against it with his arm; thus a loud and shrill sound is -produced through two wooden pipes of different lengths. In addition -to these, there is yet a fourth pipe (the chanter), perforated in -different places (having five or six holes), which the player so -regulates by the dexterity of his fingers in the shutting and opening -of the holes, that he can cause the upper pipes to send forth either -a loud or a low sound at pleasure." - -A few years after Stanihurst presented this description of the Irish -_piob mor_, a new development of this instrument came into vogue, -that is, about the year 1580, and almost immediately came into -favour. This development was the Irish _Uilleann_ (elbow) pipes, or -domestic pipes, in which the wind was supplied by a bag blown by the -elbow. Shakespearian commentators have been puzzled over the term -"woollen" pipes in the _Merchant of Venice_ (Act iv. Sc. 1); but the -great bard of Avon, who derived much information regarding Ireland -from Stanihurst and Dowland (if he did not actually visit Ireland at -the close of the sixteenth century), used the Irish term _Uilleann_, -equating it with "woollen"--a corruption which subsequently blossomed -forth as "Union pipes." All during the seventeenth century the -_Uilleann_ pipes became immensely popular, and were used as an -accompaniment for dancing, especially the _Rinnce Fada_ (The Long -Dance), the qualifying word _Fada_ becoming Anglicised as "the -Fading," also alluded to by Shakespeare (_Winter's Tale_, Act iv. -Sc. 3). Subsequently keys or regulators were added, a feature that -we also find in the _Surdelina_, or Neapolitan bagpipe, in 1625, -as described by Père Mersenne. It is of interest to note that the -great English composer, William Byrd, _circâ_ 1590, wrote a piece of -programme music called "Mr. Byrd's Battle," in which there are three -movements; the _Irish March_, the _Bagpipe_, and the _Drone_. Thus -the Irish bagpipe furnished the musical form known as "pedal point" -or "drone bass." - -When the Regiment of Irish Guards was formed in 1662, provision was -made for a drum major, twenty-four drummers, and a piper to the -King's Company. At the siege of Derry in 1689, the Jacobite regiments -had each fourteen pipers and eighty-six drums. - -Further improvements in the _Uilleann_ pipes were effected between -the years 1700 and 1720, and, in consequence, they were taken up by -musical amateurs or "gentlemen pipers," of whom Larry Grogan, Parson -Sterling, and Walter Jackson were famous. - -The Irish _piob mor_ was heard at the battle of Fontenoy (May 11, -1745), on which occasion the pipers played "St. Patrick's Day in the -Morning," and "The White Cockade"--two characteristic Irish airs. -Irish pipers were also heard during the American War of Independence, -and, in 1778, Barney Thompson, from Hillsborough, Co. Down, was pipe -major of Lord Rawdon's "Volunteers of Ireland," which corps merged -into the 100th Regiment in 1780. - -The revival of the Irish bagpipes in Irish regiments is due to Major -Doyle, in September, 1793. A few months previously, on May 23, his -brother, Colonel Doyle, in command of the 14th Regiment, found the -fortunes of the day at the siege of Famara going against the British -troops, when, by a happy inspiration, he ordered his band to play -up the French revolutionary march of "Ça Ira," and shouted to his -troops: "Come on, boys, and we'll beat 'em to their own damned tune." -As a result, Doyle's regiment successfully routed the French, to -the strains of "Ça Ira," which has ever since been the quick-step -of the West Yorkshire Regiment (the old 14th). The Colonel wrote to -his brother the Major, who was M.P. for Mullingar, telling him of -the advantage of a good band, and, as at that very time (August) -Major Doyle had been commissioned by King George III. to form a new -Irish regiment, originally called "Major Doyle's Legion," the Major -recruited a gallant body of his countrymen, known as "The Prince of -Wales' Royal Irish Regiment"--with a band of Irish pipers. - -Not long afterwards, in October 1793, Colonel de Burgh (brother of -the Marquis of Clanrickarde) formed the "Royal Connaught Rangers," -with a fine band of pipers and drummers. The Wexford Regiment (the -38th), commanded by Lord Loftus, had also a pipe band ere the close -of the year 1794 or early in 1795. Several years later there were -pipers attached to the Tyrones (4th Inniskilling Fusiliers). - -However, after the year 1815, the vogue of a pipe band in Irish -regiments waned, and it was not till 1903 that the Queen's County -Militia--the 4th Battalion of the P.O.W. Leinster Regiment--again -took up the war pipes, thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of -their commander, Lieut.-Col. Lord Castletown, K.P. - -To the Tyrone Fusiliers, a link battalion of the 27th Royal -Inniskilling Fusiliers, is due the revival of the Irish _Piob mor_ in -1859. Some years later, Colonel Cox, commanding the 87th Royal Irish -Fusiliers, supplied eight sets of war pipes, as well as two drums, to -eight Irish pipers in his regiment. More recently, the 4th Battalion -of the Leinster Regiment (late Queen's County Militia) formed a pipe -band under the direction of their gallant Colonel, my dear friend, -Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory, K.P., who presented the pipes, in -1903. Since then all five battalions of this regiment have pipe -bands, mainly through the enthusiastic zeal of Captain Orpen Palmer -who published an excellent little book for the war pipes in 1913. -Other Irish regiments having pipe bands are the 2nd Battalion of the -Dublin Fusiliers and the 3rd Battalion of the 18th Royal Irish. - -In conclusion it may be briefly said that the Irish war pipe of -to-day is the same as the Scottish or Highland war pipe. On the other -hand, the Irish _Uilleann_ pipes may be regarded as a miniature -organ. The old war pipe is only capable of eight notes with certain -limitations, whereas the _Uilleann_ pipes are of two full octaves, -including chromatic intervals, and are thus capable of performing -most classes of music, added to which the four keys of the regulator -on the chanter make for a wonderful effect. - - - - -THE TUITION OF YOUNG REGIMENTAL PIPERS - -By JOHN GRANT, Pipe Major - - -There is an establishment for the training of bandsmen at Kneller -Hall, Twickenham, known as "The Royal Military School of Music," -where regular soldiers are trained in a very efficient manner both -in theory and practice, for brass bands. Each pupil remains for a -considerable period, extending from one to three years, and not -only do they become good performers on the various instruments, -but they qualify for the rank of bandmaster in any regiment. A -bandmaster holds the rank of a warrant officer, and, in some cases, a -commissioned officer. - -Some months ago a colonial soldier asked the question in a Highland -newspaper why the pipe major in a Highland regiment did not also -hold the rank of a warrant officer. In fact pipe major is only an -honorary rank. In reality he is only "sergeant piper." It would be -very interesting to know the difference between the person in charge -of the one band and the other. When the regiment is on the march the -one band leads the men as well as the other. In fact many prefer a -pipe band to a brass band on a long route march. In a pipe band the -pipe major has to train his pipers efficiently in the performance of -their music just the same as the bandmaster of a brass band, and why -should a pipe major not be raised to the rank of a warrant officer -along with his brother bandmaster? True it is that in a brass band -there are many instruments for the bandmaster to teach and bring in -in their proper places, in order to have a perfect band. But then the -pipe major has the same task in front of him in training a perfect -pipe band. In fact--if I may be allowed the analogy--in the case of a -brass band a bandmaster might have many glaring errors and flaws in -instrumentation and harmony in his band, and this is passed over by -the average listener but detected by the expert conductor. The brass -band, from its construction, has more scope for covering errors than -the pipe band. - -The regimental pipe band is so constructed that each performer must -play in perfect unison, with pipes all timed in unison, and every -finger should be lifted and laid down together, a thing which is much -more difficult to do than is the case with a brass band. The errors -in a badly trained pipe band are much more easily detected where -every performer has to play in perfect unison, than the errors in a -brass band, where different instruments take different parts. - -The next important point is the bandmaster has been properly trained -in his profession at the "Royal Military School of Music," Kneller -Hall, but the pipe major in a pipe band has not had this coveted -opportunity. There is no school where pipe music is taught in theory -and practice, and that may be one of the chief reasons why the pipe -major falls short of the trained bandmaster. If a military school of -piping were instituted by the War Office, such an institution would -supply a long felt want. The piper could then be educated in piping, -to understand music in theory, and be instructed in practice on a -sound basis and fixed system. - -Few pipers in pipe bands, if any, are trained at the proper age, -_i.e._, 12-14-16 years, except in industrial schools, where they are -in many cases improperly taught. When the boy is young his fingers -will do anything because they are very supple, but at the age of -twenty they become stiff and set against perfect manipulation. At -this age theory is picked up in a masterly fashion, and the pupil is -unconscious of difficulties in fingering, which simplifies everything -in the process of his training. - -At no period in the history of our nation was there greater need for -a military school of piping than at the present moment. There are -hundreds of young pipers required to fill the places of those who -have fallen in action. As can be seen from the record contained in -this volume many pipe bands have suffered most heavily. In fact some -have been entirely wiped out. - -From experience of class-work in piping it has been proved that the -training of young pipers at the age of fourteen to sixteen years -under a fixed system is an ideal method of creating good performers. -Boys who have never had a finger on the chanter before, are started -in classes of from eight to ten in number. This prevents them from -making an improper use of the chanter or creating bad fingering -which, if allowed to go too far, can never be got out of. Each pupil -should be provided with a properly made chanter, and all the chanters -in the class should be of the same make and correctly tuned, so that, -while at practice in class-work, they are all in perfect unison. -If one or two improperly made and badly tuned chanters are used -in a class, this is the cause of two great evils. The performer's -ear becomes less sensitive to the notes in proper pitch; and it -discourages the training of a pupil to detect improper sounds and -slovenly fingering. If there are two or three chanters out of tune in -a class of ten they prevent the instructor from detecting errors in -fingering. - -The use of a properly tuned chanter tends to cultivate a good ear, -whereas if the ear is used to improper sounds it loses its power of -detecting the difference between what is real and that which is false. - -In class-work it is hardly possible to get ten pupils with equal -powers of picking up tunes and correct fingering. The ear may be -compared to a machine which records musical compositions and sounds. -In this respect the perfect machine has already been found. The -phonograph will record and reproduce a tune in perfect form, but then -it is only a reproduction, whereas the musician has life and power to -create new and original tunes. - -Take the human ear. Where it is perfect it will record a tune with -the same accuracy as the machine; but, where the ear is defective, -it will only take in what it is capable of. In cases where there -is only a slight defect in ear, and where a pupil is somewhat slow -at fingering, care must be taken that the slow pupil is brought up -in line with the smart pupil. This makes the results in class-work -equal. Many instructors of piping fail because they overlook slovenly -fingering. Each pupil must be made to finger exactly. The slovenly -player spoils the class and every band into which he may go, so that, -if a class is to be properly taught, each pupil must come to know -his class mate as a musician as well as a companion. Each performer -in a pipe band must form part of a machine, as it were, which acts -systematically as a clock, in order to give good results and render a -tune like one man. A properly trained class with a sufficiently long -period of training will, in time, finger together in a manner which -is most surprising as regards regularity. - -As an example of irregularity in fingering, take for instance--one -pupil is playing in perfect time, one graces his note a little too -soon and another a little too late. This gives three different -renderings as regards time, and how could they become pleasing to the -ear or ever attain regularity in time or fingering? - -"Patience is a virtue," and an instructor of piping must be imbued -with that qualification. Without patience there can be no climax, no -perfection, and no goal to aim at. One may compel a person to do work -even by punishment, but to compel a pupil to play the pipes would be -hopeless. If a pupil has to be forced to play an instrument against -his will, the music will be anything but pleasing to the listener's -ear. Then it will lack expression, the most important and wonderful -thing in all musical performances. To be successful as an instructor -of piping one must first win the hearts of his pupils, so that they -will like and respect him; speak firmly but kindly to them; enforce -strict discipline and good behaviour; and conduct his school just the -same as all well-governed establishments of education. One hour's -instruction should be given at a time, and this should be given by -the instructor of the school himself. Although boys are boys, they -are sensitive to insult and degradation, and they will not accept -tuition from another boy, even although he is a good performer. It -has been found to be the case that intelligent pupils must have -instruction from the proper source, and, when one boy teaches -another, their time is wasted and they drift into slovenly and -careless fingering. This constitutes a reason for strict supervision -on the part of an instructor himself in a school of piping, so -that the best results may be attained and good order and obedience -maintained. - -In bagpipe music, theory is entirely neglected. The average piper -is able to read the names of the notes: G A B C D E F G and A, and -he plays from them and pays little attention to their value. They -may be all crotchets, quavers or semi-quavers, for all he cares. In -almost every case the piper has already heard the tune played on the -chanter, and the relative value of the notes mean nothing to him. -Then, one hears illegal syncopation, _e.g._, the taking of the value -from the lengthened note and giving it to the next one, which should -be the shortest note in the beat, especially in six-eight time. Then, -in writing down an original tune without a knowledge of the theory of -music, the average piper is of no use. - -Boys should be started on the chanter at fourteen to sixteen years -of age, and given a period of chanter practice of from six to nine -months; at the same time it is necessary to see that, from the very -start, they are able to read music at sight. Then, towards the end -of nine months tuition in practice, theory should be taught; then -they make more progress than they would at the very beginning of -their training. Theory enables the piper to put expression into -his playing, and, in his turn, he can in time take his place as a -qualified instructor of piping. - -One thing of great importance in piping and the training of young -pipers is the rate of speed at which they play. The regimental -regulation pace is 120 paces to the minute. This may be all very well -with a brass band, where the performer with his 120 paces to the -minute has a curtailed, nipped, or broken step, but in pipe music -it is far different. Any one who has a knowledge of the Highland -bagpipe and its music knows that piping at the rate of 120 paces to -the minute is not pipe music at all. The great majority of marches -for the pipes are written in two-four and six-eight time. Two-four -time has a crotchet beat and six-eight has a dotted crotchet beat. -The beat in six-eight being a dotted crotchet is of longer duration -than the two-four or crochet beat. When both are played at 120 paces -to the minute they are more or less equalized and spoiled. Time must -be given to the beat note in six-eight to distinguish it from the -two-four beat; hence, 100 to 105 paces to the minute in two-four time -is good marching, and 90 to 95 paces to the minute in six-eight time -gives the proper swinging pace which the men in a Highland regiment -like. To adopt such a suggestion would give time and expression -to pipe music, differentiate the pace in one time signature from -another, and, above all, would tend to give more time for correct -fingering and clear, distinct playing. A young piper who has only -been playing the bagpipes for about six months is very often spoiled -for life as a performer when he begins, at that stage, to play at 120 -paces to the minute. He is unable to get the fingering in in time. -What he cannot find time to finger is left out altogether, and then, -worst of all, he becomes a slovenly and incorrect performer. - -The teaching of piping has always been placed on an unequal footing -as compared with brass bands in His Majesty's forces, and one wonders -how long it is to be allowed to remain so. It is absolutely certain -that a Military School of Piping would be a blessing to regimental -pipe bands, and the standard of performance could be raised to the -highest point of perfection. In times of peace many people single -out the brass band as the apple of their eye in the garden of music, -so to speak, but let us Highlanders mark time and see what the great -Highland bagpipe has done in war. - -Many pipers have gone over the parapet playing the bagpipes and have -won laurels which can never be forgotten. Hundreds of pipers have -fallen in the great war to sleep their last sleep in the graves of -heroes, after sounding the triumphant charge. The bagpipe has lived -in war in its majestic power and splendour, and in peace it should -not be allowed to die. - -In war there is, to our Highland regiments, no music like that of the -great Highland bagpipe. Its notes inspire the men to victory, and -the glory of the results of the music of the _Piob Mhor_ with its -fluttering pennons has left a landmark in the history of the world's -war. - -The great Highland bagpipe is the hallmark of a race whose -achievements are second to none in the world. It has been played in -every great battlefield in the history of our nation, and the heroic -deeds done by Highland regiments inspired by its music deserve to be -perpetuated in a lasting memorial. - - - - -THE SPIRIT OF THE MACCRIMMONS - -BY FRED T. MACLEOD, F.S.A. (SCOT.) - - -It was the year 1626, a memorable year in the history of the Western -Isles of Scotland, and singularly eventful in the history of Skye and -of the Dunvegan family. Sir Rory Mor MacLeod, warrior and statesman, -patron of Art, of Music and of Letters, and dispenser of lavish -hospitality to rich and poor alike, had died in the Chanonry of -Ross an event "greatly deplored among the Gael at that time." The -ancient sea-gate of Dunvegan Castle was opened, and into a waiting -boat stepped Patrick Mor MacCrimmon, the dead chief's hereditary -piper, the representative of a line of pipers almost as long as the -line of MacLeod chiefs. Swiftly, yet silently, the piper was rowed -across Loch Dunvegan to Boreraig. MacCrimmon stepped ashore and took -from his servant the instrument which had on many occasions cheered -his beloved master. His heart could no longer contain its pent-up -emotion, and his frame shook with a violent outburst of grief. Then, -with head erect and firm step, he walked the remaining distance to -the renowned College of Pipers, the home of his family for many -generations. The fingers of a master player lingered for a moment -lovingly on the chanter. In swift succession there fell upon the ears -of his pupils, themselves no mean players of ancient piobaireachd, -the arresting, appealing, plaintive notes of "Cumha Ruaridh Mhoir," -"Lament to Rory Mor." - -To-day, cattle browse upon the site of the MacCrimmon College, -within whose walls instruction on the _Piob mhor_ had been given -by members of the MacCrimmon family to countless students from all -parts. Thither too had come the best pipers of Scotland to receive -the finishing touches to a piping education well-nigh perfect in -itself, including representatives of the three well-known piping -families, MacArthur, Mackay and Campbell. The music of the pipes is -now seldom, if ever, heard on the plateau upon which in former days -many pipers were wont to assemble. Sassenach inhibitory legislation -followed by the unsympathetic action of the Highland clergy combined -in an attempt to stifle for ever the majestic notes of ancient -piobaireachd, and the free, independent, social temperament of the -Children of the Island. But, while the grass grows green on the spot -where the college stood, the memory of these master musicians is -enshrined in the ancient traditions of the island, in the MacCrimmon -compositions preserved and played to-day, and in the names of places -in the vicinity of the MacCrimmon homeland. The ancient castle, -dating from the ninth century, is occupied to-day by Norman Magnus -MacLeod, the 23rd chief of his line, as it has been continuously -occupied by his forefathers, and among the relics carefully preserved -is an ancient set of MacCrimmon pipes. One can still enjoy the -shelter of "Slochd nam Piobairean"[24] and he who desires to do so -can honour the dust of several members of the MacCrimmon family in -the little burying-ground at Kilmuir, overlooking Dunvegan Loch. Nay -more, one may converse with living descendants of the family within -a stone's throw of the home of their forefathers. The fame of the -MacCrimmons will never die so long as these features or the memory of -them remains, and, when these are no longer remembered, the honour -due to these Kings of Pipers will be enshrined in the music they have -left behind them. - -It is impossible in this article to do more than touch the fringe of -an almost illimitable subject. There are many controversial points -into which it is not desirable to enter, _e.g._, the origin of the -family name, the exact period during which the MacCrimmons held their -hereditary office, and the "Cainntaireachd" invented and used by -them. The old papers in the castle are singularly silent in regard -to the history of men so closely allied with the fortunes of the -Dunvegan family. The only two documents among these papers, so far as -I am aware, which bear upon the subject, are a lease of the lands of -Galtrigal in Skye to the MacCrimmons in virtue of their hereditary -office, and a rent-roll of the latter years of the eighteenth -century, which contains entries of payments made by MacLeod -tenants, in the form of a tax to assist a member of the MacCrimmon -family in his declining years. But while contemporary documentary -evidence is practically unavailable, tradition has preserved a great -deal of interesting information. While it may not be advisable -to accept as accurate many oral traditions of a country, we are -entitled to rely to a considerable extent upon, and to accept as -generally trustworthy, Highland oral tradition, which every student -of Highland history knows was the common mode of preserving what -otherwise would have been long ago irretrievably lost. The office of -"Seanachaidh"[25] was recognized and honoured in leading Highland -families and, subject to the legitimate criticism that a Seanachaidh -was apt unduly to extol the virtues of those whose praises he sang -and to decry the virtues of rival families, we are entitled to draw -upon this source of information. - -The first published account of the family known to me is Angus -MacKay's collection of _Ancient Piobaireachd_, or Highland Pipe -Music, published in 1838, which forms the basis of most, if not -all, the subsequent published references to the family. Dr. Norman -MacLeod's account (in Gaelic) of the MacCrimmons must also be -mentioned, and of more modern date Dr. Fraser's interesting book -on the _Highland Bagpipe_. The Rev. Archibald Clerk contributed -an article worthy of notice in the _New Statistical Account of -Scotland_, and Fionn's _Martial Music of the Gael_ contains some -interesting notes. - -I regard, however, as the most authoritative contribution a series of -Gaelic articles contributed to the _Celtic Monthly_ by the Rev. Neil -Ross of Buccleuch Parish Church, Edinburgh. Mr. Ross is one of our -ablest Gaelic scholars, and, having been born and brought up in the -heart of the MacCrimmon country, he has had the peculiar advantage of -obtaining the local traditions of the family at first hand, from old -people practically all of whom have passed away. - -I am inclined to place the commencement of the MacCrimmon era so far -as their relationship with the Macleods of Dunvegan is concerned, -approximately as 1500, and the termination thereof as 1822. My -reasons for doing so are first that we find that in 1651 one of the -family was publicly acknowledged as the King of Pipers. In the old -chronicle detailing this incident the name of the piper upon whom -this honour was bestowed is given as John Macgurmen (MacCrimmon) -which I believe to be a mistake for Patrick MacCrimmon, he who -composed the well-known port, "I gave a kiss to the hand of the -King." If the old adage is true that it took seven years of a -man's life and seven generations of pipers before him to make a -perfect piper, the date 1500 is by no means too remote. Further, -the traditional list of MacCrimmon pipers who held their hereditary -office is sufficiently long to bridge that period. Dr. MacLeod -enumerates seven successive members of the family, whereas Mr. Ross -furnishes us with twelve names inclusive of those mentioned by Dr. -MacLeod. The following is Mr. Ross' list: - - Finlay of the Breacan. - Iain Odhar. - Patrick Caogach. - Patrick Donn. - Donald Mór. - Patrick Mór. - Patrick Òg. - Donald Bàn - Angus Òg. - Malcolm. - Iain Dubh. - Patrick Mór. - -It is outwith the scope of this article to deal with the MacCrimmon -genealogy, or to discuss in detail the different members of the -family. Interesting notes might be furnished concerning most of the -men whose names are enumerated above, and it might not be difficult -for a skilled player of pibroch, by a careful analysis of the -MacCrimmon compositions, to assign many of the extant compositions -to the appropriate composers. I prefer to gather together from the -available sources known to me a few incidents in the lives of three -outstanding members of the family, Donald Mór, Patrick Mór and Donald -Bàn. - - -DONALD MÓR MACCRIMMON - -We shall probably not be very far wrong if we regard the period -during which this piper lived as that embracing the concluding years -of the sixteenth century and the early years of the seventeenth. I -realise that, in so placing him, I lay myself open to the criticism -that I post-date the period of Patrick Mór's activities. Patrick -Mór is regarded as the son of Donald Mór, and it is probable that -both father and son were in the service of Sir Rory Mór. It is -stated that, being a special favourite of his chief, Donald was sent -to Ireland to complete his musical education. There can be little -doubt that as Ireland was the early home of Celtic letters so she -was the early home of musical culture, and that the high degree of -efficiency attained by the MacCrimmons was, at least in part, due -to the finishing touches obtained by them in the sister island. We -learn that Donald Mór played before many of the nobility and gentry -of the country and greatly distinguished himself. Mr. Ross has an -interesting note that Donald accompanied his chief to Ireland in -the reign of James VI., on the occasions when MacLeod led his clan -in battle, and that about that time Donald composed "The Lament to -the Earl of Antrim." Among the compositions attributed to him are -"The Macdonald Salute," "Welcome to Rory Mór," and "The Salute of -the Earl of Ross." Mr. Ross, whose knowledge of pibroch entitles him -to speak with authority, states that close analysis of Donald Mór's -compositions reveals the fact that he frequently used the lower notes -of the chanter, and that there is internal evidence that he possessed -great skill in changing from the low to the high notes. - - -PATRICK MÓR MACCRIMMON - -It is generally agreed that Patrick succeeded Donald as hereditary -piper to the MacLeods of Dunvegan. He is generally admitted to have -been the most distinguished member of his race. His life was spent in -the service of Sir Rory Mór MacLeod, who succeeded to the chiefship -in 1596, and who died as stated in 1626. Under the protection of this -powerful chief the practice of Piobaireachd received an impetus -which is bearing fruit to-day. The Scottish Privy Council, at a -comparatively early date, struck a severe blow at what was regarded -as the despotic power of the chiefs by limiting the number of the -retinue each chief was entitled to gather round him. An important -member of that retinue was the person who held the office of -hereditary piper. In addition to the honour such an office carried, -there were certain material advantages _e.g._, the freeholding of -land and the right to certain dues and liberties which were not -lightly esteemed. As indicating the dignified nature of the office, -it may be mentioned that, included in the chief's retinue, was the -piper's man, whose duty it was to act as servant to the piper and to -carry his instrument for him when not in use. - -To Patrick Mór MacCrimmon is assigned the honour of having composed -the largest number of pipe tunes. In the plaintive lament "Cumha -na Cloinne" (Lament to the Children) he gives expression to his -deep grief caused by the visitation of one of the most poignant -afflictions known to man--the deaths of his children. According to -Dr. MacLeod he was the father of eight stalwart sons. Proudly one -Sabbath morning he and they marched to the church in their native -glen. Before the close of that year he mourned the loss of all his -sons who died in an epidemic of fever. Two other well-known laments, -the composition of which is assigned to him, are, "The Lament to the -only Son" and "The Lament to John Garbh MacGhille Chalum of Raasay," -who was drowned in 1646 while crossing the Minch. - -In 1651 Patrick Mór MacCrimmon was in all probability an old man, -but not too old to accompany the clan in support of Charles II. At -this time MacLeod of MacLeod was a minor, and the command of the clan -devolved upon his uncles, Norman MacLeod of Bernera and Roderick -MacLeod of Talisker. According to Angus Mackay's account, both these -men were knighted by Charles II. before the battle of Worcester in -1651 and on that occasion, Patrick Mór having had the honour of -playing before the King, and his performance having greatly pleased -His Majesty, Patrick received the further honour of being allowed -to kiss the King's hand. Mackay states that the well-known port, -"Fhuaireas pog o spog an Righ," was composed by MacCrimmon in honour -of the distinction then conferred upon him. Various accounts of -this outstanding MacCrimmon honour have been published, no two of -which entirely agree. Dr. William Mackay of Inverness has frequently -rendered signal service in the department of Highland history, and -I am indebted to his labours and scholarly research for what I -regard as a complete elucidation of the circumstances surrounding -the composition of this tune. Dr. Mackay edited _The Chronicles of -the Frasers_, an old MS. of events embracing the period 1616-1674. -There are many MS. histories bearing upon Highland matters, some -of which have been fabricated, but no suggestion of falsification -besmirches the reputation of this MS., which has been published under -the auspices of The Scottish History Publication Society. Referring -to the year 1651, the date of the battle of Worcester, the MS. states -that at Stirling, in the month of May, "there was great competition -betwixt the trumpets in the army; one Axell, the Earle of Hoome's -trumpeter, carried it by the King's own decision. The next was anent -the pipers; but the Earle of Sutherland's domestick carried it of -all the camp, for non contended with him. All the pipers in the army -gave John Macgurmen (MacCrimmon) the van, and acknowledged him for -their patron in chief. It was pretty in a morning (the King) in parad -viewing the regiments and bragads. He saw no less than eighty pipers -in a crould, bare-headed, and John Macgurmen in the middle covered. -He asked what society that was? It was told his Majesty--'Sir, yow -are our King, and yonder old man in the middle is the Prince of -Pipers.' He cald him by name and comeing to the king, kneeling, -His Majesty reacht him his hand to kiss; and instantly played an -extemporanean port, 'Fuoris Pooge i spoge i Rhi'--I got a kiss of the -King's hand--of which he and they were all vain." The writer of the -manuscript has made an attempt to render the Gaelic phonetically, and -Mr. Mackay in a footnote gives the correct Gaelic spelling "Fhuaireas -pog o spog an Righ." - - -DONALD BAN MACCRIMMON - -MacLeod of Dunvegan, when Prince Charles Edward made his romantic if -impossible attempt to seize the crown of his forefathers, declined to -lend his services to the Prince, and consequently incurred the deep -displeasure of many of his clansmen. Had he remained simply neutral, -the resentment which his refusal to follow the Prince aroused would -have been less bitter, but he openly supported the reigning house. -Opinions differ as to which of two men, Malcolm MacCrimmon and -Donald Ban MacCrimmon, held the office of hereditary piper, but -most authorities agree that Donald Ban performed the duties of the -office when MacLeod led out his men against the Prince. Many of the -MacLeod men refused to follow their chief, and preferred to follow -the standard of the Prince, under the leadership of the heads of -cadet families sprung from the Dunvegan line. MacLeod's position was -a difficult one. Had the Prince landed in Moidart with sufficient -money, equipment and arms, MacLeod would probably have given him all -the support within his power. It is persistently stated that his was -one of the signatures to the document inviting the Prince to raise -his standard in Scotland. In these circumstances it was necessary -for MacLeod, by some overt act, to give practical evidence to the -Government of his non-adherence to the Stuart cause. He was in close -correspondence with, and being actively advised by, President Forbes, -who realised the importance of securing the services of MacLeod, -thereby lessening the likelihood of the Macdonalds of Skye joining -the Prince's forces. MacLeod gathered around him a substantial body -of men who held the lands in the vicinity of the castle, and led them -from the castle to the shore, where boats waited to convey them to -the mainland, and thence to the east of Scotland. - -[Illustration: THE PIBROCH - -_From the Painting by Lockhart Bogle_] - -We are constantly reminded of the romance of the Forty-Five. We too -often forget the dark tragedies of those days. The spectre of looming -disaster entered the home of the MacCrimmons. Donald Ban MacCrimmon -had heard the note of the Banshee presaging a journey from which for -him there would be no returning. He was told to inspirit the men by -the rousing strains of "MacLeod's March," but true to his hereditary -instincts he could only play a port in harmony with the mood of -the moment. In place of the "March" his pipes attuned themselves to -that most touching of all laments, "Cumha Mhic Cruimein." The pages -of the _Brahan Seer_ do not contain any instance of second sight -more circumstantially fulfilled than that concerning Donald Ban -MacCrimmon. Contemporary history supplies us with the information. -The scene is changed from Dunvegan Castle to Moy Hall, the residence -of The Mackintosh, a few miles east of Inverness. In the absence -of her husband, the wife of The Mackintosh, better known as "Lady -Anne," kept a watchful eye, in the interests of the Prince, on the -movements of his enemies. The Prince had accepted the hospitality of -Moy Hall for the night. News reached "Lady Anne" that a body of men, -under Lord Loudon, including MacLeod and his men, were to attempt -to capture the Prince under the cover of night. "Donald Fraser, -a blacksmith, and other four with loaded muskets in their hands -were keeping watch upon a muir out some distance from Moy towards -Inverness. As they were walking up and down they happened to spy a -body of men marching towards them, upon which the blacksmith fired -his piece and the other four followed his example. The laird of -MacLeod's piper (reputed the best at his business in all Scotland) -was shot dead on the spot. Then the blacksmith (Fraser) and his -trusty companions raised a cry (calling some particular regiments by -their names) to the Prince's army to advance, as if they had been at -hand, which so far imposed upon Lord Loudon and his command (a pretty -considerable one) and struck them with such a panic, that instantly -they beat a retreat and made their way back to Inverness in great -disorder, imagining the Prince's whole army to be at their heels." - -Tradition states that Donald Ban's body was buried not far from the -spot where he received his fatal wound, and I am informed that a -large stone on the moor marks the place of interment. - - -THE HOMELAND OF THE MACCRIMMONS - -Pipers throughout the world will probably welcome a short description -of that part of Skye which will for all time be associated with the -MacCrimmon family. We may safely assume that the lands of Galtrigal -and Boreraig have undergone little physical change during the last -300 years. Standing on a lofty plateau, the MacCrimmon practice -ground, we find ourselves in the centre of a district possessing -great natural charm and an unparalled sea view. Dunvegan's ancient -towers are a prominent landmark reminiscent of bloody feuds, when -Macdonald and MacLeod, though connected by marriage, were continually -at one anothers throats. Johnson, Boswell, Pennant and Sir Walter -Scott all testify to the hospitality they received within its walls. -Dun Boreraig, to the east, one of many interesting brochs on the -island--silent witnesses to the strength and ingenuity of a past -race--still keeps its sentinel watch. To the west stand out in strong -relief the rocky cliffs of Dunvegan Head, and in the south are the -marvellous Coolins with their ever-changing aspects. At the time -when Angus Mackay's publication appeared in 1838, the ruins of the -"college" remained _in situ_, disclosing thick walls, massive cabers -or rafters, and other characteristics of old Highland habitations. -Mackay says that the building was divided into two parts, one forming -the class-room and the other the sleeping apartments. - -It was the practice of the MacCrimmons to enter into formal -indentures of apprenticeship with their pupils, one of which has been -published in the Inverness Gaelic Society's Transactions. So many -years of study were prescribed, regular lessons were given out, and -certain periods for receiving the instructions of the master were -fixed. The Rev. Archibald Clerk, son-in-law of Dr. Norman MacLeod -(Caraid nan Gaidheal), writing in 1845 states, that the whole tuition -"was carried on systematically as in any of our modern academies; -and the names of some of the caves and knolls in the vicinity still -point out the spots where the scholars used to practice respectively -the Piob Mhor or large bagpipe, before exhibiting in presence of the -master. MacLeod endowed this school by granting the farm of Borreraig -to it, and it is no longer than seventy years since the endowment -was withdrawn. The farm had originally been given only during the -pleasure of the proprietor. For many ages the grant was undisturbed, -but when the value of land had risen to six or seven times what it -was when the school was founded, MacLeod very reasonably proposed to -resume one half of the farm, offering at the same time to MacCrimmon -a free lease of the other half _in perpetuam_: but MacCrimmon, -indignant that his emoluments should be curtailed, resigned the whole -farm and broke up his establishment, which has never been restored." - -Any description of the home of the MacCrimmons would be incomplete -without referring to Clach MacCrimmon, a stone which is almost as -well-known as the MacCrimmons themselves. Although the account of -this matter savours of exaggeration, there can be little doubt that -the incident is believed in firmly by the people of the district. The -incident as narrated to me was as follows: One of the MacCrimmons -was in the habit of tethering his horse, in accordance with the -custom of the country, by a rope attached to a cipean driven into the -ground. Some maliciously disposed persons removed the cipean from -its place on more than one occasion, thus causing MacCrimmon's horse -to roam and to do damage to the surrounding crops. In exasperation, -MacCrimmon vowed that he would so fix the cipean that no mortal man -would ever remove it again. He thereupon looked about for a stone -sufficiently large to suit his purpose, and, observing one about -200 yards distant, he immediately proceeded, unaided, to lift it, -carried it that distance and placed it upon the top of the cipean. -The spot from which MacCrimmon removed the stone, and the spot upon -which he placed it, were both pointed out to me. The stone is about -3 feet long by 2½ feet broad, and 2 feet high. I endeavoured to -lift the stone an inch or two from the ground and failed to do so. To -satisfy certain south-country sceptics, not very long ago, several -men, including Murdoch MacLeod (who accompanied me upon the occasion -to which I have been referring), succeeded in removing the stone -from the bed in which it had lain so long, and by using a wall as a -lever, rolled it down a gradient of several yards to the spot where -it at present lies. A most remarkable sequel followed. It was stated -to me, in all seriousness, that underneath the stone when it was -removed, was found an ancient rusty cipean much worn away. Murdoch -Macleod stated to me that he not only saw it, but handled it. - - -MACCRIMMON PUPILS - -If the genius of a master can be measured by the success of his -pupils, then, apart from other considerations, the MacCrimmons of -Boreraig must truly be regarded as kings among pipers. The fame of -their college, long recognised throughout the Isles, spread to the -mainland, and pupils from all parts of Scotland eagerly travelled -long distances to avail themselves of the tuition the college -afforded. No piper's education was regarded as complete until he -had passed through the hands of the masters at Boreraig. Rival -chiefs buried for a time their jealousies, and sent their pipers to -the college on MacLeod's lands. The method usually adopted was to -apprentice the young pipers to the MacCrimmons for a period of years, -and, in the case of those men who had already otherwise been trained, -to send them to Skye for a short period. In a series of articles -upon the History of the Parish of Kiltarlity, written by the Rev. -Archibald Macdonald, I find the following: "There is an indenture -drawn up at Beaufort on 9th March, 1743, in which William Fraser, -tacksman, Beauly, is described as his Lordship's (Simon Fraser, Lord -Lovat) musician. The brother of this William--David Fraser--had been -educated by David Macgregor, his Lordship's piper. His Lordship, -however, was now to send David to the Isle of Skye to have him -perfected as a Highland piper by the famous Malcolm MacCrimmon, whom -his Lordship was to reward for educating the said David for a year." - -It in no sense belittles the importance of the MacArthurs, who, as a -family of pipers, were second only in excellence to the MacCrimmons -of Boreraig, to state that the musical education of a member of -this family, Charles, was perfected by Patrick Og MacCrimmon. The -MacArthurs were hereditary pipers to the MacDonalds of the Isles -and, like the MacCrimmons, had a school for instruction in pipe -music. Pennant, who visited the Hebrides in 1774, was hospitably -entertained in this building and listened to the playing of many -pibrochs. He describes the building as consisting of four apartments, -one of which formed the hall set apart for students. Of Charles -MacArthur the following interesting incident is told. Sir Alexander -Macdonald, being at Dunvegan on a visit to the laird of MacLeod, -heard the performance of Patrick Og MacCrimmon with great delight, -and desirous if possible to have a piper of equal merit, he said to -MacCrimmon one day that there was a young man whom he was anxious to -place under his tuition, on condition that he should not be allowed -to return until such time as he could play equal to his master. "When -this is the case," said MacDonald, "you will bring him home and I -will give you ample satisfaction for your trouble." "Sir Alexander," -said Patrick, "if you will be pleased to send him to me I will do -all that I am able to do for him." Charles was accordingly sent -to Boreraig where he remained for eleven years, when MacCrimmon, -considering him as perfect as he could be made, proceeded to Mugstad -to deliver his charge to Sir Alexander, who was then residing there, -and, where Iain Dall Mackay, Gairloch's blind piper, happened also to -be. Macdonald hearing of their arrival, thought it a good opportunity -to determine the merit of his own piper by the judgment of the blind -man, whose knowledge of pipe music was unexceptionable. He therefore -enjoined Patrick Og and MacArthur not to speak a word to betray who -they were, and, addressing Mackay, he told him he had a young man -learning the pipes for some years and was glad that he was present -to say whether he thought him worth the money which his instruction -had cost. Mackay said if he heard him play he would give his opinion -freely, and he requested to be informed previously with whom the -piper had been studying. Sir Alexander told him he had been with -Patrick Og MacCrimmon. Then Mackay exclaimed, "He could never have -been with a better master!" The young man was ordered to play, and -when he was finished Sir Alexander asked the other for his opinion. -"I think a great deal of him," replied Iain. "He is a good piper; he -gives the notes correctly, and if he takes care he will excel in his -profession." Sir Alexander was pleased with so flattering an opinion, -and observed that he had been at the trouble of sending two persons -to the college that he might retain the best, and that now the -second man would play, so that an opinion on his merits might also -be given. Mackay observed that he must be a very excellent performer -to surpass the first, or even to compare with him. When Patrick Og -(who acted as the second pupil) had finished playing, Sir Alexander -asked the umpire what he thought of his performance. "Indeed, Sir, no -one need try me in that manner," returned the blind man. "Although I -have lost the eyes of my human body, I have not lost the eyes of my -understanding; and if all the pipers in Scotland were present I would -not find it a difficult task to distinguish the last player from -them all." "You surprise me, Mackay, who is he?" "Who but Patrick Og -MacCrimmon," promptly rejoined Mackay, and, turning to where Patrick -was sitting, he observed, "It was quite needless, my good sir, to -think you would deceive me in that way, for you could not but know -that I should have recognised your performance among a thousand." Sir -Alexander then asked Mackay himself to play, and afterwards he called -for a bottle of whisky, drank to their healths, and remarked that -he had that night under his roof the three best pipers in Britain. -So much admired was Charles MacArthur for his musical taste, that a -gentleman in MacLeod's country prevailed on Malcolm MacCrimmon to -send his son Donald for six months to reside with MacArthur, not with -the idea of adding to his musical knowledge, but in order that he -might be improved by studying MacArthur's particular graces. - -About the same time one of the MacCrimmons, better known as Padruig -Caogach (obviously not the Patrick Caogach No. 3 on Mr. Ross' list, -if Mr. Ross' order is correct), because of his habit of frequently -winking, was endeavouring to compose a tune. Two years had passed -since the first two measures of it had become known, and still -the tune remained half finished. Poor Patrick utterly failed in -his frequent attempts to finish what he had begun so well. Mackay -succeeded where Patrick failed, finished the tune and called it -"Lasan Phadruig Chaogaich."[26] Annoyed because of Mackay's success, -or perhaps because of the perpetuation of his physical weakness, -Patrick bribed the other apprentices to hurl the blind Iain from a -height of twenty-four feet. Iain, however, landed on his feet without -injury. The place in question was thereafter known as "Leum an -Doill."[27] It is said that the completion by Iain Dall of Patrick's -unfinished tune resulted in great praise being bestowed upon the -former, and gave rise to the saying, "Chaidh an fhoghluim osceann -Mhic Cruimein," _i.e._, "the apprentice outstrips the master." - - -MACCRIMMON LEGENDS - -The legends associated with the MacCrimmons are numerous and -interesting, but I can only refer to one or two of them. The "Cave" -legend is well-known, and I make no further reference to it except to -say that variations of it are to be met with wherever piping has been -practised. - -Neil Munro, whose stories of the Hebrides are redolent of peat reek -and quaint Gaelic idioms, has used the following Breadalbane legend -to excellent purpose in his story of the Red Hand: Ross, an old -Breadalbane piper, in a fit of jealous rage, forced the right hand of -his brother into the fire until it became a charred lump, to prevent -him becoming a better piper than himself. Somewhat akin to this old -tale is one concerning the MacCrimmons. Although proud of the state -of perfection to which they had brought the art of piping, and while -encouraging the dissemination of their art by returning young men to -their homes from the college at Boreraig trained to a high degree of -efficiency, they nevertheless retained among the members of their -own family certain movements known only to themselves. They were -rightly proud of the position they occupied, and were jealous lest -they lost it, even though the honour were to descend upon a pupil of -their own training. The story goes that a girl, friendly with the -MacCrimmons, acquired the knowledge of how a certain hitherto secret -combination of notes was accomplished and imparted the information -to her sweetheart, who was not of the MacCrimmon family. Upon this -fact reaching the ears of her family the drastic step was adopted of -instantly cutting off her fingers so as to prevent possible leakage -of information in the future. - -In the beautiful Gaelic song, said to have been composed by Donald -Ban MacCrimmon's sweetheart at Dunvegan, one of the lines refers to -the wailing of the fairies when they heard that their friend was -leaving to return no more. These little people play no small part -in Highland legends generally, and we are therefore not surprised -to learn of the existence of the following MacCrimmon fairy legend. -On one occasion, when Dunvegan's chief was entertaining within his -hospitable walls a goodly company, including many representatives of -the leading clans, accompanied by their pipers, it was agreed that -the pipers should compete for the post of honour. MacLeod, as a good -host, naturally left his piper to come last. The competition went on, -piper succeeding piper, until there remained two, including MacLeod's -piper, MacCrimmon, to compete. MacLeod glanced in the direction -where he expected to see MacCrimmon preparing to acquit himself -bravely, but to his annoyance there was no sign of him. Calling a -boy, a young MacCrimmon, to him, he bade him search for and bring -back MacCrimmon. In a short time the boy returned with the tidings -that MacCrimmon was hopelessly drunk. The chief was plunged into the -depths of despair with the certainty staring him in the face of being -disgraced in front of his guests in his own castle. Seizing the boy -by the hand, he whispered in his ear as the eleventh piper stepped -forward, "You are the twelfth piper from your chief." Realizing the -impossibility of the task imposed upon him the poor lad fled from -the hall and threw himself down upon the hillside bitterly bewailing -the helplessness of his condition. Suddenly there arose out of an -adjacent hillock a beautiful little fairy, who, doubtless realizing -the importance of time, handed to the lad a silver chanter and bade -him play upon it. He did so, and through the silent glen there -floated music the like of which had never before been heard by human -ears. With a radiant countenance the lad immediately returned to the -hall and, as he entered, the last notes of the eleventh piper were -dying away. Proudly the little fellow lifted his master's pipes, and -to the surprise and merriment of the great gathering, took the place -just vacated by the previous piper. The virtues of the silver chanter -stood him in good stead and the looks of amusement quickly turned -into admiration, as there came from the pipes the notes of a master -player. - -In my own youthful days I heard the following MacCrimmon story. On -the occasion of a great competition among the pipers held at Dunvegan -Castle, the leading MacCrimmon of the day and his nephew, to whom -MacCrimmon had imparted his whole store of knowledge, save one -particular tune, resolved to compete. The old master had specially -refrained from communicating this particular composition to his -pupil in order that, while priding himself upon the accomplishments -of his own pupil, he might yet retain one item, the knowledge and -playing of which would secure for him the coveted honour at the -coming competition. On the night before the great event master and -pupil slept together at a certain inn. Believing his companion to -be sleeping, the old man conned over to himself the air by which he -hoped to distinguish himself on the morrow. The arm of the apparently -sleeping lad was lying stretched across the bed, and the old piper's -hands, mechanically searching for something upon which to "finger" -the tune, seized upon his pupil's arm. Time and again the old man -practised the notes, at the same time quietly humming the notes, -ignorant of the fact that his pupil, though feigning sleep, was very -wide awake, and gradually becoming the possessor of the coveted port. -On the morrow the pupil entered the lists before his master, and to -the mortification of the latter, carried off the leading honour by -reason of his manner of playing the tune of which MacCrimmon believed -himself at that time to be the sole possessor. - - * * * * * - -Once again, I find myself in "Eilean a' cheó." Six weeks of almost -constant rain, disappointing to others who are not accustomed to the -vagaries of the weather, have not chilled the affectionate ardour -which contact with the island and its people invariably inspires in -me. The mists have ever hung heavy on the hills in times of deep, -heart-breaking sorrow, and the present tempestuous weather is but in -keeping with the sad aftermath of War. - -To-day, there came from a distant part of the Island one who served -his country well in the late war and who was sorely wounded in that -service. To the home of Pibroch he brought his pipes, and in the -seclusion of the Pipers Cave in Galtrigal he played two well-known -MacCrimmon ports; "Cumha Ruari Mhor," and "Tog orm mo phiob." An -ardent student of MacCrimmon Pibroch, and a cultured exponent of -their art, he came to do honour at their shrine. It was fitting that -one of those who heard the haunting notes as they welled forth across -the loch was Sir Rory's lineal descendant Macleod of Macleod. - -There are many pipers who look hopefully for the day when the memory -of the MacCrimmons and of their immortal genius shall be enshrined -in a College of Piping, where pupils from far and near may receive -instruction in all that is noblest and best in the art of bag-pipe -playing. - - - - -A GOSSIP ABOUT THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS - -BY J. M. BULLOCH - - -If the Great War has reversed some preconceptions and ruthlessly -rationalised many traditions, it has confirmed, and actually -enhanced, the fine fighting reputation of the ten Regiments of the -Line--half of them kilted--which Scotland contributes to the British -Army. We now know of a certainty that this reputation is well founded -as we did not know it before. True, there has long been a legend to -that effect, but of recent years there has been a disposition to -question its validity. Scotland, or rather the articulate part of it, -has borrowed the deadly doctrine of self-depreciation, from which the -dominant partner has suffered severely, and the suggestion has not -been wanting that the praise of Scots troops, which received such -an impetus from the enthusiastic pen of the author of _The Romance -of War_, was somewhat overdone. We were reminded that our Army had -not had to face troops on the Continent of Europe since the days of -the Crimea; one Scots Regiment had not done so since 1799, while the -Gordons had nothing to show for it since Waterloo. - -If that was true of the old "Contemptibles" generally, it was still -truer of the auxiliary forces, which had seen no fighting at all, -except in South Africa; but to-day all of them have stood the acid -test of the greatest war in history. The old "Contemptibles" were -never finer, and we have lived to see one of the best Divisions in -the Army composed entirely of kilted Territorials. Indeed, a cloud -of witnesses has arisen to prove that all the 126 Battalions, into -which the 69 composing the Scots Regiments expanded themselves -for the purposes of war, have rendered magnificent service. If we -relied merely on the word of the Commander-in-Chief we might suspect -bias, for Earl Haig and more than one of his Generals are Scots -by birth; but we have the appreciation of the special newspaper -war-correspondents, and not one of them hailed from north of the -Border. - -We have, moreover, the testimony of the enemy, who very quickly -recognised the valour and skill of all the Scots Regiments, -particularly those of the 51st Division. Indeed, the Scots soldier, -although he represented only eleven per cent. of the British Army -against eighty-one per cent. of England itself, took hold of the -imagination of the Germans to such an extent that their caricaturists -turned John Bull into a Highlander, converting his traditional tall -hat into a diced "cockit" bonnet, his white riding breeches into a -kilt or tartan trews, and his top-boots into gaiters. The pages of -_Simplicissmus_, _Kladderadatsch_, and _Jugend_, to name only a few, -have throughout the war pictured a long procession of the "wife-men" -as representing the British Army, at first in a spirit of incredulous -burlesque, and latterly with something of the wholesome fear, which -was popularly supposed to have overtaken George the Second when -he started in his sleep in terror as he dreamed that the "Great -Glenbogged" (Glenbucket) was swooping down upon him. - -It was to the advent of the father of that monarch that we owe the -raising of the kilted Scots--nearly all the trewsed Regiments arose -in the previous century--though the connection was indirect, not -to say inverted, and was touched with an irony (especially in the -light of the greatest of wars), which has been largely lost on a -certain type of popularly accepted English history. According to this -reasoning, the Highlanders, on seeing the country in danger owing to -the expansion adventures of the dominant partner at the expense of -France, flocked to the colours at the call of the English Government, -and thus not only helped to save the Empire, but gratified their -own passion for arms, which had been severely suppressed after the -Forty-Five. - -The facts, however, are very different from this facile theory. To -begin with, if the country as a whole had little consciousness of -expansion, as Seeley argued, the Highlander had infinitely less, for -one of the main troubles of dealing with him, even in our own day, -has been his homing instinct, his intense love of his native soil, -no matter how poor it may be. In the second place, the ambitions of -the House of Hanover touched no responsive chord in the Highlander's -heart, for the Clans had felt the full scourge of Teutonism in the -ruthless work of Cumberland at Culloden. - -Again, if France was the hereditary arch-enemy of the dominant -partner, Scotland in general and the Highlands in particular, had no -such quarrel with her. On the contrary, France and Scotland, linked -together by racial, psychological, and historical similarities and -identities of interest, had long been the best of friends, and it -must have puzzled the average Highlander why he should be asked to -fight against her. So strong is this community of spirit that it -might very well be argued that the Highland Regiments have never -fought better in their long history than they have done in the Great -War, because they were fighting for France, as well as for their -native country. - -No doubt the Union had placed Scotland in the same category as -England so far as France was concerned, but the kilted regiments -arose, not so much out of a political necessity as from a revival of -the spirit which had made the Scot in the sixteenth and seventeenth -centuries a soldier of fortune wherever he was wanted, fighting now -for Rome, and now in the ranks of Gustavus Adolphus against her; -fighting to a large extent without passion, but as an artist in -arms; and it was this absence of bias as much as anything else that -made these venturers clean fighters, and raised their reputation as -masters of their art wherever they took service. - -From first to last the spirit which animated the soldier of -fortune--out to gratify his instinct for adventure, his desire to -make a living, and his passion for individuality--has always inspired -the Highland regiments to a remarkable extent. It is true that the -war with France involved the most momentous issues for the State, but -the methods adopted for warding off the danger were far more personal -and local than national. It might be argued that the real cause -of the war with France was due to the imperialistic ambitions of -individual adventurers, and therefore raised little national animus, -but precisely the same methods of meeting a crisis coloured the early -stages of Armageddon, when every one felt involved, the influence of -one man, Lord Kitchener, being far more potent in rousing resistance -than any abstract doctrine of State necessity. - -The raising of troops to fight France was at no time the complete -State undertaking that conscription has involved in our own day. At -first the duty was taken up by individual landowners, who raised in -turn Regiments of the Line and Fencible Corps; and when their pockets -were exhausted, the task was assigned to local authorities like the -Lords Lieutenant, who were commissioned to raise in turn Militia, -Volunteers (1794-1808), and the very curious force known as Local -Militia (1808-1816). - -Scotland afforded a splendid ground for the exercise of personal -influence because, although the Clan system with its chieftainship -had broken down, the influence of the great landowners was still -powerful enough to attract attention, although the devotion of -the people had to be reinforced by bounties on a scale unknown in -our day, and by all sorts of practical recognition, such as the -adjustment of rents and the enlargement of holdings; for, although -the armies thus raised had strong affinities with the levies -organised under the feudal system, the Clan system was infinitely -more democratic, and gave scope for greater individuality. This is so -true that it often happened that the men raised in one glen declined -to march to the rendezvous with the men of another glen who happened -to be their hereditary enemies, and trouble arose over the demands -of particular groups to be led by their local officers, some of them -even believing that they should go forth to battle by Clans, as in -the old days. - -Of all the personal potentates interested in recruiting in Scotland, -none was more powerful than the fourth Duke of Gordon who, although -long in possession of vast tracts of Highland territory, was in no -sense a Highlander, his family having migrated from Berwickshire -to the north, and the trouble which existed for centuries between -him and his Highland tenants, like the Macphersons, was due to the -inability of his ancestors, or their representatives, to understand -the true nature of the Celt. More motives than one urged His Grace -forward as recruiter. In the first place, his immediate ancestors had -played a very dubious part in the Jacobite risings, and the fourth -Duke was anxious to remove the last doubts as to the loyalty of his -house. Later on he married an extremely clever and ambitious woman, -the famous Jane Maxwell, who had a great desire to play a big part in -the State, and do something for her sons. - -Whatever the motives, the recruiting achievements of His Grace -were splendid, for from first to last he raised no fewer than four -complete regiments, besides contributing two companies to corps -raised by others, and he also played a very active part as Lord -Lieutenant of his county. The forces organised by the Duke were as -follows: - - 1759-65 89th Regiment. - 1775-83 Company for the Fraser Highlanders. - 1778-83 Northern Fencibles. - 1790-1 Company for the Black Watch. - 1793-9 Northern Fencibles. - 1794 Gordon Highlanders. - -The sole remnant of this mighty effort, which must have cost the -Duke a fortune, is the regiment of Gordon Highlanders, which we have -seen blossom out into eleven battalions, to say nothing of certain -reserves; and although the regiment has not continued to be recruited -on the ducal estates, its connection with the House of Gordon has -all along been maintained, and has actually been strengthened in -recent times. That connection of course has always been symbolised -by the wearing of the clan tartan, but the links with the north were -strengthened by the rearrangement of 1872, when infantry regiments -were allotted to definite Territorial areas for the purpose of -recruiting. About the same time the Gordon family motto, "Bydand," -and the familiar crest were placed upon the bonnet in lieu of the -hard-won Sphinx. - -What is of much more importance is the fact that the genius of the -family, admirably described in the alliterative phrase the "Gay -Gordons," which inspired the original regiment, has passed into all -its subsequent accretions, so that the 75th Regiment added to it -in 1881, although actually of earlier origin, has been completely -absorbed. The same can be said of the old Aberdeenshire Militia, -which became the 3rd Battalion, and also of the various Volunteer -Corps which were gradually absorbed, while the Service Battalions -raised by Lord Kitchener displayed exactly the same spirit as the -cradle corps. This continuity and identity of tradition are also -emphasised, not only in the Gordons, but in all the Scots regiments, -and especially in the kilted units, by the fact that they alone -maintained during the War at least, part of their Peace equipment -in the shape of the kilt--even if it was camouflaged with khaki -aprons--and the trewsed regiments had their glengarries replaced by -Kilmarnock and other braid bonnets. - -Who can doubt that such a continuity of outward traditions is but the -symbol of a spiritual identity which links up the Scots regiments of -the present day with the Corps who did such splendid work of old from -Fontenoy to Waterloo, from the Crimea to South Africa. True, when you -come to define it, it is difficult to say what it precisely consists -in. Nearly every Regiment of the Line has its own peculiarities, -but the Scots regiments have them in even greater abundance, for -with them they are reinforced by marked racial characteristics. -It is perfectly true that the Highland regiments are no longer -confined to Highlanders, or even to Scotsmen, although the idea -industriously propagated some years ago that they were originally -composed largely of Irishmen, is a fallacy, completely disproved by -War Office Records. Even if it were otherwise, the fact remains that -the _esprit de corps_ which all these idiosyncracies help to form has -a remarkably proselytising influence, very subtle and difficult to -define, but very potent in actual practice. - -The early history of the Gordons is full of curious little incidents -which sometimes run counter to popular notions. For example, it used -to be commonly supposed, especially in support of the now exploded -theory that we have become "degenerate," that the first recruits of -the Highland regiments were gigantic men. This is far from being the -case. From the Description Book of the Gordons, one of the very few -regiments which possess such data in an early form, it is proved that -the average height of 914 men composing the greater part (940) of the -original regiment, was only 5' 5½", only six of them being 6' or -upwards--the tallest, a Morayshire man, scaling 6' 4". Similar facts -can be cited about the heights of other groups of men at the same -period. - -There were only 16 men actually named Gordon, against 39 Macdonalds, -35 Macphersons, and 34 Camerons. As to the occupations of the men, it -is interesting to note that 442 were described as "labourers," and -as most of them came from the Highlands, they were presumably farm -servants. Of skilled artisans, 186 were weavers. Inverness-shire, -where the Duke had vast estates, supplied 240 men, Aberdeenshire 124, -Banffshire 82, Lanark 62, Ireland 51, England 9, and Wales 2. - -There was a solitary German in the regiment, a musician named C. -Augustus Sochling, hailing from Hesse Cassel. There was another -German in the regiment later on, also a musician, named Friederich -Zeigher (or Zugner) who fell at Quatre Bras. The appearance of these -Germans was in its way a sort of return for the fact that the House -of Gordon had given many good soldiers of its name to what we now -call Germany, although most of them really took post in Poland. -The descendants of at least four of these soldiers still exist in -Germany, and have risen to the dignity of a von, including the -founder of the von Gordon-Coldwells, of Laskowitz, in West Prussia, -the von Gordons of Frankfort, and the family of Dr. Adolf von Gordon, -the well-known Berlin lawyer, whose motto is "Byid Dand." Although at -the beginning of 1914 he told a Berlin newspaper that he knew nothing -more about it than that it was an "altschottischer Spruch," it is, of -course, nothing more or less than the historic word "Bydand." - -With regard to the pipe history of the regiment not very much is -known. I fancy this is due to the fact that so much that has to -do with the art of piping generally rests on oral and not written -tradition. In the second place it must be remembered that pipers -were not originally recognised by the State. They were purely a -regimental, and not an Army, institution, and had no separate rank as -the drummers had. Indeed, it was not till about 1853 that they got -the same rank and pay as drummers. Thus, in May 1805, a piper named -Alexander Cameron was taken on the strength of the Grenadiers as -drummer, probably to get him drummer's pay, to which, as a piper, he -was not entitled. - -The rivalry of the two is brought out in a story told in Carr's -_Caledonian Sketches_, of a dispute as to precedence between a piper -and a drummer of a Highland regiment. When the Captain decided in -favour of the latter, the piper expostulated with the remark, "Oh, -sir, shall a little rascal that beats a sheepskin take the right -hand of me that am a musician?" The differentiation of the two is -still reflected in the fact that a piper is always a piper, whereas a -"musician" returns to the ranks in time of war. - -The first direct mention of pipers in the Gordons occurs in a -regimental order of October 27, 1796, when the regiment was at -Gibraltar, and when it was ordained that pipers were to attend all -fatigue parties. An interesting sidelight on the use of the pipes -occurs in a regimental order of November 12, 1812, when the regiment -was at Alba de Tormes in Spain: - -"The pibroch will never sound except when it is for the whole -regiment to get under arms; when any portion of the regiment is -ordered for duty and a pipe to sound, the first pipe will be the -warning, and the second pipe for them to fall in. The pibroch only -will, and is to be considered, as invariably when sounded, for every -persons off duty to turn out without a moment's delay." - -A pathetic little story about this function of the pipers is told -by James Hope in his forgotten little book, _Letters from Portugal, -Spain and France_, printed in 1819: - -"At ten o'clock (on the evening of the day of Quatre Bras) the piper -of the 92nd took post under the garden hedge in front of the village, -and, tuning his bagpipes, attempted to collect the sad remains of -his regiment. Long and loud blew Cameron, and, although the hills -and vallies (_sic_) re-echoed the hoarse murmurs of his favourite -instrument, his utmost efforts could not produce more than half of -those whom his music had cheered in the morning on their march to the -field of battle." - -At the battle of St. Pierre in the Peninsular, December 13, 1813, two -out of the three pipers of the Gordons were killed while playing the -pibroch "Cogadh na sith" (with which they were to charm the ears of -the Czar of Russia in the great Review at Paris in July, 1815). As -one fell, another took up the tune, and it was suggested to Sir John -Sinclair, as President of the Highland Society, that this "should -be made known all over the Highlands." It may be noted that the -Colonel, the gallant, if martinet, Cameron of Fassiefern, who fell at -Quatre Bras, gave great encouragement to his pipers, especially as -regards the specially Highland airs and the high-class music (Ceol -Mor). Colonel Greenhill Gardyne attributes to this the fact that "all -pipers in the Gordons are still taught to play Piobaireachd," and -that the ancient and characteristically Highland class of pipe music -is still played every day under the windows of the officers quarters -before dinner. - -The Gordons have enjoyed the services of one particular family of -hereditary ear-pipers, the Stewarts. They came from Perthshire, -where one of them was a piper to the Duke of Atholl, while his -brother, known as "Piper Jamie," crossed the hills into the Parish of -Kirkmichael, Banffshire--the cradle of a remarkable military family, -the Gordons of Croughly--where seven sons were born to him. All of -these strapping fellows entered the Aberdeenshire Militia, now the -3rd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders, six of them becoming pipers. -The best known of these was the eldest, Donald (1849-1913), who -migrated to New Deer, Aberdeenshire, and was known all over Scotland -as a champion piper. The family has been supplying pipers to the -Gordons for more than half a century. - -No doubt modern battles are not won by deeds of individual daring -such as these pipers have achieved, but they are won in terms of the -spirit which makes such conduct possible, for it is just the little -things, the train of tradition, the idiosyncracies of uniform, and -the rest of it, which go to form that _esprit de corps_ which has -made the kilted regiments famous the world over. - - - - -TO THE LION RAMPANT - -By ALICE C. MACDONELL of Keppoch - - - Did ye hear the light feet marching, - Marching down the birchclad glen? - Did ye see the pipers' streamers, - Floating free behind the men? - Did ye hear the brave tunes ringing, - As they swung the drones on high? - Did ye watch the rythm of the kilt, - Did ye hear the war march die? - Behind the sharp bend of the road, - Beyond the wild Ben Nevis range: - The strains of Donald Dubh again, - Bore out the clans to battles strange. - But, it's O! our tears ran sorely, - As they left the Scottish shore; - For who'd come back, and who would see - Lochaber's wooded braes no more? - Only the Lord of Hosts could tell, - And the wae heart's own prophetic knell. - - Did ye see the brave lads smiling, - As they drew their bonnets' down, - With the shortened breath indrawn and tight, - The flashing eyes, the steadfast frown? - Did ye hear the whistling shot and shell, - That swept the kilted foremost ranks - Like the snow wind's call before its fall, - As clouds lie piled in fleecy banks? - Ah! no, t'was not the keen gust bite, - That reddens cheeks with healthful glow, - Nor the hissing as the shrapnel fell - The sound of melting driving snow. - Did ye hear the war pipes calling, - Like the mavis, in the van, - 'Mid the thunder of the battle storm, - To the valour of each Scottish man? - The blood call of the march they knew, - With bayonet charge was answered true. - - _O! Piper lads! O! Piper lads! - What magic woven spell - Amergin breathed within your reeds, - Is not for mortal voice to tell. - The wizard winds thro' reed and drone, - The soul draws on to follow after - To splendid heights of hero fame, - Or, spellbound, led to grim disaster. - Great Fingal heard beyond the hills - Your quivering grace notes heavenward soar; - Old Ossian followed in a dream - The "Broom of Peril"[28] Oscar bore. - Blow softly, then, O! Piobaireachd's wail, - Or loud and bold, to stir the heart; - No music stirs as yours can stir, - Wild glamour of the fairies Art._ - - Did ye hear the war pipes shrilling, - Out beyond the German lines, - Where the gallant soldiers pressing on, - Drove home their charge, despite the mines? - Did ye see yon brave lad casting - His broken pipes aside, - As he plunged among the German lines - To do his part what'er betide? - Did ye watch the tartans pouring down - From hill, and trench, and sweep - The cruel Teuton from the field, - Like herds of driven sheep? - Did ye hear the shot that echoed, - Till it reached a woodland lone? - Did ye see the mother's auld grey plaid, - Wrapped round her mourning head?--Ochone! - Did ye see the tears that dropped like rain, - For the lads we ne'er may see again? - - _O! Piper lads! O! Piper lads! - What magic woven spell - Amergin breathed within your reeds, - Is not for mortal voice to tell. - The wizard winds thro' reed and drone, - The soul draws on to follow after, - To splendid heights of hero fame, - Or, spellbound, led to grim disaster. - Great Fingal heard beyond the hills, - Your quivering grace notes heavenward soar; - Old Ossian followed in a dream - The "Broom of Peril" Oscar bore. - Blow softly, then, O! Piobaireachd's wail, - Or loud and bold, to stir the heart; - No music stirs as yours can stir, - Wild glamour of the fairies Art._ - - - True hearts, as ever ready, to guard their native land, - O! Scotland's sons are bonnie, and Scotland's sons are grand. - True hearts that never failed her yet, to-day as yester year, - O! Scotia rouse thine echoes, with one resounding cheer. - Let the Lion Rampant proudly raise his head on cloth of gold, - For the deeds of valour done to-day, in pages yet untold. - Gay Gordon lads, brave Seaforths, Black Watch and Camerons tell, - What steeled your dauntless hearts to face that living screen of hell! - The pipes of Loos, of Mons, of far and distant Dardanelles, - That spake in Gaelic tones to each who dared those deadly shells. - The old time slogan of the race, the spell that cannot fail, - "_À chlanna nan gaidheal! À chlanna nan, Gaidheal! - Guillain ri Guillain a chèile!_"[29] - - - - -THE MUSIC OF BATTLE - -By PHILIP GIBBS - - -Through all the days and the years in which I served as a -war-correspondent on the Western Front, it was seldom that I did -not hear, from near by or from afar, the music of the pipes. It was -a sound which belonged to the great orchestra of life in the war -zone, rising above the deep rumble of distant guns, travelling ahead -of marching columns up the long roads to Arras or Bapaume, wailing -across the shell craters of that desert which stretched for miles -over the battlefields of Flanders, and coming to one's ears like -elfin music through the dead woods above the Somme. Before every big -battle the skirl of the pipes went with the traffic of war and guns -surging forward to the fighting-lines. For in every big battle there -were Scottish troops and their pipers played them on to the fields of -honour, and played them out again when their ranks had been thinned -by heroic sacrifice. This music had an inspiring influence not only -on the Scottish troops themselves, whose spirits rose to the sound -of it when, after long marching, their feet were leaden on the hard -roads and their shoulders ached to the burden of their packs, but -also on English troops who were in their neighbourhood, and on their -way to the same battlegrounds. For though an Englishman cannot, as a -rule, distinguish one tune from another--does not indeed believe that -the pipes play any tune--there is something in the rhythm, in the -long drawn notes, in the soul singing out of those "wind-bags," so he -calls them, which in some queer magic way, stirs the blood of a man, -whoever he may be, and stiffens the slackening fibre of his heart, -and takes him out of the rut of his earth to some higher plane of -thought, and gives him courage. It is an Englishman who writes this, -but I am sure of it, for many times in dark days of war I have been -taken up by the sadness and the gladness of the pipes, borne by the -breeze across the fields of war. - -The 15th (Scottish) Division were special friends of mine, and I -remember, years ago now, how I saw them marching through Bethune on -their way to the battle of Loos, where they fought their first big -fight in September of '15. Through the Grand-Place of Bethune, not -yet wrecked by shell-fire, they came marching with their guns. Snow -was falling on the steel helmets of the men and clinging to the long -hair of their goat-skin coats. It was a grim scene, and away beyond -the city of Bethune there was the ceaseless thunder of bombardment -over the enemy lines. But above this noise, like a heavy sea breaking -against rocks, rose the music of the Scottish pipers playing their -men forward. One pipe band stood in the Square, and its waves of -stirring sound clashed against the gabled houses, and I remember how -all our English gunners, riding with their heads bent against the -storm, turned in their saddles to look at the pipers as they passed -and seemed warmed a little by the spirit of that Scottish march. - -The 15th Division went into battle with their pipers, while the -Londoners of the 47th had to be content with mouth-organs and sing -"Who's your lady friend?" on the way to Loos through storms of -shell-fire. The 10th Gordons were the first into the village of Loos, -and some of them went away to the Cité St. Auguste--and never came -back. It was an unlucky battle and cost us dearly, but it proved the -immense valour of our men, who were wonderful. The pipers played -under fire and some of them were badly wounded, but there were enough -left to play again when the Scots were relieved and came out, all -muddy and bloody, with bandaged heads and arms, to small villages -like Mazingarbe and Heuchin, where I saw Sir John French, then -Commander-in-Chief, riding about on a white horse, and bending over -his saddle to speak to small groups of Jocks, thanking them for their -gallant deeds. - -In the early battles of the Somme there were many Scottish battalions -of the 3rd and 9th and 15th Divisions, fighting up by Longueval -and Bazentin and Delville Wood, where they suffered heavy losses -under the frightful fire of German guns. The South African Scottish -were but a thin heroic remnant when they staggered out of the -infernal fire of "Devil's Wood," and the men of the 15th Division -who captured Longueval left many of their comrades behind. That was -one of the finest exploits of the war, and they were led forward by -their pipers, who went with them into the thick of the battle. It -was to the tune of "The Campbells are Coming" that the Argyll and -Sutherlands went forward, and that music which I had once heard up -the slopes of Stirling Castle when the King was there, was heard -now with terror by the German soldiers. The pipers screamed out -the Charge, the most awful music to be heard by men who have the -Highlanders against them, and with fixed bayonets and hand grenades -they stormed the German trenches, where there were many machine-gun -emplacements, and dug-outs so strong that no shell could smash them. -There was long and bloody fighting, and in Longueval village, across -which the Highlanders dug a trench, the enemy put down a barrage, -yard by yard, so that it was churned up by heavy shells. On that day -of July 20, 1916, I met the Scots marching out of that place. They -came across broken fields where old wire lay tangled and old trenches -cut up the ground, and there was the roar of gun-fire about us. Some -of our batteries were firing with terrific shocks of sound which made -mule teams plunge and tremble, and struck sharply across the thunder -of masses of guns firing along the whole line of battle. At the time -there was a thick summer haze about, and on the ridges were the black -vapours of shell bursts, and all the air was heavy with smoke. It -was out of this that the Highlanders came marching. They brought -their music with them, and the pipes of war were playing a Scottish -love-song: - - I lo'e nae laddie but ane, - An' he lo'es nae lassie but me. - -Their kilts were caked with mud, and stained with mud and filth, -but the men were splendid, marching briskly with a fine pride in -their eyes. Officers and men of other regiments watched them pass, -as men who had fought grandly, so that the dirtiest of them there -and the humblest of these Jocks was a fine gentlemen and worthy of -Knighthood. - -Many of them wore German helmets and grinned beneath them. One brawny -young Scot had the cap of a German staff officer cocked over his ear. -One machine-gun section brought down two German machine-guns besides -their own. They were dog-tired, but they held their heads up, and the -pipers who had been with them blew out their bags bravely, though -hard-up for wind, and the Scottish love-song rang out across the -fields--whatever its words, it was, I think, a love-song for the dear -dead they had left behind them. - -During the battle of Arras in April of 1917 there was always a -wonderful pageant of men in that old city which had been under fire -since October in the first year of war and was badly wounded, with -many of its ancient houses utterly destroyed, but still a city with -streets through which men could march, and buildings in which they -could find comfortable, but unsafe billets. It was the headquarters -of the battle which lasted in the fields outside by Monchy Hill and -by Fampoux and Roeux, Wancourt and Havinel until the end of May. -Arras is a city built above deep tunnels and vaults made in the -Middle Ages when the stone was quarried out of them to build the -houses, and lengthened and strengthened by our own engineers and -tunnellers, so that our men could live in them under the heaviest -shell-fire, and march through them to the German lines. Above, in the -old squares and streets, in houses still standing between gulfs of -ruin, several of our Divisional generals and some of our battalion -commanders established their headquarters, and when the first fierce -shelling eased off--though it never ceased until the last German -retreat in the autumn of 1918--the streets were always filled with -a surging traffic of men and mules and guns and motor lorries. Many -Scottish battalions of the 15th and 51st Divisions among others were -quartered here, and on one historic day there were assembled no less -than five pipe bands in full strength, who played up and down one of -the Squares amidst crowds of fighting men of English and Scottish -regiments. I remember one such day when the pipers of the 8/10th -Gordons, commanded then by Colonel Thom, were playing in the square. -The Colonel had a proud light in his eyes as the tune, "Highland -Laddie," swelled up to the gables and filled the open frontages of -the gutted houses. Snowflakes fell lightly on the steel hats of -the Scots standing in a hollow square, and mud was splashed to the -khaki aprons over their kilts as they smiled at the fine swagger of -the pipe-major and the thump of the drum-sticks; an old woman danced -a jig to the pipes, holding her skirt above her skinny legs. She -tripped up to a group of Scottish officers and spoke quick shrill -words to them. "What does the old witch say?" asked a laughing -Gordon. She had something particular to say. In 1870 she had heard -the pipes in Arras. They were played by prisoners from South Germany, -and as a young girl she had danced to them. It seemed to me a link -between two strange chapters of history in the city of Arras which -had been crowded with the ghosts of history since those days when -Julius Caesar had his camp outside its walls on the very ground--at -Etrun--where our Scottish troops had their huts. - -The pipes of Scotland sounded in many villages of France and -Flanders, where for all time the wail of them will come down the -wind to the ears of men who hear with the spirit. They were played -not only in the roads and fields, but often at night in farmhouses -where Highland officers had their messes, or in cottages where some -battalion headquarters were established or in old houses within city -walls where there was a feast or a guest night. It was my privilege -to spend some of those evenings, when down the long table in a -narrow room the pipers marched, solemnly standing behind the guest's -chair and playing old dances and marches of Bonnie Scotland. Then -the colonel would offer the pipe-major a glass of whisky, which he -would raise high, toasting the health of the officers in Gaelic. -After that, on many a good evening in a bad war, the tables would be -cleared, and the young officers would dance an eightsome reel, with -laughter and simulated passion, and shrill cries of challenge and -triumph which stirred a stranger's soul. Or the pipers themselves -would be asked to give a dance, and in stocking feet on bare boards, -dance as lightly as gossamer and as nimbly as Nijinsky the Russian, -though big, brawny men. In small rooms the music of the pipes was -loud--too loud for any but Scottish ears--and it was hard on a French -"padre" who was trying to sleep upstairs in one small cottage, with -thin walls and cracks between old timbers of the ceiling, while -downstairs late into the night the pipers played merrily for those -who would fight in the next battle, near at hand. The effect of such -pipe-music within four walls was prodigious on a French officer -whom I took one night to the mess of the 8/10th Gordons. The full -pipe-band marched in as usual, and I saw my friend open his eyes wide -and stare with amazement at this apparition. When they stood behind -his chair playing lustily, so that the very glasses quaked on the -table, he became very pale, and after the second "strathspey" I saw -him collapse in his chair in a dead swoon. The Gordons thought this -a fine tribute to their pipers. They enjoyed the incident justly -though full of consideration for the French officer. He explained to -me after the symptoms that overcame him. "I felt," he said, "enormous -waves rolling up to me and passing over me; my heart beat wildly, -and vivid colours rushed past my eyes. Then I knew no more!" Nothing -would induce him to suffer such musical agony again. - -I shall always remember one piper I saw in the ruins of the Château -of Caulaincourt. How he came there, or why he stayed there, I do not -know, because few of our troops were in the neighbourhood, and the -place was a desert. The château had been a vast place, with high -walls and terraces and out-houses, but the whole place had been -hurled into ruin by the Germans on their first retreat in the spring -of 1917. They had opened the family vaults and pillaged the coffins, -and I remember being struck by the pathos of a little marble tablet -I saw on a refuse heap, to which it had been flung. On it were the -words in French, "The heart of Madame la Marquise de Caulaincourt." -Poor dead heart of Madame la Marquise! In life it would have broken -at the sight of all this ruin. But there, quite alone, on the central -avalanche of stones, stood a Scottish piper playing a lament.... I -heard from other officers that he was seen there later, still alone, -and still playing his pipes, but why we could not tell. - -The last time I heard the pipes was at the end of the war. They were -playing Scottish troops over a bridge across the Rhine, at Cologne, -and at the journeys' end of all that long and tragic way through -which our men had fought with heroism, through frightful fire, with -dreadful losses, until victory was theirs, final and complete. Along -those roads the pipes of war went playing, month after month, year -after year, from one battle to another, and in their music for ever, -as long as remembrance of this war lasts, there will be the tears and -the tragedy and the triumph, reminding the world of all that gallant -youth of Scotland which fought in France. - - - - -THE PIPES IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE WAR - -By ARTHUR FETTERLESS - - -I do not think any one can write with greater pleasure than I for the -Pipers' Record. My only regret is that, personally, I never chanced -to see the pipes go into direct action. I know that, in the earlier -stages of the war, and in a few celebrated cases later, the pipes -went into the charge, but I had not the good fortune to be present -on one of these occasions. Others, however, will have written of -these things, and I do not think I can do better than speak of events -actually known to myself relating to the pipes and the pipers in the -general life of the war. - -The pipes! Ah! No memories of the great war will ever be complete to -any member of a Highland regiment without the recollection of the -pipes, for they are unquestionably the finest battle instrument ever -created. They mourned with us in hours of sorrow. They cheered us in -hours of weariness. They played gaily in hours of rest and merriment. - -Back in billets, in ruined villages, half the battalion would turn -out to hear "Retreat" played by the pipe-band. It was one of the -events of the day, in the summer in the sweltering heat of the -dust-laden huts behind the front-line, in the winter in the dank cold -mid the seas of mud, in the midst of which the pipers played upon an -island that was sometimes almost a floating raft. - -At these times the rumble of the guns was overwhelmed, and the -horrors of war and the atmosphere were for a little time forgotten. -And the fact that the pipes were the pride of the battalion was -evident from the remarks of the men, if several Highland battalions -were billeted together. - -"Your pipes are no' a patch on ours!" - -"Aw, away wi' ye, look at yer big drum; he canna twirl his sticks -above his heid." - -"Umph! We've got a pipe-major, onyhoo." - -"Aye." A grudging admission. - -Such remarks were of the everyday talk of the men who heard the pipes. - -Again, at the periodical meetings and games of Highland brigades, the -massed bands of the battalions were always there playing a mighty -skirl. There were, of course, piping competitions in conjunction with -competitions in Highland dancing and sport. - -All these occasions did much to rob modern war of its dismal -character, and bring back something of the glamour of arms, and the -glory of strong men. - -But enough of general remarks. I wish to write of five typical scenes -from the life of the war relating to pipes and the pipers. - - * * * * * - -In the first I am standing at the entrance to one of the low -dug-outs, covered over with turf, which used to lie, and perhaps -still exist, a few hundred yards from the Café Belge up the road to -Ypres. Most people who fought in that sector found a billet in them -at some time, or knew them--filthy they were. - -Overhead a couple of aeroplanes are hovering, very high up. An -occasional shell can be heard, coming from a long distance away, with -a rolling noise. The shells are probably 9-inch or perhaps larger, -and they are bursting with crash and splash in the fields around or -near the road. - -From the direction of the Café Belge I see a company of men in kilts -advancing, men heavily laden with all the usual impedimenta of packs, -rifles, etc. They look, in the distance, tired and grim, and in -formation they are straggling, owing to the appallingly muddy state -of the road. - -A shell bursts in the field to the left of the road along which they -are coming. There is a heavy cloud of smoke, and streams of mud and -slime are spued upwards and around. For a moment the leader seems to -hesitate, and the party halts. Then they move on again. - -Suddenly there is a sound as of tuning up, and two pipers commence -to play. The advancing men steady in formation and come slogging -through the mud, with step almost rhythmic to the music. - -"Crash!" Another shell bursts nearer them, splashing some of the -platoon with mud. The pipes play on. - -"Crash!" A third shell bursts short of them. - -The pipes play on, and the men march steadily past to the music of -the pipes. They cover another hundred yards, and a shell bursts in -the road where the platoon were marching a few seconds before. I say -to myself, "Thank God, they got through in time." - -As I look back it seems to me that that was not too bad an example of -steadiness of pipers and men under dangerous fire. But of course it -was all just an everyday sort of thing--a few men relieving trenches -with a couple of pipers to cheer them on the way up--part of the -everyday life of war. - -The pipes only began to play after the shelling broke out. - - * * * * * - -My second scene is an incident taken from life in France. I think the -pipes did their share in fostering the _entente_, and the arrival of -Highland battalions with their pipe-bands marching in front did much -to engrave in the hearts of the French people memories which will be -carried on from generation to generation. - -In this second scene I stood at the entrance to a French town when a -very famous battalion entered the main street marching to attention, -with pipe-band playing. It was the first Scottish battalion to enter -that town. - -Near me stood a little girl in a white dress. Her face, on seeing the -band, first expressed astonishment. The expression changed to pleased -interest, and finally she burst into gleeful smiles. - -As the band came near her she danced along beside the pipers, a -beautiful golden-haired child, supremely happy. - -The people standing around cheered and waved with French enthusiasm. -To them undoubtedly, in one of the darkest hours of the war--those -magnificent men and the music of the pipes bore a message of hope and -determination, with the promise of ultimate victory. - -To any people who are inclined to be supercilious about pipe-music, -the recollection of the unfeigned pleasure of a beautiful child on -hearing the pipes for the first time has often seemed to me to supply -an answer. Those who cannot understand pipe-music might be able to do -so if they were ready to receive it in the same simple spirit. - - * * * * * - -About the end of October 1915 the trenches on Hill 60 in front of -Ypres, were in a particularly sodden state. The rotting sandbags -which formed the parapets were a mass of oozing earth, continually -being scattered by shell-fire and rebuilt again by the toilsome -labours of mud-covered "Jocks." - -The Hun sniper, too, was exceptionally vigilant in these parts, and, -as he had the advantage of ground and of enfilade fire from several -points, to put a head above the parapet in daylight meant almost -certain death. Men also were being continually wounded and killed -while passing along the trenches at points where the parapet had -become too low, and it had not been possible to build it up quickly -enough. - -As the combined result of shell-fire, sniping, and the bad state of -the trenches, the amount of work which could be done in daylight -was small. Repairs were done at night. There were also, on account -of these difficulties and others, very few loop-holes available, so -that, excepting through periscopes, the average man saw very little -of the enemy. He scarcely ever got a shot at him by day. I suppose -it was the result of all these things put together which created the -scene. - -On a very dull morning a party of Seaforths were gathered in a bay of -one of the trenches. I was round the traverse in the next bay. One of -the party of men was on sentry duty with a periscope; the rest were -cleaning rifles. - -Owing to the dullness of the day, mud and filth, the _ensemble_ was -dismal. Suddenly there sounded from the direction of Sanctuary Wood -the music of pipes playing. Why they were playing then, or where -exactly they were playing, I have never known, but there certainly -floated across to the dismal trenches the music of "Horo, My Nut -Brown Maiden." - -To us in the trenches the distant music sounded perfectly glorious, -and the burdens of the hour were for a time lifted away. That the -men found it so was evident from their action. - -Everybody knows the soldier's version which runs to the same air, -and it apparently struck the fancy of the men as applicable to the -occasion, for there burst forth from the adjoining bay a cheerful -chorus: - - "Aa canna see the tairget, - Aa canna see the tairget, - Oh, aa canna see the tairget, - It's owre far awa." - -The last line was converted by one of the chorus party into the line: - - "For Jerry he's owre fly." - -On looking round the corner of the traverse I saw the concert-party -incredibly cheerful, and entirely oblivious of war, mud or danger, -for the pipes had asserted their sway. - - * * * * * - -There are many marches which the pipers made, including marches -to battle, of which I might write, but I think my second last -reminiscence had best be taken from the journey of the conquering -Second Army which tramped from Ypres to the Rhine on the last great -triumphal march. - -Of the 250 miles odd which the Army covered, I am certain that the -pipers of my battalion piped at least a good half, perhaps more. - -What could we have done without them on that march? As we tramped -through village after village and town after town, neath welcome -banners and cheering crowds, men wearied with marching, not always -too amply rationed, yet swung forward with assured tread to the lilt -of the pipes through every village and town. - -Welcoming bands played the Marseillaise, the Brabançonne, and the -British Anthem, and the crowds shouted their "Vive les Alliês," etc. -The pipes played their regimental and national marches in return, and -if intercommunication through language was not perfect, yet there was -complete accord through music. - -Undoubtedly, on that never-to-be-forgotten march, the pipes were -indispensable. - - * * * * * - -The last scene is taken from Germany. Perhaps I should speak of -massed bands parading in the main squares and streets of the great -towns of the Rhine, bringing home to the Hun as forcibly as in any -way the destruction of his ill-judged schemes; or perhaps I should -speak of the pipers on some of the great occasions--presentations of -medals, presentations of colours, etc. - -I prefer to write of a very simple event. Happening where it did, it -seemed so homely. - -I was riding through a forest not far from Cologne when I heard the -music of pipes. I turned off the road and proceeded along a pathway -which led to a green sward in the forest. - -There I saw a solitary piper marching slowly up and down playing a -lament. His loneliness seemed to me to symbolise two things--the -completeness of victory, and the detachment of the conquerors. The -music sounded very beautiful among the trees. - -I did not interrupt the piper, but if I know anything at all of -piping, I am sure that that piper in the forest felt for a little -while almost as if he were treading his native heath again, and -dreamt of the Highland hills and forests from which he had come. - -After all, in Germany, we were strangers in a strange land and not -wishing to stay there. Having done our work, we said in our hearts, -"let us away!" for the Huns will always be Hunnish. But we are -Highland, and the pipes are calling us home. - - * * * * * - -Beat on drums; let the pipes play and the banners be unfurled for -every triumphal march that shall be. But when the marches are played -let us never forget that every march has grown more glorious by the -war and the blood of the men who fell; that every march has woven -around it a thousand memories of life and death, of hardship, of -danger, and of victory. - -In days to come we will remember--to battle we went by _that_ march; -to Longueval we went by _that_ march; and from Loos we came by _that_ -one. And for every battle march that the pipers play, we know that a -million feet and more have marched to its song. - -That record of great work--that, with death and other things they did -not count--_that_ is the Pipers' Record. - - - - -THE OLDEST AIR IN THE WORLD - -By NEIL MUNRO - - -Col Maclean, on two sticks, and with tartan trousers on, came down -between the whins to the poles where the nets were drying, and joined -the Trosdale folk in the nets' shade. 'Twas the Saturday afternoon; -they were frankly idling, the township people--except that the women -knitted, which is a way of being indolent in the Islands--and had -been listening for an hour to an heroic tale of the old sea-robber -days from Patrick Macneill, the most gifted liar in the parish. A -little fire of green wood burned to keep the midges off, and it was -hissing like a gander. - -"Take your share of the smoke and let down your weariness, darling," -said one of the elder women, pushing towards the piper a herring -firken. Nobody looked at his sticks nor his dragging limb--not even -the children; had he not been a Gael himself Maclean might have -fancied his lameness was unperceived. He bitterly knew better, but -pushed his sticks behind the nets as he seated himself, and seated, -with his crutches absent, he was a fellow to charm the eye of maid or -sergeant-major. - -"Your pipes might be a widow, she's so seldom seen or heard since you -came home," said one of the fishermen. - -"And that's the true word," answered Col Maclean. "A widow indeed, -without her man! Never in all my life played I _piob mhor_ but on my -feet and they jaunty! I'll never put a breath again in sheep-skin. If -they had only blinded me!" - -There was in the company, Margaret, daughter of the bailie; she had -been a toddling white-haired child when Col went to France, and had -to be lifted to his knees; now she got up on them herself at a jump, -and put her arms round his neck, tickling him with her fingers till -he laughed. - -"Oh bold one! Let Col be!" her mother commanded; "thou wilt spoil his -beautiful tartan trews." - -"It is Col must tell a story now," said the little one, thinking of -the many he used to tell her before he became a soldier. - -"It is not the time for wee folks stories," said the mother; "but -maybe he will tell us something not too bloody for Sunday's eve about -the Wars." - -Col Maclean, for the first time, there and then, gave his tale of The -Oldest Air in the World. - - * * * * * - -"I was thinking to myself," said he, "as I was coming through the -whins there, that even now, in creeks of the sea like this, beside -their nets adrying, there must be crofter folk in France, and they at -_ceilidh_ like yourselves, telling of tales and putting to each other -riddles." - -"_Ubh! ubh!_ It is certain there are no crofters in France, -whatever," said William-the-Elder. "It is wine they drink in France, -as I heard tell from the time I was the height of a Lorne shoe, and -who ever heard of crofters drinking wine?" - -"Wherever are country people and the sea beside them to snatch a meal -from, you will find the croft," insisted Col the piper. "They have -the croft in France, though they have a different name for it from -ours, and I'll wager the bulk of the land they labour is as bare as a -bore's snout, for that is what sheep and deer have left in Europe for -the small spade-farmer." - -"Did'st see the crofting lands out yonder?" asked Margaret's mother. - -"No," said the piper; "but plenty I saw of the men they breed there; -I ate with them, and marched with them, and battled at their side, -for we were not always playing the pipes, we music-fellows. - -"And that puts me in mind of a thing--there is a people yonder, over -in France, that play the bagpipe--they call them Brettanach--the -Bretons. They are the same folk as ourselves though kind of Frenchmen -too, wine-drinking, dark and Papist. Race, as the old-word says, -goes down to the rock, and you could tell at the first glance of a -Brettanach that he was kin to us though a kilt was never on his -loins, and not one word in his head of the Gaelic language. 'Tis -history! Someway--some time--far back--they were sundered from us, -the Brettanach, and now have their habitation far enough from Albyn -of the mountains, glens and heroes. Followers of the sea, fishermen -or farmers; God-fearing, good hard drinkers, in their fashion--many a -time I looked at one and said to myself, 'There goes a man of Skye or -Lewis!'" - -"And the girls of them?" said Ranald Gorm, with a twinkle of the eyes. - -"You have me there!" said Col. "I never saw woman-kind of the -Brettanach; the war never went into their country, and the Bretons I -saw were in regiments of the army, far enough from home like myself, -in the champagne shires where they make the wine. - -"We came on them first in a town called Corbie, with a church so -grand and spacious a priest might bellow his head off and never be -heard by the poor in the seats behind. 'Twas on a week-day, a Mass -was making; that was the first and last time ever I played pipes in -the House of God, and faith! that not by my own desiring. 'Twas some -fancy of the priests, connived between them and the Cornal. Fifteen -of us marched the flag-stones of yon kirk of Corbie playing 'Fingal's -Weeping.'" - -"A good brave tune!" remarked the bailie. - -"A brave tune, and a bonny! I'll warrant yon one made the rafters -shiver! The kirk was filled with a corps of the tribe I mention--the -Brettanach--and they at their Papist worshipping; like ourselves, -just country folk that would sooner be at the fishing or the croft -than making warfare. - -"My eye fell, in particular, on a fellow that was a sergeant, most -desperate like my uncle Sandy--so like I could have cried across the -kirk to him 'Oh uncle! what do ye do so far from Salen?' The French, -for ordinary, are black as sloes, but he was red, red, a noble head -on him like a bullock, an eagle nose, and a beard cut square and -gallant. - -"When the kirk spilled out its folk, they hung awhile about the -burial-yard as we do ourselves in Trosdale, spelling the names on the -head-stones, gossiping, and by-and-bye slipped out, I doubt not, to a -change-house for a dram, and all the pipers with them except myself." - -[Illustration: DUNIQUAICH, LOCH FYNE - -_From the Water-colour Drawing by George Houston, A.R.S.A._] - -"God bless me!" cried Ronald Gorm. - -"Believe it or not, but I hung back and sought my friend the red one. -He was sitting all his lone on a slab in the strangers' portion of -the graveyard, under yews, eating bread and onion and sipping wine -from his flask of war. Now the droll thing is that though I knew he -had not one word of Christian Gaelic in his cheek, 'twas the Gaelic I -must speak to him. - -"'Just man,' says I to him. 'Health to you and a hunter's hunger! I -was looking at you yonder in the kirk, and a gentleman more like my -clansman Sandy Ruadh of Salen is surely not within the four brown -borders of the world nor on the deeps of ocean. Your father must have -come from the Western Isles, or the mother of you been wandering.' - -"Of all I said to him he knew but the one word that means the same -thing, as they tell me, in all Celtdom--_eaglais_. To his feet -got the Frenchman, stretched out to me his bread and wine, with a -half-laugh on him most desperate like Uncle Sandy, and said _eaglais_ -too, with a flourish of the heel of his loaf at the kirk behind him -to show he understood that, anyway. We sat on the slab, the pair of -us, my pipes stretched out between us, and there I assure, folk, was -the hour of conversation!" - -"But if you could not speak each other's tongue?" said a girl. - -"_Tach!_ two men of the breed with a set of pipes between them can -always follow one another. 'Tis my belief if I stood his words on end -and could follow them backwards they would be good Gaelic of Erin. -The better half of our speech was with our hands; he had not even got -the English; and most of the time we talked pipe-music, as any man -can do that's fit to pucker his lips and whistle. The Breton people -_canntarach_ tunes too, like ourselves--soft-warbling them to fix -them in the memory, and blyth that morning was our warbling; he could -charm, my man, the very thrush from trees! But Herself--the _piob -mhor_--was an instrument beyond his fingering; the pipes he used at -home he called _biornieu_, fashioned differently from ours. Yet the -same wind blows through reeds in France or Scotland, and everywhere -they sing of old and simple things; you are deaf indeed if you cannot -understand. - -"He was from the seashore--John his name--a mariner to his -trade--with a wife and seven children; himself the son of a cooper. - -"I am a good hand at the talking myself, as little Margaret here -will tell you, but his talk was like a stream in spate, and the arms -of him went flourishing like drum-sticks. Keep mind of this--that -the two of us, by now, were all alone in the kirk-yard, on a little -hillock with the great big cliff of a kirk above us, and the town -below all humming with the soldiers, like a byke of bees. - -"He bade me play on the pipes at last and I put them in my oxter -and gave him 'Lochiel's awa' to France.' A fine tune! but someway I -felt I never reached him. I tried him then with bits of 'The Bugle -Horn,' 'Take your gun to the Hill,' 'Bonnie Ann' and 'The Persevering -Lover;' he beat time with a foot to them, and clapped my shoulder, -but for all that they said to him I might as well be playing on a -fiddle. - -"It was only when I tried an old _port-mor_--"The Spoil of the -Lowlands now graze in the Glen" that his whiskers bristled, and at -that said I to myself 'I have you Uncle Sandy!' - -"Before the light that flickered was gone from him I blew it up to a -height again with 'Come to me Kinsman!' - -"He was like a fellow that would be under spells! - -"'The Good Being be about me!' cried he, and his eyes like flambeaux, -'what tune is that?' - -"You never, never, never saw a man so much uplifted! - -"'They call it,' said I, 'Come to me Kinsman,' (_Thigibh a so a -charaid!_), and it has the name, in the small Isles of the West, of -the Oldest Air of the World. The very ravens know it; what is it but -the cry of men in trouble? It's older than the cairns of Icolmkill, -and cried the clans from out of the Isles to Harlaw. Listen you -well!' and I played it to him again--not all the MacCrimmons that -ever came from Skye could play it better! For grand was the day and -white with sun, and to-morrow we were marching. And many a lad of -ours was dead behind us. - -"When I was done, he did a droll thing then, the red fellow--put his -arms about my shoulders and kissed me on the face! And the beard of -him like a flaming whin! - -"What must he do but learn it? Over and over again I had to whistle -it to him till he had it to the very finish, and all the time the -guns were going in the east. - -"'If ever you were in trouble,' I said to him--though of course he -could not understand me, 'and you whistled but one blast of that air, -it is Col Maclean would be at your side though the world were staving -in below your feet like one of your father's barrels!'" - - -II - -The day was done in Trosdale. Beyond the rim of the sea the sun had -slid to make a Sabbath morning further round the world, and all the -sky in the west was streaming fire. Over the flats of Heisker the -light began to wink on the Monach islets. Ebbed tide left bare sand -round Kirkibost, and the sea-birds settled on them, rising at times -in flocks and eddying in the air as if they were leaves and a wind -had blow them. Curlews were piping bitterly. - -Behind the creek where the folk were gathered on the sea-pinks, -talking, Trosdale clachan sent up the reek of evening fires, and the -bairns were being cried in from the fields. - -The Catechist, sombre fellow, already into his Sabbath, though 'twas -only Saturday nine o' the clock, came through the whins and cast -about him a glance for bagpipes. He had seen Maclean's arrival with -misgiving. A worthy man, and a face on him like the underside of a -two-year skate-fish. - -Col Maclean turned on him a visage tanned as if it had been in the -cauldron with the catechu of the barking nets. - -"Take you a firken too, and rest you, Catechist," said he. "You see I -have not my pipes to-night, but I'm at _sgeulachd_." - -But the Catechist sat not; and leaning against a net-pole sighed. - -"'Twas two years after that," said Col, again into the rapture of -his story, "when my regiment went to the land of wine, where we -battled beside the French. I assure you we did nobly! nobly! Nor, on -the soul of me! were the Frenchmen slack!" - -"The French," ventured Patrick Macneill, "are renowned in story for -all manly parts. Oh King! 'tis they have suffered!" - -"'Tis myself, just man, that is not denying it! We were yonder in -a land like Keppoch desolate after the red cock's crowing. The -stars themselves, that are acquaint with grief, and have seen great -tribulation in the dark of Time would sicken at the sight of it! -Nothing left of the towns but _larochs_--heaps of lime and rubble -where the rat made habitation, and not one chimney reeking in a -hundred miles. Little we ken of trees here in the Islands, but they -were yonder planted thick as bracken and cut down to the stump the -way you would be cutting winter kail. And the fields that the country -folk had laboured!--were the Minch drained dry, the floor of it would -seem no likelier place for cropping barley or for pasturing goats. - -"There was a day of days, out yonder, that we mixed up with the -French and cleared the breadth of a parish of _am boche_, who was -ill to shift. But the mouth of the night brought him back on us most -desperate altogether, and half we had gained by noon was lost by -gloaming. - -"Five score and ten of our men were missing at the roll-call. - -"The Cornal grunted. 'Every man of them out of Lewis!' says he; -'they're either dead or wandered. Go you out Col Maclean with your -beautiful, lovely, splendid pipes, and gather at least the living.' - -"Not one morsel of meat had I eaten for twenty hours, and the inside -of me just one hole full of hunger, but out went Col and his pipes to -herding! - -"Oh King of the Elements! but that was the night most foul, with -the kingdom of France a rag for wetness, and mire to the hose-tops. -Rain lashed; a scourging wind whipped over the country, and it was -stinking like a brock from tatters that had been men. The German -guns were pelting it, the sound of them a bellow no more broken than -the roar on skerries at Martinmas, the flash of them in the sky like -Merry Dancers. - -"I got in a while to the length of a steading with a gable standing; -tuned up _piob mhor_ and played the gathering. They heard me, the -lads--the living of them; two-over-twenty of them came up to me by -the gable, with no more kenning of what airt they were in than if a -fog had found them midway on the Long Ford of Uist. I led them back -to King George's furrows where our folk were, and then, _mo chreach!_ -when we counted them, one was missing! - -"'It is not a good herd you are, Maclean,' said the Cornal, 'you will -just go back and find Duncan Ban; he's the only man in the regiment I -can trust to clean my boots.' - -"So back went Col in search of Duncan." - -"Oh lad! weren't you the gallant fellow!" cried Margaret's mother, -adoring. - -"I was that, I assure you! If it were not the pipes were in my -arm-pit like a girl, my feet would not keep up on me the way I would -be pelting any other road than the way I had to go. But my grief! I -never got my man, nor no man after ever found him. I went to the very -ditches where _am boche_ was lying, and 't was there that a light -went up that made the country round about as white-bright as the day, -and I in the midst of it with my pipes in hand. They threw at me grey -lead as if it had been gravel, and I fell." - -"_Och, a mheudail bhochd!_--Oh treasure!" said the women of Trosdale -all together. - -"I got to my knees in a bit and crawled, as it might be for a -lifetime, one ache from head to heel, till I came to a hole as deep's -a quarry where had been the crossing of roads, and there my soul went -out of me. When I came to myself I was playing pipes and the day was -on the land. The Good Being knows what I played, but who should come -out across the plain to me but a Frenchman! - - "He moved as spindrift from spindrift, - As a furious winter wind-- - So swiftly, sprucely, cheerily, - Oh! proudly, - Through glens and high-tops, - And no stop made he - Until he came - To the city and court of Maclean, - Maclean of the torments, - Playing his pipes." - -The Catechist writhed; the people of Trosdale shivered; Patrick -Macneill wept softly, for Col Maclean, the cunning one, by the -rhyming trick of the ancient sennachies, had flung them, unexpected, -into the giddiness of his own swound, and all of them, wounded, -dazed, saw the Frenchman come like a shadow into the world of shades. - -"He flung himself in the hole beside me, did the Frenchman, gave me a -sup of spirits and put soft linen to my sores, and all the time grey -lead was snarling over us. - -"'Make use of thy good hale feet, lad,' said I to him, 'and get out -of this dirty weather! Heed not the remnants of Col Maclean. What -fetched thee hither?' - -"He put his hand on my pipes and whistled a stave of the old tune. - -"'How learned ye that?' I asked him. - -"Although he was Brettanach he had a little of the English. 'Red -John our sergeant, peace be with him! heard you playing it all last -night,' said he, 'took a craze at the tune of you and went out to -find you, but never came back. Then another man, peace be with him! a -cousin of John, heard your playing and went seeking you, but he came -back not either. I heard you first, myself, no more than an hour ago, -and had no sooner got your tune into my head than it quickened me -like drink, and here am I, kinsman!' - -"'Good lad!' I cried, 'all the waters in the world will not wash out -kinship, nor the Gael be forsaken while there is love and song.'" - -"Vain tales! Vain tales!" groaned the Catechist, and his face like a -skate. - - - - -THE PIPES: ONSET - -(Somme, September, 1916) - -By JOSEPH LEE, Lieut. - -_Dedicated to Major Angus MacGillivray._ - - - _The cry is in my ear, - The sight is in my eye, - This is the dawning of the day - That shall see me die:_ - - What is the piper playing - That battles in my blood?-- - Winds in it, - Waves in it, - Waters at the flood; - Sadness in it, - Madness in it, - Weeping mists and rain-- - What is the piper playing - That beats within my brain? - - Sobbing and throbbing - Like a soul's unrest; - I drink his madd'ning music in - As milk at my mother's breast: - Flame in it, - Fame in it, - Love and all desire; - The clean hills, - The clear rills, - The smouldering peat fire; - Glances sweet, - Dancing feet, - Beating on the floor; - Maidens fair, - Comrades rare - I shall meet no more. - - _The cry is in my ear, - The sight is in my eye, - This is the morning of the day - That shall see me die:_ - - What is the piper playing - That surges in my blood? - The soft breeze - In pine trees, - The hawthorn i' the bud; - The lone tarn, - The golden barn, - Fields of waving grain-- - What is the piper playing - That beats within my brain? - - Red war screams from his reeds - And in the thrumming drones - There lurks the lapping of men's blood, - And sobs, and dying groans: - Night in it, - Fight in it, - Wraiths of stricken men, - Ghosts of ancient clansmen - Sweeping down the glen; - Life in it, - Strife in it, - Whisp'rings--it is well, - If you bear a foeman down - Right to reddest hell! - - * * * * * - - _What is the piper playing? - For now I may not hear ... - The glamour comes across my soul, - And the cry is in my ear._ - - - - -FLESH TO THE EAGLES - -By BOYD CABLE - - -It was during the retreat of 1914 that a Highland regiment was -quartered for a night in one of the French villages, and billetted -in houses, barns, anywhere the hospitable villagers could give them -room. The officers established their Mess and quarters in "The -Chateau," a big house on the outskirts of the village. Many of the -villagers had already cleared out, but in the Chateau the officers -found the mistress of the house, her daughter, and her servants, -standing staunchly to their place; the master of the house being, as -they were told, in the French Army. - -Madame spoke English fairly well, the daughter very well--when she -did speak, which was seldom. She was a young and pretty girl of -perhaps fifteen to sixteen years of age, fresh come from a convent -school, reserved, timid and shy, in the presence of the officers -almost to a point of shrinking when they spoke to her. Yet, although -they could see her shiver and blanch at the sound of the distant -grumble of the guns, she supported her mother bravely and asserted -stoutly that she was not afraid to stay, when the C.O. and some of -the other officers questioned the wisdom of the household waiting for -the Germans to advance. - -"Perhaps, monsieur," said Madame, "your soldiers will possible arrest -the advance before the Allemands arrive at us here. And if it is not -so, it is, after all, soldiers of the Allemands that will come, and -they will not harm women and old men and boys who make no provocation -or resistance." - -Unfortunately the practices of German soldiers were not then -sufficiently known to the officers to make them press their argument -beyond reasonable limits, and they gave in reluctantly to Madame's -reasoning. "We cannot the children and the very old to march away," -she said, "and one could not go and leave them here. Me, I stay to -speak with the enemy officers and see my people do nothing foolish. I -cannot run away and leave them." - -So they left it at that. - -Madame gave them dinner that night in the dining-room, and it was -after dinner that one of the regimental pipers was heard parading -round and playing tune after tune. Madame and Mademoiselle were -greatly interested and asked many questions. - -"But there," cried Madame at one tune, "there is the music most -fierce. It sound--" - -"It is battle music, Madame," explained the C.O. "Music of a war song -of the Highlands--of the Écossais. Ask Monsieur l'Adjutant for the -words of the song." - -So the Adjutant recited "The Macgregors' Gathering," with all the -fire and ardour of a fiery Scot, and a Macgregor at that. Madame sat -with brows knit, plainly struggling to follow the English words; her -daughter, as plainly understanding them clearly, held her breath and -listened spellbound and wondering to the words. Her head lifted and -her eye lit to some of the lines: - - _While there's leaves in the forest and foam on the river, - Macgregor, despite them, shall flourish for ever._ - -But at others, delivered with fierce emphasis and dramatic fervour, -she shrank back with quivering lip and pain on her face: - - _If they rob us of name and pursue us with beagles, - Give their roofs to the flames, their flesh to the eagles._ - -When the Adjutant had finished and had sat down, looking a little -shame-faced at having allowed his feelings to so carry him away, -Madame and the girl spoke rapidly in French for a minute. - -Then Madame shook her head. "But no," she said, "I do not like it, -this song. It is cru-el, cru-el. How says it--'The roof to the -burning, and the bodies, the dead, the flesh, to the birds of prey.' -But no, that is the war of savage." - -The C.O. tried to explain to her, while the Adjutant did so even -more eagerly to the girl, that it was war of the most savage and -relentless kind that ran in those far back days in the Highlands of -Scotland; but again Madame protested. "It is too cru-el. I do not -like it that you make such song and such music now. War, it is no -more so. What is it your song says of the burning of _la maison_?" -She made the Adjutant repeat the lines and repeated after him, "Ah, -m'sieu, 'Give their roof to the flames, their flesh to the eagles.' -That is, burn the shelter of the women and children, and leave the -dead unbury. You would not do that; even the Boche that we despise -would not do this thing. It is cru-el, cru-el." - -Mademoiselle said nothing, but they could all see the shrinking in -her eyes as she looked at them, the wonder if, even now, the Écossais -could be so savage as to make such war. The Adjutant set himself to -remove such an idea of their barbarity from her mind, and with some -success apparently, since there was little shrinking and no more -than a faint blush of timid friendship when they said good-night and -retired. - -Next morning the orders came, sharp, urgent and imperative, to move -at once, and there was little time for farewells. But Madame and the -girl were both out to see them off and watch the battalion tramp by. -The pipes at their head were screaming their vengeful music, "Give -their roof to the flames, their flesh to the eagles," until the -Adjutant, seeing the protesting motion of Madame's hands to her ears, -hurried to the pipers and asked them to change the tune. - - * * * * * - -After the ebb of our retreat and the period of the Marne, came the -full flood-tide of our advance, and the sweeping forward of the -French and British over the ground the Germans had taken and held -a space. As the luck had it, the same Highland battalion came back -through the same village where they had billetted that night--or -rather to the shell, the wreckage, the remains of the same village. -The men by now were coming to know what sort of treatment had been -served out to the conquered country by the Germans, and were angry -enough at some of the sights they had seen, the tales they had heard. -But the anger had been cold and impersonal until now, when they -came swinging in to this friendly spot, through the shattered houses -and streets littered with broken bottles and household goods, saw -the gaping windows to the houses, the smoke-blackened shells here -and there, the signs of pillage and wanton destruction everywhere. -The cavalry and an advance guard regiment had been through before -them, but it was plain that no fighting had taken place here, that no -shell-fire had wrought this damage, that cold-blooded "frightfulness" -alone had to answer for it. They were roused to fresh wrath by what -they saw, but to a still greater pitch of fury by the tales they -heard from the quaking villagers who were left, or who came creeping -in from the fields and ditches to which they had fled on word of -approaching soldiers. The sights were no more than the men had been -seeing in any of a dozen villages passed, the tales no more than they -had heard a score of times in the past few days; but in this village -they had been made welcome, had been treated to the best, had made -quick but happy friendships; and they felt a personal injury and pity -for the brutally treated villagers. - -The battalion halted there for an hour or so and ate their midday -meal--or rather gave it to the hungry women and children and watched -them eat--and heard fresh and more horrible tales and half-tales that -were too bestial to be told in full. - -The moment the battalion had fallen out and he was free, the Adjutant -had asked the Colonel if he might go to the Chateau and make -enquiries.... - -But when he and another officer came there they found none to make -enquiries of. The house still stood, intact so far as the building -itself went, but otherwise no more than a litter of rubbish and -wreckage. Every stick of furniture that would break was broken, every -crock and dish and bottle was scattered in splinters over the floors, -every curtain, blanket and sheet, every item of bed and table linen, -every piece of clothing was torn, dirtied, and defiled as completely -as men and beasts could do it; every shelf and door and balustrade -and fitting was hacked and broken and wrenched out of place; every -room on the ground floor had been used as horses' stables and left as -foul as a stable could be; every upper room was so befouled that, by -comparison, the places of the animals below was the cleaner. - -The two officers hunted through the house, outside and round the -out-buildings, and found no one; and, nauseated by what they had seen -and heart-sick at thought of the women who had been there, returned -to the village. As they entered it again they heard pipe music -softly played, and seeing down a bye-street a cluster of their men, -and hearing the sound of a woman's voice raised loud above the pipe -music, they turned off and pushed in to see what was afoot. - -They found a woman in the centre of a close-pressing ring of their -men, a woman wild-eyed, with grey hair in disorder, with black and -blue bruises on her face, with her clothing torn and grimed with dirt. - -"Good God!" exclaimed the Adjutant. "Madame!" - -He thrust a way through the men to her, but when he spoke to her and -asked her to come with him, she clutched and held his wrist, and -stood there and made him--short of using force to her--stand and -listen with the men. A dozen times he tried to interrupt, but she -would not be interrupted, so at last he left her to go on with her -tale and asked the other officer to go and bring the C.O. - -But before the C.O. came, he, like the men, was under the spell of -the woman and of her tale, was listening, like them, with his heart -turning cold and a deadly bitter anger rising in his heart. She spoke -to them in English, breaking off at times into voluble torrents of -French, checking herself and going back and repeating as best she -could in English again. But although French words and phrases and -sentences were mixed through her English, the tale was horribly plain -and clear, the stories detailed and circumstantial enough to make it -evident they were desperately true. - -She told of women, girls, girl-children, outraged, and afterwards, -in some cases, mutilated and bayoneted; she told of old men and -boys hauled out and stood against a wall and shot while their women -were made to stand and look on; of one woman who refused to make -coffee for the Germans until they dipped the head of her infant in -a pan of boiling water; of another woman who was crucified, pinned -to the door with bayonets while the arm of her child was broken and -its body was flung down on the ground before her and left there -writhing ... all this and more she told, and helped her story out -with rapid gesticulations and imitative motions and sounds of the -child squirming and whining and the helpless mother wrenching at the -pinning bayonets, while the men pressed in, glowering and cursing -under breath, and behind them the pipe music skirled and wailed -"roofs to the flames, and their flesh to the eagles." - -And then, lastly, she told them of herself and her daughter, the -girl of fifteen, fresh from a convent school, timid as a child and -shrinking from the look, much less the touch of a man ... and of -what they had done to her, while they held her daughter and made her -watch; and then had done to the daughter, while she in turn was held -to see and not allowed to look away or even close her ears to the -cries. She told it all, sparing herself and her child no word and -no item of their shame; and then--this was just before the Colonel -arrived--she paused and looked round at the ring of savage faces -about her, and lifted her two hands and shook them above her head. - -"I am French, and you are Anglais," she cried, "but I am woman and -you are men. I have told you, so that you may know the animals you -fight. I have asked your music-man will he play this song you have, -that with the music I say it to you 'Give their roofs to the flames, -their flesh to the eagles.' And if ever you have Germans soldat at -your mercy, and they cry for pity, remember this village, and its -women and my daughter, and me. Give us revanche ... their flesh to -the eagles...." - -The Colonel broke in here, and, finding she was not to be stopped, -turned and ordered the men away, and when they had gone, handed -Madame over to some of the village women who watched timidly from -their doors. Madame had told nothing but truth they assured him. -Mademoiselle? Ah, ma'm'zelle could not be seen; she hid in a cellar -and screamed like one mad if any entered or spoke--like mad did one -say, but truly she was mad; and Madame scarcely less mad.[30] - -They had one more glimpse of Madame as they marched out, a glimpse -of her standing in a door and waving and calling something to the -pipers as they came past. They knew or guessed what she wanted and -the tune they were playing swung abruptly into "The Gathering," and -the battalion tramped past the woman to the vengeful skirl of " ... -flesh to the eagles." - - * * * * * - -Affairs had not gone well with the battalion, or what was left of -it, through the battle. They had been ordered to advance and take a -certain position in what was supposed to be the flank, had forced -their way forward over the open under a scourging shell-fire, had -suffered heavy losses, and at last gained the point from which they -were to make the final attacking rush. But now that they were here it -seemed impossible for men to go further and live. A stretch of open -still lay before them, and this was swept with a tornado of rifle -and machine-gun fire. What was supposed to be a flank of the enemy -had become a frontal position, strongly held and evidently meant to -be bitterly defended. It was vital to the success of the day that it -should be taken, for various tactical reasons we need not touch here. -The Colonel had passed the word through his officers and N.C.O.'s of -what they were needed to do, and, briefly, why and how much depended -on them. - -The moment came. - -A battalion on their left surged out and went plunging across the -open, the high-explosive shells bursting and flinging fountains of -spouting black earth and smoke amongst them, the ground puffing -and dust-spurting under the hailing bullets. The Highlanders were -supposed to wait until this other battalion had gained a certain line -before they, the Highlanders, attacked; so they lay in their ditch, -watching the line struggle forward and the men falling in swathes -under the pouring fire, watched it stop at last and drop flat and -then begin to break back to cover. It was no time to wait longer, and -the Colonel, making up his mind swiftly, launched his attack. It was -met by a devastating storm of fire, even heavier and more deadly than -the one they had watched. The battalion, barely clear of their cover, -wilted under the storm, hesitated, stopped, and began to fire back at -the enemy they could not see. Those of the men who stood firing were -cut down quickly, the others dropped prone or jumped into shell-holes -or such cover as they could find. The officers did their best, -jumping up and running forward and calling on their men to follow. -But few of them ran more than a score of paces before bullet or shell -fragment found them, and they fell; such men as rose and tried to -follow only followed them into the next world. The air was alive and -trembling to the whistle and whine and hiss of bullets, their snap -and smack and crack, and to the quick following crash on crash of the -earth shaking shell-bursts. - -Again some of the officers tried to rally and start the line forward; -but, by now, so great was the noise, so dense the air with smoke and -dust, so chaotic and confused the whole business, that the officers' -attempts resulted in no more than spasmodic and isolated movements of -little groups, movements that were worse than useless, because each -could be dealt with in detail, and, one after another, the sweeping -machine-guns sluicing bullets on each and cutting them to pieces in -turn. Those that made these separate attempts were mostly cut down; -those that watched their failure were more convinced than ever that -the whole was useless. - -The Colonel, too, saw that it was useless and vain slaughter unless -by some desperate chance the line should move together ... and even -now it was perhaps too late, because the battalion on the left, -lying in the open and scourged with fire, was giving way solidly and -struggling back to cover. - -It was a crisis in the battle, and where in the crisis many brave men -had failed, one brave man tried and won. From somewhere down the line -high over the roar of the battle there rose a wailing skirl of the -pipes. There was no note of the music that was not familiar to every -man there, that they did not know each word to fit to it. The pipes -might have been crying the very words aloud to them instead of the -music: - - "_Thro' the depths of Loch Katrine the steed shall career, - O'er the peaks o' Ben Lomond the galley shall steer, - And the rocks of Craig Royston like icicles melt - Ere our wrongs be forgot, ere our vengeance unfelt._" - -It was the voice of their own Highlands, their own clansmen, their -own regiment, that was calling to those crouching men in the ditch. -They stirred, lifting their heads and looking for the piper. They -could not see him, but the pipes shrilled on: - - "_Then gather, gather, gather ..._" - -The men knew what was coming. "_Gather_" sang the pipes, and, when -they were ready gathered, the word or the sign would surely come. -The music was rousing them to other memories beyond their Scotland -and their name and fame in the Highlands. "_Landless, landless, -landless_," cried the pipes, and the men remembered those women back -in the village, houseless and homeless, tortured and shamed past -telling, remembered too a woman's final word, "But we are women and -you are men." - -Along the line the wild and useless fire was steadying and dying -away; they could see now that this was no time for shooting, but for -the cold steel. The Colonel saw and felt that the moment had come, -rose crouching to his knees, made ready to leap out and forward. He, -too, had been looking for the piper without seeing sign of him. But -now, just as he rose,--"_Hulloo, Hulloo ... Gregorlach!_" skirled -the pipes, and down the line a figure leaped from cover into full -view, halted, marked time for a few steps to the beat of the music, -moved steadily forward, the kilt swaying, shoulders and pipe drones -swinging, streamers fluttering, and the pipes screaming their hardest. - -All along the line men were scrambling to their feet and into the -open. "_ ... Gregorlach!_" - -The Colonel was out and running forward, the line was up and -away--"_Hulloo, Gregorlach!_" and the pipe streamers still fluttering -and dancing ahead of the solid rushing wave of kilt and khaki and -glinting steel. "_Give their roofs to the flames...._" - -In that rush many fell and died; but at the end of it so did many -Germans. For this time no bullet storm could stay the charge, the -position was reached and taken, and the cold steel came to its own -again--came to its own and drove home the meaning of the music that -alone had brought it there--"_Their flesh ... to the eagles._" - - - - -THE BLACK CHANTER - -By CHARLES LAING WARR - - -It was April above Lucerne, in the year of grace nineteen hundred and -fourteen, and everything was young. A witchery of sunlight and scent -and blossom etherealised the earth and the heavens; and fields, green -as the green diamond at the heart of the world, rioted wantonly to -kiss the white dazzling peaks that glittered in the sapphire sky. - -On a fallen tree, its bark all frosted with lichen, two young people -sat at the edge of a pine copse. They were both in the springtide -of life, and they sat in enchanted silence inhaling the perfume of -the trees and listening to the birth song of an awakening universe. -She was not much over twenty, perhaps, and she was enhaloed with the -soul of France. It lurked in the dark glistening coils of her hair, -in the gestures of her shoulders and white, nervous hands, her lips. -Her eyes, half mystic, half tigerish, wells of lightly slumbering -passion, told the eternal story of that indomitable race whose -destiny it seems to have been to demonstrate to the world that the -life of a nation's soul may be unquenchable, though drowned in every -century with blood. - -He was obviously from across the Channel; clean built, healthy -and handsome. One versed in the characteristic physiognomy of -the denizens of our islands would have told you after a moment's -observation that he was a Celt. And indeed, the Honourable Gordon -Niall, son and heir of the fifteenth Baron Niall of the Western -Isles, could play the _piob mor_ and speak the Gaelic as his mother -tongue. Twelve years of public school and university life had left -him still dreaming foolish dreams and seeing great visions. Which is -a proof that he was born into this world a trifle late. - -They were happy, these two, in their nest in the hills. They looked -out on the world as the good God made it. Among the flower-smothered -fields stretched at their feet a placid-minded peasantry lived and -moved and had their being. Content with their tree-bowered, log-built -chalets and their daily bread, they follow the slow-footed oxen and -their wooden ploughs, just as their fathers did a thousand years ago. -From day to day their stainless, uneventful life unfolds to them the -secret of the untroubled heart, and they believe in the beauty of the -world they see and the goodness of the Creator they one day hope to -see. They are simple folk, of course. - -Helene von Behr loved it as she looked. It made her remember so -vividly an old-age worn chateau in the peace of southern France. -She felt again in her inmost soul those scents of childhood which -outlive all human forgetfulness. She sat and dreamed of it all, -and as she dreamed her thoughts became words, and she told them to -her companion, who listened with his blue eyes full of a boyish -unconcealed adoration for the lovely girl beside him. Her eyes -sometimes puzzled him; they puzzled him now. A sad, lambent light was -in them; like sunset glints on the shadowing hills of vanished years. - -She talked on: about the moat round the grey creeper-covered house, -the moat into which she had fallen one day when only six years old. -And the forest--so deep and dark and wonderful--with the great -oak, into whose branches Napoleon III. had climbed to smoke his -everlasting cigarette in peace when he had been the unwelcome guest -of her great-uncle, a _grand seigneur_ who had despised the new -régime. Old Jean Barbé, the coachman, was remembered too--old Jean, -who was always cross but didn't mean to be; and what a funny scar it -was over his left eye where her white cat had scratched him! - -Then there was the village curé. She said, with simple innocence, -that her nurse had told her as a secret that it was whispered he -was her uncle, and would have reigned in the chateau had he only -travelled into this life down the broad road which leadeth from the -altar. But, what a dear he was! She remembered when she made her -first confession to him, and how she had wondered if he was smiling, -or angry, behind the grating when she told that she had stolen a -cigarette from the big silver box on the writing-table of M. le -Vicomte de Fontaigne, her father, and had smoked it surreptitiously -in the stable beside her pet horse. He used to dine with them every -Wednesday evening; and in the calm summer night the table was laid -beneath the pear tree at the end of the terrace near the river, which -glowed so red in the light of the westering sun. How shabby his -soutane always was, and all brown with the stains of snuff! - -So she rambled on and spoke of her father, that proud aristocrat, -bearing a name to be found in the most abbreviated histories. She -laughed when she said that he lived there in magnificent isolation, -too proud to serve the Republic! - -Then she sighed, and did not tell that nevertheless he had married -her against her will to that dull old German diplomatist sitting down -there in the Schweizerhof immersed in the voluminous correspondence -which was the breath of his life: that correspondence which she -secretly blessed in her heart for the free, careless hours it had -given her these last ten days with this fresh-faced boy, the only -occupant of the scantily filled hotel with whom her lord and master -would allow her to associate. - -She sat silent, and gazed dreamily at the undulating countryside, -radiant in bloom and light and colour, with old Pilatus in the -distance, sentinel of ages. The shimmering sunshine quivered all over -it, and the scattered chalets, and orchards pink and white with foam, -seemed lulled to sleep in the security of God. Once a priest passed, -trudging down the white dusty road beneath; once a peasant, the -smoke of his long black cigar hanging in a blue filmy wreath about -his round felt hat. Far down in the valley tinkled the music of cow -bells. A little stream, crystal clear, trickled at her feet ... flies -danced in clouds above the edging rushes. The warm smell of the earth -was intoxicating like incense.... - -She was dimly conscious that her companion was whistling softly. He -had a habit of doing this when deep in thought, and she recognised -the odd little refrain. She had heard him whistle it a dozen -times--queer, uncanny, elusive as the mountain mist, with the mystery -of the hills in it, and sorrow, and the spirit of brave men. She -glanced at him. She knew that this boy had begun to exercise a -strange fascination over her, stronger and more dangerous than she -dared to confess even to herself. It was not unnatural, for her life -these last three years in that grim, dull old schloss in Hanover had -been very lonely. The bud will not mate with the yellow leaf, but -spring must call to spring; albeit the mongers of the matrimonial -market prattle as they please. - -"What is it you whistle, my Gordon?" she asked suddenly. "There are -strange things in the air. Has it a story from your Scottish hills?" - -He sat back and laughed his gay laugh. - -"Yes, it has," he answered. "I'll tell it you, if it won't bore you." - -"But no: tell me," she said, and prepared to listen, her chin in her -hand. - -It was a tune they played on the pipes, he said: and it was a wild, -barbaric story of war and the fierce passion of men and the tottering -fortunes of his race. Six hundred years ago Castle Niall had been -besieged by a neighbouring clan, for the Niall of the day had carried -off the daughter of its chief, and held her within his walls. The -beleaguered garrison was on the verge of starvation, when to Niall -came a dream which told him that deliverance would come from a black -chanter which would drop from heaven upon the castle roof. Three -times, and three times only, would it play a mysterious tune, which -none but the head of the house would be able to awaken from the reed; -and in the hour of peril or distress the playing of the chanter -would bring salvation. When the morning dawned grey over the castle -ramparts, they found, lying on the roof, a black chanter as had been -foretold. The chief blew on it with trembling lips, and lo! it played -of its own accord. Immediately Niall and his men sallied from the -fortress and drove their enemies into the sea. - -In the intervening centuries the chanter had again been used and -brought deliverance. Its virtue would be efficacious only once more. -The strange, haunting air had become the battle charge of his race. -It was that which he had been whistling. The last time it had been -played, in the sixteenth century, the family piper had caught the air -and fixed it indelibly on the scroll of memory. He laughed nervously -when he had finished. He was afraid she would treat it lightly. But -he had told his tale with an old-world seriousness, and although -she had felt inclined to smile when he had ended his recital of it, -something in his face restrained her. Instead, she patted his brown -curly head. - -"Come," she said, "it is late. We must go home." - - * * * * * - -It was their last evening together, for Helene and her husband were -leaving the following day. As they walked along under the chestnut -trees on the Schweizerhof Quai, Niall was dull and silent. She -had stirred the very depths of his young, impressionable heart, -this girl. He didn't attempt to deceive himself: he knew he was -passionately in love with her. He felt that he hated old von Behr. -But--it was all so hopeless. - -That night he dined with them. The dinner was not a great success. -They were all pre-occupied--Helene and Gordon with crowding thoughts -that were very much akin, the Count with a disquieting dispatch from -the Wilhelmstrasse and a severe attack of indigestion. At ten o'clock -he excused himself: he had writing to do. He pointedly suggested that -his wife should go to bed; and he made his adieux to Niall, remarking -that they were leaving early in the morning and would not likely see -him. Furious with stifled anger, the boy said a conventional good-bye -to the woman he loved. She moved away. Count von Behr lingered for a -moment, and then betook himself with shambling gait to his accustomed -corner of the writing-room, which, for some reason, he preferred to -his own private apartment. - -The moment he was out of sight Niall hurriedly left the lounge -and hastened upstairs. On the first floor he saw her, obviously -lingering, a little way down the corridor. She came back as she -saw him approach. The boy blushed deeply as he took her hand, and -stammered something about not being able to say good-bye in such a -beastly cold fashion. His head seemed to be swimming. He had some -confused impressions about the white of her evening gown and a great -crimson rose at her breast. - -"My Gordon," she said softly, with that fascinating inability to -control her r's that thrilled him; "Whistle me your tune once -again--quickly, for I must go. I shall remember you by it, boy. -Perhaps, some day if we meet again, I may be able to whistle it to -you!" - -She smiled, but her eyes were moist. And Niall drew his parched lips -together and managed to whistle the strange, mysterious air. He -finished and stood awkwardly facing her, tall and distinguished in -his evening clothes. No word of love had ever passed between them, -but as they looked into each other's eyes, each read the secret that -nothing could hide. - -"Adieu, my Gordon," she whispered hastily. "You have been good to me. -I won't forget you ... and you'll help me often ... but be sensible, -boy--and forget me!" - -A moment later she was running down the corridor and vanished at the -end. The boy stood for a minute or two rigid where he was, staring -blankly at a red rose in his hands, his head reeling with the -delicious joy of the knowledge that for one never-to-be-forgotten -moment her arms had been thrown round his neck, and on his mouth her -warm lips had pressed a swift, burning kiss. - - -II - -Captain Gordon Niall of the Uist Highlanders lay flat on his face -beside a loophole in the wall. With a subaltern, two men, and a stray -sergeant of the Yorkshire Rifles, he occupied the remains of a former -farmstead, now a jumbled heap of bricks and mortar. The only portion -of this mass of refuse that looked like a house was a right angle -formed by the ends of two walls which rose like a skeleton from the -shattered piles of rafters, rubbish, stones, lime, and dead bodies of -mangled men. - -It was one of the supreme moments resultant upon the German break -through near Armentières, that grim, bloody month of April, 1918. -The British line existed only in the imagination of an exhausted and -bewildered Staff, their faculties half paralysed with fatigue and -over work. No one knew with anything even approaching certainty what -the situation was. Only one thing was certain because it was obvious, -and that was that the very existence of our Armies was hanging in -the balance. The British front was hopelessly, irretrievably broken; -and a disorganised rabble of tattered regiments, half crazy with -weariness and strain and hunger, were retreating in mixed, irregular -bands back from the river Lys, through a withering hail of bullets -and a raging tornado of shrapnel and high explosive; valiantly and -uncomplainingly to take up new positions and renew the desperate -struggle against overwhelming odds. - -Gordon Niall had arrived at the stage when all emotion had been -frozen to its depths. He looked phlegmatically out upon a dreary, -muddy countryside literally alive with the grey advancing hordes of -the enemy. The little group huddled in the shelter of the tottering -walls manipulated a Lewis gun with the dull ceaseless energy of men -in a dream. Dirty, ragged, verminous, with a week's growth on their -smoke-grimed emaciated faces, they were unquestioningly carrying out -to the last their final act in the mighty drama of that last awful -month which clouded their minds like a nightmare from Hell. - -They had been all through the sickening horror of the struggle on the -Somme, and after three weeks hard fighting had arrived a week ago at -Armentières for a rest, to find themselves swirled into the vortex -of the new German offensive. Gordon Niall as he stoically waited for -death, knew very little about the facts of it all. He had been told -that the Portuguese who held the line on the left had broken; and -that out of the welter of shattered, scurrying, disordered units, he -had been ordered to take up an advanced position, to stem the rush -with a handful of men he had managed to gather round him out of the -retreating forces. And there he was, with four others--all that were -left--with the German masses two hundred yards ahead, and behind him -the river Lys, its muddy waters splashing under the bursting barrage, -ironically emphasising the fact that for him there was no retreat. - -It was only a matter of minutes, and at last the end came. A confused -babel of sounds; a smothering avalanche of men, stamping, yelling, -pushing; the collapse of the whole universe about him; a deadly pain -in his head; a strange, swift, kaleidoscopic vision of home ... his -mother's face ... then darkness. - -He didn't know how long afterwards it was that he felt himself -jerked roughly to his feet. As his senses slowly returned he -realised that a German officer was searching him. He watched the -man stupidly as he went through the papers in his pocket-book: then -something fell from a letter to the ground, something brown like a -dead leaf, and Niall lurched forward with a snarl. - -"Give it me!" he said hoarsely. - -The officer looked up, surprised, and then down at his feet. He -stooped and picked the little fragment from the ground, glanced at it -casually, and handed it to Niall with a look of half amused wonder -in his eyes. Then he went on reading. Niall thrust the recovered -treasure into his tunic pocket--only a faded rose given to him four -years ago by a girl at Lucerne, whose memory the passion of war had -not succeeded in effacing. - -The officer soon finished, and Niall was marched off with a small -escort. It all seemed like a bad dream, that scurry over the -fire-swept zone, the arrival at the battered hamlet where more -prisoners were waiting. Then the long weary march, hour after hour, -their numbers constantly swelling, on through the fading twilight and -a dark drizzling night. Like drunken men the straggling column reeled -along, half delirious with hunger and fatigue, past stores and camps -and dumps and villages, while ever past them the reserve masses of -horse, foot and artillery incessantly pressed on the heels of the -advancing German forces. At last, long after midnight, they reached a -smallish town; and, packed into an empty building, they fell on the -cold concrete floor and slept the sleep of utter exhaustion. - -Early in the morning they were marched to the station, and Niall -found himself in a third class compartment with eleven other -officers. Some time before the train started a bowl of some sticky, -soupy substance was handed in, with a loaf of bread; and on this they -subsisted during the twenty-six hours which elapsed before they were -detrained at their destination, a dreary, drab little town; and, -cramped and weak as children, they marched two miles out into the -country to the wire-encircled encampment which awaited their coming. - - -III - -Those unfortunates who endured the lonely monotonous horror of -prison life in Germany will tell you what "barbed-wire madness" was. -They will tell you of men who got the disease; and of that furtive, -piteous look that haunted the tragic sunken eyes of weary creatures -who became frenzied with the longing for freedom. It is perhaps -difficult to appreciate from the depths of an arm-chair the terrible -gnawing pain of this consuming passion to which some natures were -so very susceptible. But strong men who have lived, if only just -lived, for three long ghastly months, without letters or parcels, on -a diet of turnip-soup and small lumps of black bread, till the skin -was stretched tight over their protruding cheek-bones like yellow -parchment, their filthy, ragged clothes hanging like mildewed sacks -on their emaciated bodies, and their hollow eyes gleaming like the -eyes of famished beasts--they understand how easy it was to fall a -prey to "barbed-wire madness." - -Gordon Niall got it, and got it badly. It was inevitable. The -restless Celtic spirit was the first to fall a victim to the mania -for escape. Five times he eluded his watchful guard, and five times -was recaptured, sullen and still determined, taking his punishment -of solitary confinement as a matter of course, with a purpose dogged -and unbroken. For solitary confinement in cells was no cure for the -disease: it was like malaria, once in the system it was ineradicable. -The weeks dragged on. Parcels and letters arrived from home and -conditions gradually improved, but Niall remained obsessed with his -yearning for liberty. Other men who had escaped and been recaptured -began to realise the futility of it, and the news which filtered -through the German newspapers of the turn of the tide and the -progress of the Allied forces tended to encourage them to settle down -to await developments. And one night the camp was electrified with -the announcement of the defection of Bulgaria. It was the beginning -of the end, and the star of hope shone clear in the firmament. Yet it -had no effect on Gordon Niall, for the following night he made yet -another attempt to escape. - -He had thought it out carefully; and at midnight, three friends, -strenuously protesting at his foolishness, hoisted him up to the -little window of their hut which overlooked the prison yard. It was -not more than twelve yards from the wire enclosure, and within four -feet of it rose a telegraph pole. The window had been very carefully -prepared, and it did not take Niall many minutes to remove the glass, -drop the panes into the keeping of his friends below, and wriggle on -to the narrow ledge. He listened carefully, and looked up and down -the yard, white in the searching glare of the great electric lamps -which turned night into day. A high wind and a driving sleet favoured -him, for the sentry who passed shortly afterwards on his beat by the -barbed wire was walking quickly with his chin sunk in the collar of -his coat. Niall waited till he had gone, then, crouching for a moment -on the window ledge, he sprang forward, clutched at the telegraph -pole, clung to it for a few seconds, then laboriously hauled himself -up to the cross-bars. Here he rested for a while and allowed the -sentry once more to pass. Then, judging that he would just have time -to reach the further pole, which was a few feet on the far side of -the wire, before the man returned, he commenced his perilous journey. -Painfully and cautiously he straddled across the wires and began -to work himself along. The swirling blasts of the strong wind more -than once almost swept him from his precarious hold, and the icy -rain numbed his cut and bleeding hands. Beneath his weight the wires -swayed and sagged ... yet he struggled on his desperate way. It was -more difficult than he had supposed, and sick, with nervous strain -and physical exhaustion, he determined to risk discovery and hang -where he was, halfway across, until the sentry passed again. The -minutes dragged, and then round the corner of the next hut the man -appeared, his shoulders hunched in the driving rain, his eyes on the -ground. Above him, clinging frantically to the wire, Niall waited, -his heart in his mouth. The man walked almost beneath him, seeing -nothing; and in a few seconds the prisoner again began to toil along -the wires. At length, almost fainting with fatigue and strain, he -clutched his goal and drew himself across the cross-bars, and waited, -panting, his heart throbbing as if it would burst, until the sentry -should repass him. He soon approached. Nearer and nearer he came. He -tramped beneath the crouching figure on the top of the telegraph -pole. Niall muttered a prayer of thankfulness for the fierce wind and -the torrential rain. - -The blood suddenly roared in his ears with excitement ... the man had -stopped ... was he going to look up?... he stamped his feet for a -minute or two, then resumed his monotonous beat. - -Niall quickly clutched the pole with his arms and knees and slithered -to the ground. Bending low he ran swiftly across the area illumined -by the glare from the prison yard, and found himself in the -enveloping darkness of the night. - - * * * * * - -The fugitive had a roughly accurate knowledge of the immediate -countryside, gained by constant observation during the occasional -walks which had been permitted the prisoners, under escort. He -purposed making for a thick wood which lay about two miles to the -westward, and there concealing himself during the following day when -the hue and cry would be in full swing. When night again came round -he would push ahead; if possible, keeping a general course to the -north-west, which, he anticipated, would in time bring him to some -point on the Dutch frontier. He had saved up a quantity of food, -which, with strict economy, he hoped might last him at a pinch for a -fortnight. If, by that time, he had not reached the frontier, things -might become awkward; but this was an eventuality too distant to be -considered at the moment. - -He found himself at the outskirts of the forest an hour later, and -forged ahead through the crowding trees and thick undergrowth until -dawn broke, when he searched about for a secure hiding-place. He -resolved not to climb a tree as he felt that sleep was a necessity. -Fortune favoured him by the discovery of a large fox-hole in a dense -thicket; and down this he forced his way feet first, carefully wound -up his wrist watch, and in five minutes was fast asleep. - -It was one o'clock in the afternoon when he awoke. Scarcely a sound -broke the tense silence of the wood. The rain had passed and the sun -shone clear above the trees. He ate some biscuits and a meagre slice -of tinned meat, washed his face and hands in a neighbouring stream, -made some rough calculations on a sheet of paper as to direction, -and settled down to wait for nightfall. With the advent of dusk he -again set off through the forest. - -For twelve long weary days and nights he successfully eluded capture -and kept up the same monotonous round--hiding by day and pushing -ahead by night. He had been forced on many occasions to retrace his -steps or make circuitous rounds owing to coming suddenly on villages -or towns, and he had not made the progress he had resolved to make. -His food, too, he had miscalculated; and at the close of the twelfth -day he found himself with his rations at an end, and hopelessly -befogged as to his whereabouts. For another day and night he held out -bravely, and then narrowly avoided detection in a fruitless attempt -to steal a chicken from a farmyard. At the expiry of a fortnight he -was starving and in the throes of a fever. - -He came to a final decision. He would start again at dusk and press -on. If by daylight there was no sign of the frontier he would give -himself up. There was nothing else for it. He was in desperate -straits: his clothes were torn to rags and he was almost overcome by -the fierce grip of the fever that was rapidly consuming his little -remaining strength. He had given up all hope of winning to the haven -of neutral territory; it might not be far away, perhaps, but his -power of endurance was at an end. However, he would forge ahead that -night, whatever happened. - -As soon as darkness rendered it safe he emerged from his concealment -and struck westward along the edge of a rough country road. For hours -he toiled along meeting with nobody, but making poor progress. He -was becoming light-headed, and he lurched heavily as he walked. At -intervals he burned and shivered and sweated fiercely. Time and again -he fell on his face, but on each occasion he staggered to his feet -and struggled ahead. - -The night wore on, and through the clouds on the eastern skyline -a palish light began to filter. The skies grew dull grey and then -softer like the wing of a dove. Over the fields and hedgerows the -luminous glow grew clearer as the wheels of the Dawn rolled on, -touching the bare branches of the trees and silvering the green -stagnant water in the ditch, by whose edge reeled and pitched an -exhausted atom of humanity. - -Niall raised his bloodshot eyes to the heavens. - -"Well, this is the end of it," he muttered, "and probably the end of -me too. I don't mind ... it's been a good effort, and I'm so tired -... my God, how tired I am!" - -A hundred yards ahead a high wall began, evidently the bound of -some large country residence, and not much further on was a small -iron gate. Inside, a footpath led winding among the trees of a wide -parkland. With shaking hands Niall unlatched the gate and followed -the path. He could not see now where he was going: a red mist hung -like a veil before his eyes. Once he ran against a tree, striking his -head violently against the trunk. Dazedly he raised his hand to his -forehead and felt it wet.... Shortly afterwards he reached the end of -the parkland. Things grew clearer again, and he saw before him, not -three hundred yards away, the grey battlemented towers of a stately -castle. For a few moments he stared at it in a fuddled manner, then -he collapsed into a ditch full of rotting leaves. - - * * * * * - -When he regained consciousness it was night. He must have lain there -all day. Slowly past events came back to him, and he raised himself -with difficulty on his elbow and looked at the winking lights in -the castle windows. The fever did not trouble him now: all he was -conscious of was a fierce, overpowering craving for food and warmth -and rest. The twinkle of the lights called to him. It was a German -house, certainly, but he would get something to eat there, and they -would let him rest--how he wanted rest! His thoughts flew back to his -home in the distant western isles. Would they be thinking of him? -he wondered. Thank God, they couldn't see him now. His mother, and -Eileen his sister ... they would be in the old library where they -always sat at night, that vast stone-walled room above the cliff -where the moaning of the sea rose eternally. And his father would be -asleep in the red leather chair by the gun-room fire. He smiled as -the vision rose before him. Would he ever see it again? Great God, -why did men want to kill one another?... - -His rambling thoughts switched off in another direction ... if they -could see him now, perhaps his old father would go to the glass case -on the library wall, take from its resting place the black chanter, -and blow on it for the last time! He laughed hoarsely--a good joke -that! Delirious and cracked, his voice suddenly croaked forth the -weird notes of the black chanter's tune. Horrible and broken it rose -on the still night air. - -In a few moments the delirium passed, and with a mighty effort he got -on his hands and knees. Painfully and slowly he began to crawl across -the damp grass of the park towards the shadowy mass of the silent -castle. - -"They'll give me food," he gasped ... "and let me rest." - - -IV - -The Countess von Behr sat in a deep chair by the open fireplace -of her boudoir in the Schloss Bersenburg. On the white marble -mantelshelf a painted china clock pointed to a quarter past eleven. -The luxuriously furnished room was in deep shadow, the only light -coming from two massive silver candelabra upon the grand piano in a -recess by the window. The flickering glow from the red embers lit up -fitfully the face of the woman who gazed abstractedly into the fire. - -Four years of mental strain and suffering had left their mark on -Helene von Behr, for there were lines about her eyes and her mouth -had grown harder. These years had fallen with tragic weight upon -the shoulders of the exiled girl, doomed by the exigencies of the -times to live alone in this vast gloomy house, her heart in bleeding -France, her body in a country which by hereditary instinct she -had always disliked, but now hated with all the intensity of her -passionate southern heart. So she had dragged out her solitary days -in the seclusion of the Schloss, one of that vast multitude, young in -years but old in suffering, whose souls have been ruthlessly crushed -beneath the iron wheels of the chariots of war. - -The Count had been keenly alive to the delicacy of his domestic -situation, and from the outbreak of hostilities, though he had -been almost constantly resident in Berlin owing to his important -connection with the Foreign Office, he had deemed it the prudent -course to leave his French wife in the solitariness of his country -home; a policy which saved both himself and her from inevitable -embarrassments which might at once prove detrimental to the interests -of the one, and intolerable to the other. - -The unutterable agony of the weary months in a position which was -both false and horrible to her, conscious as she could not fail to -be of the veiled contempt and cleverly concealed hostility of her -servants, and the less disguised dislike of her few neighbours, had -told heavily upon the lonely woman. Two months ago things had become -almost insufferable when the news came that the Vicomte de Fontaigne -had been laid in a soldier's grave. To fight for the Republic was -one thing, but to fight for France was quite another: and so, at the -hour of crisis, like the rest of his order, the haughty nobleman -had put his politics in his pocket and offered his services to the -Govermnent. The grief of her father's death, borne alone, friendless -and exiled, had almost crushed Helene. Yet it seemed as if her -perplexities were never to end: for that very afternoon a telegram -had come intimating in crude staring words, that the Count von Behr -had been shot dead in the Wilhelmstrasse while endeavouring from a -window to appease a revolutionary mob. - -She had tried to analyse her feelings when the news was conveyed to -her. She had never loved him, but in his own blunt way he had been -kind and considerate to her; and the sudden tears which she shed were -from the heart, for she sincerely regretted his death. Yet despite -this fact she could not stifle the insistent thought that she was -free--free to go back to France and to the Chateau Fontaigne, that -pearl of her soul, when this holocaust of death was past and over; -a thought rendered doubly moving by the knowledge that the dawn was -already breaking! She had often wondered what it would be like in the -future for a child of France to be wedded for ever to a German. - -As she sat before the fire she felt restless and ill at ease. Her -jumbled thoughts refused to be focussed on any one aspect of her -affairs. She felt something strange in the atmosphere, something that -oppressed her. It seemed in the air, it was all around, real yet -indefinable. Time and again she looked round half nervously as if -expecting to find someone in the room with her.... - -She settled deeper into her chair and listlessly watched a morsel -that fell red from the fire ... it grew pink and then grey. It still -smoked a little, then died. As the lonely woman stared into the -embers there suddenly rose before her a boyish face, so clear and -vivid that she was startled by it. There was pain in the eyes that -looked at her, pain and dull weariness, and the dumb suffering of -a yearning spirit. Helene shivered.... How often during these last -years had that face risen before her, and the sunlight and happiness -of ten brief days in a deserted Lucerne had fallen on her tired heart -like the dew of heaven. She had never forgotten him--how could she? -She had wondered so often where he was. She knew he was not dead: for -he was first in that list of names which she had given to a friend -in Berne, desiring him to keep her acquainted with their fortunes. -She often thought, had she done wrong that night when she kissed his -young mouth? But it didn't really matter, after all: she had done -him no harm, and long ago he would have forgotten her. Men forgot so -quickly. For his own sake she hoped he had: yet--in spite of herself -she prayed that he hadn't. And as she looked ahead, to-night, to -her coming liberty, she wondered.... But the face in the fire made -her uneasy. A queer tune throbbed in her head--his tune! She had -heard it in her thoughts all night; wild, unrhythmical, it seemed -to have vibrated in the stillness of the shadowy room--mysterious, -passionate, compelling. Once it had been so realistic that she had -been convinced that she actually heard it--out in the night; and she -had pulled aside the curtains and peered out into the darkness. - -She stretched her arms above her head. She felt stifled: surely the -room was very hot. Rising, she moved restlessly to the window and -looked out. It was a clear, starry night; with a silver moon peeping -from behind some scudding clouds. She lingered, gazing up at the -beauty of the heavens. Then, just as she was about to let the thick -curtain drop, suddenly, muffled yet distinct, she heard a man's voice -rise on the night air. It cried one English word--"Help!" - -For a minute she stood startled and irresolute, then she flung open -the window. Below, on the white of the wide gravel sweep, she could -dimly see a dark form lying stretched before the massive steps of the -doorway. She leaned over the edge and called. No answer came. She -drew back into the room and touched the electric bell. A few seconds -later, an old sleepy-eyed footman appeared, their last remaining -manservant. - -"Quick," she cried, "there is a man lying outside on the gravel. I -think he is dead. Get some help and bring him into the hall. I'll -come down myself immediately." - -The man bowed solemnly and withdrew; and when five minutes later -she descended the broad oak staircase, Helene saw an excited knot -of servants depositing a human burden on the great fur rug before -the cavernous hall fireplace. She approached and looked down upon -the form of a man, little more than a skeleton, his clothes ragged -and smeared with filth, his thin sunken face bearded and dirty. The -cluster of servants stared at him open-mouthed. - -The sick man moved an arm. He drowsily muttered a few words; feebly, -but Helene and the domestics heard them: - -"Must be near the frontier now.... Thank God!" - -"English," said the old footman resentfully, but a quick look from -his mistress silenced any further remark. She despatched the man for -the local doctor and sent the women for blankets, hot water, brandy, -pillows; and she herself knelt by the miserable creature and gently -loosened his ragged collar. The emaciated face recalled nothing to -her as she looked--but, a few seconds later, Gordon Niall opened -his eyes, and, trembling like an aspen leaf, and white to the lips, -Helene von Behr recognised him. - -"Mother of God!" she gasped. - -The floodgates of memory opened and the great waters poured over -her soul. She felt the walls and the floor of the vast gloomy hall -reeling about her; but, with an almost superhuman effort of will, she -regained her composure, and met the eyes that looked into her ashen -face with a look of wonder and amazement. The fever seemed to have -left him, and for the moment Niall was perfectly conscious. She bent -down and pillowed his head on her arm. - -"Helene," he whispered, "is it you?... where am I?" - -"It's all right, dear," she said soothingly. "You're quite safe. -Don't speak--you must rest." - -The servants returned and Niall was made as comfortable as possible. -Helene thought rapidly. At all costs she must be alone with him for -a time. She dismissed the whispering women upon various errands. -Yes, she said to their enquiries, she would stay with him till they -returned. - -When they were alone Niall looked up. - -"I escaped, you know," he said weakly. "I've had an awful time--but -I'm safe now, Helene, am I not?... across the frontier, eh?" - -"Yes, yes, my Gordon," she answered, smoothing back his matted hair, -"you're across the frontier, and you'll soon be well." She almost -choked as she remembered that the frontier was only five miles away. - -He sighed contentedly and closed his eyes. For a while he lay very -still; then he spoke, with difficulty. - -"My left tunic pocket," he gasped, "feel in it, Helene ... that's -right ... now, open that flap." - -From the tattered leather pocket-book she pulled out a dried withered -flower. His eyes gleamed as he saw it. He turned his face to her. - -"Your rose," he whispered--"at Lucerne, you know." - -A severe fit of shivering seized him. His eyes closed. From the -corners of his mouth two thin rivulets of blood began to trickle ... -he opened his eyes. - -"Helene," he muttered spasmodically, "Helene--the frontier ... I must -get across the frontier ... before the morning." - -The end was near and she knew it. With her left hand she extracted -from her bosom a little gold crucifix and held it before the dying -eyes. In a voice, choked with emotion, she said in his ear, - -"Say after me, my Gordon ... 'Jesu, have mercy!'" - -"_Jesu--have--mercy!_" - -"Now, and in the hour of death"-- - -"_Now, and--in--the hour of--death_"-- - -"Have mercy on me, a sinner!" - -"_Have mercy--on--me--a sinner!_"-- - -He shivered as in a blast of icy wind, then smiled like a tired child -and nestled his head against her breast. And very quietly he crossed -the silent frontier of that shadowy country, whence no traveller -returns. - - * * * * * - -The servants were clustered about her, and the stout village doctor -was bending over the thin body stretched on the fur rug; but Helene, -her head bowed, neither looked up nor spoke.... - - - - -THE PIPES - -BY EDMUND CANDLER - - -On Christmas night the pipers came into the mess. They had piped -the regiment across many a hot place in France and escorted bombing -parties down many a German trench. In one action four out of the -eight were hit and two killed. They touch a chord deep down somewhere -which no doubt has its proper scientific name. The eye of the piper -which conceals his gladness, denying all rapture, is a key to the -undemonstrative temper of the men who would rather die than throw up -their bonnets and shout. - -A subaltern of nineteen years put the case for the pipes to me in his -own eloquent slang. - -"Of course I get cold feet sometimes" he said, "like everyone else. -But the pipes soon warm one. MacFarlane, the Company Piper, piped us -across on the 25th, the regimental slogan, you know. By Jove, it was -top-hole." - -We called him the Chicken. Being bigger in the beam than in the -shoulders and having a slightly forward stoop he looked in his kilt -like a preternaturally large nestling just emerged from the egg. To -see him walking reminded one of a determined young chicken. He had an -assurance unnatural in the new-born which set off his callowness and -puzzled one. It was not side. To hear him talk made one smile. You -would think he had plumbed experience and was already convinced about -the main issues of life, celibacy or marriage, the rights and wrongs -of Demos, peace and war, and the like. One smiled in sympathy, not -in derision, accepting the indisputable explanation that the Chicken -had had special privileges in the egg. And one thanked the war for an -ingenuousness of speech, the bloom of which would have been rubbed -off in a week of peace-time conditions in a mess. - -"MacFarlane was killed with a bombing party," the subaltern went on. -"They let hell loose,--all their machine guns, rifle grenades, trench -mortars, and every rifle thirty rounds at least. Our fellows came in -half an hour afterwards, having been snug in a shell-hole through the -whole show. Only two of our men were hit--by a trench mortar. One was -MacFarlane. It was a horrid sight--made me feel a bit green. Nothing -was left of them, and you couldn't tell who they were save by their -identity discs. I put a sentry by the traverse on both sides and gave -orders that no one was to pass. It wouldn't have done for these young -recruits to see the mess," this pink-faced subaltern of nineteen -explained with paternal solicitude. - -His tenderness for the recruits amused me, for the absence of down -on his chin made the Chicken look younger than his years. But I -marvelled more at the complacency with which he found himself in -command. He spoke of his blooded veterans--Perthshires, if you -please, the salt of the British Army, as if he were a huntsman -holding them in the leash; yet it was only in spirit that he had -attained to man's estate. One phrase struck me. He was describing the -capture of Hun murderers, or if not actual murderers the comrades and -accomplices of murderers, men whom his Highlanders wanted to kill. - -"They were all holding up their hands," the boy told me, "and -trembling with funk and holding out pictures of their Fraus and -kids, and calling out 'Don't shoot, Kamarade! Don't shoot!' and my -men wanted to shoot them. The Perthshires had been out for blood -since the 9th of May when the Huns had burnt their wounded comrades, -shooting them with petrol bullets so that their clothes burst into -flame and they died in agony, and men who couldn't stick the sight -of it any longer crept out of their trenches, in spite of orders, to -drag them in and were burnt alive too. That day my company swore that -they would take no more Prussian prisoners, and now word had been -passed round by the Brigade, 'The 15th Prussians are in front of you, -who burnt the men of your regiment. You will know how to behave.' My -men wanted to shoot them all down, make the place a shambles; but, -of course, I wouldn't have it. I told them they had to take the men -prisoners." - -"Did they obey you?" I asked. - -The Nestling looked at me in surprise as if I were a very ignorant -person. - -"Obey! They knew very well that the first man who fired I'd blow out -his brains with my revolver." - -After all, the Chicken's assurance was a compliment to the regiment, -where discipline is an elemental fact. And it spoke well for the -boy too, that he realized what admission into that Kingdom, or -corporation, meant,--all self and chickenhood being merged in the -subaltern of the Perthshires, whose powers were as natural and -inalienable as the properties of carbon or oxygen. - -Yet this callow youth on whom authority sat so lightly spurned his -profession. It appeared that he had ambitions. He scoffed at the idea -of sticking in the army after the war. He wanted "to do something," -he said. I could not understand how he could resist the glamour of -it all. His Colonel thought well of him and he knew it. The O.C., a -reserved man, and sparing of praise, had been talking to me about the -Chicken before dinner; he told me that the boy had the right spirit -and no fear in him. "I sent him on a patrol," he said, "a day or two -after he arrived at the front, to a building between the lines which -was supposed to be occupied by Germans. My orders were, 'Find out if -the house is held. Find out for yourself, remember, and don't take -your men's word for it. They'll always see Germans, especially on a -wet night when they want to be snug in the trenches.'" - -The Subaltern had the sight of an owl, but he was determined not to -come back until he had seen Germans. So far he had seen none, having -arrived at the trenches straight from Winchester, where he held a -commission in the O.T.C. and had just won a scholarship for New -College. He swore he would see Germans that night or promenade the -empty house between the lines. - -A slip of a moon showed above the clouds and the rain ceased when -they were within fifty yards of the building. The Corporal touched -the Subaltern's sleeve and said, "They're there, Sir. I can see about -a dozen of them." - -"Where? I don't see." - -"Straight ahead, Sir, by the wall." - -The Chicken approached nearer. Within forty--thirty yards. The -Corporal warned him again in a throaty whisper:--"There's 'arf a -company, Sir, lining the side of the house. We're almost agin them." - -Still the Chicken could not see. He gave the order to move forward. - -At fifteen yards the Germans opened fire. A quick volley. The patrol -threw themselves flat. Luckily they were concealed in a slight -depression, and in a few seconds the moon went under a dark cloud. - -The Subaltern whispered the order to return the enemy's fire, and his -four men blazed away into the shadow under the house. The Germans -replied vigorously; by a miracle none of the little party were hit. -Then the Huns turned the machine gun on to them from somewhere -farther back. The Subaltern heard the spray of bullets coming nearer, -spattering the earth, searching every inch of soil, passing with a -thirsty sucking noise overhead. He was the most exposed of his party, -but he felt for the body of the dead man he had stumbled against, and -drew it into a close embrace. The current of lead passed an inch over -them where they lay interlaced, the live man clinging for life to the -dead. The fire dropped. The body received a bullet and shook as if it -were wrestling with him. Its head butted his own. A faint smell of -cigar fume clung to its moustache. The boy had let the situation go -for a moment, and was wondering, with a detachment at which he was -surprised, whether all Germans smoked Havanas in the trenches, when a -new kind of explosion added to the din. It was "A" Company's patrol -bombing the house. The little scouting party received their first -casualty from them. The man behind the Chicken uttered a cry of pain. -A splinter from a bomb had taken away part of his right ear. - -This extended attack was too much for the Huns, who thought the whole -line was advancing and decamped. The moon peeped out again as they -were going off, and the Subaltern, Corporal and the two men accounted -for at least half a dozen of them. These dark figures which rolled up -like rabbits were the first Germans the Chicken had seen. - -The Subaltern entered the house with the two privates and sent the -Corporal back to tell the Colonel that we were in possession. He had -taken a rather important Observation Post marked 2.22 on the map. - -I had some of the story from the boy and some from the Colonel, but I -will let the boy finish it. - -"The next day we had some burying," he said. "From the new post -we could send out patrols to bring in our fellows who had been -knocked out on the 12th. You won't mind me talking about things -which make you feel a bit squeamish, will you, Sir?"--the boy called -everybody above the age of forty "Sir"--"Tell me to shut up if it -is too beastly; but, you see, most of these bodies had been out -for six weeks and were more or less decomposed. We dug a shallow -trench towards them, threw out a hook on a bit of rope and drew -them in. We had to find their identification discs. It was not a -pleasant business taking off a man's shirt and not always easy, and -my Corporal being sick every minute didn't help things either. I -generally went for their pockets for letters; that was easier, but -..." I omit here some details which are too unpleasant to print. "The -Corporal with his weak stomach was a bit of a nuisance, especially at -night, for if the Germans heard him they would send up a flare." - -Then he told me about a frontal attack at Loos. The Chicken had seen -and suffered more and lived more in six months in France, and done -more for England than I had in two score odd years. He was clearly a -born soldier. He was happy in the regiment and quite one of them--one -of the new incarnation at least who approximate in some ways to the -old. I could not see what more he desired. - -"You really think of throwing up the army after the war?" I asked. -The Chicken turned on me the wistful smile that talk of "after the -war" evoked among the sanguine at the time. "In war time of course -everybody has got to be a soldier," he said, "but in peace time--no -thank you!" - -"But what are you going to do?" - -"Anything, but inspect meat and tunic buttons. Something that counts. -I suppose I shall go into the Bar or Parliament." - -I would have asked him if he really thought these talking shops -counted more than the Perthshires; but the pipes were coming in again -and they were playing the regimental slogan. It gave one the most -extraordinary feeling in the pit of one's stomach and all down one's -back. - -"I'm not sure, though," the boy said ingenuously when they had gone -out, "I may stick to the regiment on the chance of another show." - -I understood, I had passed through the two moods myself in a long -route march when the pipes took over charge from the brass band. - - -GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. -LTD. - - - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] _The Bagpipe_. Grattan Flood. - -[2] Probably the first pipers to play on French soil were those -of the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on their landing at -Boulogne. - -[3] _Echoes of Flanders._ C. L. Warr. - -[4] Philip Gibbs. - -[5] "We will take the high road." - -[6] _The Adventures of a Despatch Rider._ Major W. H. Watson. - -[7] _More Adventures in Kilt and Khaki._ Thomas Lyon. - -[8] Stephen Graham.--_The Times_, 16th January, 1919. - -[9] Philip Gibbs. - -[10] "The battle beyond Baghdad--'A Highland Officer.'"--_Blackwood's -Magazine._ - -[11] Stephen Graham.--"A Private in the Guards." - -[12] _With the Gordons at Ypres._--Rev. A. M. Maclean, C.M.G. - -[13] Lieut.-Col. Cyrus Peck, V.C., D.S.O. - -[14] _Musical Memoirs of Scotland_, 1849, p. 9. - -[15] Sir John was wrong in his date: this incident happened in 1816. - -[16] The names of the tunes are largely written in rather badly spelt -Gaelic, including in some cases the letter 'v,' _e.g._, Vuirlin -instead of A Bhirlinn, and h is the commonest consonant in the -vocables--neither 'v' nor 'h' alone being used in correct Gaelic. - -[17] Since this was written I have discovered this line in staff -notation in an old MS. by Donald Macdonald, son of the man who -published the Collection of Piobaireachd in the early nineteenth -century. - -[18] The commas are thrown about haphazard in this tune. - -[19] Something is omitted here--probably 'a.' - -[20] It is not easy to see what 'ved[(are]' means here: comparing -it with same point in First, Second and Third Motions, it should -probably be 'dari' instead of ved[(are] or 'vedari' perhaps. As -written in D. Macdonald, Jr's. MS. it would be 'dari.' - -[21] 'h' is probably inserted here to show that C and not B is meant. - -[22] Perhaps this cadence is a clerical error. - -[23] Probably a clerical error for hadarem. - -[24] "The pipers' hollow." - -[25] Keeper of family records, genealogist. - -[26] "The anger of winking Patrick." - -[27] "The blind man's leap." - -[28] "The Broom of Peril," the banner borne by Oscar in battle. - -[29] "Sons of the Gael shoulder to shoulder." - -[30] All the atrocities mentioned above are not fiction but fact. Day -and date, names and places can be given for all of them. - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - A superscript is denoted by ^{x}. - - In the pipe music notation an accent over a group of letters xyz is - denoted by [(xyz]; for example end[(are], and hodr[(od]in. - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - The one hundred and twenty table headers in the 'REGIMENTAL RECORDS' - section have been made identical; a small number in the original text - omitted the column header 'REG. NO.' - - Footnote [20] is correctly referenced twice from pg 189. - - Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, - and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, - unrhythmical; outwith; bagpipe, bag-pipe; dugout, dug-out. - - Pg ix, 'The Cameron Highlanders' replaced by 'The Queen's Own Cameron - Highlanders'. - Pg 5, 'invididuals' replaced by 'individuals'. - Pg 7, 'Ch till mi' replaced by 'Cha till me'. - Pg 11, 'sons of Erc' replaced by 'sons of Ere'. - Pg 19, 'unfavourably' replaced by 'unfavourable'. - Pg 52, 'dipersed' replaced by 'dispersed'. - Pg 65, 'sporans' replaced by 'sporrans'. - Pg 73, 'REG. NO. NAME. RANK.' replaced by 'REG. NO. RANK. NAME.'. - Pg 102, '23/121/7' replaced by '23/12/17'. - Pg 124, '24/10/141' replaced by '24/10/14'. - Pg 130, 'Piper Major' replaced by 'Pipe Major'. - Pg 166, 'June, 1615' replaced by 'June, 1915'. - Pg 183, 'himbandrc' replaced by 'himbandre'. - Pg 183, 'hobandrc' replaced by 'hobandre'. - Pg 200, 'Higlanders' replaced by 'Highlanders'. - Pg 202, 'The musi' replaced by 'The music'. - Pg 222, 'Higland' replaced by 'Highland'. - Pg 229, 'shapnel' replaced by 'shrapnel'. - Pg 236, 'Nifinsky' replaced by 'Nijinsky'. - Pg 248, 'Bretannach' replaced by 'Brettanach'. - Pg 262, 'boys haled' replaced by 'boys hauled'. - Pg 282, 'unrythmical' replaced by 'unrhythmical'. - Pg 287, 'shell-hope' replaced by 'shell-hole'. - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Pipes of War, by Sir Bruce Seton and John Grant - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PIPES OF WAR *** - -***** This file should be named 51016-0.txt or 51016-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/1/0/1/51016/ - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Pipes of War - A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas - Regiments during the War 1914-18 - -Author: Sir Bruce Seton - John Grant - -Release Date: January 23, 2016 [EBook #51016] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PIPES OF WAR *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within -the text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p>More detail can be found at <a href="#TN">the end of the book</a>.</p> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<h1>THE PIPES OF WAR</h1> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="p4" /> - -<p class="pfs90">GLASGOW</p> - -<div class="blockquotzz wsp"> -PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY -ROBERT MACLEHOSE & COMPANY LTD. FOR -MACLEHOSE, JACKSON AND CO., PUBLISHERS -</div> - -<p class="pfs90">TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW</p> - -<div class="center fs70"> -<br /> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl pad10 wd60">MACMILLAN AND CO. LTD.</td><td class="tdl">LONDON</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad10">THE MACMILLAN CO.</td><td class="tdl">NEW YORK</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad10">MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA</td><td class="tdl">TORONTO</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad10">SIMPKIN, HAMILTON AND CO.</td><td class="tdl">LONDON</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad10">BOWES AND BOWES</td><td class="tdl">CAMBRIDGE</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad10">DOUGLAS AND FOULIS</td><td class="tdl">EDINBURGH</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc tdpp" colspan="2">MCMXX</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p class="p4" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a name="FP" id="FP"></a> -<img src="images/i_frontipiece-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -PIPER JAMES RICHARDSON, V.C., <span class="smcap">16TH</span> CANADIAN SCOTTISH<br /> - -<span class="smcap">At Regina Trench, Vimy Ridge</span><br /> - -<em>From the Painting by J. Prinsep Beadle</em> -</div> -</div> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="p2" /> - - -<div class="tpage"> -<p class="xxxl smcap red">The Pipes of War</p> - -<p> -<em>A Record of the Achievements of Pipers<br /> -of Scottish and Overseas Regiments<br /> -during the War 1914-18</em></p> - -<br /> -<p class="small">BY</p> -<p class="fs90"><span class="smcap">Brevet-Col.</span> SIR BRUCE SETON, Bart., of Abercorn, C.B.</p> -<p class="small">AND</p> -<p class="fs90"><span class="smcap">Pipe-Major</span> JOHN GRANT</p> - -<br /> -<p class="fs60">WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY</p> -<p class="fs80">NEIL MUNRO, BOYD CABLE, PHILIP GIBBS, <span class="smcap">and Others</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"> -<img src="images/title-150.jpg" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>GLASGOW</p> -<p class="red">MACLEHOSE, JACKSON & CO.</p> -<p class="fs60">PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY</p> -<p>1920</p> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[Pg v]</a></span></p> - -<p class="drop-capx">Wherever Scottish troops have fought the sound of the -pipes has been heard, speaking to us of our beloved -native land, bringing back to our memories the proud traditions -of our race, and stimulating our spirits to fresh efforts in the -cause of freedom. The cry of "The Lament" over our fallen -heroes has reminded us of the undying spirit of the Scottish race, -and of the sacredness of our cause.</p> - -<p>The Pipers of Scotland may well be proud of the part they -have played in this war. In the heat of battle, by the lonely -grave, and during the long hours of waiting, they have called to -us to show ourselves worthy of the land to which we belong. -Many have fallen in the fight for liberty, but their memories -remain. Their fame will inspire others to learn the pipes, and -keep alive their music in the Land of the Gael.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/007sig-300.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -D. Haig F.M.<br /> - -6 Dec<sup>r</sup> 1918</div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[vii]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="PREFACE" id="PREFACE">PREFACE</a></h2> - - -<p class="noindent">This record of the achievements of pipers during the war of 1914-18 is not -intended to be an appeal to emotionalism. It aims at showing that, in spite -of the efforts of a very efficient enemy to prevent individual gallantry, in -spite of the physical conditions of the modern battlefield, the pipes of war, -the oldest instrument in the world, have played an even greater part in -the orchestra of battle in this than they have in past campaigns.</p> - -<p>The piper, be he Highlander, or Lowlander, or Scot from Overseas, -has accomplished the impossible—not rarely and under favourable -conditions, but almost as a matter of routine; and to him not Scotland -only but the British Empire owes more than they have yet -appreciated.</p> - -<p>In doing so he has sacrificed himself; and Scotland—and the world—must -face the fact that a large proportion of the men who played the -instrument and kept alive the old traditions have completed their self-imposed -task. With 500 pipers killed and 600 wounded something must be -done to raise a new generation of players; it is a matter of national importance -that this should be taken in hand at once, and that the sons of those -who have gone should follow in the footsteps of their fathers.</p> - -<p>This is the best tribute that can be offered to them.</p> - -<p>The Piobaireachd Society intend to institute a Memorial School of -piping for this purpose, and all profits from the sale of this book will be -handed over to their fund.</p> - -<p>The compilation of the statistical portions of the work has involved -correspondence with commanding officers, pipe presidents and pipe majors -of many units in the Imperial armies; to them, for their enthusiastic<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[viii]</a></span> -assistance in obtaining information, is due the credit for the mass of detail -that has been made available.</p> - -<p>To the other contributors—authors, artists and poets—is due in large -measure such success as may follow the publication of this work. They -have helped a cause worthy of their efforts.</p> - -<p>It is earnestly to be hoped that Scotland will rise to the occasion. To -the compilers it has been a privilege to record the achievements of men—many -of them personal friends—who contributed so largely to the success -of their gallant regiments.</p> - -<p class="right padr4"> -B. S.<br /> -J. G.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ix" id="Page_ix">[ix]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS">CONTENTS</a></h2> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdlp"></td><td class="tdrv xs wd5">PAGE</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde, K.T.</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_v">v</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">Preface</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_vii">vii</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc tdpp" colspan="2">THE PIPES OF WAR. <span class="smcap">By Brevet Col. Sir Bruce Seton</span>, Bart., of Abercorn, C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">Introduction</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">A History of the Pipes</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Pipes in the War, 1914-1918</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Western Front</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Gallipoli</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Salonika</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Mesopotamia</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Last Stage</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Pipers in the Ranks</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Pipers on the March</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Pipe Tunes</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Individual Achievements</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Foreigners and the Pipes</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Pipes in Captivity</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">Military Pipe Bands and Reform</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">Regimental Records</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Scots Guards</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_71">71</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Royal Scots</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Royal Scots Fusiliers</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_82">82</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The King's Own Scottish Borderers</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_86">86</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Cameronians (The Scottish Rifles)</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch)</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_96">96</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Highland Light Infantry</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_105">105</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Seaforth Highlanders</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_114">114</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Gordon Highlanders</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_124">124</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'The Cameron Highlanders'">The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders</ins></td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_130">130</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_135">135</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The London Scottish</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_143">143</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Tyneside Scottish</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_145">145</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_x" id="Page_x">[x]</a></span> - The Middlesex Regiment</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_146">146</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Liverpool Scottish</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_147">147</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Royal Fusiliers</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_147">147</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Argyllshire Mountain Battery</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_148">148</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Ross and Cromarty Battery</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_148">148</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Miscellaneous</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_148">148</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Pipe Band of the 52nd (Lowland) Division</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_149">149</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Prisoners of War Band</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_150">150</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_150">150</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Royal Highlanders of Canada</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_151">151</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The 48th Highlanders of Canada</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_152">152</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Canadian Scottish</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_153">153</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Cameron Highlanders of Canada</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_154">154</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The 21st Canadians</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_155">155</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The 25th Canadians</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_155">155</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The 29th Canadians</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_156">156</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The 236th Canadians</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_157">157</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The Canadian Pioneers</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_158">158</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The 2nd Auckland Regiment</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_158">158</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The 42nd Australians</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_159">159</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">The South African Scottish</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_159">159</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls tdpp">Roll of Honour, 1914-1918</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_161">161</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls tdpp">Canntaireachd. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Major J. P. Grant, M.C., <span class="fvnormal">Yr. of Rothiemurchus</span></td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_179">179</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Irish Pipes: their History, Development and Divergence from the Simple Highland Type. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> W. H. Grattan Flood, <span class="fvnormal">Mus</span>.D., K.S.G.</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_191">191</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Tuition of Young Regimental Pipers. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> John Grant, <span class="fvnormal">Pipe Major</span></td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_195">195</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Spirit of the Maccrimmons. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Fred. T. Macleod, F.S.A.(<span class="fvnormal">Scot</span>.)</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_201">201</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">A Gossip about the Gordon Highlanders. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> J. M. Bulloch</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_219">219</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">To the Lion Rampant. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Alice C. Macdonell of Keppoch</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_228">228</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Music of Battle. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Philip Gibbs</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_232">232</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Pipes in the Everyday Life of the War. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Arthur Fetterless</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_239">239</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Oldest Air in the World. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Neil Munro</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_246">246</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Pipes: Onset. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Joseph Lee, Lieut.</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_255">255</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">Flesh to the Eagles. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Boyd Cable</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_258">258</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Black Chanter. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Charles Laing Warr</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_267">267</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdls">The Pipes. <span class="fvnormal">By</span> Edmund Candler</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_286">286</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xi" id="Page_xi">[xi]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="ILLUSTRATIONS" id="ILLUSTRATIONS">ILLUSTRATIONS</a></h2> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdlv">Piper James Richardson, V.C., 16th Canadian Scottish, at Regina Trench, Vimy Ridge</td><td class="tdrv wd12" colspan="2"><a href="#FP"><em>Frontispiece</em></a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">From the Painting by <span class="smcap">J. Prinsep Beadle</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlv">Piper Daniel Laidlaw, V.C., 7th King's Own Scottish Borderers, at Loos</td><td class="tdrv"><em>Page</em></td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">From the Drawing by <span class="smcap">Louis Weirter</span>, R.B.A.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlv">"The Comrades we Left in Gallipoli"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">From the Pipe Tune composed by <span class="smcap">Colonel H. A. C. Maclean</span> of Pennycross, C.M.G. Set by <span class="smcap">Mrs. A. C. Macdiarmid</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlv">Piper Kenneth Mackay, Cameron Highlanders, at Quatre-Bras</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">From the Painting by <span class="smcap">Lockhart Bogle</span>, by kind permission of the Officers of the 1st Cameron Highlanders.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlv">Pipe-Major Howarth, D.C.M., 6th Gordon Highlanders, at Neuve Chapelle</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_120">120</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">From the Painting by <span class="smcap">J. Prinsep Beadle</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlv">Ben Buidhe, Argyllshire</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_136">136</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">From the Water-colour Drawing by <span class="smcap">George Houston</span>, A.R.S.A.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlv">Border of Celtic Design by Alexander Ritchie, Iona</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_161">161</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlv">The Pibroch</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_208">208</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">From the Painting by <span class="smcap">Lockhart Bogle</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlv">Duniquaich, Loch Fyne</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdrv"><a href="#Page_248">248</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlp">From the Water-colour Drawing by <span class="smcap">George Houston</span>, A.R.S.A.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> -<p class="p4" /> - -<p class="pfs180">THE PIPES OF WAR</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<p class="pfs80">BY</p> - -<p class="pfs100">BREVET-COL. SIR BRUCE SETON, BART.<br /> -OF ABERCORN, C.B.</p> -<p class="p4" /> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p> - - -<h2><a name="INTRODUCTION" id="INTRODUCTION"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">INTRODUCTION</a></h2> - -<p class="drop-capx">The history of the bagpipes as a military institution is a long and -honourable one, inseparable from that of Scottish troops, Highland -and Lowland, wherever they have fought, for centuries past. The strains -of <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> have been heard all over those bloody European battlefields -on which Scottish soldiers of fortune died—too often for lost causes—from -the time when Buchan's force joined the Lilies of France in 1422, throughout -the Hundred Years' War, in the Low Countries, in Germany, in Austria; -and they have handed on a tradition which has been lived up to in the -later days of the regular Scottish units of the British Army.</p> - -<p>But memories are short; and, in the army as elsewhere, the passion -for reform before the greatest war of all was threatening many old-established -institutions whose utility was not immediately apparent.</p> - -<p>And so it came about that to many observers, indeed to a considerable -section of military opinion, it appeared likely that along with the kilt, -the use of tartan, bonnet, doublet and other special features of the dress -of Scottish regiments, the bagpipe must be regarded as a picturesque -anachronism destined to disappear as the conditions of war changed and -as the yearning of high military authorities for a deadly khaki uniformity -of clothing and equipment became more insistent.</p> - -<p>"Why," it has often been said, "should Scottish units find it necessary, -either in peace or on active service to retain an obsolete musical instrument of -their own? In days past, before the rifle had revolutionised tactics, when -shooting was erratic at 100 yards' range, there might have been something -to say for an instrument which experience showed to be capable of stimulating -men at the psychological moment when effort was failing; but is it reasonable<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span> -to expect that the educated twentieth century soldier will prove to be -responsive to any such stimulus—even if it were possible, under modern -conditions of rifle and shell fire, to provide it?"</p> - -<p>The reply to such a line of argument is clear enough; and its truth -has been demonstrated in every action in which Scottish troops have taken -part during the war.</p> - -<p>The strength of an army depends, to an incalculable degree, on the -strength not only of individual regimental <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">esprit de corps</i>, but of the national -sentiment of its units. The retention of time-honoured territorial titles -in the New Armies, instead of a soulless numbering of units, was itself -due to a recognition by the authorities of the principle that the individual -soldier is a better fighting man when he feels that he has to live up to an -ancient and brilliant regimental record. The Rifleman, even in peace, -would never voluntarily be transferred to a "red" regiment, nor does -a 10th Hussar yearn for the cuirass of the Life Guardsman. When a man -joins a regiment, voluntarily or compulsorily, he adopts for the whole -period of his military service the customs, the prejudices, and the traditions -of his unit, and is himself moulded by them in a manner which is as -inexplicable as it is marked.</p> - -<p>And if regimental <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">esprit de corps</i> and tradition are strong, national -and territorial sentiment are stronger. In the old army, as a result of the -system of recruitment, this factor was of less importance than in the, -comparatively speaking, unmixed units of the new army of to-day. All -our military history shows that the appeal to such national sentiment -is as certain in its effects as the appeal to regimental tradition; and this -war has enormously accentuated its importance.</p> - -<p>All observers agree—and military despatches confirm the view—that -the rivalry of national sentiment has proved invaluable; units, whether -battalions or divisions, have literally competed for distinction for their -own nationality, and have succeeded in associating particular exploits -with themselves for ever. It may truly be said that behind the achievements -of the 9th, 15th, 51st and 52nd and Canadian Divisions the motive impulse -was national rather than merely regimental.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p> - -<p>In the keeping alive of this national sentiment in Scottish units, their -distinctive dress and, still more, the retention of the national instrument, -have played an important part; and this applies with equal force to units -composed of Scotsmen who have left their native land permanently or -temporarily.</p> - -<p>Throughout the war these units have more than maintained the great -traditions of their past history, carrying on the records of Scottish gallantry -which have been excelled by no troops in the world and equalled by few.</p> - -<p>And so with the pipers.</p> - -<p>How important a contributory cause they have been to the success -of their battalions is recognized by all alike, men and officers—and not -least by the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief. In spite of modern -conditions they have, in cases too numerous to record, played the part -which was normally theirs in the olden days of set battles.</p> - -<p>To many of the men in the ranks the music of the pipes in peace time -may have had no special association other than with dances and gatherings; -but whenever the piper assumed his historic <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">rôle</i>—so long dormant—of -fighting man, the inherited peculiarities of the Scottish soldier were aroused -and the music made an overpowering appeal to his national sentiment.</p> - -<p>Inherited sympathy of this kind is no doubt inexplicable—but it exists. -It certainly cannot be ascribed to the Celtic strain in <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'invididuals'">individuals</ins>, for we -know that the bagpipe was in general use for centuries all over the Lowlands—perhaps -even before it displaced the bard and the harper and became -the war instrument of the Highlands. We cannot analyse what Neil Munro -describes as "the tune with the river in it, the fast river and the courageous, -that kens not stop nor tarry, that runs round rock and over fall with a -good humour, yet no mood for anything but the way before it"; we only -know that it works on some individuals and some races as no other instrument -does, and we need not try to satisfy ourselves whether this is due -to the flat seventh in the scale, or the ever-sounding drones, or the inherited -memory it arouses.</p> - -<p>The idea that the piper would be too conspicuous an object to be employed -in his proper capacity has proved to be partly true, as indicated by the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span> -casualties among them when playing; but the same argument might be -applied to any other soldier in the ranks. Shells show no discrimination -in their objective.</p> - -<p>To a certain extent this objection is a sound one; but it is all a matter -of relative values. Many commanding officers have expressed the opinion -that at times when, on account of the all-pervading noise of the -battlefield, not a note of his music could be heard by the men nearest -to him, it was the actual presence of the piper that supplied the stimulus -to the men; in fact, it was the piper, not his instrument, that was -followed.</p> - -<p>For obvious reasons pipers are harder to replace than the ordinary -soldier, and, in trench warfare especially, most regiments have tried to -keep them in relative security; but in the records of units which follow it will -be seen that, when the trouble comes, the piper has always been to the -fore, and "the tune with the tartan of the clan in it" has been heard again -as it has for centuries past.</p> - -<p>From the military point of view the bagpipe has the merit of accentuating -national sentiment at just those moments when the stimulus is most necessary, -of rousing the "<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">mir cath</i>," the frenzy of battle, and of rallying men when the -ideal is liable to be lost sight of in the presence of the nerve shattering -realities of action.</p> - -<p>In all these ways the company pipers have justified their existence. -In the discharge of a duty which may be regarded as sentimental in the -highest sense of the term, they have, literally by hundreds, made the -supreme sacrifice; wherever Scottish units have fought these men have -exposed themselves, unhesitatingly, recklessly, playing their companies -to the attack in conditions which, as regards intensity of personal risk, -have never previously been experienced. Many battalions have lost all -their pipers more than once, but, as long as reinforcements were available, -there has never been any difficulty in getting fresh men out of the ranks -or from home to take their place; and the new men have followed the old, -just as heedless, as they played their comrades forward, knowing quite well -that for many of them the urlar of "<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Baile Inneraora</i>" or "<em>The March<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> -of the Cameron men</em>" might suddenly change to the taorluath of "<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Ch till mi'">Cha -till mi</ins> tuille</i>."</p> - -<p>The Germans at least, though they may not recognise the tune when -they hear it in the streets of Cologne, appreciated the grim significance of -<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> when "<em>I hear the pibroch sounding, sounding</em>" followed the lifting -of the barrage.</p> - -<p>The war also has afforded many instances of another function of the -pipes in action. Charging the enemy at a foot pace through deep mud -is after all but a "crowded hour of glorious life," which may or may not -be completely or even partially successful, and men may have to be rallied -when their nerves have given out under intolerable strain. Of this there -have been several instances.</p> - -<p>It must not, of course, be imagined that regimental pipers, during -this or any other war, have been normally employed in playing their units -to the attack; the whole condition of modern fighting makes this impossible -in the same way and for the same reason that it has made impossible spectacular -charges by battalions in line.</p> - -<p>It would be a more accurate presentment of the case to say that the -military piper, <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">qua</i> piper, normally exercises his functions behind the front -line, in billets and on the line of march; and in this respect he resembles -other army musicians whose duty—according to old Army Regulations -of 300 years ago—is "to excite cheerfulness and alacrity in the soldier."</p> - -<p>But, recognising all this, the peculiarity of the piper is that, in open -fighting, when his unit has been committed to the attack, he often assumes -the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">rôle</i> which distinguishes him from all other musicians, and takes his -place at the head of his company.</p> - -<p>Instances of this during the war are innumerable, and those which are -detailed below are but typical of what has occurred in every field of operations, -and in most units which possessed pipers.</p> - -<p>And if it is impossible to say too much of the regimental pipers of the -British Army, it is equally so in the case of those of Overseas units, notably -of the Canadians. From the point of view of the historian who wishes -to demonstrate what pipers have done during this war, no more remarkable<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span> -case could be selected than that of the 16th Canadian Scottish. The pipers -of this distinguished battalion won one V.C., one D.C.M., one Military -Medal and Bar, and eight plain Military Medals—a record which is unique. -No man was put up for a decoration unless he had played his company over -the top at least twice, and no piper was ever ordered to play in action—it -was left to volunteers, who, it was found, had to resort to the drawing of -lots to obtain the coveted privilege of playing.</p> - -<p>The colonel of the regiment—himself a V.C.—commenting on the -casualties says: "I believe the purpose of war is to win victories, and if -one can do this better by encouraging certain sentiments and traditions -why shouldn't it be done? The heroic and dramatic effect of a piper -stoically playing his way across the ghastly modern battlefield, altogether -oblivious to danger, has an extraordinary effect on the spirit and enterprise of -his comrades. His example inspires all those about him."</p> - -<p>And so it comes to this: the method of employment of the regimental -piper during this war has depended largely on opportunity—and still more -on the individuality of commanding officers. Men vary within very wide -limits in the price they are prepared to pay for attaining their object; -and where one man will deliberately sacrifice a certain number of men to -get a position, another will as deliberately avoid the sacrifice, even if it -costs him his objective.</p> - -<p>As far as pipers are concerned, the decision arrived at by commanding -officers of the two schools is equally indicative of the esteem in which they -hold them.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="A_HISTORY_OF_THE_PIPES" id="A_HISTORY_OF_THE_PIPES"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">A HISTORY OF THE PIPES</a></h2> - -<p class="drop-capx">At what stages of his development primitive man discovered he could -obtain musical sounds by blowing on a hollow reed we cannot now -ascertain; if we could do so we could at once determine when the pipe -came into existence. It is unprofitable to speculate on this point.</p> - -<p>What we do know, however, is that men playing the pipe are portrayed -in sculptures the date of which is fixed by the best authorities as about -4000 <span class="fs80">B.C.</span>, and we conclude that in Chaldaea, Egypt, Assyria and Persia -at least, the pipe—but not necessarily the bagpipe—had become a recognised -musical instrument.</p> - -<p>Actual specimens of the Egyptian pipe dating back to at least 1500 <span class="fs80">B.C.</span> -are in existence, and we know that they had a reed giving a scale almost -identical with the chromatic scale; they also had a drone. Such a pipe -had, clearly, advanced some way on the upward development to "<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob -mhor</i>."</p> - -<p>Every stage in its evolution still persists in some country in the world, -and by comparing these it is possible to trace the actual process. Thus, -besides the single pipe, which is world-wide in its distribution, we have -the Egyptian "arghool," which consists of a pipe "chanter" and drone -lying side by side; and the later development, the "zummarah," has a bag. -In India the twentieth century snake charmer has an instrument in which -chanter and single drone lie side by side fixed into a small gourd with a -lump of wax. The chanter has a small reed very similar to our own chanter -reeds, and, although the scale differs, the sound produced is remarkably -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>similar. This instrument is essentially a single drone bagpipe, and is to be -found all over India, in Yunnan and other parts of China.</p> - -<div class="blockquotyy"> - -<p><em>Note.</em>—The author takes this opportunity of acknowledging his indebtedness for much of the early -history of the instrument to Manson's <cite>The Highland Bagpipe</cite> and Dr. Grattan Flood's <cite>The Story of the -Bagpipe</cite>, both monuments of research.</p></div> - -<p>It would have been more than surprising if the pipe, in some form or -other, had not been used in ancient Greece and Rome. There are, in fact, -very many references to it in classical literature, and by 100 <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> we know -that the "askaulos" had evolved into the bagpipe proper, and Chrysostomos -speaks of a man who could "play the pipe with his mouth on the bag placed -under his armpit."</p> - -<p>Martial, Suetonius, Seneca, and other Latin writers refer to the "tibia -utricularis," and there is practically no doubt that it was used as a marching -instrument in the armies of Julius Caesar. A bronze showing a Roman -soldier in marching order playing the utriculus has been discovered in -England, and the writer Procopius refers to Roman pipe bands in this -country.</p> - -<p>But when we come to the question of the introduction of the bagpipe -into the British Isles, and especially into Scotland, we are at once on highly -controversial ground.</p> - -<p>It is obvious enough that the instrument is not peculiar to the Celtic -races; that it has maintained its hold on them long after its disappearance -in other European nations is equally so. But who introduced it into these -favoured isles, whether the Cruithne or Prydani or Picts or the later "C" -Gaidheal branch of the Celtic stem—who shall say?</p> - -<p>Some authorities—students of the subject would be a safer term—are -prepared to assert that the bagpipe was introduced first into England, -thence to Lowland Scotland, and only long afterwards into the Highlands; -and one recent writer in the <cite>Celtic Magazine</cite> says the evidence of its association -with the Scottish Gaels does not go back beyond the middle of the -sixteenth century!</p> - -<p>The matter is one of academic interest, no doubt, but there is no likelihood -of its ever being settled.</p> - -<p>Records did not exist in the ancient Highlands, and we have to turn -to early Irish literature for reference to the bagpipe. In the Brehon Laws -of the fifth century it is spoken of as the "cuisle"; and, although Tara's halls<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> -are usually associated with the harp, it is recorded that at the assemblies -which took place there in pre-Christian days it was the custom for the -pipes to play at the banquets.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></p> - -<p>It is possible the bagpipe was brought over from the north of Ireland, -"Scotia" as it then was, on the invasion of the Highlands by Cairbre Riada, -who founded the kingdom of Dalriada in Argyle in <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> 120; or in the -later great colonisation, about <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> 506, under Lorne and Angus, the <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'sons of Erc'">sons -of Ere</ins>.</p> - -<p>It certainly does not appear likely that the bagpipe came over from -"Scotia" in the first place, unless we are to accept the view that the Scottish -Celt came over by the same route; unfortunately we have very little -accurate knowledge of the early history of the Highlands, and there are -no local written records extant to prove—as they do in the case of Ireland—that -the instrument existed in those early days. We do know that -the harper and the bard were national institutions of immense antiquity -in the Highlands, and that, as the bagpipe became an increasingly important -feature of everyday life, they were bitterly opposed to it.</p> - -<p>Even Latin authors, who were familiar with the bagpipe as a marching -instrument in their own army, omit to refer to the existence of <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> -in the Highlands. The Greek writer Procopius, in 530 <span class="fs80">A.D.</span>, dismisses -the Highlands with the statement that "in the west the air is infectious -and mortal, the ground covered with serpents, and this dreary solitude -is the region of departed spirits." And so we are thrown back on tradition.</p> - -<p>In the absence of records of the employment of the bagpipe in war -in the Highlands it is to Ireland, the so-called Lowlands of Scotland and to -England that we have to turn for information; at the same time we must -bear in mind that evolution of the instrument itself had begun to operate, -and the English and Lowland pipes were different from the variety now -known as the "Highland," which has supplanted all others.</p> - -<p>As regards Ireland it is known that the Irish troops who fought in -Gascony in 1286 had pipers with them, and a drawing of their instrument -appears in a manuscript of 1300 <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> in the British Museum. There were -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>also Irish pipers at the battle of Falkirk in 1298, and they are again referred -to in contemporary accounts of the battle of Creçy.</p> - -<p>The military piper therefore goes far back into history. But it was -as a social instrument that one finds most frequent reference to bagpipes -of some pattern or other in the Middle Ages. There was a pipe band at -the English Court in 1327, and an old inventory of 1419 shows that at the -Palace of St. James' were "foure baggpypes with pypes of ivorie ... the -bagge covered with purple vellat."</p> - -<p>But, whereas the English pipes went the same way as the Continental -varieties, it was otherwise in Scotland. Two institutions existed there -which fostered the tradition and saved <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> from the fate of disappearance—the -Burgh piper and the Clan piper; and by 1450 <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> these had -certainly become part of the national life.</p> - -<p>In Edinburgh in 1487 <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> there were three town pipers, who were paid -three pence daily; one of their duties was "to accompany the toun's -drummer throw toun morning and evening." In 1505 <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> the town records -of Dumbarton, Biggar, Wigton, Dumfries and Linlithgow refer to burgh -pipers.</p> - -<p>In Aberdeen in 1630 <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> exception appears to have been taken to the -custom of playing through the streets, as it is placed on record that this -was to be stopped "it being an uncivill forme to be usit uithin sic a famous -burghe, and being oftene found fault uith als weill be sundrie niehbouris -as by strangeris." That the citizens of this "famous burghe" are peculiarly -susceptible to the criticisms of "strangeris" might never have been suspected -by superficial observers, and it is well that there is official testimony to -the fact.</p> - -<p>The effect of their daily music on the inhabitants of Perth was different,—or -perhaps Perth was less amenable to the criticisms of "strangeris." In -any case it is recorded of a burgh piper, who used to rouse the citizens at -5 a.m., that his music was "inexpressibly soothing and delightful."</p> - -<p>At Dundee the piper played through the town "every day in the morning -at four hours and every nicht at aucht hours," and was paid twelve pennies -yearly by each householder.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span></p> - -<p>The pipes, at least in the pre-Reformation days—were sometimes played -in church; in course of time, however, piping on Sunday scandalised the -authorities, religious and civil, and, in the burgh records, we find repeated -instances of pipers being punished for this misdemeanour.</p> - -<p>The burgh piper was a man of peace; the clan piper was a man of war. -For many centuries he had to compete with the "clarsair," or harper, and -the bard, and aroused feelings of acute hostility from the latter. In 1411 <span class="fs80">A.D.</span> -one bard, MacMhurich of Clan Ranald, wrote a poem of a most uncomplimentary -nature about the bagpipes.</p> - -<p>The recitation of the bard before battle was probably last heard at -Harlaw in 1411, and the clan bards disappeared finally in 1726; the last -clan harper died in 1739, and the "croistara"—the fiery cross—was sent -round the clans for the last time in the '45. The last Scottish piper will -pass when the Scottish race itself passes—which will certainly be the last -of all.</p> - -<p>The clan pipers were highly esteemed as musicians—from the musical -point of view they, no doubt, left us far behind. The courses of training, -lasting over years, at the old piping schools such as existed at Boreraig, -turned a man into a piper. As Neil Munro has it: "To the make of a -piper go seven years of his own learning and seven generations before; at -the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, -and, leaning a fond ear to the drone, he may have parley with old folks -of old affairs."</p> - -<p>One of the results of the Heritable Jurisdiction Act of 1747, which -so completely altered the conditions of life in the Highlands, was the -disappearance of the office of hereditary clan piper.</p> - -<p>The tunes these men played were the old tunes we know so well; and -so it has happened that in this war we find companies marching into and -through machine-gun and artillery barrage and into broken French villages -and through German trenches while the company piper plays the same -melodies that inspired their forebears to fight their neighbours lang syne—melodies -which have been heard, too, in the same part of the world in the -days when Scottish troops fought for the Lilies of France against all comers.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p> - -<p>The association of the bagpipe with military operations is probably -very ancient in Scotland. Perhaps the tradition that the Menzies pipers -played at Bannockburn rests on an insecure foundation, but if the Bruce -had no pipers, his son David most certainly had, as witness the Exchequer -Rolls. In 1549 a French writer states that "the wild Scots encouraged -themselves to arms by the sound of their bagpipes"; and in 1598 Alexander -Hume of Logie wrote:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"Caus michtilie the warlic nottes brake</p> -<p class="verse">On Heiland pipes, Scottes and Hyberniche.</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">Incidentally, this reference to three different kinds of pipes is interesting.</p> - -<p>The first authentic reference to pipers in the Forces of the Crown appears -to have been in 1627, when Alex. Macnaughton of Loch Fyne-side was -commissioned by King Charles I. to "levie and transport twa hundredthe -bowmen" for service in the French war. Writing in January 1628 to the -Earl of Morton, Macnaughton says:</p> - -<p>"As for newis from our selfis, our baggpyperis and marlit plaidis -serwitt us in guid wise in the pursuit of ane man of war that hetlie -followed us."</p> - -<p>The records show that this company had a harper, "Harrie M'Gra frae -Larg," and a piper, "Allester Caddell," who, in accordance with the custom -of the time, had his gillie to carry his pipes for him.</p> - -<p>Regimental pipers undoubtedly existed in the numerous bodies of -Scottish troops which served at various times on the Continent. Thus, -in 1586, in the "State of War" of Captain Balfour's company in the Scots -Brigade in Holland, there were two drummers and a piper; and in "the -worthy Scots regiment called Mackeye's" raised by Sir Donald Mackay -in 1626 there was an establishment of thirty-six pipers.</p> - -<p>Pipers are also found on the rolls of the "regiment d'Hebron"—now -the Royal Scots—and to that very distinguished regiment we may safely -accord the further distinction of being the first "Regular" regiment of -the British Army to have pipes. The "North British Fusiliers," now -one of the battalions of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, also had pipes as far -back as 1678, and probably as early as 1642.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p> - -<p>Writing in 1641, Lord Lothian said:</p> - -<p>"I cannot out of our armie furnish you with a sober fiddler.... -We are sadder and graver than ordinarie soldiers, only we are well -provided with pypers. I have one for every company in my regiment, -and I think they are as good as drummers."</p> - -<p>The great Montrose had pipers in his armies, and tradition has it that, -in the action of Philiphaugh in 1645, a piper stood on a small eminence -and played the old Cavalier tune, "Whurry, Whigs, awa' man," until he was -shot by one of Leslie's men, and fell into the "Piper's Pule" in Ettrick river.</p> - -<p>An exactly similar incident occurred in the case of one of the pipers -of Bonnie Dundee at Bothwell Brig in 1679.</p> - -<p>At the Haughs o' Cromdale in 1690 a wounded piper climbed on to a -big rock and went on playing till he died, thus setting an example which -has been followed by his successors in many actions in this war. The -stone on which this unknown hero stood is known to this day locally as -"Clach a phiobair."</p> - -<p>There are many such in France and elsewhere to-day.</p> - -<p>In Wodrow's letters in 1716 there is a reference to the company pipers -of the "Argyle's Highlanders": "They entered in three companies, and -every company had their distinct pipers, playing three distinct springs. -The first played "The Campbells are coming" ... and when they entered -Dundee the people thought they had been some of Mar's men, till some -of the prisoners in the Tolbooth, understanding the first spring, swung the -words of it out of the windows, which mortified the Jacobites."</p> - -<p>Again, in 1715, when Argyle's troops marched to Leith, it was stated -by Cockburn (Historical MSS. Commission): "While our generals were -asleep the rebels marched to Seton House, leaving the piper in the citadel -to amuse."</p> - -<p>The piper, by this time, had clearly become a recognised military -institution.</p> - -<p>In the '45 the unfortunate Sir John Cope was undoubtedly aroused -by the music of <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> at Prestonpans, though it is doubtful whether -"Hey Johnnie Cope" was composed for the occasion.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span></p> - -<p>Prince Charlie had thirty-two pipers of his own, besides those belonging -to the clans with him. One of these men, James Reid, was taken prisoner -in the operations of 1746. He pleaded that he had not carried arms, but -the Court decided that "no Highland regiment ever marched without a -piper: therefore his bag pipe, in the eye of the law, was an instrument -of war"—and they dealt with him accordingly.</p> - -<p>This view was confirmed by the Disarming Act of 1747, which nearly -succeeded in attaining its object of abolishing the bagpipe, the kilt, the -tartan and national sentiment generally—only Regular regiments being -exempted from its operation.</p> - -<p>Penal legislation against the bagpipe was no new thing. Cromwell -had tried it in Ireland, and, under William II., 600 Irish pipers and harpers -were persecuted with relentless rigour. And in Ireland it succeeded.</p> - -<p>Saxon governments have always done the piper the honour of regarding -him as an exponent and supporter of national sentiment.</p> - -<p>Even in Scotland the years between 1747 and 1782, when the iniquitous -Disarming Act was repealed, were very nearly fatal to the continued existence -of the bagpipe as a national institution; and it was the Regular Army which -saved it—though no one could ever accuse the military authorities of -unduly favouring the instrument. Even General Officers have publicly -sneered at them—as when Wolfe at Quebec contemptuously refused to -allow the pipes of the Fraser Highlanders to play, or when Sir Eyre Coote -in 1778 described them as a "useless relic of the barbarous ages."</p> - -<p>Both generals had to withdraw what they had said.</p> - -<p>The opinion of the Court Martial which tried poor James Reid, that -his bagpipe "was, in the eye of the law, an instrument of war," was after -all as shrewd an expression of the truth as their sentence was harsh.</p> - -<p>In later times the pipes in the army have received little official recognition. -In 1858, when the King's Own Scottish Borderers applied for their pipers -to be placed on the establishment, the Commander in Chief grudgingly -consented "as the permission for these men is lost in time," but on -condition that they were not to cost the public anything as regards their -clothing.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span></p> - -<p>Nor has the modern War Office shown more sympathy to an institution -whose value, even on theoretical grounds, should have been recognised. -The ancient and honourable title of Pipe Major has been abolished and -that of "sergeant piper" has been substituted. Pipers themselves, on -mobilisation, are returned to the ranks with the exception of six men. In -Lowland regiments, indeed, the piper, though tolerated, is not officially -recognised at all.</p> - -<p>A bandsman may in due course become a first-class warrant officer—in -one or two units, indeed, he has attained commissioned rank; but the -"sergeant piper" remains a sergeant, and can hope for nothing more. -This, surely, is an injustice which is remediable at small cost to the nation.</p> - -<p>The apathy of the War Office in regard to the training of pipers as pipers -is another matter which is in urgent need of reform. Commanding officers -and pipe presidents are sometimes pipers themselves—though not always; -it is absurd to leave to them the responsibility of training men in the art. -The time has come for a thorough reform of the whole system and method -of training of military pipe bands.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span></p> - - -<h2 class="xl"><a name="THE_PIPES_IN_THE_WAR" id="THE_PIPES_IN_THE_WAR"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE PIPES IN THE WAR, 1914-1918</a></h2> - -<h3>THE WESTERN FRONT</h3> - -<p class="drop-capx">During the autumn<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a> and winter of 1914-15 pipers, for obvious -reasons, had few opportunities of attracting much attention, still -less of performing their highest duty, viz. playing their companies into -action. They were necessarily, on account of the extreme shortage of men, -for the most part employed in the ranks; and in many of the old Regular -battalions pipe bands disappeared altogether.</p> - -<p>For a time it seemed that the critics were right, and that in warfare -in the twentieth century there was no longer a place for a class of man -which was destined to disappear, as the bard and the harper had done in -days lang syne.</p> - -<p>This view was widely held, and in some regiments was never modified.</p> - -<p>But gradually, as attacks became more frequent and movements set -in, and as the British Army grew stronger in numbers, the position changed, -and the piper became more than an invaluable marching instrumentalist -or performer at <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">ceilidhs</i> in billets.</p> - -<p>The first occasion on which pipers played, or tried to play, their companies -into action was at Cuinchy on 25th January 1915, when the 1st Black Watch -suffered such heavy casualties in advancing through deep mud up to their -knees.</p> - -<p>It was at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 that the company piper really -had his first chance of showing what he could do, as a piper, in action. On<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> -this occasion the 20th Brigade had to carry the stronghold of Moulin du -Piètre, and lost very heavily; the 2nd Gordons were in the main attack -and the 6th Gordons, a Territorial unit, in reserve. The 6th Gordons -were called upon to support their comrades of the old Regular Army, and -advanced, headed by their pipes and drums, with a rush which carried many -of them beyond their objective.</p> - -<p>From that time onwards, right up to the end of the war, pipers have -repeatedly played their units into action, in spite of the <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'unfavourably'">unfavourable</ins> -conditions resulting from modern rifle and artillery fire and gas, and have -established the standard of gallantry in this respect which has been at -once the admiration of all observers and an incentive to their successors -to emulate them.</p> - -<p>During the first weeks' heavy fighting, in April-May 1915, on the -left of the attenuated British line of the Ypres salient, the pipers of Canadian -battalions took a prominent part. In their advance on the St. Julien -wood the 16th Canadians were led by their company pipers, two of whom -were killed and two wounded while playing; their places were at once -taken by others, who played the battalion through the German trenches -at the heels of the retiring enemy to the tune "We'll tak' the guid auld -way." In many subsequent actions these men distinguished themselves -in the same way.</p> - -<p>After the failure of the first attack on the German line at Rue des Bois -on 9th May 1915, in the action of Richebourg-Festubert, the 1st Black -Watch were played to a fresh attack by their company pipers. "With -their characteristic fury they had vanished into the smoke, and the only -evidence that remained was the sound of the pipes." When they reached -the German trenches a piper, Andrew Wishart, stood on the parados playing -until he was wounded. Another piper, W. Stewart, was awarded the -D.C.M. on this occasion.</p> - -<p>The same thing happened in the case of the 2nd Black Watch at Festubert, -the companies being led by their pipers. Of these men two, Pipers Gordon -and Crichton, were specially mentioned for their gallantry. The Seaforth -pipers, too, suffered heavily in this as in many later actions—"Caber Feidh"<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> -has often been heard along that line which looked so weak, but was too -strong for the Germans.</p> - -<p>In the action at Festubert on the 17th May the 4th Camerons got further -than any other battalion, and were played in by their pipe major, J. Ross, -and four pipers. These men got through untouched, though their pipes -were all injured.</p> - -<p>Later again, on 16th June 1915, when the Hooge salient was straightened -by the 3rd Division, the attack was led by the 8th Brigade, and the enemy -front and support lines were taken. On this occasion Pipe Major Daniel -Campbell, although wounded, played his battalion, the 1st Royal Scots -Fusiliers, over the top.</p> - -<p>Dawn was just breaking when the Pipe Major scrambled out on the -parapet and started playing. The men raced forward after him until -stopped by uncut wire. In the hand-to-hand fighting which ensued the -Pipe Major threw aside his pipes and, catching up a bayonet, joined in -the attack.</p> - -<p>It was during the Ypres fighting, where gas was first used against us, -that an incident occurred of which the facts are as stated, but unfortunately -it has been found impossible to get the names of the men concerned.</p> - -<p>"The men, looking into the storm of shells that swept their course -and at the awful cloud of death now almost on them, wavered, hung back—only -for a moment. And who will dare to blame them?</p> - -<p>"Two of the battalion pipers who were acting as stretcher bearers saw -the situation in a moment. Dropping their stretcher they made for their -dug-out and emerged a second later with their pipes. They sprang on -the parapet, tore off their respirators and charged forward. Fierce and -terrible the wild notes cleft the air ... after fifteen yards the pibroch ceased; -the two pipers, choked and suffocated with the gas fumes, staggered and -fell."<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a></p> - -<p>Although in these earlier actions pipers had done much to maintain -the traditions of the past they had never had the opportunities of distinguishing -themselves that came to them during the great operations about<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> -Loos in September 1915. The attack of two army corps, in which were -thirty Scottish battalions, along a seven-mile front, was a chance for these -men, and one of which they were not slow to avail themselves. Three -pipers at least earned the title of "The piper of Loos," and one of these, -Daniel Laidlaw, of the 7th King's Own Scottish Borderers, was awarded -the Victoria Cross; but, in the general orgie of gallantry which characterised -those operations, individual pipers in very many cases won the highest -praise in their own units but escaped the official recognition they had -earned.</p> - -<p>The attack by the 28th Brigade on the Hohenzollern Redoubt was -accompanied by fearful casualties; with uncut wire in front, in an atmosphere -heavily laden with gas, exposed to machine-gun fire in front and -flank, the 6th K.O.S.B., 10th and 11th H.L.I. and 9th Seaforths were decimated. -The K.O.S.B. were played over the top by their veteran Pipe Major, -Robert Mackenzie, an old soldier of forty-two years' service. He was -severely wounded and died the following day.</p> - -<p>On the right of this Brigade the 26th had better luck, as the wire was found -to be more thoroughly cut. The 5th Camerons and 7th Seaforths led the -way followed by the 8th Gordons and 8th Black Watch, and reached Fosse 8, -where they hung on, though reduced to the strength of a single battalion.</p> - -<p>"The heroism of the pipers was splendid. In spite of murderous fire -they continued playing. At one moment, when the fire of the machine guns -was so terrific that it looked as if the attack must break down, a Seaforth -piper dashed forward in front of the line and started 'Caber Feidh.' The -effect was instantaneous—the sorely pressed men braced themselves together -and charged forward. The Germans soon got to realise the value of the -pipes and tried to pick off the pipers."</p> - -<p>In this one attack the 5th Camerons had three pipers killed and eight -wounded. Further south the pipers of the 2nd and 6th Gordons led their -companies in the costly attack on Hulluch and the Quarries. An officer -of the Devons, on their flank, writes:</p> - -<p>"I shall never forget those pipes.... During the charge a Gordon piper -continued playing after he was down."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span></p> - -<p>On the other side of the Hulluch road the 15th Division received its -baptism of fire, and lost 6000 men in the two days' fighting. One of the -battalions of the 46th Brigade, the 7th King's Own Scottish Borderers, -afforded an admirable example of the value of the pipes in rallying men -when the position is critical. The piper concerned, Daniel Laidlaw, was -awarded the Victoria Cross and the Croix de Guerre. The <cite>London Gazette</cite> -Notification, which does not err on the side of uncontrolled emotionalism, -describes the award as follows:</p> - -<p>"For most conspicuous bravery.... During the worst of the bombardment, -when the attack was about to commence, Piper Laidlaw, seeing that -his company was somewhat shaken from the effects of gas, with absolute -coolness and disregard of danger, mounted the parapet, marched up and -down and played his company out of the trench. The effect of his splendid -example was immediate, and the company dashed out to the assault. Piper -Laidlaw continued playing his pipes until he was wounded."</p> - -<p>The evidence of eye-witnesses shows that, at the time, a cloud of gas -was settling down on the trench and there was heavy machine-gun fire. -Laidlaw played "Blue Bonnets over the Border," and the effect on the -men was indescribable; as they followed him over the top he changed -to "The Standard on the Braes of Mar." The old tune was surely never -played to better purpose; and if Laidlaw's action stood alone, if he were -the only piper during the war who stimulated a company at the moment -when things were at their worst, surely that achievement amply supports -the view that, even in the warfare of to-day, <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> is an instrument of -war which can justify all claims made for it. As it is, Piper Laidlaw, "the -Piper of Loos," stands as type of a class of men who, throughout the war, -have lived up to the traditions of a great past.</p> - -<p>Another piper of the same battalion, Douglas Taylor, being wounded -and unable to play, spent thirty-six hours bringing in gassed men without -relief, until he himself was dangerously wounded. Further on, the 44th -Brigade—the 8th Seaforths, 7th Camerons, 9th Black Watch and 10th -Gordons—made the historic charge which captured Loos and then went -on, until, for want of support, they could get no further and were compelled<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> -to retire. They rallied on Hill 70 round a tattered flag made out of a -Cameron kilt. The battalions of this brigade were played into and beyond -Loos; and, when they were widely scattered and mixed up, pipers played to -rally the men of their own battalions. Among many others, Piper Charles -Cameron of the 11th Argylls stood out in the open playing unconcernedly, -and was thereafter known in his battalion as "the Piper of Loos."</p> - -<p>The shattered remnants of the 15th Division were withdrawn in the -evening from the blood-stained slopes of Hill 70, but the battalions were -played in by their own pipers. The 9th Black Watch numbered only 100 -of all ranks and one piper; the 7th Cameron pipers were practically annihilated, -the 8th Seaforths lost ten, and others suffered in similar degree.</p> - -<p>It is a far cry from Hill 70 to Scaur Donald, and they were only regimental -pipers, but to these brave men the words of the old song are surely -applicable.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"There let him rest in the lap of Scaur Donald,</p> -<p class="verse">The wind for his watcher, the mist for his shroud,</p> -<p class="verse">Where the green and the grey moss shall weave their wild tartan,</p> -<p class="verse">A covering meet for a chieftain so proud."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>In the fighting subsidiary to the main action of Loos, at Mauquissart -and in the neighbourhood of Neuve Chapelle, the 2nd Black Watch pipers -distinguished themselves greatly. They played their companies into and -beyond the first line of German trenches. One of them, A. Macdonald, -stood playing on the German parapet while the position was being cleared, -and then on, through a hurricane of fire, over three lines of trenches, until -dangerously wounded. For this he was given the D.C.M.</p> - -<p>Three others, J. Galloway, R. Johnstone and David Armit, did precisely -the same; and yet another, David Simpson, behaved with such gallantry -that he also came to be known as "the Piper of Loos," the third of the -brave trio to earn that honourable title. He had already played over -three lines of German trenches, and was leading towards the fourth when -he was killed. Johnstone, on this occasion, played till he fell gassed.</p> - -<p>Throughout the long succession of actions which punctuated the Somme -operations in 1916, the pipes continued to be much in evidence, and refer<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span>ences -to them and to their effect upon the men during that bloody fighting -are frequent in the contemporary reports of observers, and in private letters -subsequently published. French reports also have placed on record their -admiration for the company pipers of Scottish regiments. "Some of the -finest work," writes one well-known French military writer, "was accomplished -at the very outset by the Highlanders, who carried the trenches -in lightning fashion, urged on by the inspiriting music of their pipes."</p> - -<p>The fighting at Loos had shown, on a comparatively small scale, that -the pipes, when freed from the restrictions placed upon their employment -by the exigencies of trench warfare, were still capable of fulfilling their -historic <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">rôle</i> in open fighting The gallantry of the pipers at Hulluch and -Hill 70 was worthy of the units they led, and established a record which -was hard to beat; but for months on end their great achievements were -emulated by those of their successors in the new armies which had poured -into the field.</p> - -<p>The opening attack on the 1st July affords numerous examples of pipers -playing their companies into action, and a few may be taken as representative -of the whole.</p> - -<p>In the attack by the 32nd Division the 17th H.L.I, succeeded, with a loss -of over 500 men, in capturing and holding part of the Leipzig redoubt, though -unsupported for a considerable time. The Commanding Officer writes:</p> - -<p>"I told the Pipe Major to play; he at once responded, getting into a -small hollow, and playing and greatly heartening the men as they lay there -hanging on to the captured position. Pipe Major Gilbert showed a total -disregard of danger and played as if he were on a route march. For this -action he obtained the Military Medal."</p> - -<p>In the advance on Mametz on the same day the 2nd Gordons were led -by their company pipers. An officer of an English battalion in the 20th -Brigade describes how "we heard their pipes play these fellows over. It -sounded grand against the noise of shells, machine guns and rifle fire. I -shall never forget them."</p> - -<p>The same thing occurred later when the battalion attacked the orchards -of Ginchy. On both occasions the casualties were very heavy.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_b_024fp-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -PIPER DANIEL LAIDLAW, V.C., 7<span class="fs80">TH</span> KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS<br /> -<span class="smcap">At Loos</span><br /> -<em>From the Drawing by Louis Weirter, R.B.A.</em></div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p> - -<p>At Fricourt Pipe Major David Anderson of the 15th Royal Scots stood -out in front of the battalion until he was wounded, and played across -shell-beaten ground under heavy fire. He was awarded the Croix de -Guerre.</p> - -<p>The two battalions of Tyneside Scottish were similarly played to their -attack on La Boiselle and the ridge in front of it on the opening day of the -battle of the Somme. A correspondent who was present says:</p> - -<p>"The Tynesiders were on our right, and, as they got the signal to advance, -I saw a piper—I think he was the Pipe Major—jump out of the trench and -march straight towards the German lines. The tremendous rattle of machine-gun -and rifle fire completely drowned the sound of his pipes, but he was -obviously playing as though he would burst the bag, and, faintly through -the roar of battle, we heard the mighty cheer his comrades gave as they -swarmed after him. How he escaped I can't understand, for the ground -was literally ploughed up by the hail of bullets; but he bore a charmed -life, and the last glimpse I had of him as we, too, dashed out showed him -still marching erect, playing on regardless of the flying bullets and of the -men dropping all round him."</p> - -<p>Of the two battalions 10 pipers were killed and 5 wounded, and Pipe -Major Wilson and Piper G. Taylor both got the Military Medal. Many -of these pipers, having played their companies up to the German trenches, -took an active part in the fighting as bombers.</p> - -<p>Again, at Longueval on 14th July, regimental pipers were conspicuous. -As the 26th Brigade—8th Black Watch, 10th Argylls, 9th Seaforths, and -5th Camerons—commenced their advance, they were exposed to frontal -and enfilading machine-gun fire, and shrapnel mowed them down; but -their pipers led the way, and the men followed cheering and shouting.</p> - -<p>"Where we were the brunt of the action fell on two New Army battalions -of historic Highland regiments. Their advance was one of the most magnificent -sights I have ever seen. They left their trenches at dawn, and a torrent -of bullets met them. They answered immediately—with the shrill music -of the pipes, and, indifferent apparently to the chaos around them, pushed -steadily on towards their objective."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span></p> - -<p>Describing the attack by the 10th Argylls, another observer writes:</p> - -<p>"We came under a blistering hot fire, but the men never hesitated. In -the middle of it all the pipes struck up "The Campbells are coming," and -that made victory a certainty for us. We felt that whatever obstacles -there barred our path they had to be overcome.... The last fight was -the worst of all. It was at the extreme end of the village, where the enemy -had possession of some ruined houses. They had a clear line of fire in all -directions, and we were met with a murderous hail of fire. For a moment -the men wavered. I doubted if they were equal to it. Then a piper sprang -forward, and the strains broke out once more. The attacking line steadied -and dashed at the last stronghold of the Huns. Their line snapped under -our onslaught."</p> - -<p>On this occasion the Pipe Major, Aitken, a man of sixty, was awarded -the Distinguished Conduct Medal. One of the pipers referred to in the -above incident was James Dall, and his Commanding Officer considers -his action in playing the regimental march at this juncture was the means -of his company gaining their objective; the other was D. Wilson, who -was also mentioned in despatches with Dall.</p> - -<p>Of the attack by the 9th Seaforths a wounded officer writes:</p> - -<p>"We swept on until we finally carried the German trench with a rousing -cheer to the strain of the pipes. The heroism of the pipers was splendid. -In spite of murderous fire they kept playing on. At one moment, when the -fire was so terrific it looked as if the attack must break down, one of the -pipers dashed forward and started playing. The change could be felt at -once, the sorely pressed men gave a mighty cheer and dashed forward -with new zeal."</p> - -<p>North of Longueval the 1st Gordons made a furious attack, on the 18th -July, and on this occasion they were led by their pipers.</p> - -<p>"They were out of sight over the parapet, but we could hear at intervals -their shouts of 'Scotland for ever!' and the faint strains of the pipes. Then -we saw them reappear, and then came prisoners."</p> - -<p>Similar accounts were given of the 6th and 7th Gordons. In the 6th -Gordons Piper Charles Thomson had his arm blown off while playing. "The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> -gallantry of these men who wear the tartans of the old Scottish clans would -seem wonderful if it were not habitual with them. Their first dash for -Longueval was one of the finest exploits of the war. They were led forward -by the pipers, who went with them, not only towards the German lines, -but across them and into the thick of the battle.... In that September -fighting the pipe major of a Gordon battalion played his men forward and -then was struck below the knee; but he would not be touched by a doctor -until the others had been tended. He was a giant of a man and so heavy -that no stretcher could hold him, so they put him in a tarpaulin and carried -him back. Then he had his leg amputated and died."<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></p> - -<p>On the 3rd September the 4th Black Watch were played into action -and had to capture a village. According to an eye-witness:</p> - -<p>"It was magnificent to see these men charge up the narrow street leading -to the second barricade. Amid the ruined houses on each side the enemy -were posted. At the moment when it was hottest the strains of the pipes -were heard. The men answered with a cheer and swept steadily on over -the barricade and through the ruins; and the village was ours."</p> - -<p>Of a Seaforth battalion a similar story is told:</p> - -<p>"The men simply raced into the storm of bullets ... at last it became -too terrible for any human being to stand against it. The attacking lines -melted away, the men seeking what cover could be found.... It was -here that the pipers of the Seaforths had their chance. They took it. -As the men advanced again to the attack they were cheered on by the -strains of the pipes, which could just be heard. The men dashed through, -clearing out the enemy as they went."</p> - -<p>During the attack on Beaumont Hamel in October, as in the earlier -fighting at Thiepval, the pipers of the 15th H.L.I. lost very heavily when -leading their companies.</p> - -<p>Such instances of the bravery of pipers and of the stimulus afforded -by the pipes to men in action became matters of almost every-day occurrence, -and, though everyone recognised the tremendous losses that were the -result of their exposure, there were occasions when those losses were more<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> -than compensated for at the time by the results obtained. Everywhere, -at Contalmaison, Martinpuich, Pozières, Delville Wood, wherever Scottish -troops were employed, their pipers played their historic <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">rôle</i>, and, to quote -Philip Gibbs, "over the open battlefields came the music of the Scottish -pipes, shrill above the noise of gunfire."</p> - -<p>Nor were the pipers of purely Scottish regiments left to establish these -records of bravery unchallenged. They had keen rivals in battalions of -overseas Scots, notably the South African Scottish and the Canadians.</p> - -<p>During the fighting for Delville Wood in July the South Africans were -torn to pieces by shell fire. The remains of the battalion hung on for -days, losing all their officers but the colonel. When relief came their -pipers headed the blackened and weary warriors out of the wood of -death.</p> - -<p>Similarly, the 16th Canadian Scottish pipers maintained the fine reputation -they had earned on the Ypres salient. When the battalion moved up -to the attack on the Regina trench on 8th October, there was keen competition -among the pipers as to who should be allowed to play them over. -"Four pipers, Richardson, Park, M'Kellar and Paul marched ahead of the -battalion with the Commanding Officer for a distance of half a mile under -intense machine-gun fire and escaped scatheless. They could be heard -clearly as they played 'We'll take the good old way,' and, as they passed, -wounded men lying in shell holes raised themselves on their elbows and -cheered them. When they got near the German line the battalion encountered -uncut wire which, being unusually heavy, took some time to cut. While -this was going on Piper Richardson played up and down outside the wire -for twenty minutes in the face of almost certain death.... Shortly afterwards -a company sergeant major was wounded, and Richardson volunteered -to take him out. After he had gone he remembered he had left his pipes -behind. He left the sergeant major in safety in a shell hole and returned. -He was never heard of again."</p> - -<p>This brave man was awarded a posthumous V.C., the second piper to -obtain this coveted distinction. Piper Paul was subsequently given the -Military Medal.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span></p> - -<p>At the capture of the Vimy Ridge on 9th April, 1917, by the Canadians, -the pipers of some of their battalions took a prominent part. On this -occasion the 16th Canadian Scottish repeated what they had done in previous -engagements, their companies being led by pipers. The pipers concerned -were Pipe Major Groat and Pipers M'Gillivray, M'Nab, M'Allister, M'Kellar -and Paul, and they advanced a distance of over a mile under heavy fire -without any casualties. The Pipe Major was awarded the Military Medal.</p> - -<p>Similarly the 25th Canadians had their pipers out in this action, and -Piper Walter Telfer, who went on playing after being severely wounded, -was given the Military Medal; Piper Brand got the same decoration.</p> - -<p>Later on, in the fighting round Arras, a battalion of the Camerons was -played to the attack:</p> - -<p>"When the order came our men went over with right good will. It -was a thrilling moment, especially when the pipes struck up the Camerons' -march. I believe it was that music, at that particular moment, which made -it possible for us to go through the ordeal that followed."</p> - -<p>Once again "The March of the Cameron Men" was the undoing of -an enemy which had to stand up against the Camerons; and in one part -of the line, when the attack was most furiously resisted, the company piper -changed his tune to the old "Piobaireachd Dhomnuil Duibh"—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"Fast they came, fast they come,</p> -<p class="verse">See how they gather!</p> -<p class="verse">Wide waves the eagle's plume</p> -<p class="verse">Blended with heather."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>An account of the few minutes before "zero" by a piper of this battalion -appeared in the <cite>Scottish Field</cite> ("Pipes of the Misty Moorland," John -M'Gibbon), and affords a good example of the steadying effect of the pipes -in a period of great strain on morale:</p> - -<p>"I looked down at the company and I could see they were shaken.... -I slung my rifle over my back and took up the pipes; that cheered them. -I played through two or three tunes and then birled up 'Tullochgorum.' -They fairly hooched it and stamped time with their feet. It was close -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span>on 'zero' ... when I changed to 'The March of The Cameron Men.' Our -guns burst out with drum fire behind us ... and the men jumped the parapet -like deer and raced over the broken ground at the double. I kept up 'The -Cameron Men.' ... I reached the parapet of the first enemy trench, when -I 'stopped one' with my leg, and down I went in a heap."</p> - -<p>The pipes were again to the front in the fighting for Hill 70 on the Lens-Loos -line in August, 1917. It was surely appropriate enough that, in the -advance over the very country in which so many Scottish regiments had -fought, with only temporary success, two years before, the pipes should again -be at the head of the units which recaptured those blood-soaked positions.</p> - -<p>An officer, describing the advance of the 13th Royal Highlanders of -Canada, says:</p> - -<p>"Our advance was resumed and we swarmed over the top at three -different points. Away to the left, which was the objective of our advance, -the strains of the pipes could be heard, and across the hills, where so many -Scottish lads had fallen two years ago, there burst a loud triumphant cheer -as the Canadian Highlanders pressed on to complete their work."</p> - -<p>And so it happened that the gallant lads of the 15th Division were -avenged.</p> - -<p>Opportunities for pipers continued during the later fighting in 1917-18. -Records of individual companies and platoons show that on several occasions -the pipes encouraged the men to further effort. In one case near Albert, -a company of the Black Watch was temporarily cut off from its supports -after getting into a German trench and suffered heavily; the men were -crushed by superior numbers, and the prospect was black until the piper, -who was present as a stretcher bearer, started playing. This had a great effect -on the company, which held on to the position until reinforcements arrived.</p> - -<p>In the fighting about Albert in August, 1918, several instances occurred -of pipers playing their companies to the attack.</p> - -<p>On the whole, however, at this stage in the war, it was being found -increasingly difficult to renew the depleted ranks of the pipe bands, and most -regiments were simply driven to keeping their pipers out of action as far -as possible, except on special occasions. But there were still enough left of -them to lead their units ever further eastward as the tide of war rolled back.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span></p> - -<p>Incidents frequently occurred showing that their experience of four -years' fighting had not damped the ardour of pipers in action.</p> - -<p>On one occasion a 16th Canadian piper went into action playing on -top of a tank, and was killed. At Amiens, the pipers of the 16th and -48th Highlanders of Canada played the battalions to the attack in -August, 1918.</p> - -<p>As the German defeat became increasingly apparent and the British -forces drove the enemy before them, pipers again got an opportunity of -leading their companies to the attack. During the fighting about Albert-Arras -in August, 1918, Scottish troops were heavily engaged. Lieut. -Edouard Ross, of the French interpreter staff, describes an attack by a -battalion of the Black Watch in which a detachment with a piper got into -the German trenches; they were all wounded, and their position was -dangerous, but the piper started playing, and the sound rapidly brought -reinforcements, who captured the position.</p> - - -<h3>GALLIPOLI</h3> - -<p>In Gallipoli, as on the Western front, pipers added lustre to their reputation; -and incidents which occurred to some of them showed that they were -stout fighting men even after their pipes were put out of action.</p> - -<p>The nature of the terrain generally precluded the more spectacular duty -of playing their units to the attack, and the heavy casualties in the force -and the constant demand for men resulted in their being frequently -employed in the ranks; nevertheless, several cases did occur of company -pipers acting as such.</p> - -<p>On 12th July, 1916, when the 6th H.L.I. captured three lines of Turkish -trenches, Pipers W. Mackenzie and M'Niven played at the head of their -companies; M'Niven was killed, and Mackenzie, putting down his pipes, -took part in the fighting with a Turkish shovel and did great execution.</p> - -<p>On the same day the pipers of the 7th H.L.I. led their battalion into -action, and only one of them was wounded. Of these men one, Piper -Kenneth MacLennan, was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Conduct<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> -Medal "for playing his pipes during the attack and advancing with the -line after his pipes had been shattered by shrapnel, and heartening the -wounded under fire." Another, Piper Cameron, played his company over -three lines of trenches, with a revolver hanging on his wrist, and earned -a mention in despatches; and Piper Macfarlane played through two bayonet -charges until two of his drones were blown off by shell fragments.</p> - -<p>Writing of the fighting on 12th July, a wounded officer writes:</p> - -<p>"The sound of the pipes undoubtedly stirred them on, a piper belonging -to each of the two battalions, 5th Argylls and 7th H.L.I., having mounted -the parapets of their own trenches, and there in full danger played their -comrades on to victory."</p> - -<p>In the attack on Achi Baba there was no opportunity for pipers as -such, though Pipe Major Andrew Buchan played the 4th Royal Scots "over -the top," and, as an officer writes: "fearless of all danger went along the -line and did much to hearten the men." Buchan was killed.</p> - -<p>Of the pipers of the 5th Royal Scots none survived the early days of the -fighting on the Peninsula. An officer of the regiment wrote that they -"gloriously upheld the traditions established long ago." In the Achi Baba -fighting four were killed and four wounded.</p> - -<p>Casualties in action and by disease took heavy toll of the pipers of all -these battalions, and after a few months on the Peninsula the pipe bands -temporarily ceased to exist.</p> - -<p>Even before the withdrawal of the force from Gallipoli it was found -that so many casualties had occurred among the pipers of the battalions -engaged that the bands were well on the way to extinction. Consequently, -under the able management of Colonel Maclean of Pennycross a divisional -band numbering twelve pipers and six drummers—all that remained—was -organised out of the wreck of the pipe bands of the 52nd Division. -That band, though never sent into action, individually or collectively -played frequently under shell fire; and "Hey Johnnie Cope" could be -heard quite distinctly every morning in the firing line up to within a few -days of the evacuation.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_b_032fp-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -THE COMRADES WE LEFT IN GALLIPOLI.<br /> - -Set by Mrs. A. C. MACDIARMID<br /> -From the Pipe Tune Composed by<br /> -Col. H. A. C. MACLEAN C.M.G. of Pennycoss. -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span></p> - -<p>The divisional band served on the Desert front in Egypt, and then -accompanied the Division right into Palestine, playing the leading battalion, -the 4th K.O.S.B.'s, over the frontier to "Blue Bonnets over the Border."</p> - -<p>Later on, more pipers and more Scottish units appeared; and so we -find the 2nd London Scottish being played into Jerusalem, and "Dumbarton's -Drums" sounding at the head of the Royal Scots as they took over the -guard on the Holy Sepulchre—as is the right of "Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard."</p> - - -<h3>SALONIKA</h3> - -<p>Opportunities for the employment of pipers as such were comparatively -rare in the course of the Salonika operations, for obvious reasons. At -Karadzakot Zir, however, the 1st Royal Scots pipers played their companies -to the attack on the village, and the C.O. reported that, in his opinion,</p> - -<p>"It was largely due to the presence of the pipers with the leading wave -that the enemy evacuated their trenches and retired in disorder."</p> - - -<h3>MESOPOTAMIA</h3> - -<p>Playing the pipes in the Golden East is a far greater effort than it is -at home, and every piper who has soldiered there knows how the heat -and the dryness of the atmosphere affect his bag and reeds. But the cult -of <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> thrives east of Suez, and at least as much enthusiasm is shown -by regiments stationed in India as in a home station.</p> - -<p>And when Scottish troops were called upon to take their part in the -Mesopotamia operations, we find the pipes as prominent a feature in the -fighting as they were on the Western front. At Sheikh Saad on 7th January, -1916, the 1st Seaforths—the "Reismeid Caber Feidh"—were played to the -attack across absolutely open ground by their Pipe Major Neil M'Kechnie -and other pipers. An officer who was present describes the incident as -follows:</p> - -<p>"As we advanced over the dead flat open desert the Turks suddenly -opened a very heavy fire from well concealed trenches at a range of from -600 to 800 yards. The battalion immediately advanced by rushes towards<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> -the enemy's position in spite of very heavy initial losses. Foremost among -the men was our acting Pipe Major, M'Kechnie, who immediately struck -up the regimental charge or 'onset,' 'Cabar Feidh.'</p> - -<p>"His fine example as well as his music had a remarkable effect on the -men at such a critical moment. He was shortly afterwards wounded, and -had to drop behind as the lines went on."</p> - -<p>In the same action the 2nd Black Watch were played in by their pipers -just as they had been on many previous occasions in France. In the act -of playing Corpl. Piper MacNee was mortally wounded. This brave man -had been wounded before at Mauquissart and awarded the Distinguished -Conduct Medal. The Pipe Major, John Keith, was awarded the D.C.M. -for "gallant and distinguished service throughout the operations."</p> - - -<h3>THE LAST STAGE</h3> - -<p>For four years and a half the pipes of war played their part in the greatest -war in history; in the front, under conditions in which they could never -have been expected to exist at all, they have led men to victory, have rallied -them when victory eluded their grasp, and have marched them back undismayed -by the tortures of battle; behind the lines they have headed -the long columns of Scottish troops on their way up to the furnace in which -the fate of nations was cast.</p> - -<p>But, everywhere, they expressed the ideal of the race and led men to -follow causes, even causes which appeared lost ones, through to the end.</p> - -<p>When silence fell on the 11th November, 1918, along the blasted line -where rival civilisations had so long struggled for mastery, the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">rôle</i> of the -pipes changed, and it was no longer the "onset" that the piper was impelled -to play. The consummation of long effort had been attained—and what -instrument more entitled to bear witness to the fact than the one which -had sounded over the blood-stained slag-heaps of Loos, the shell-swept -heights of Vimy?</p> - -<p>As the British First Army entered Valenciennes, the pipers of a historic -Scottish division played through the "place" opposite the Hotel de Ville,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> -and must have awakened in the old gabled houses memories of the centuries -old alliance between the Lilies of France and the Thistle.</p> - -<p>Further east, along the roads that led to Cologne, the pipes played -unceasingly, as befitted the occasion, impressing on the population that -this was indeed the coming of "Scotland the Brave."</p> - -<p>And so, over the great Rhine bridge, the pipes of the 9th and Canadian -Divisions led the way, and Germany learnt at last that when <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> -sounds "<span lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Gabhaidh sin an rathad mor</span>"<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> it generally attains its objective.</p> - - -<h3>PIPERS IN THE RANKS</h3> - -<p>The piper is, first and last, a fighting man; and when a regiment is -mobilised it at once loses most of its pipers. Whatever the strength of -the band may have been in peace time, only the "sergeant piper"—a hideous -official term for the pipe major—and five "full" pipers are normally retained -as such. The remainder, while acting as pipers when opportunity offers—and -designated accordingly—serve in the ranks.</p> - -<p>During this war, and notably during the early years of it, it was often -found necessary to make use of full and acting pipers in some purely military -capacity, <em>i.e.</em> either in the ranks, or as Lewis gunners, bombers, orderlies, -runners or stretcher bearers. This fact accounts for many of the honours -awarded to pipers, and, at the same time, for the heavy casualties among -them.</p> - -<p>It is quite impossible to do justice to individuals or units in regard -to the part they played in performing such duties; for those who obtained -official recognition, in some form or other, hundreds have merely had the -satisfaction of playing the game, in accordance with the rules laid down -by all ranks of the British army. The few examples given in this place -are typical of the whole.</p> - -<p>At Festubert in June, 1915, the pipers of the 6th Seaforths worked -continuously day and night, and brought 170 casualties from the front -line to the dressing station; at Loos the 9th Black Watch lost nearly all<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> -their pipers when similarly engaged, and at the two actions of Loos and -Neuve Chapelle the 6th Gordons had two killed and ten wounded.</p> - -<p>Again, the 2nd Royal Scots pipers lost heavily on the Somme, and -were on one occasion highly commended for bringing water up to some -newly captured trenches under heavy fire.</p> - -<p>The comments of General Sir William Birdwood in a despatch to the -Australian Government, though intended to apply to Australian stretcher -bearers, are very applicable to pipers acting in this capacity, whether -individually or collectively:</p> - -<p>"Where all have done so well it is very hard to differentiate, but as -a class the stretcher bearers have been beyond praise. Never for a second -have they flinched from going forward time after time, absolutely regardless -of the fire brought against them; and I so deeply regret that they should -have suffered in consequence."</p> - -<p>Another and most hazardous class of duty, which was largely performed -by pipers in some battalions, was that of "runners" or despatch carriers; -this often involved crossing heavily shelled country, and has resulted in -many casualties. Notable cases have occurred of men carrying despatches -through intense barrages, and some have received rewards; the majority -of such cases, however, have necessarily been unnoticed.</p> - -<p>Some men appear to have specialised in this duty, <em>e.g.</em> Pipe Major Matheson, -1st Seaforths, who got the D.C.M. "for gallant conduct on many -occasions in conveying messages under heavy fire," and Lance-Corpl. Piper -Dyce, 13th Royal Highlanders of Canada, who on one occasion carried -a most urgent despatch through artillery barrage when badly wounded.</p> - -<p>In other cases pipers, individually and collectively, have done admirable -service in bringing up ammunition.</p> - -<p>Many instances of acts of heroism by individual men are detailed below.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span></p> - - -<h3>PIPERS ON THE MARCH</h3> - -<p>Playing the pipes in action, though essentially the most important, -is, for obvious reasons, only one of the duties of the soldier piper. Every -unit of an army is not always in close touch with the enemy, and every -battalion puts in a good many miles of marching in a year in conditions -which are rarely ideal and very often acutely miserable. It is here that -the pipes have rendered such conspicuous service as the marching instrument -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">par excellence</i>; and the cult of the bagpipe has spread to units and nationalities -which, before the war, would never have thought it possible that -the company piper would become one of their most cherished institutions.</p> - -<p>That Irish regiments should again adopt the national instrument that -had played their ancestors on to the battlefields of France in 1286 is so -natural as to need no comment; but when we find English and Australian -units, battalions of the United States army, and ships of His Majesty's -Navy, to say nothing of field ambulances and transport units, adopting -the bagpipe, no further evidence is required to substantiate its claim to -be a highly important feature of modern military organisation.</p> - -<p>It is indeed to a recognition, in the very early days of the war, of the -great value of the pipes in "exciting alacrity and cheerfulness in the soldier" -that is due the fact that so many units have deliberately tried to keep -their pipers out of harm's way, and have only allowed them, under protest, -to accompany their companies into action, and then only in limited numbers. -Commanding officers have appreciated that, as a stimulus to tired men, -to men marching weary miles to take up a position, to men returning worn -out from a spell of duty, the music of the pipes has proved invaluable.</p> - -<p>Instances of this stimulating effect are too numerous to mention, but -a few, taken from contemporary accounts of the war, may be regarded -as typical.</p> - -<p>The following incident in the retirement from Mons has frequently -occurred elsewhere. "I shall never forget how one General saw a batch -of Gordons and K.O.S.B. stragglers trudging listlessly along the road. He -halted them. Some more came up, until there was about a company in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> -all, with one piper. He made them form fours, put the piper at the head -of them, 'Now lads, follow the piper and remember Scotland,' and they -all started off as pleased as Punch, with the tired piper playing like a hero."<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a></p> - -<p>The Rev. Dr. Maclean, C.M.G., describes a case of the effect of the pipes -on tired men:</p> - -<p>"It was a sweltering hot day, and the road was deep with dust. The -long snaky khaki column came marching steadily down the hill, silent -under the weight of their accoutrements with the grinding heat of an April -sun.... As the Scots came by he gave the sign to the piper. He stepped -forward and struck up one of the great battle marches of our race. The -scene that followed baffled description. A roar of cheering burst from -the ranks."</p> - -<p>Another instance,<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> by one who was himself in the ranks, may be regarded -as typical. The regiment concerned was the Glasgow Highlanders, but -the description is applicable to every Scottish regiment in the Army List:</p> - -<p>"Kilometre after kilometre we marched, through the hottest hours -of the middle day, and our feet and backs ached under the weight of all -we carried, our faces were dabbled and streaked with dust and perspiration, -and in our mouths was only dust to chew....</p> - -<p>"Walking had become a purely mechanical exercise, our limbs controlled, -as it seemed, by some power outwith us; our brains were numb and dazed -with fatigue and the maddening persisting pain that was our every step. -Blindly, dumbly, helplessly we staggered on ... in infinite weariness we -dragged ourselves to the beginning of the street, and then—</p> - -<p>"Then the pipes suddenly set the heavens and the earth dancing to -the strains of 'Highland Laddie,' the regimental march of the Glasgows. -And at the skirl of the pipes, and before the eyes of those critical spectators, -every man braced himself, his step assumed as much of jauntiness as he -could put into it, and he had a laugh and a jesting answer ready on his -lips for every outsider who spoke to him.... It was something more -potent than wine that put the boldness into their step, it was the sense -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span>of the tradition and honour of their regiment: the feeling that on no account -must they present other than a brave front to the world, that the one -unpardonable offence would be to let the battalion down."</p> - -<p>Examples could be multiplied indefinitely, but the best tribute to the -value of the pipes as a marching instrument and in keeping the men cheery -is, after all, the fact that regiment after regiment felt constrained to keep -them out of action entirely—whether as pipers pure and simple or in other -military capacities.</p> - -<p>Statements to this effect have been received from nearly all the regiments -whose views have been asked, commanding officers being almost unanimous -in their opinion that, only where it is imperatively necessary, should a -pipe band be exposed to the chances of annihilation inseparable from modern -shell fire.</p> - -<p>And in just the same manner as the pipes have helped battalions along -the "via dolorosa" into action so they have, time and again, played them -back to rest and comparative security. In some cases they had shared in -the action itself, in others they waited until their services were required. -Many commanding officers and observers have referred to this as one of -the most important of their duties. In describing the return of a battalion, -or what remained of it, from Longueval, Philip Gibbs writes:</p> - -<p>"There was a thick summer haze about, and on the ridges the black -vapours of shell bursts.... It was out of this that the Highlanders came -marching. They brought the music with them and the pipes of war playing -a Scottish love song, 'I lo'e na a laddie but ane.' Their kilts were caked -with mud, they were very tired, but they held their heads up, and the -pipers who had been with them played bravely ... and the Scottish love -song rang out across the fields."</p> - -<p>An officer of an Argyll battalion, writing of the days of trench fighting, -says: "They have done much to hearten us on long marches. They came out -of Bethune after Loos and played what was left of us back to billets." -Another, in the Royal Scots, referring to the return of the battalion from -Kemmel, says: "I shall never forget the effect on the men; as they struck -up they fairly shouted themselves hoarse with delight."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Wonderful pipes! The men get tired and would fall out, but the -pipes make a unity of them. Invisible tendons and muscles seem to connect -the legs of all files, and all move as one, mechanically, rhythmically, certainly. -The strong are reduced to the step, the weak are braced up to it. All bear -the strain and share the strain. So we go on, and the miracle is in the -power of the music."<a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a></p> - -<p>A final quotation—one of a very great number received—reflects the -opinion of all ranks:</p> - -<p>"I have often seen a company just out of the trenches straggling along -the road too weary to think of keeping in formation, let alone in step. On -the first sound of the pipes these same men would double up to their place -and march along with the best of them."</p> - -<p>The ubiquity of the pipes on the Western front has been remarked -by all observers. "The music of the pipes is now as much a part of the -great orchestra of this war as the incessant rumbling of distant guns, as -the swirl of traffic along the transport lines, as the singing of birds above -No Man's Land.... And where there are pipes there are Scotsmen—Scots -everywhere from the sea to St. Quentin, in old French market towns, -and in Flemish villages ... and in camps behind the fighting line not beyond -the reach of long range shells, and up in the trenches where death is very -near to them.... As long as history lasts the spirit of France will salute -the memory of these kilted boys and of all the Lowland Scots who have -gone into the furnace fires of this war to the music of the pipes, and have -fallen in heaps upon her fields. A thousand years hence, when the wind -blows softly across the ground where they fought, old Scottish tunes will -sound faintly in the ears of men who remember the past, and all this country -will be haunted with the ghosts of Scotland's gallant sons."<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a></p> - -<p>Nor has it been on the Western front alone that the value of the pipes -has made itself appreciated. In every other theatre of war as well has -"the tune with the tartan of the clan in it" been heard at the head of -columns toiling through the dust and heat, or through pitiless rain. In -Egypt and Gallipoli and the Holy Land, in Mesopotamia and the Balkans, -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span>the pipes have been the prelude to great happenings. "Bundle and Go" -in the early dawn of an Eastern day, "Soldier lie down" at night—these -have been the preliminaries which led up naturally to "Cabar Feidh" in -a hail of machine gun fire, or "Horo mo nighean donn bhoidheach" in the -streets of captured Bagdad.</p> - -<p>"Many a soldier sadly misses his pipe, which of course may not be lit -on a night march; but to me a greater loss is the silence of those other -pipes, for the sound of the bagpipes will stir up a thousand memories in -a Highland regiment, and nothing helps a column of weary foot soldiers so -well as pipe music, backed by the beat of a drum."<a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a></p> - -<p>When the British army advanced into German territory the pipers -had an opportunity to play with an abandon that had never been felt -before.</p> - -<p>"Next day, with the skies still streaming, we made the longest continuous -march, some 36 kilometres, and by that effort got well into Germany. The -roads improved as we got farther on, but the tramp through the forest of -Zitter was long, marshy, and melancholy. Our company was first after the -pipers, and had the full benefit of the music all the way. And we wandered -inward; inward, with our seeking and haunting Gaelic melodies, into the -depths of the hanging, silent wood. It was strange how aloof nature seemed -to these melodies. In Scotland, or even in France, all the hills and the -woods would have helped the music. But in this German land all were cold -toward us, and those endless pine trees seemed to be holding hands with -fingers spread before the eyes to show their shame and humiliation. There -was a curious sense that the road on which we trod was not our road, and that -earth and her fruits on either hand were hostile.</p> - -<p>"And how tired the men became, with half of them through the soles -of their boots and with racking damp in their shoulders and backs from their -rain-sodden packs. But we listened still whilst voluminous waves of melody -wandered homeless over German wastes and returned to us,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">I heard the pibroch sounding, sounding,</p> -<p class="verse">O'er the wide meadows and lands from afar.</p> -</div></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span></p> - -<p class="noindent">or to the stirring strains of the 'March of the Battle of Harlaw,' or to the -crooning, hoping, sobbing of 'Lord Lovat's Lament,' and so went on from -hour to hour through the emptiness of Southern Germany. When we thought -we had just about reached our camping ground for the night, we came to a -guide post which showed it still to be seven kilometres on. But that was -at the top of a long hill, and the road ran gently down through woods the -whole way. The colonel sent a message to play 'Men of Portree.' The -rain had stopped, and an evening sky unveiled a more cheerful light. So, -with an easy inconsequent air, we cast off care and tripped away down to -the substantial and prosperous bit of Rhineland called Hellenthal, well on -our way to Cologne."<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a></p> - -<p>The interminable marches are over and their goal has been attained; -and the instrument which has a tune for every human emotion can now -play "The Desperate Battle" in German towns with a safety which has -been long unknown. To many a man, however, as he fingers his chanter, -the feeling will come, as he thinks of the good men and true who never -reached the 11th November, 1918, that the tune that is most appropriate -is "Lochaber no more."</p> - - -<h3>PIPE TUNES</h3> - -<p>Pipe tunes—as every piper knows—have local associations, associations -with particular incidents, particular emotions; and in military piping -this is never overlooked. In war everything has changed—everything -but the elemental courage and passions of the men who are engaged in it; -and, as <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> is essentially the instrument on which those elemental -passions can be best expressed, it is not uninteresting to observe how -individual pipers have resorted to particular tunes, to suit particular -occasions. In many, perhaps in most, cases there were traditional or regimental -reasons for playing one tune rather than another, and such tunes -were often in the highest degree appropriate; but in other cases the -individuality of the performer determined the choice.</p> - -<p>Of a selection based on tradition the best authenticated instance is -that of the Gordon piper who played Cogadh na Sith, "War or peace,"<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> -during the Somme fighting. The tune itself, a piobaireachd composed -by the great M'Crimmon some 400 years ago, was played by the Gordons -at Waterloo and by a Cameron piper, Kenneth M'Kay, at Quatre Bras.</p> - -<p>"<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a>About the middle of June a draft of about a hundred and twenty men -arrived in camp for the Gordons—the finest draft the commanding officer -declared he had ever seen. On the 18th, they were ordered to the front. -I found they had a piper with them, and immediately laid hold on him -to play the men down to the station. I brought him up to my tent and -provided him with a set of pipes which I had reserved for my own particular -work.... I found something more interesting than that. His great-grandfather -had been a piper in the regiment in the days of the Napoleonic -war, and at the Battle of Waterloo he stood within the square and played -the ancient Highland challenge-march 'Cogadh na Sith,' as the French -cuirassiers hurled themselves upon the immovable ranks in vain.</p> - -<p>"'John,' I said, 'this is the anniversary of Waterloo, and you will lead -the men out to that very tune which your great-grandfather played on -that great day.' I told the colonel, and his eyes gleamed as he said to me, -'Ah! padre, we'll do better than that. You will tell the men about it, -and I will call them to attention, and your piper will play his tune in memory -of the men of Waterloo.'</p> - -<p>"And so it was done, and a thrilling incident it was as the men stood -rigid and silent in full marching order, and the piper strode proudly along -the ranks, sounding the wild, defiant challenge that stirred the regiment -a hundred years before."</p> - -<p>Regimental tunes appeal enormously to the men who hear and know -them; it was probably as much the sound of "Blue Bonnets over the -Border" as the sight of Piper Laidlaw piping along the parapet that made -the men, shaken with shell fire and gas, go straight forward; and red hackles -have followed "Highland Laddie" in circumstances when another tune might -have failed to exert the same extraordinary influence. But, having played -his regulation onset, the piper has an opportunity of suiting his own taste -and selecting a tune appropriate musically and emotionally, as well as -in name, to the occasion.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span></p> -<p>On many occasions when the choice of a tune has not been restricted -by regimental custom or tradition, individual performers have made selections -which indicated the remarkable mentality of the British soldier.</p> - -<p>At Loos, where Pipers Simpson and M'Donald of the 2nd Black Watch -played their company over the top and through the attack, the tune they -commenced with was "Happy we've been a' thegither,"—only later changing -into the ceremonial onset "Highland Laddie." To men in a trench who have -suffered untold nerve strain waiting for Zero and who happen—as do most -men in Highland regiments—to know one tune from another, no more -appropriate combination of "onsets" could have been selected.</p> - -<p>At Beaumont Hamel, when the 17th H.L.I. took the German trenches -and had an opportunity of bombing out the occupants, Pipe Major Gilbert -played another popular and very suitable tune, "The muckin' o' Geordie's -Byre," and greatly encouraged the men in their task. This same tune -has done duty on many similar occasions.</p> - -<p>It was to "We'll tak the guid auld way" that the 16th Canadians attacked -at Vimy, and many Cameron pipers have played the "Piobaireachd Dhomhnuill -Duibh" in similar circumstances.</p> - -<p>Another very favourite tune was "The Macgregor's Gathering" which -was played with great effect in the capture of many villages during the -Somme fighting.</p> - -<p>A curious coincidence was the selection by the pipers of the 1st H.L.I. -of "I'll gang nae mair tae yon toun" as they marched out of Marseilles -on 1st November, 1914, on their way to the front. During the first six -months they lost seven pipers killed, eight wounded and two taken prisoner, -and the band ceased to exist.</p> - -<p>"Baile Inneraora,"—otherwise "The Campbells are Coming"—was -the tune to which the first Highland regiment of the Expeditionary Force, -the 2nd Argylls, landed in France; from that time onward it has immortalised -on every front, if that were necessary, the town of which Burns wrote:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"There's naething here but Highland pride</p> -<p class="verse4">And Highland scab and hunger.</p> -<p class="verse">If Providence has sent me here,</p> -<p class="verse4">'Twas surely in his anger."</p> -</div></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span></p> - -<p>The Argylls long ago took Burns' song and treated it with the contempt -it deserves when they adopted "Baile Inneraora" as their "onset." It -was played at the taking of Longueval, in the attack at Loos, and -at the subsequent rally after that glorious disaster, and in many other -actions.</p> - -<p>During the fighting on the Somme for the heaps of ruins which had once -been a French village, an incident occurred which takes us back to the -legend connected with the pibroch "A Cholla, mo run." Long ages ago, -when the Campbells heard they were going to be attacked by Coll Kiteach -at Dunivaig, they set an ambush and captured the advance guard. All -were hanged except the piper, who was given permission to play a lament -over his comrades. The piper at once started the warning, which was -heard and understood by his comrades,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"Coll of my love avoid the strait, avoid the strait, avoid the strait,</p> -<p class="verse">Coll of my love, go by the Mull, gain the landing place."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>The poor piper was instantly stabbed by the infuriated Campbells.</p> - -<p>It is a far cry from those days, when men could converse to each other -in pibroch, to 1916; but another tune—not "A Cholla, mo run"—was -played by another piper in a French village when his party was cut off. -Two officers, a sergeant, and a piper of an Argyll battalion, got separated -from the main body, and found themselves unable to get away when the -village was again attacked by our men. The small party at once started -bombing the enemy from the rear, but the piper, appreciating the unpleasant -possibility of their own presence not being recognised, struck up -the regimental onset. This alarmed the Germans, who thought they were -being attacked from a fresh quarter, and materially contributed to the -success of the operation.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span></p> - - -<h3>INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS.</h3> - - -<p class="pfs80">"Agus bha iad am measg uam fear treuna 'n an luchd-cuideachaidh 's a' chogadh."</p> - -<p>To attempt to compile a complete record of the achievements of individual -pipers or of the pipe bands of units is an impossible task; it would involve -a review of the whole course of the war. A long time must elapse before -the histories of battalions are completed, and even then we shall probably -never know fully the extent to which their pipers have contributed to the -attainment of success.</p> - -<p>Throughout the war correspondence has been carried on with individuals -who, in spite of their appalling environment, have found time to supply -information. They at least have the satisfaction of knowing that to them -is largely due the fact that brave acts have been saved from oblivion.</p> - -<p>Such a review as follows is but a fragmentary one, based on information -obtained from officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the battalions concerned—but -almost never from individual pipers. Among these men there appears -to have been a conspiracy of silence, and attempts to obtain fuller information -as to the reason for the granting of awards or the names of pipers whose -identity disappeared under the blue pencil of the Censor have proved in -very many instances unavailing.</p> - -<p>The omission from these pages of mention of achievements of pipers -of many battalions must be regarded as indicating lack of space to record -them, or of failure to obtain the desired information.</p> - -<p>The original Expeditionary Force landed in France with seven Scottish -battalions possessing pipe bands; when the armistice was signed the -number of such units exceeded a hundred. Although on mobilisation -the number of "full" pipers in a battalion is only six it must be remembered -that there are always "acting pipers" serving in the companies who are -available—until that source of supply is exhausted—to take the place of -casualties; and it is safe to reckon that the 100 battalions have had more -than 2500 pipers at various times.</p> - -<p>The numbers that served in various units during the campaign varied -enormously; in some, which freely utilised their pipers in the front line—in -the ranks, as bearers, and as pipers in action—as many as seventy or eighty<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> -have been borne on the strength at different times; in others, which kept -these men invariably behind the front line, the casualties were negligible -and comparatively few were used up.</p> - -<p>This difference in method of employment largely explains the variations -in the casualty lists and honours of different units; and, in some cases, it -has been found impossible to obtain anything like complete information.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">8543 Piper <span class="smcap">James Mackenzie</span>, 1st Scots Guards.</p> - -<p>During the desperate fighting about Ypres in October, 1914, Piper Mackenzie -greatly distinguished himself bringing up ammunition to the firing line. He was killed -while doing so. Awarded a mention in despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">8081 Piper <span class="smcap">Charles Scott Maguire</span>, 2nd Scots Guards.</p> - -<p>On the 27th October, 1914, near Ypres, an advanced trench was blown to pieces -by shell fire, most of its occupants being killed or wounded. Hearing calls for help, -Piper Maguire went forward from the support trench to report. He crawled 15 yards -on hands and knees to the wrecked trench and found several men had been buried -by the explosion. Although without any protection from enemy fire he dug out a -man and found he was dead; he continued his task and got out another, placing -him for safety under cover of the dead body. He then crawled back to his trench. -The N.C.O. in charge had been killed meantime, and no official report of his conduct -was possible. Maguire himself was wounded shortly after, his back being broken; he -died of paralysis some seven months later.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">11002 Piper <span class="smcap">J. McMillan</span>, 1st Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry as a battalion scout.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">10123</td><td class="tdl wd7">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap wd20">E. Collins,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10754</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clancy,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10639</td><td class="tdl pad1">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smart,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">1st Royal Scots.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10032</td><td class="tdl pad1">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Mallin,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>During the operations on the Salonika front the battalion had to capture Karadzakot -Zir. The men had to advance over open country to the attack. These pipers played -over three successive charges to the enemy's position, and the commanding officer -considered their gallantry on this occasion was to a large extent instrumental in bringing -about the success of the attack. In spite of their exposed position they all got through -without being touched.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">11065 Piper <span class="smcap">H. M'Leod</span>, 2nd Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>Was repeatedly mentioned in despatches for gallantry in attending wounded under -fire, and was recommended for the D.C.M.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">1235 Piper <span class="smcap">W. Sinclair</span>, 5th Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>Shortly after the original landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula, a critical retirement -took place. Piper Sinclair, on his own initiative, gathered together a handful of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> -stragglers, and, taking up a favourable position, covered successfully the withdrawal -of the battalion. He was killed.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">John Buchan</span>, 4th Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>Just before the attack on Achi Baba on 28th June, 1915, Pipe Major Buchan played -along the line as the battalion went over; he was killed.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">7271 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">J. M'Dougall</span>, 8th Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "for gallant conduct under very -trying circumstances" as a stretcher bearer at Festubert in May, 1915.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Corpl. <span class="smcap">Alexander Forsyth</span>, 9th Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>At Arras in April, 1917, this man, who was a highly skilled bomber, volunteered -to bomb the Germans out of a position in which they were covered by machine guns. -He crawled up and succeeded in his object, but was killed. He was given the Distinguished -Conduct Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">13283 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">A. Colgan</span>, 12th Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>In the Loos attack the pipe major played the battalion over the top and was -wounded. Subsequently, in the great German offensive in 1918, when pipers had to -serve in the ranks, he got the Military Medal "for good leadership and courage."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">John Mouat</span>, 13th Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>During the final advance in 1918 the pipers were employed as bearers, and suffered -heavy casualties. Pipe Major Mouat received a mention in despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Murdoch Macdonald</span>, 13th Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>A heavy shell burst among a company and buried a number of men. Pipe Major -Macdonald went out alone, under very heavy shell fire and brought in six wounded men -unaided.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">David Anderson</span>, 15th Royal Scots.</p> - -<p>In the opening attack on the Somme front on 1st July, 1916, the battalion was -played forward by the pipe major, to the old regimental tune "Dumbarton's drums." -He was hit shortly after going over the top, but continued playing; he was again -wounded after crossing the third line of trenches and fell to the ground. He tried -to go on playing while sitting on the ground, but his pipes were shattered by a shell -bursting near him. He managed to get up and was at once attacked by a German, -but succeeded in knocking him out with his fists, and then continued fighting with -a rifle until overcome by his wounds.</p> - -<p>Pipe Major Anderson was given the one Croix de Guerre allotted to his Division -for the most conspicuous act of bravery. The pipes he was playing on this occasion -were of historical interest as they had been taken to the Antarctic by a member of -Scott's expedition, and had been played also in the Arctic expedition of 1907.</p> - -<p>Another interesting feature of Anderson's achievement was that several Germans -surrendered to him as he played on the parapet of one of their trenches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">David Campbell</span>, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers.</p> - -<p>Although he had been wounded in the arm on the previous day Pipe Major Campbell -played his battalion to the attack on the German position at Hooge on June 16, 1915.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> -He played on right up to the German wire entanglements when, throwing his pipes -aside, he caught up the bayonet of a comrade who had just been shot by a German -officer and at once attacked the latter. He captured the officer.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">9884 Piper <span class="smcap">Higginson</span>, 1st K.O.S.B.</p> - -<p>The initial engagement of the battalion was the landing on Gallipoli. During the -first few days the pipers were fighting in the ranks, and the gallant exploit of Piper -Higginson is eloquent indication of the fact that they played the part of the fighting -man right well. All the officers and N.C.O.'s of his Company having been killed or -wounded during the heavy fighting of 26th April, 1915, Piper Higginson rallied the -remainder, and organised and led a bayonet charge with such dash and bravery that -the Turks were swept back from a line they had captured earlier in the day. Just -as success was attained Piper Higginson was mortally wounded, and died some hours -later. Had he survived he was to have been recommended for the D.C.M.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">1315</td><td class="tdl wd40">Piper <span class="smcap">Maitland</span>,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8248</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">W. Mackenzie</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">1st K.O.S.B.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>During most of their stay on the Gallipoli peninsula the pipers had to bring up -ammunition, rations, stores, etc., a job which was at all times most trying and often -extremely hazardous. For conspicuous bravery in charge of these carrying parties -the Pipe Major and Piper Maitland were awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">556 Piper <span class="smcap">A. Erskine</span>, 5th K.O.S.B.</p> - -<p>Was mentioned in despatches for gallantry as a stretcher bearer in Gallipoli.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">14851 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Robert Mackenzie</span>, 6th K.O.S.B.</p> - -<p>At the battle of Loos 25th September, 1915, when the battalion went forward to -the attack in which it was decimated, the first over the top was the Pipe Major, who -started playing at once. He was wounded and fell after a comparatively short distance, -but managed to crawl back. His leg had to be amputated, and he died of shock -shortly afterwards. Mackenzie was a man of nearly sixty years of age, and had forty-two -years' Army service. He was awarded a mention in despatches. Before the -action he had been detailed, on account of his age, to be postman, but insisted on going -into action.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">15851 Piper <span class="smcap">Daniel Laidlaw</span>, V.C., 7th K.O.S.B.</p> - -<p>Just before the attack on Hill 70 and Loos on 25th September, 1915, the battalion, -which was under heavy shell fire, was exposed to a cloud of poison gas. Many of -the men succumbed to this gas, and the remainder were shaken by what they were -going through. The commanding officer, seeing Laidlaw standing waiting with his -pipes for the order to advance, called to him, "Pipe them together, Laidlaw, for God's -sake, pipe them together," and he immediately climbed out on to the parapet, and -marched up and down, regardless of danger, playing "Blue Bonnets over the Border." -The effect on the men was magical; at the same moment the order came to advance, -and the officer shouted "Come on, the Borderers, who'll be the first to reach the -German trenches?" The survivors of the company swarmed up and over to the -assault following the piper. The men were falling all round him, but Laidlaw continued -to advance until he got near the German line, when he was wounded and the officer,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> -who was alongside of him, was killed. As he lay on the ground he tried to go on -playing, and then managed to get up and hobble after the battalion.</p> - -<p>He was awarded the Victoria Cross "for most conspicuous gallantry," and the -French Croix de Guerre.</p> - -<p>The sobriquet "Piper of Loos" was commonly applied to Piper Laidlaw; though, -in fairness to two other men, it must be admitted that he only shared that distinction -with them.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Douglas Taylor</span>, 7th K.O.S.B.</p> - -<p>During the attack on Loos when Piper Laidlaw got the V.C., the other pipers -were chiefly employed in bringing in the casualties. There were large numbers of -men lying about who had been gassed. Pipe Major Taylor, though himself wounded -in the hand, continued bringing in these men for thirty-six hours, until he was himself -shot down with a bullet in the heart. He recovered ultimately—one of the surgical -miracles of the war.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">W. Robertson</span>, 2nd Scottish Rifles.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the field.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Neil Macleod</span>, 8th Scottish Rifles.</p> - -<p>Greatly distinguished himself in the Dardanelles fighting in attending on the -wounded. He was killed in the attack on 12th July, 1915.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">40631</td><td class="tdl wd25">Corpl. <span class="smcap">Whitelaw</span>,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">17806</td><td class="tdl">Piper <span class="smcap">M'Gurk</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">9th Scottish Rifles.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>In a daylight raid at Arras in February, 1917, these two men played their companies -over, standing on the parapet, and then followed them up to the German position.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">J. M'Coll</span>, 10th Scottish Rifles.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during the Somme fighting.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">14631 Piper <span class="smcap">Alexander Stevenson</span>, 11th Scottish Rifles.</p> - -<p>On 20th April, 1917, Piper Stevenson observed a comrade, who had been out -on a night patrol, lying wounded in No Man's Land, and calling for help. He at once -went over the parapet in broad daylight and brought him in, although the Germans -brought a machine gun to bear on him as soon as he exposed himself. While assisting -the medical officer to dress the wounded man he was killed. His name was mentioned -in despatches for gallantry. He had previously done excellent work carrying messages -in action.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl wd30"><span class="smcap">Andrew Wishart</span>,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9430</td><td class="tdl">Piper <span class="smcap">W. Stuart</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">1st Black Watch.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>After the failure of the first attack on Richebourg, 9th May, 1915—the attacking -battalions simply melting away under a sheet of lead—a second attack on the position -was ordered for midday; the leading battalions on this occasion being the 1st Black -Watch and 1st Camerons. The men went over the top with a tremendous dash, -and each company was led by its pipers. Two at least actually reached the German -trenches and continued playing—9430 W. Stuart, and Andrew Wishart of the Black<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> -Watch. They were under very heavy fire, and both got wounded. Wishart fell -into a shell hole and lay there for four days before he succeeded in crawling back to -our trenches. When he fell there were loud shouts "The piper's down," and the men -made frantic efforts to get into the enemy's trenches; but the machine gun fire was -too heavy, and they had to withdraw. Piper Stuart was awarded the D.C.M.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">George Galloway</span>, 7th Black Watch.</p> - -<p>On one occasion Piper Galloway rescued five men who had been buried by a shell -explosion. Subsequently, when employed as a runner, he was called on to deliver -an important message under very heavy fire. This he accomplished in almost impossible -conditions, and was given the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">L/Corpl. <span class="smcap">G. Swan</span>, 7th Black Watch.</p> - -<p>Served in the ranks during the Somme fighting. He was killed in action, and was -awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">1919 Piper <span class="smcap">Alexander Pratt</span>, 2nd Black Watch.</p> - -<p>Pipers throughout the war have been employed in a great variety of ways besides -piping. Piper Pratt was reported in Mesopotamian Force Despatches as "one of the -bravest and most intelligent bomb sergeants in the regiment; on three occasions -he has proved his high capacity for leadership in the attack. He has been twice -wounded. His power of training grenadiers and his influence over his men are quite -exceptional." He was promoted in the field to Sergeant and awarded a D.C.M.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">941 Piper <span class="smcap">Peter MacNee</span>, 2nd Black Watch.</p> - -<p>Also distinguished himself greatly as a bomber. He won the D.C.M. at Neuve -Chapelle. In France he was twice wounded, but went to Mesopotamia with the -battalion. In the fighting at Sheikh Saad in January, 1916, he was mortally wounded.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd5">1839</td><td class="tdl wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd40">Alexander Macdonald,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">736</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Simpson,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">365</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Johnstone,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">2nd Black Watch.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">699</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Armit,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">187</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Galloway,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>In the attack by the 2nd Black Watch at Mauquissart, 25th September, 1915, the -pipers took a prominent part, playing their companies up to and through the German -first and second lines. After three lines had been captured the order to attack the -fourth was given. 736 Piper David Simpson at once dashed forward playing, followed -by his company; he was killed just as they reached the objective. His bravery -earned him the title, for long after, of "The Piper of Loos." He was recommended -for the Victoria Cross. Further on, 1839 Piper Alexander Macdonald alternately -played from one trench to the next and assisted in bombing the enemy out of their -dugouts. In the third trench he marched, playing "Macgregor's Gathering," down -the trench at the head of the bombers, and then climbed on to the parapet and continued -playing. He was ultimately wounded and lost his leg. For his gallantry he was -given the D.C.M., but did not long survive to enjoy the honour as he died soon after -his discharge. At the same time 365 Piper R. Johnstone went on playing until he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> -fell gassed. As pipers fell out wounded others took their places, and the battalion -was played continuously into and through the action. It appears to have been a -tradition among the pipers of this battalion that they were always to play whenever -an opportunity occurred. Pipers David Armit and J. Galloway also played right up -to and through the German support trenches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">1198 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">D. M'Leod</span>, 4th Black Watch.</p> - -<p>Piper M'Leod played his company into action at Loos.</p> - -<p>During this action the commanding officer was mortally wounded; he was brought -in, under intense fire, by Pipe Major—then Corpl. Piper—M'Leod, who received the -Military Medal for his gallantry. He subsequently got a bar to the Medal for repeated -acts of gallantry during the great advance of 1915.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">410 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Alexander Low</span>, 4th Black Watch.</p> - -<p>Received the Military Medal for devoted attendance to the wounded at Neuve -Chapelle.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">1568 Piper <span class="smcap">Alexander Howie</span>, 5th Black Watch.</p> - -<p>At Neuve Chapelle Piper Howie greatly distinguished himself in bringing in -casualties. He was killed while performing this duty. Mentioned in despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd30">R. Pirnie,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Forbes,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">6th Black Watch.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Tainsh,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Mapleton,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>These men played the battalion in to the attack on High Wood, 14th July, 1916. -Though much exposed they escaped unwounded.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">Ferguson</span>, 6th Black Watch.</p> - -<p>At Laventie this man marched from one end of the line to the other playing "Johnny -Cope," which aroused the enemy, who, expecting an immediate attack, at once started -a barrage. No attack was ever intended.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">2126 Piper <span class="smcap">Alasdair M'Donald</span>, 6th Black Watch.</p> - -<p>Near Laventie in July, 1916, a small patrol of four men operating in No Man's Land -ran into some Germans, with the result that two of them were badly wounded and -could not get back to our lines. Volunteers were asked for, and M'Donald and another -man went out. They met a German patrol and <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'dipersed'">dispersed</ins> it, but this at once brought -hostile machine gun fire on to them. They had to hunt about for a considerable -time in high grass full of barbed wire before finding the wounded men, and, in bringing -them back, had to make use of part of a German communication trench. Piper M'Donald -was mentioned in despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">290056</td><td class="tdl wd50">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Thomas Macdonald</span>,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">292440</td><td class="tdl">L/Corpl. <span class="smcap">G. Swan</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">7th Black Watch.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200509</td><td class="tdl">Piper <span class="smcap">A. Mands</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper <span class="smcap">George Galloway</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span></p> - -<p>All these men received the Military Medal for gallantry in carrying despatches -during the Somme actions. On several occasions they performed quite invaluable -service in this way.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">7671 Piper <span class="smcap">Alexander Henderson</span>, 1st Cameron Highlanders.</p> - -<p>On October 22nd, 1914, Piper Henderson went out to an officer of the battalion -who was lying wounded in a very exposed position, and applied first field dressings. -He then helped this officer back to our position under heavy machine gun fire and -then returned to his duty in the ranks. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct -Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Sergt. <span class="smcap">Johnson</span>, 2nd Cameron Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Received the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry on the night of 11th March, -1917, when on a reconnoitring patrol on the Struma. He killed the enemy's sentry -before he had time to warn his group, thus enabling the party to account successfully -for five out of seven of the enemy. Also for continuous good work as sergeant in charge -of regimental scouts.</p> - -<p>As scout sergeant he subsequently still further distinguished himself, and by his -initiative and daring in incessant patrol work, materially assisted in gaining complete -ascendancy over all the ground between our own and the Bulgar trenches. "His display -of daring, initiative and courage has been a splendid example to all the men under him."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">56 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">John Ross</span>, 4th Cameron Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Played the battalion to the attack at Festubert on 17th May, 1915, along with the -other pipers of the battalion.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">17128 Piper <span class="smcap">J. Scobie</span>, Cameron Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Obtained the M.M., D.C.M. for gallantry in action.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">9158 Acting Pipe Major <span class="smcap">J. MacLellan</span>, 1st Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>During the advance in Mesopotamia ammunition happened to run short at a point -only 50 yards removed from the Turk trenches. MacLellan at once volunteered to -fetch some, and was killed as he was bringing it up.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">8391 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">D. Mathieson</span>, 1st Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "for gallant conduct on many -occasions in conveying messages under heavy fire, and also for gallantry in attending -on the wounded on an exposed part of the line."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">9446 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Neil M'Kechnie</span>, 1st Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>During the engagement at Sheikh Saad on 7th January, 1916, the battalion had -to advance for a long distance over perfectly flat country under very heavy fire. -Casualties among our men were very numerous. The pipe major and Pipers Colin -M'Kay and Alex. M'Kay at once started playing "Caber Feidh," and continued to -do so for some time. M'Kechnie and Alex. M'Kay were both wounded.</p> - -<p>At Neuve Chapelle M'Kechnie had distinguished himself as a bomber, and was -mentioned in despatches and awarded the Russian Order of St. George.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">766 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Mackenzie</span>, 1st Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Was mentioned in despatches for gallantry in Palestine.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">412 Piper <span class="smcap">William Barry</span>, 1st Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Went out into No Man's Land under heavy machine gun fire to the assistance of -a wounded comrade who was lying unable to move, and whose clothing had caught -fire. Piper Barry was recommended for the D.C.M.; he was mentioned in despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">529 Piper <span class="smcap">Colin M'Kay</span>, 1st Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>During the advance at Sheikh Saad some of the pipers had to bring up ammunition. -The Turkish barrage was generally late and missed the advancing battalion, but came -down behind it; this resulted in severe casualties among ammunition parties. Piper -M'Kay was specially promoted on the field for gallantry in performing duty as an -ammunition carrier.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">201307 Piper <span class="smcap">P. Stewart</span>, 4th Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>A company on the Ypres sector in September, 1917, had to advance a distance of -nearly two miles over flooded ground badly cut up by our artillery. The men were -very heavily laden with extra ammunition, bombs, etc.; Piper Stewart played them -along until he fell and damaged his pipes. When they reached their position volunteers -were called for to go out and try to establish communication with the brigade on -the left, whose position was not known. Piper Stewart went out and performed this -task, but was badly wounded in the arm. He had previously done excellent work -in collecting casualties and putting them in an abandoned gun emplacement. He was -awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">599 Piper <span class="smcap">Donald M'Kay</span>, 5th Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Was killed at Beaumont Hamel when carrying despatches. His C.O. said of him, -"It was by devotion such as his that victory was bestowed on us that day."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">21629</td><td class="tdl wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd25">D. Fraser,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4661</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Hamilton,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">7th Seaforth Highlanders.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>In the attack at Loos, when the battalion was played in by their pipers, most of -these men were killed or wounded. At one time the position became very serious and -the advance was checked. Pipers Fraser and Hamilton at once got up into the open -and started playing "Caber Feidh"; the effect was very marked as their companies -dashed forward after them. They were both killed.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">8535 Piper <span class="smcap">D. Davidson</span>, 7th Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>This man, when serving in the ranks, showed such gallantry and initiative that -he received both the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">8112 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Alexander Mackenzie</span>, 8th Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>At Loos, when the battalion was played into action, there were very heavy losses -among the pipers. Pipe Major Mackenzie distinguished himself greatly, and was given -the Distinguished Conduct Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">8119 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">G. Gordon</span>, 9th Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Played the battalion into action at Longueval on 14th July, 1916, and was awarded -the Belgian Croix de Guerre.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">5745 Piper <span class="smcap">Charles M'Lellan</span>, 9th Seaforth Highlanders.</p> - -<p>At the battle of Loos he was acting as orderly to his captain; as they got over -the parapet the officer was hit, and died a few minutes afterwards. Piper M'Lellan -then reported himself to another officer who sent him back, under heavy fire, for -reinforcements. Having done this several times, he went to look for his captain and -brought in his body. He was awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">10744 Corporal <span class="smcap">A. Godsman</span>, 1st Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>During the action at Neuve Chapelle he repeatedly brought up ammunition to -the firing line under the heaviest fire, until he was wounded. He was awarded the -Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Russian Order of St. George.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">11480 Piper <span class="smcap">John Brodie</span>, 2nd Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>This man was one of the party with the late Col. W. L. Brodie when that officer won -the V.C.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">240881 Piper <span class="smcap">William Mackenzie</span>, 6th Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>In the action of 12th July, 1915, in which the battalion captured three lines of -Turkish trenches in Gallipoli, Piper Mackenzie went into action armed with a revolver -and a shovel, displaying great gallantry and doing great execution with both these -weapons until he was wounded.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">1914 Piper <span class="smcap">Kenneth MacLennan</span>, 7th Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "for playing the pipes during the -attack (on the Turkish trenches, 12th July, 1915) and advancing with the line after -his pipes had been shattered by shrapnel, and heartening the wounded under fire" -(<cite>London Gazette</cite>). After his pipes had been broken he continued to play on his chanter -for some time. He then made several journeys across the open to fetch water for -the wounded under heavy fire; and also brought up boxes of ammunition.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">1901 Piper <span class="smcap">D. Cameron</span>, 7th Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>In the attack on the Turkish trenches on 12th July, 1915, Piper Cameron played -his company right up to the captured trenches and was awarded a special mention in -Divisional Orders (52nd Division). On this occasion, while playing, he had a revolver -hanging from his wrist, and on reaching the trenches started using it with good effect.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">Donald Macfarlane</span>, 7th Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>In the same action in Gallipoli on 12th July, 1915, Piper Macfarlane played his -company through a bayonet charge and continued doing so until a shell burst shattered -his pipe drones. He then devoted himself to giving water to the wounded.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Corpl. Piper <span class="smcap">Allan M'Nicol</span>, 12th Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>During the fighting at Loos and Hill 70 Corpl. M'Nicol was employed carrying an -artillery observation flag, and signalling successive positions to our guns as they were -captured. For his gallantry in action he was awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">15006 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">William M'Comb</span>, 16th Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>On 14th February, 1916, the Pipe Major, though stunned and sick from a blow<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> -by a branch of a tree which had been hit by a shell, went forward and dug out several -men who had been buried. There was heavy shell fire at the time. He was given the -Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">12095 Piper (Pipe Major) <span class="smcap">Thomas Richardson</span>, 16th Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct at Roupy in the night of -2nd April, 1917, when the company in support was heavily shelled and casualties were -heavy. "Pipe Major Richardson organised carrying parties and showed an utter -disregard of danger under the continuous fire of heavy guns."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">B. M'Donald</span>, Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>An ammunition dump having caught fire he went in under heavy machine gun -and shell fire and succeeded in dragging out boxes of bombs and throwing them into a -shell crater full of water. By this means he stopped the conflagration. At the time -he had just been given a commission, and he received for this action the Military Cross.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">16094 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Young Gilbert</span>, 17th Highland Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>On the 1st July, 1916, the battalion crawled up to within 100 yards of the Leipzig -redoubt and rushed the latter when the barrage lifted, and held on. The position was -a very perilous one, and the C.O. called on the Pipe Major to play to the men. This -he at once did and continued doing so, with the most stimulating effect on the -battalion. For this action he was awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">5495 Piper <span class="smcap">James Ritchie</span>, 2nd Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>On the 14th July, 1916, the battalion had to attempt the capture of the road from -High Wood to Longueval. Advancing beyond the first objective they advanced -further and tried to dig in, but came under deadly fire from flank and rear. Of the -two leading platoons only one wounded officer and five men ever got back. Piper -Ritchie volunteered to carry a message to regimental headquarters and bring up -reinforcements. He did this twice. He was awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">6349 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Charles Anderson</span>, 2nd Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the Military Medal. His C.O. writes: "Has done splendid work -throughout; his cheerfulness and gallantry have been at all times most marked, and -he was a splendid example to all until he was severely wounded at Hulluch on 25th -September, 1915."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">6863 Piper <span class="smcap">R. Stewart</span>, 2nd Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>From the commencement of the war Piper Stewart's gallantry was repeatedly -brought to notice and especially during the fighting in October and November, 1914, -and at Ypres. He was specially promoted to Sergeant and awarded the D.C.M. and -the Russian Order of St. George for bringing up ammunition under particularly trying -circumstances at Ypres. He was killed at Loos.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major (Sergt. Major) <span class="smcap">Angus Maclean</span>, 2nd Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Rejoined his old battalion on the outbreak of war and was transferred from the -pipes to a company as sergeant major. He was awarded the Military Medal for "conspicuous -courage and ability in organising work under very dangerous conditions."</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">The 2nd Gordon Highlanders in Italy.</span></p> - -<p>In the summer of 1918 the pipers, during the offensive, were attached for duty -to the 23rd Field Ambulance. All the wounded had to be carried across a deep and -very rapid burn, which was difficult to get across for a single man. These pipers, -however, with four men to a stretcher and four more to steady them, and without their -kilts and hose, succeeded in getting large numbers of casualties over. They stood in -the water for many hours. Subsequently they went out to look for wounded and -brought in many more. "But for the work of the pipers and drummers it would have -been impossible to evacuate the wounded that night."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">George Paterson</span>, 4th Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>In the fighting outside Cambrai in November, 1917, Piper Paterson played the -battalion into action and charged in three successive waves; he also played it into Cantanig -under heavy fire. Here he was wounded. He was awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">William Webster</span>, 4th Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>In the face of heavy fire during the retirement in March, 1918, repeatedly brought -up ammunition to men in the front line. Was awarded the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd25">P. Bowie,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Paterson,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">4th Gordon Highlanders.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Prentice,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Davidson,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>In the Ypres fighting on 31st July, 1917, Piper Bowie rallied the men at a time -when things were looking very bad. He was awarded the Military Medal. At the -Marne, too, he and Pipers P. Paterson, R. Prentice, and G. Davidson played their -companies into action "and the example set by them roused the troops to further -efforts to force the enemy from a difficult position and enabled them to gain a great -victory."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">1985 Piper <span class="smcap">Charles Thomson</span>, 5th Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>At Festubert Piper Thomson showed great courage as an observer, and repeatedly -crossed a heavily shelled zone, which was also under fire by snipers, carrying messages -to battalion headquarters.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">H. Lunam</span>, 5th Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>In the action at High Wood on 18th July, 1916, Piper Lunam "very heroically -played his company into action in face of heavy machine gun fire and a heavy enemy -barrage. He got no official recognition, but the thanks and respect of his comrades -who followed him."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">10115 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">J. Howarth</span>, 6th Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>During the fighting at Loos Pipe Major Howarth was acting as orderly to the -commanding officer, and, in the course of the advance, was wounded in the feet. A -shell had burst and knocked over a dozen of our men and he at once went off to give -first aid. On the way he saw Captain —— of the 2nd Gordons lying wounded. As, -on account of his own wound, he was unable to carry the wounded officer in, he took -off his own puttees, wound them round his knees as a protection, took Captain —— on -his back and crawled back on hands and knees to our own line.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span></p> - -<p>Pipe Major Howarth had already received the D.C.M. for his gallantry in tending -the wounded at Neuve Chapelle. For his action on this occasion he was awarded a -bar to the medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">10700 Piper <span class="smcap">W. Bannerman</span>, 6th Gordon Highlanders.</p> - -<p>In the fighting at Givenchy on 2nd June, 1915, some of the pipers were employed -in the ranks. Piper Bannerman was mentioned in despatches for great gallantry in -leading a bayonet charge.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper (Sergt.) <span class="smcap">Peter Dean</span>, 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>When serving in the ranks as a machine gun sergeant he worked his gun alone in -an exposed position when the rest of the gun team had all been killed or wounded. He -was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">3162 Piper <span class="smcap">William Carlyle</span>, 6th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>After a bayonet charge at Festubert on 16th June, 1915, the battalion was lying -on the ground under heavy fire. Near the enemy's line was a wounded man. Piper -Carlyle crept out on hands and knees to try and bring him in; just as he reached the -man and had started to lift him, he was killed. Piper Carlyle was mentioned in -despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">John Walls</span>, 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Was awarded the Military Medal for devotion to duty as battalion runner through -the barrages on 23/24th July, 1915.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">J. Wilson</span>, 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>On the 8th April, 1916, a German raiding party of considerable strength entered -our trenches in the Labyrinth after the explosion of several mines which inflicted heavy -casualties. Pipe Major Wilson at once organised a counter attack and drove out the -enemy. He received a Divisional certificate of gallant conduct.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">266 Piper <span class="smcap">George Shearer</span>, 9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>When employed as a bearer on 24th May, 1915, brought in a wounded man out of -No Man's Land under particularly difficult circumstances, and was awarded the D.C.M.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">4627 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Thomas Aitken</span>, 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>During the fighting at Longueval in July, 1916, although a man of sixty years of -age, Pipe Major Aitken, at his own request, acted as orderly to the commanding officer -for the whole day; he was ultimately wounded. He was awarded the Distinguished -Conduct Medal "for conspicuous gallantry on this and many other occasions."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">6191</td><td class="tdl wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd20">J. Dall,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2616</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Wilson,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>When the battalion attacked Longueval it was met by heavy machine gun fire, -which caused very severe casualties. Part of the enemy wire had been left uncut by our -bombardment, and this caused momentary confusion in the ranks, as it was very -dark. The advance was held up by some ruined dwellings in the streets of the village<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> -which had been turned into machine gun nests. Pipers Dall and Wilson at once started -playing, and in spite of the noise of shell fire all round them, they succeeded in rallying -the men, and in leading an attack which proved to be irresistible. Piper Dall was -wounded. Piper Wilson was awarded a mention in despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">569 Piper <span class="smcap">G. Gamack</span>, 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Received the Military Medal for great gallantry in evacuating casualties during -the storming of the St. Quentin Canal, Sept., 1918.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Donald Macfarlane</span>, 11th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>In the action of Loos the Pipe Major was employed as a despatch runner carrying -messages back from Hill 70. He continued doing this though severely wounded in the -arm. He was recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd25">Charles Hoey,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Barnett,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">11th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Wallace,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>In the attack at Loos these men all played their companies into action. Piper -Barnett was killed while doing so.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">Charles Cameron</span>, 11th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>When the battalion attacked Hill 70 on 25th September, 1915, the pipers led their -companies and suffered heavy casualties. The 15th Division hung on to the slope of the -hill until next day, but ultimately had to fall back, being heavily counter-attacked. -The men of different units got mixed up in the hand to hand fighting which ensued, and -it was necessary to rally them in their own units. Piper Cameron stood under heavy -fire playing, and rallied the men of the 11th. His bravery resulted in his being known -in the division as "The Piper of Loos."</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">598 Corpl. Piper <span class="smcap">R. Stevenson</span>, 12th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.</p> - -<p>Many of the pipers of this battalion were employed as scouts, and Corpl. Stevenson -rendered particularly good service in this capacity, especially in August, 1918, -when, in spite of heavy enemy fire, he went forward and carried out a successful -reconnaissance of the wire on the enemy's trenches. For this he got the Military -Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">139 Corpl. Piper <span class="smcap">H. G. Latham</span>, 1st London Scottish.</p> - -<p>On account of heavy losses at Messines the pipers of this battalion during the early -part of the war were employed in the ranks. Corpl. Latham was a crack shot and had -got into the final stage of the King's Hundred at the Bisley Camp in 1914. He was -accordingly employed as a sniper with much success. He took a prominent part in the -bayonet attack at Messines. He was killed at Zillebeke 16th November, 1914. Was -awarded a mention in despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Piper <span class="smcap">Sydney Wilson</span>, Liverpool Scottish.</p> - -<p>This man served in the ranks. He was awarded the certificate for gallantry on three -separate occasions.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd5">290</td><td class="tdl wd40">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">John Wilson</span>,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td><td class="tdl">1st Tyneside Scottish.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1525</td><td class="tdl">Piper <span class="smcap">George Taylor</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>Both these men received the Military Medal for bravery in playing their battalion -into action at La Boiselle on 1st July, 1916. The whole of the pipers of this and the -2nd Battalion took part in this, one of the most spectacular attacks on the Somme; -and their behaviour was an inspiration to the men. They were exposed to very heavy -fire and to every sort of obstacle on the ground, but went on playing after ten pipers -had been killed and five wounded. 1525 Piper James Phillips of the 2nd Battalion, -after having his pipes shattered, started bombing the German trenches. He was -mentioned in despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Sergt. <span class="smcap">John Macdonald</span>, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.</p> - -<p>At Hooge on 8th May, 1915, after a front trench had been obliterated by shell fire, -Sergt. Macdonald dug out two wounded men who had been buried, and carried one -on his back and assisted the other to a place of safety under very heavy shell and rifle -fire. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. In Sept., 1916, he died of -wounds.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">24011 Lance Corpl. <span class="smcap">J. Dyce</span>, 13th Royal Highlanders of Canada.</p> - -<p>During the Ypres fighting in April, 1915, Corporal Dyce was employed as a despatch -runner and had to cross ground heavily bombarded by the enemy. While doing so -he was shot through the chest, and became unconscious; on coming to, knowing the -importance of the despatch he was carrying, he started crawling in to deliver it at -battalion headquarters, collapsing when he arrived there. He was mentioned in -despatches.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">29327 Pipe Major <span class="smcap">James Groat</span>, 16th Canadian Scottish.</p> - -<p>In the attack on the Vimy Ridge Pipe Major Groat and the pipers of the battalion -played them to the attack, Groat accompanying the commanding officer. They had -to advance over a mile under terrific fire. On this occasion he received the Military -Medal.</p> - -<p>Subsequently, in the attack on Hill 70 on 15th August, 1918, he again led the -battalion and was awarded a bar to the Medal; and on 2nd September, 1918, at Arras, -he got the Distinguished Conduct Medal for a similar action. He had played the -battalion through five successful attacks when he was finally wounded.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">28930 Piper <span class="smcap">James Richardson</span>, V.C., 16th Canadian Scottish.</p> - -<p>At Festubert in May, 1915, he showed the greatest gallantry in carrying despatches, -and also saved a wounded comrade's life. In the attack on the Regina trench on -8th October, 1916, he played his company to the attack. When they got near the -enemy's position very heavy wire entanglements were encountered, which took a -considerable time to cut through; while this was being carried out Piper Richardson -marched up and down outside the wire playing, while the men were falling all round -him. When the wire had been cut he continued at the head of his company, and -played the "Reel of Tulloch" on the German parapet, followed by the "Deil in the -Kitchen" as the battalion started bombing the dugouts. At this moment the Company<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span> -Sergeant Major was dangerously wounded and Richardson volunteered to take him -out. He successfully accomplished this and then said he must go back to fetch his -pipes which he had left behind in the captured trench. He never returned and must -have been killed. The Commanding Officer<a name="FNanchor_13_13" id="FNanchor_13_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a> writes of him: "I really think his V.C. -performance was one of the great deeds of the war. The conditions were those of -indescribable peril and terror. The lad's whole soul was bound up in the glory of -piping, and he was only taken into action after imploring his colonel with tears -in his eyes. Altogether a most wonderful example of high souled courage and -enthusiasm."</p> - -<p>A year after Piper Richardson's death he was awarded a posthumous Victoria -Cross.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7"> 28557</td><td class="tdl wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd40">Alexander M'Gillivray,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29048</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Allan Cameron M'Nab,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">429603</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Paul,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">466703</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Allister,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">603174</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gordon Cruickshank,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">16th Canadian Scottish.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">467573</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Robertson,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">737176</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Lean,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">633179</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald M'Dowell.</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>The whole of these men received the Military Medal for playing their companies -into action on different occasions. No man was ever recommended for reward unless -he had played into action on three different occasions, and every man had to volunteer -for the duty. As a matter of fact so keen was the competition that lots had to be -drawn to decide who should play.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">429603 Piper <span class="smcap">George Paul</span>, 16th Canadian Scottish.</p> - -<p>After winning the Military Medal for his gallantry in playing his company to the -attack on Hill 70 on 15th August, 1918, Piper Paul went into action at Amiens playing -on top of the tank "Dominion." While doing so he was killed. His action on this -occasion roused the wildest enthusiasm among his comrades and contributed greatly -to the success of the operation.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">59224 Corpl. <span class="smcap">William Currie</span>, 21st Canadians.</p> - -<p>On several occasions Corpl. Currie showed extraordinary gallantry in bringing -in wounded men from positions in which any attempt at rescue appeared hopeless, on -account of the heavy fire brought to bear on any one trying to approach. The last man -rescued by Corpl. Currie had been shot by a sniper and was lying in a trench only a foot -deep. Currie succeeded in getting him away although he was badly wounded in the -process. He was several times complimented officially and was finally specially -promoted and awarded the Military Medal. He subsequently got a Commission and -won the Military Cross for gallantry.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">60115 Piper <span class="smcap">Hugh Mackenzie</span>, 21st Canadians.</p> - -<p>At Hill 70 volunteers were called for to bring in a man who was lying wounded in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> -No Man's Land. Mackenzie was one of three who volunteered to get him; two of -these men were killed. Mackenzie was given the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd25">W. Brand,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td><td class="tdl">25th Canadians.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Walter Telfer,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>In the attack on the Vimy Ridge 9th April, 1917, these two pipers played their -companies into action. Telfer was so badly wounded that his leg had subsequently -to be amputated, but continued playing, until he fell. Both of them were awarded -the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">1246 Piper <span class="smcap">John Macdonald</span>, 1st Canadian Machine Gun Corps.</p> - -<p>During an action the attack was held up and most of the teams of the machine -guns were killed. Piper Macdonald succeeded in pushing forward to the objective -with a gun and held on until dark. He was the last to leave, carrying the gun on his -shoulders. For this he was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant, and was awarded -the Military Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd40">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">Alexander Grieve</span>,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Piper <span class="smcap">J. Waterhouse</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl">South African Scottish.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Piper <span class="smcap">A. Gray</span>,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>When the Germans advanced on the Cambrai front in March, 1918, the pipers were -frequently called upon to serve in the ranks in various capacities. At Houdincourt they -were suddenly required to reinforce a position and piled their pipes on the ground. -A shell burst destroyed the whole of the pipes. For gallantry when acting as despatch -runners Pipe Major Grieve got the D.C.M. and Pipers Waterhouse and Gray the Military -Medal.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">Pipe Major <span class="smcap">J. Robertson</span>, 2nd Auckland Regiment.</p> - -<p>The pipers served in the ranks. Pipe Major Robertson received the D.C.M. for -conspicuous gallantry at Bapaume.</p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr wd7">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap wd25">A. Aitken,</td><td class="tdl wd1">}</td><td class="tdl">42nd Australians.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Gillespie,</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>These men were employed as scouts and both received the Military Medal for -valuable observation work prior to the action at Messines in June, 1917.</p></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span></p> - -<h3>FOREIGNERS AND THE PIPES</h3> - -<p>Brought in contact as Scottish troops have been with those of our Allies -it is not surprising that military pipers have attracted the attention of -observers and writers who, before the war, knew nothing of their existence. -From the early days of the war the pipes, the tartan and the kilt aroused -the liveliest interest in France; and perhaps the sincerest tribute to them -is the fact that, in their caricatures of the nations, the Germans usually -depicted the British soldier as a particularly unattractive Highlander.</p> - -<p>At first the French writers were mildly sarcastic about the players of the -"cornemuse," and regarded them as an amiable weakness of the comrades -of the "auld alliance"; but gradually they discovered that pipes and -tartan were the outward and visible signs of a spirit which won their whole-hearted -admiration, and then their attitude changed.</p> - -<p>Describing an attack by the 51st Division a French observer wrote:</p> - -<p>"Resolutely they crossed what seemed to be impossible ground ... they -charged to the shrill sounds of the bagpipes ... they charged like heroes -of Walter Scott—<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">leurs bonnets à rubans et leur jupes de danseuses</i>."</p> - -<p>Though the Breton bignon, the cornemuse, the German dudelsackpfeife -are no longer—if they ever were—instruments of war, the instinctive admiration -for the pipes remains in the most unexpected quarters; and in France, -Flanders, Italy, the Balkans, and even the occupied portions of Germany, -"<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i>" has aroused race memories long dormant. One effect of -this is the demand which has recently arisen in Italy for pipes from this -country; another is the fact that the French Government have added a -painting of a piper by a French artist to the official collection of war pictures.</p> - -<p>American observers were often very ignorant of the mysteries of the -bagpipe. A writer in the <cite>Boston Evening Transcript</cite>, after eulogising the -piper as a military institution, informs his readers that in the hands of a -really skilled performer the strains of the pipes can be heard for a distance -of six miles against the wind or ten miles if the conditions are favourable. -The writer may have been of M'Crimmon descent, but his enthusiasm -exceeded his powers of observation.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span></p> - -<p>One thing is quite certain, viz., whatever their inmost feelings regarding -the musical qualities of the pipes, foreigners generally appreciate their -military value in war and share the opinion of the court-martial in 1746 that -they must be regarded as an "instrument of war."</p> - -<p>The Germans certainly were not slow in forming an estimate of the -military value of the piper. From a very early stage in the war they learned -to associate the instrument with a type of troops for whose mentality, -as exhibited in the attack, they had more respect than sympathy, and -the piper at once became a marked man whenever he went over the top. -The casualties among pipers while playing would of themselves suggest -that this was the case; but the statements of officer prisoners show that -orders were given to pick off pipers for precisely the same reason as officers -commanding platoons or companies.</p> - - -<h3>THE PIPES IN CAPTIVITY</h3> - -<p>Even pipers fall into the hands of the enemy occasionally, but they -were never allowed to take their instruments with them into captivity. -Gradually, as "comforts," pipes were sent out to individual officers and -men; and the following letter from an officer of the Gordon Highlanders -who was at Friedberg Camp, indicates how popular pipe music became -among his fellow-prisoners of the Allied armies.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_b_064fp-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -PIPER KENNETH MACKAY, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS<br /> - -<span class="smcap">At Quatre-Bras</span><br /> - -<em>From the Painting by Lockhart Bogle, by kind permission of the Officers -of the 1st Cameron Highlanders</em></div> -</div> - - -<p class="right fs90 padr2">"<span class="smcap">Friedberg</span>, 11/1/1917.</p> - -<div class="blockquotyy"> - -<p>Though only a young player I play here every day and do not find -people too hostile to me. The Russians, French and even the Germans -greet me with great interest and seem to find pleasure in listening to me—though -as I said I am no great player; the most unsympathetic are always -to be found among the ranks of the "Sassenach." I learnt to play in 1911, -on joining my Regiment, under George MacLennan, who was Pipe-Major -at that time. While on leave in Edinburgh I used to have lessons with -his father—Jno. MacLennan. Up till now I have only attempted "The -Glen is mine" and "Struan Robertson" in Piobaireachd, but having -been thoroughly taught by the MacLennans I naturally follow their way -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span>of thinking. Yesterday I played to a Russian who is a very good player of -the piano. He was delighted with the Pipes and I could not play too -many tunes for him. Strathspeys and Reels are greatly appreciated by all -our Russian friends. Last St. Andrew's Day we organized an Exhibition -of dancing which was a complete success. As the Scottish Colony here -is so small we asked the Russians to come and help us. This they did -right well with dances and songs, the music being provided, in both cases, -by "Balalaika," or Russian national instrument. For our part we danced -two foursome Reels (dancing two different sets of steps), a Sword Dance -and a Highland Schottische. In the latter dance we each took a Russian -as a partner, they having been trained up for the event. We sang "Bonnie -Dundee," "Lassies of Scotland," "MacPherson," and finished up with -"Auld Lang Syne." For the Reels my Russian friend provided the music -on the piano. Our costume was of course improvised. Kilt, shoes and -hose we had, we wore white shirts with lace cuffs, a strip of tartan fastened -with a brooch at the shoulder to do duty as a plaid and a black velvet band -with a lace ruffle, falling down in front, round our necks. Our <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'sporans'">sporrans</ins>, -with the exception of one which was made out of a local rabbit, all came -from home. I had several pretty compliments paid to me by the Russians -and French, both on our costume and dancing. Five of us took part -altogether. I wonder if it would be too much to ask you to send me instructions -for dancing the "Lochaber Broadswords" and the "Seann Triubhas," -in case we have the misfortune to pass another St. Andrew's Day here in -Germany. If we do we shall give another Exhibition and I would like -to be able to vary it. I only know 12 Strathspey steps and 8 Reel steps. -Since I have been a prisoner I have taught over 30 people to dance the -Reel—including two Frenchmen and one Russian, and at present I have -five pupils on the chanter. We are 16 Scots here, so can you say we are -losing our national distinctions? I have only told you this because I -thought it would interest you."</p></div> - -<p>In Holland, in the internment camps, an organised pipe band was -instituted by the writer of the above letter, and consisted of thirteen pipers -of whom two were pipe majors.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="MILITARY_PIPE_BANDS_AND_REFORM" id="MILITARY_PIPE_BANDS_AND_REFORM"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">MILITARY PIPE BANDS, AND REFORM</a></h2> - -<p>In preparing this record of the pipe bands of our Armies during the -war the opportunity has been taken of consulting pipe presidents and pipe -majors as to the present condition of military piping and the manner in -which obvious defects might be remedied. Like other experts they exhibit -divergences of opinion, sometimes as regards the nature of the defects, -sometimes as to the best method of remedying them. In certain matters, -however, there is absolute unanimity, and these are deserving of attention -by the military authorities.</p> - -<p>"<em>Sergeant piper.</em>"—Throughout the Army there is, and has always -been, a strong objection to the title of "sergeant piper," which in official -parlance is employed instead of "pipe major." No one ever calls a pipe -major a sergeant piper, except in returns; and withdrawal of this modern -and indefensible title could result in nothing but good. As there is no -financial aspect involved in the change, it would be a graceful and inexpensive -concession to a body of men to whom the Army and the nation owe much.</p> - -<p><em>Rank of the Pipe Major.</em>—On another point there is absolute unanimity -of opinion, viz., the rank of the pipe major. As responsible for a band -possibly numbering twenty or more pipers, the pipe major ought to have the -same rank as a bandmaster. To limit the career of a piper to the possibility -of becoming a pipe major with the rank of sergeant is to prevent good -men accepting the position; and many a man, seeing he can hope for no -advancement, leaves the pipes and returns to the ranks, thus getting a -chance of rising to warrant rank.</p> - -<p>This question of rank has a most important bearing on the interests -of piping generally, and is therefore a national one. As instructor to -his men the pipe major should be a first-class performer himself, and -this—although the public appear to be unaware of the fact—involves -long and assiduous training. It is useless asking a man to attain the necessary -standard of excellence for this purpose and to offer him the pay of a -sergeant in return. The consequence is pipe majors are not always the -best pipers—from the professional point of view—in their units; and this<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> -ought to be remedied, even though it does cost the nation the difference -between the emoluments of a warrant officer and of a sergeant in each -unit.</p> - -<p><em>The Appointment of "Piper."</em>—Another necessary reform, which also -has the merit of costing nothing, is the official recognition of "piper" -as an appointment. In the Army "drummer" is an appointment, but -a piper is a private.</p> - -<p>One result of this is that, on mobilisation, all pipers revert to the ranks, -excepting six (including the sergeant piper) per battalion. Apart altogether -from the special liability to casualties among the "full pipers" when playing -in action, it is evident that so small a band may, under the ordinary conditions -of modern warfare, be put out of action; and then great difficulty is -experienced in raising another band. In many battalions during the war -this happened, sometimes more than once; and it is these battalions which -are most insistent on the strength being twelve instead of six pipers.</p> - -<p><em>Lowland regiments.</em>—A grievance which cries for remedy at the hands -of the War Office is the treatment of pipers in Lowland regiments. The -official view appears to be that the existence of the pipes in regiments -such as the Royal Scots, the K.O.S.B.'s and others is an unreasonable -concession to a sentiment which is vulgarly called "Scotch," but which, -though believed to be nebulous, happens to be too strong for the military -reformers to ignore altogether. This view indicates ignorance of the history -of the pipes and of the Lowland regiments; the one may be pardoned, -the other is inexcusable.</p> - -<p>It is absolutely certain that Lowland regiments had pipers before the -existing Highland regiments were raised at all; and the pipes were a national -instrument all over the Lowlands for centuries before there was any Regular -Army at all.</p> - -<p>This being so it is quite illogical that the maintenance of their pipe bands -should be a greater financial burden on officers of a Lowland than of a Highland -regiment. The value of the institution, from a military point of view, -is the same in both; and pipe bands should be treated as part of the recognised -establishment in one as in the other.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span></p> - -<p><em>Standardisation of military pipe music.</em>—There is one grave defect in -military piping which is capable of being remedied quite easily. Anyone -who knows anything of piping knows that each individual piper learns -his tunes after the setting of some well-known authority, and is for ever -after prepared to maintain that that version alone is the correct one. Unfortunately -every battalion has its own setting for every tune played in -the band and declines to admit the possibility of any other setting being used -in any circumstances. Even in the case of distinctively regimental tunes, -<em>e.g.</em> "<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Cabar Feidh</i>," the two Regular battalions of the Seaforth Highlanders -play—or used to play, just before the war—different settings of that tune, -and a man transferred from one battalion to another had to learn the slight -differences which his new unit preferred. The same remarkable individuality -exists in every battalion and makes it very difficult indeed to get -a number of pipe bands to play even the best-known tunes together without -considerable practice.</p> - -<p>This is quite wrong. By all means let the individual piper learn and -adhere to the setting of piobaireachd by his favourite authority; but to -have as many settings of an ordinary march as there are battalions in the -Army is not to the advantage of piping.</p> - -<p>The remedy is simple enough,—the standardisation of pipe tunes for -military purposes, in precisely the same manner as obtains with the National -Anthems and trumpet and bugle calls; and, just as no departure to meet -regimental custom or prejudice is permitted in the case of these latter, -so the setting laid down for the Army in the case of pipe tunes should be -strictly defined and adhered to.</p> - -<p>The superiority of one setting over another does not enter into the -question; what is essential is uniformity.</p> - -<p>Many pipe majors have pointed to this standardisation as one of the -most important measures to be adopted after the war, in the interests of -piping in the Army.</p> - -<p><em>Neglect of Piobaireachd.</em>—It is open to argument whether the military -piper does or does not exert a determining influence on the cause of piping -generally. Allowing fully for the great value of the recognised societies and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> -the periodical piping meetings throughout Scotland, in keeping up the -standard of the national instrument and offering inducements for its study, -it will be readily admitted that, by their mere existence as permanent -institutions, military pipe bands keep up the cult of the pipes, at home -and abroad, to so marked a degree that any decline in their standard must -have a deleterious effect on piping generally.</p> - -<p>To what extent, then, if at all, is military piping conducted to the best -advantage of the cause of piping, and is there room for reform?</p> - -<p>It may be taken as generally the case that, in so far as a military pipe -band is regarded as designed for duty on the march, and for various routine -military musical duties, it fulfils its functions to the satisfaction of all concerned. -It is too much to expect the War Office—or even individual commanding -officers—to accept the view that neglect of "ceol mor" is not compensated -for by a high standard of excellence in the "middle music" and in dances -and marches. Individual pipers in every battalion are players of "piobaireachd"; -but any one with experience of regimental or garrison piping -competitions knows how small is the number of men who enter for that -class of event, as compared with performers of the march, strathspey -and reel.</p> - -<p>The explanation is simple enough—the men play what their audience -demands, and "Leaving Glen Urquhart" or "Duntroon" appeals to more -people, military or civil, than the finest piobaireachd. Pipe majors, even -when themselves anxious to teach their pipers the higher class of music, -recognise that to attempt to do so would often be wasted labour—men -come to them too old to make piobaireachd players, and, in any case, the -opportunities for playing it in the Army are too few to make it worth while -trying to get men to go through the initial drudgery. Being human they -naturally turn to march and dance music; and the result is that, except -in the case of professional pipers who have enlisted, the soldier piper generally -ignores altogether the classical side of his music.</p> - -<p>This is a defect in military piping, and it should be remedied by insisting -that, before promotion to pipe major, a piper should pass an examination -in every branch of pipe music.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span></p> - -<p><em>A school of piping.</em>—The time has come to establish a school of piping for -the army at which likely pipers could undergo refresher courses of instruction -in all classes of pipe music, in the correct writing of music—a subject which -is lamentably ignored, in the theory of music, and in methods of instruction -of recruit pipers. In other words it should fulfil the same functions as -regards the training of future pipe majors, and the improvement of the -standard of playing in the army, that Kneller Hall does in the case of -bandmasters and military musical education generally.</p> - -<p>No piper should be promoted pipe major until he has undergone a -complete course lasting at least six months, and has passed an examination -at the end of it.</p> - -<p>Such a school should be open to civilian pipers and should become the -Macrimmon school of to-day.</p> - -<p>The Piobaireachd Society have already decided to institute a memorial -to fallen pipers which shall take this form, and to the necessary endowment -the proceeds of this book will be devoted. But the army must contribute -towards its maintenance.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="REGIMENTAL_RECORDS" id="REGIMENTAL_RECORDS"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">REGIMENTAL RECORDS</a></h2> - -<p class="drop-capx">These Records are not based on military returns, and are therefore -not, in all cases, complete. They have been obtained by correspondence -with commanding officers, pipe presidents, pipe majors and -many others, but the exigencies of war have prevented the information -so obtained being absolutely accurate.</p> - -<p>In many cases, units, reduced by fighting to mere cadres, have been -absorbed into other units and their pipers scattered; in others, the field -records of the units themselves have been lost or have ceased to be available; -and, in several, correspondence has been abruptly terminated by the correspondent -himself being killed or wounded.</p> - -<p>In the circumstances it is satisfactory that so much information has -been obtained.</p> - - -<h3>THE SCOTS GUARDS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion.</span></p> - -<p>During the first few months of the war there were very heavy casualties -among the pipers, and the band soon ceased to exist in consequence. It was -reconstituted in 1916, but was not again utilised in the front line.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3707</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Samuel Richardson</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Battle of Aisne, 14/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6495</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, the Aisne, 14/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6926</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Kenneth M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 31/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6999</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Bruce Hobson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 31/10/14; taken prisoner.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 991</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Martin, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Won D.C.M.; killed 19/2/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> - 8543</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 31/10/14; despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7529</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Murdoch M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8423</td><td class="tdl">Corporal</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Carstairs</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 26/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6456</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Paton</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 31/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 5437</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Rury</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11150</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Christopher M'Pherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9456</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alan M'Phedran</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hector M'Nair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Anderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Malcolm M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Oct. 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Kennedy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ormiston</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Innes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Howison</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Carmichael</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Brownlow, D.C.M., M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal, D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Taylor</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Marshall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Pherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Coventry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Paton</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Johnstone</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Leod</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Rae</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>There were heavy casualties in the Ypres fighting in Oct. 1914, and by -the end of March, 1915, practically no pipers remained. The band was -subsequently reconstituted, but like that of the sister battalion, was as -far as possible saved from further decimation.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Ross</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7743</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew M'Intosh</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Intosh</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3681</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald M'Kimm</td><td class="tdl">Wounded and taken prisoner, Zonnebeke, 26/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hector M'Kimm</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Zonnebeke, 26/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5539</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Russell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 21/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7281</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Grant</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Gheluvelt, 28/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8053</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Connor</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 28/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span> - 7725</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Welstead</td><td class="tdl">Wounded and taken prisoner, Zonnebeke, 26/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8341</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; invalided, 26/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8349</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald M'Pherson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 11/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Pherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8081</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles M'Guire</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds at Ypres, 29/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8852</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Colin Livingstone</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 27/10/14; burned with liquid fire, Neuve Chapelle, 13/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11148</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Coventry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7039</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 13/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Marshall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Munro</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Marshall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Craig</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Phedran</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 27/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Phedran</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Arthur</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Walker</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>These two battalions, in the first year, had 7 pipers killed and 17 wounded.</p> - - -<h3>THE ROYAL SCOTS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In the capture of Karadzakot Zir, in the Salonika operations, the battalion -was played to the attack by Pipers Collins, Clancy, Smart and Mallin, and -the C.O. considers that their services on this occasion "were of inestimable -value; it was largely due to the presence of the pipers with the leading -wave that the enemy evacuated their trenches and retired in disorder." -Besides their value on the march and in billets "they were invaluable in -inspiring <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">esprit de corps</i> under fire."</p> - -<p>Pipers were also employed as observers, messengers, scouts, etc.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'REG. NO. NAME.'">REG. NO. RANK.</ins></td><td class="tdc wd35"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'RANK.'">NAME.</ins></td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10369</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. J. Allan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8473</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Nab</td><td class="tdl">Promoted Pipe Major, 1st R.S.F.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10122</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Softley</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, May 1915, France.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10123</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Collins</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10183</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clancy</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10754</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Burns</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> - 11002</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Millan, D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10032</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Mallin</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9885</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Arthur</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Duguid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10639</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8450</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Drummond</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, May 1915, France.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 39291</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10273</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Armour</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Karadzakot, Sept. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13859</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. White</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 43315</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Williams</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aug. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 32844</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Noble</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 48594</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Died in hospital, Bulgaria.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 16443</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Alves</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200297</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Hovan</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The 2nd battalion took part in the original fighting of the war. During -the retirement from Mons the pipers were chiefly employed as despatch-runners -and orderlies. They went out with 16 pipers and lost 6 during -the first few weeks. Four pipers, including Pipe Major Duff, were taken -prisoner at Audincourt on 26th August, 1914.</p> - -<p>During the Somme fighting they were employed as stretcher-bearers -and suffered severe casualties. On one occasion they did invaluable service -in bringing water up to the battalion. At Ypres in September, 1916, the -pipers were carrying barbed wire up to the front when a shell wounded -three. After that the band was withdrawn from the front line and employed -in playing the battalion to and from the trenches. By the end of 1918 -there had been 7 pipers killed, 16 wounded and 4 taken prisoner, and, to -quote the pipe major, "I have seen 3 bands disappear and the fourth is -now on German soil."</p> - -<p>Apart from the difficulty of replacement of casualties one of the -reasons why pipers were not used in attacks was because it was felt -"when the men heard the pipes they would lose control of themselves -and, in their eagerness to get forward would be apt to rush into their -own barrage."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span></p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8696</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Duff</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, taken prisoner, Audincourt, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5815</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. A. Dunbar</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9357</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, taken prisoner, Audincourt, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">325127</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. MacKay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10535</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Wheelan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, taken prisoner, Audincourt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9865</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Smart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, taken prisoner, Audincourt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9867</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Groves</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Kemmel, Nov. 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11161</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Steele</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Kemmel, Nov. 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9356</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hunter</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 28/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10541</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. M'Ewan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/5/15, 12/4/18, 8/10/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11065</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Leod</td><td class="tdl">Recommended for D.C.M.; wounded, Ypres, 28/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11484</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Lindsay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 4/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackinlay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4918</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cruickshanks</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 27/9/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9356</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Hunter</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13459</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Fisher</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15; killed, 15/4/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">250240</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Black</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8516</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Croix Barbes, 13/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">325547</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8450</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Drummond</td><td class="tdl">Killed, The Bluff, 23/1/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8906</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Henry</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, 13/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9787</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Youngson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, The Bluff, 4/3/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9061</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Johnston</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 13/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7929</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Anderson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Kemmel, April, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3190</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Died, 30/8/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10536</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Duguid</td><td class="tdl">Killed (gas), 10/5/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">270014</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Sinclair</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 32553</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Hutcheson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 26/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11613</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8899</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Scholes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10178</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11486</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">270037</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Paul</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">270045</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Stocks</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">325080</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Johnstone</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">250240</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Black</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">270821</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Shane</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11437</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Swinney</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">4th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles)</span></p> - -<p>This battalion served in Gallipoli, and took part in the attack on Achi -Baba on 28th June, 1915. On this occasion the Pipe Major John Buchan -was killed when playing along the line as the regiment commenced their -advance.</p> - - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Buchan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Rutherford</td><td class="tdl">Died of dysentery, June, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Alexander</td><td class="tdl">Wounded on Achi Baba, 28/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Christie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Duncan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Armstrong</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hughes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Laidlaw</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles)</span></p> - -<p>During the Gallipoli fighting the whole of the pipers became casualties, -some of them while acting as pipers, others while serving in the ranks. -Shortly after the landing, 1235 Piper Sinclair gathered together some -stragglers and successfully covered the retirement of his battalion at a -critical period. He himself died of his wounds. The band ceased to exist -until again started in 1916. Writing of their subsequent experiences the -commanding officer says "they gloriously upheld the traditions achieved -by their predecessors."</p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1417</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Peden</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1303</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Hardie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 2/5/15, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1235</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Sinclair</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 8/5/15, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 766</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lawson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1824</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. W. Downie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 7/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 471</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Uncles</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, April, 1915, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1885</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Swan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 7/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1156</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. G. Scott</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, May, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1364</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. M'Elhinny</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 4/6/15; and again, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1539</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Ivor</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 28/6/15, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8109</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, July, 1916.</td></tr> -</table></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were almost entirely employed behind the front line owing to -the difficulty of replacement.</p> - -<p>The battalion was ultimately merged with the 5th Royal Scots.</p> - - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Anderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Greer</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Rough</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Leake</td><td class="tdl">Died, Egypt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Kenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Bremner</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Fisher</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Irvine</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5/6 Battalion</span></p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. A. Gordon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Jack</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Davidson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Martin</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Fletcher</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Marshall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hannah</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>This battalion lost the pipe major and 2 pipers in a railway accident -before going overseas. While in Gallipoli they were employed in the ranks. -After the Gallipoli operations the band was brought up to strength and -played the battalion into Palestine to the old air of "Blue Bonnets over -the Border."</p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt. Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Gear</td><td class="tdl">Killed in train in England.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Smeaton</td><td class="tdl">Killed in train in England.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Nicol</td><td class="tdl">Killed in train in England.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Pearson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded in train smash.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fred Turner</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Clachers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">251141</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Neill</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 6/11/17, Palestine.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Festubert and elsewhere the pipers were employed as stretcher-bearers, -and Pipe Major J. M'Dougall was awarded the D.C.M. "for gallant -conduct under very trying circumstances." After the first two years it -was decided to keep the band out of action as far as possible.</p> - - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7271</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. H. M'Dougall, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 22/5/15; D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7124</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Sterrick</td><td class="tdl">Time expired, 6/5/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">335120</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stevenson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">325119</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">S. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">335062</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Sheills</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">335113</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Euman</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7059</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stirling</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 20/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 594</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Martin</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">335118</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. A. Dodds</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7112</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Sterrick</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, Dec., 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7132</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Crawford</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, May, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 819</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Darling</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 13/10/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 4244</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Forrest</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 26/2/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 4467</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Notman</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 13/10/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330041</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Brown</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">335074</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Confrey</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 10/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330347</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Dickson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330400</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10027</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Methven</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9885</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Arthur</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 42591</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">302447</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. O'Donnell</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">9th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The band was kept out of action as far as possible as it was regarded -as an invaluable asset on the march and in billets.</p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Kinley</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 17/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. L. Forsyth, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 17/5/15; awarded Military Medal; killed, 23/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Ewan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 7/4/15; and again 23/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Houston</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Urquhart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. B. Martin</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Charge</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. C. Clark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Manderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Lauder</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Ritchie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Legg</td><td class="tdl">(Lieut. Royal Air Force).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cannon</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Tully</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Cockburn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clark</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Soissons, 29/7/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. M'Lean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Armstrong</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Duffy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Ros</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Connolly</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">11th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In spite of their frequent requests to be allowed to play in action the -pipers were not permitted to do so, as the band was regarded as too valuable.</p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3451</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">227629</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Sinclair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 27230</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Marshall</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 7/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8906</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Henry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200521</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Christie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29304</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Combe</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29519</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Harper</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29331</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Hermiston</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 41216</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Johnstone</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 40063</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Muir</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 20857</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 40057</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Bruce</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 40787</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Young</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 27237</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Potts</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kane</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 14/7/16.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">12th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During the advance of the 26th Brigade at Loos in September, 1915, the -companies were played to the attack by their pipers, and suffered heavily.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span> -Normally they were kept out of the front line owing to the difficulty of -replacement. During the German offensive of 1918 they were in the ranks, -and Pipe Major Colgan got the Military Medal "for good leadership and -courage." The casualties among them were heavy, two having been killed -and nine wounded.</p> - - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13283</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Colgan, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10122</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Softley</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 12991</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Hislop</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200737</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. West</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13459</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Fisher</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Sept., 1915; killed, 15/4/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">270322</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Barrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 31137</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Bowes</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 16036</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13530</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Cowe</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 43280</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 12991</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">270099</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Intyre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3404</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. M'Intyre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">270324</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Knight</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. M'Phee</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 43345</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6392</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded four times.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">270326</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 40300</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 18516</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Watson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1916.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">13th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Loos, 25th September, 1915, and in subsequent actions, the pipers -were employed as bearers. There were heavy casualties among them in -the last advance in 1918, when 2 were killed and 5 wounded.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Murdoch Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Invalided; died, 9/2/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Mouat</td><td class="tdl">Mentioned in despatches, 27/12/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert M'Kay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thornton</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Dalgleish</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Ford</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Marr</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 26/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Neill</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 26/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 26/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Flood</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 26/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15; taken prisoner and died.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Crowborough</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, April, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Falconer</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Ferrier</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Kilpatrick</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Macmillan</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Rankin</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Rough</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Norris</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 27/1/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Tweedie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 28/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Mitchell</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 26/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Findlay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Guild</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Lennan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Morris</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Lean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Whitehead</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clunie</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">15th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The battalion was played to the attack on Fricourt on the 1st July, 1916, -by Pipe Major David Anderson, who was subsequently awarded the Croix -de Guerre. Only one decoration was available for the Division, and his -was considered the most conspicuous act of bravery.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">16th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>After suffering heavy losses this battalion was absorbed by the 9th Royal -Scots.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Duguid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Sinclair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Goldie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Adams</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Bethune</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Grey</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, April 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Hendry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Jack</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Loch</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Noon</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, April 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Philp</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Tuohy</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, 1916; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Tuohy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Wilson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">17th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers, when employed in action at all, went as bearers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Became Lieut. 1st Gordons; killed, July 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Phedran</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Kinnon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lawrie</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Moon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ramage</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Calder</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Swanson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Douglas</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Anulty</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peebles</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Garvie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Brennan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Collins</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jas. Hogg</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Mack</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The battalion was played to the attack on the German trenches at Hooge -on 16th June, 1915, by the Pipe Major David Campbell.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Hooge, 15/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Nab</td><td class="tdl">From 1st Royal Scots, 20/11/15.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>After the first battle of Ypres only one piper remained, but a small -band was made up from such acting pipers as could be spared from the -trenches. Drafts from other battalions ultimately brought the band up -to strength. The pipers who were taken prisoner, along with one of the -officers, started a band in a German prison camp.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Meikle</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Duncan</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Jamieson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Bryce</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Ellis</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. W. Richardson</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Duff</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Jennings</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Cruickshank</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Urquhart</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Verrall</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Butterworth</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Garva</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Gillespie</td><td class="tdl">Three times wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hunter</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Fullstone</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Moore</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; invalided; died.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Messines, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Watt</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Lawrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Prattis</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Alston</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Withers</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Connor</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bain</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lees</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Coutts</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Greig</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Sinclair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mathieson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">4th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers in Gallipoli were originally employed as duty men in their companies, -and in the action on 12th July, 1915, three of them were killed.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span> -The band was gradually reduced to vanishing point, and was reconstituted -in France in 1918 from men of the 7th R.S.F. In France they were kept -out of the front as they were regarded as too valuable an institution to be -lost again.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35" colspan="2">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap wd25">M'Queen</td><td class="tdl wd10"></td><td class="tdl">Invalided, Nov. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Shaw</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Palestine, 21/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Innes</td><td class="tdl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. W. M'Allister</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Greig</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Milner</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Gordon</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">Invalided, Nov. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Highet</td><td class="tdl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Batchelor</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Rae</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Storrie</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kiddie</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Crews</td><td class="tdl">}</td><td class="tdl" rowspan="3">Transferred from 6/7 Battalion to 4th Batt. on return to France from Palestine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. K. Stephen</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Currie</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Woods</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Innes</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Hoggan</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Hoggan</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In Gallipoli the pipers served in the ranks. The C.O. considers, however, -their value in keeping the men cheery, and on the march, so great that -they should not be allowed in the front line at all. "When the men were -exhausted and inclined to straggle the effect of the pipes was most marked, -the men at once pulled themselves together."</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6909</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Thom</td><td class="tdl">Invalided</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">241387</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John MacPhee</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7797</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Murdoch</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7613</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Dick</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6348</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Caldwell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7107</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Hope</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 5726</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Johnstone</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">241579</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Lenaghen</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> - 9806</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Connell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240011</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Magie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240190</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Shanks</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240834</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Samson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>When the battalion went out it was found necessary to put the pipers -in the ranks. After the amalgamation of the 7th with the 6th Battalion -they were kept out of the front line for a time.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Watson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Marr</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Marr</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Rommie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Balsillie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Davidson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Barclay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Arthur</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Finlayson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th and 7th Battalion.</span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Innes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kiddie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Craig</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wood</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stephens</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Crews</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Currie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Tunes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Jamieson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Claydon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Balsillie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Davidson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>The combined battalions were ultimately broken up, and the pipers -transferred to the 4th Battalion, which had returned from Palestine with -its pipe band no longer in existence.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Owing to the difficulty of replacing casualties the pipers were not allowed -to go into action.</p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Peters</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Cormick</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Duff</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Alves</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Noble</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Nab</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Kay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. M'Guinness</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Blaylock</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Glendinning</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Morrison</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lave</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Storie</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Farlane</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Haran</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Abernethy</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">11th Battalion</span></p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">26522</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Porteous</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">59663</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Hailstones</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265732</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">59415</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Bain</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265763</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Forbes</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In the landing on Gallipoli the pipers of the battalion had to take their -places in the ranks in the first line fighting; here they distinguished themselves. -During the subsequent operations in the Peninsula the pipers -were employed in miscellaneous duties behind the front line.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span></p> - -<p>Of the 10 pipers who landed only 4 remained to accompany the battalion -on its evacuation.</p> - -<p>In France they were employed in any and every capacity; "as bearers -and ammunition carriers they had tasks to carry out that were almost -superhuman, but as a band they ceased to exist until May 1917, when they -were reconstituted. It was then decided to keep them out of the front line -altogether."</p> - -<p>The opinion of the officers is that pipers are far too valuable an institution -to be employed in action in any capacity. The C.O. considers the band -"plays no inconsiderable part in promoting the efficiency of a fighting -force."</p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8248</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Mackenzie, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6863</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Purgavie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Flers, 25/11/16, while in charge of a Dump.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8400</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Suvla Bay, 10/8/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11412</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Colgan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Gallipoli, 4/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9884</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Higginson</td><td class="tdl">Killed while leading bayonet charge, Gallipoli, 26/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7936</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lillie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11315</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Maitland, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed at Paschendaele, 27/4/17; awarded Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8629</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Scott</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Gallipoli, 4/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9545</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Turnbull</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10884</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Trotter</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Gallipoli, 1/6/15; Cambrai, 28/11/17.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The officers of the battalion regard the pipers as a most necessary adjunct -to a unit on active service, but consider that owing to the difficulty of -replacement they should not be employed in action.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. MacIntyre</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy, 27/9/15,</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11537</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Mackie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9059</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Hope</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10340</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. Rodgers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10693</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Cairns</td><td class="tdl">Wounded twice.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6342</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Woods</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8401</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Black</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span> - 10632</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11893</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Halliday</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11172</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Marr</td><td class="tdl">Wounded twice.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 40089</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Lockie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 44039</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Bruce</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 23492</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Roberts</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202225</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lennox</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201229</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cairney</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 44069</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cassidy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9876</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Black</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8274</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Riddle</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8366</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Roach</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7152</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robb</td><td class="tdl">Wounded twice.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 22122</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hall</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">4th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In Gallipoli the pipers were principally employed as messengers and -bearers, and most of them became casualties. When the band was reconstituted -the pipers were kept out of the front line.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Forbes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6074</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Young</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 179</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 729</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Wood</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 478</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lockhart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 593</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Mowatt</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 778</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Lunham</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 779</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kerr</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 306</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Street</td><td class="tdl">Missing.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 822</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Hendry</td><td class="tdl">Missing.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In Gallipoli the pipers were mostly employed as stretcher-bearers, and -nearly all of them became casualties.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1163</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Porter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1333</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Priestly</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 554</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Erskine</td><td class="tdl">Congratulated for bravery.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 686</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. T. Arrall</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 22/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 308</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 833</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clint</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span> - 1760</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. E. Martin</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1762</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. C. Burnett</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 30/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 995</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Dickson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 556</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Erskine</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1489</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Jackson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1622</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Minn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 799</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1377</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jas. Gorman</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion.</span></p> - -<p>In the attack on the Hohenzollern redoubt in September 1915 the -battalion was played over the top by the Pipe Major, Robert Mackenzie. -The casualties in this action, 4 killed and 3 wounded, resulted in the temporary -disappearance of the band. At Arras, Ypres, and in later engagements, the -men were employed as bearers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14851</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Loos, 25/9/15; died of wounds; despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Richardson</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to Depôt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Day</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wallace</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lomas</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Marshall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Kenna</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Sime</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bloomer</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Moffat</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Hanlon</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. M'Gregor</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Pringle</td><td class="tdl">Missing; killed, Somme, October 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ferguson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Barry</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Gallipoli, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Hill 60, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Stott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Jenkins</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Little</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Sherry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Phillips</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Stevenson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. H. Smith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Rankine</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion.</span></p> - -<p>Just before the attack at Loos when there was a very heavy bombardment -and gas discharge, Piper Daniel Laidlaw got up on the parapet and -played the men over the top and continued until he fell wounded. For -this act he was awarded the V.C. Another piper, Douglas Taylor, who -had been wounded in the hand and could not play, went out and brought -in several wounded men who had been gassed; he continued until he was -dangerously wounded.</p> - -<p>During the first eighteen months of the campaign the whole of the pipers -were wounded.</p> - -<p>The enormous value of pipes to a battalion returning from the front line -is recognised by all ranks.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Douglas Taylor</td><td class="tdl">Loos, wounded, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">15851</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Daniel Laidlaw, V.C.</td><td class="tdl">Loos, 25/9/15, wounded; V.C.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Milligan</td><td class="tdl">Loos, 25/9/15, wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Stevenson</td><td class="tdl">Loos, wounded, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Dutton</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Irvine</td><td class="tdl">Wounded Hulluch; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Lamont</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Taylor</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Black</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>This battalion, on account of its losses, was absorbed into the 7th K.O.S.B -The casualties among the 23 pipers of the two battalions were heavy, viz. 4 -killed and 10 wounded.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8352</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Balloch</td><td class="tdl">Invalided; Meritorious Service Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14875</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Broadwood</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8365</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Halliday</td><td class="tdl">Promoted Pipe Major of 7/8th K.O.S.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14277</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Vittie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Balloch</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Simpson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Reid</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Ogilvie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Young</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Buchanan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Swinton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cairney</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Reid</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE CAMERONIANS (THE SCOTTISH RIFLES)</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During the early part of the campaign the casualties among pipers -were so heavy that it was found necessary to keep them as much as possible -out of the front line. By the end of 1915 the band had practically ceased -to exist. Of 25 pipers who have served during the war 3 have been killed -and 9 wounded.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6062</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Alexander</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265008</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Gruer</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8453</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Gordon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10873</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Peters</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6740</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Smith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9429</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Best</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9441</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Black</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10786</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Brodie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8899</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8890</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Cattanach</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10688</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Dick</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10006</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Fleming</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9209</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Gullan</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8883</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Henderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8254</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hamilton</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10641</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Kingsman</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7739</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Menzies</td><td class="tdl">Discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">36628</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Miller</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8809</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Culloch</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10924</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10326</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10765</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Shane</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">22436</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Strachan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8393</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Whitehead</td><td class="tdl">Discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">53509</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Williamson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers during the first part of the war were chiefly in the ranks, and -the casualties among them were so heavy they had to be withdrawn. The -band was reconstituted, and the pipers were then kept out of the front line. -In March 1918 they again had to be employed as rifles.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Robertson, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal; gassed, Lens, Sept. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macdougall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 4/2/15, Laventie; acting platoon sergeant.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corporal</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Wyllie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, La Bassée, 16/5/15, while leading section.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Horne</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 31/7/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Culloch</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; promoted P.M. 13th Scottish Rifles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6703</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ian Macpherson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Nesle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Laventie, Jan. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Forsyth</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Bois Grenier, July 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Nicol</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fleming</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/10/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Dec. 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Parker</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Stark</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/3/15; Neuve Chapelle; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Clark</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. O'Neil</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lauder</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, March 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Barclay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ingram</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Latham</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Campbell</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The original pipers served in the ranks and became casualties, and from -early in 1915 to the end of 1916 the band ceased to exist. Since the reconstitution -the men have been employed behind the front line as far as possible.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> -In April 1917 they played the battalion back out of the Hindenburg line -which had just been captured. During the last phase of the war they had -to be employed in the ranks.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5476</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. G. Taylor</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 1/10/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Accidentally killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5515</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Phee</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5474</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6408</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Sloan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded 3 times; invalided</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6240</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Watt</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6471</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6595</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Dunbar</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6572</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. Sutherland</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6696</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Gregor</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>This battalion was merged into the 5th in July 1916. The pipers were -employed in the ranks.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201124</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. C. Purdie</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jas. Kirk</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Festubert, 16/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202159</td><td class="tdl">Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Dougall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to 2nd S.R.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202140</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Gardiner</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201213</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Gregor</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 24/2/16; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240869</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Begg</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6435</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Gregor</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202162</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Graham</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202161</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. M'Dougall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202051</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Intyre</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202160</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Pollock</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240024</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Potter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202164</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Sweeten</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240653</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Kerr</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">290665</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. MacCulloch</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 39875</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Ferguson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 54252</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">S. Bell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">291284</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Lamont</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 39693</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Phee</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In the Dardanelles and Palestine the pipers were employed as bearers -and suffered heavy casualties. It was then decided to keep them out of the -front line.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 152</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. J. M'Pherson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 166</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Louis Beaton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1103</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Jamieson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1106</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Ramage</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/6/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 868</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Shearer</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/7/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1178</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Deans</td><td class="tdl">Killed, June 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1260</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 404</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Taylor</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 28/6/15; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1095</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Paterson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">266069</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/11/17, Palestine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265902</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265858</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Kenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265803</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Intyre</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 2/11/17, Palestine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265958</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Iver</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/11/17, Palestine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1817</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Strachan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 4/11/17, Palestine.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were principally employed, when in Gallipoli, as bearers, and -suffered very heavily. On the 28th June, 1915, three were killed, and -from Jan. 1916 for a year only one piper remained. There were also heavy -losses in Palestine. They were chiefly employed in the ranks.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil Macleod</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Dardanelles, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Stenton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macdougall</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to 2nd Batt. as Pipe Major.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Latham</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Macintyre</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Whitelaw</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Indoe</td><td class="tdl">Killed, France, 29/7/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Middleton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Dickie</td><td class="tdl ">Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Anderson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. F. Clark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Rae</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">9th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The whole band went into action at Loos, and suffered so heavily it took -months to restore it. In a daylight raid at Arras in February 1917 Corpl. -Whitelaw and Piper M'Gurk played their companies over the top.</p> - -<p>During the Somme fighting pipers were employed in bringing up -ammunition.</p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1886</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Ferguson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 40631</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Whitelaw</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 30503</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Macara</td><td class="tdl">Killed, March 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 40643</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Johnston</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11619</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Macpherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 43338</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Lennox</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 16458</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kenna</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11113</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Millar</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">267072</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Baird</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 12094</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Macfarlane</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 17806</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Gurk</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10542</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Nicol</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 12325</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11797</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Muir</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11839</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11064</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Shields</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28525</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10588</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gilchrist</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Napier</td><td class="tdl">Gassed.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">10th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers were used as stretcher-bearers. Pipe Major M'Coll won the -Military Medal when in charge of the stretcher party on the Somme.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Coll, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Black</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 15/9/15; killed, 28/1/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Duncan Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 17/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Harris</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 27/1/16.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">11th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were frequently employed as runners, orderlies, and to bring up -stores and ammunition.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">15515</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Finlayson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14786</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Reid</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 8/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">16195</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 29/9/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14631</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Stevenson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/4/17; despatches, 29/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14324</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Lewis</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">15174</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Kay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14595</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Tull</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14597</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Currie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14687</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Tait</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 8/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11839</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 8/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11505</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Hunter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">30547</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Coull</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">35462</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Richmond</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">18176</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Hewitt</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS (THE BLACK WATCH)</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During the opening stages the pipers were necessarily mostly employed -in the ranks, and, within the first three months, practically the whole of the -13 pipers were casualties. During the Somme fighting the companies -were repeatedly played to the attack by their pipers; on one of these -occasions the pipe major, M'Leod, was killed. At Rue des Bois in May 1915, -when the battalion attacked the German positions near Festubert, every -company was played up, and Pipers Stuart and Wishart distinguished -themselves, and Stuart was awarded the D.C.M.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4621</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Clark</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7068</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Maxwell Thom</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major, 22/8/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 635</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Reid</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9617</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Leod</td><td class="tdl">Promoted Pipe Major; killed, 21/8/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7820</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Bruce</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; missing, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span> - 2053</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Burns</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 26/1/15; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 2487</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Knowles</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 26/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1314</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 8/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 2190</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Cardownie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 24/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1956</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. M'Intyre</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 14/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1738</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Bain</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 26/10/14; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1771</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Peters</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 14/9/14; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1186</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 943</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Transferred as Pipe Major 8th Batt.; 3 times wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 740</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Jaap</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lees</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/1/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. M'Leod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. M'Ginn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Wishart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9430</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Stuart, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Rue des Bois, 9/5/15 awarded D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Hardy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9088</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Wemyss</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43115</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Muir</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 699</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Armit</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 779</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Hadden</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40034</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Sime</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40154</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Carmichael</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43114</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Sheriff</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1892</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Dugald M'Dade</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">15895</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Higgins</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 2045</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Neill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7099</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Wilson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13291</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Harley</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12194</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Edward Tatton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 2106</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Hardie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9723</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Dawson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">16186</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Martin</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Neuve Chapelle, March 1915, and at many other subsequent engagements, -the pipers lost heavily. At Mauquissart on 25th September, 1915, -when the companies were played to the attack, one piper, Robert Johnstone, -played on until he fell gassed; and another, Armit, on reaching the enemy -trenches, started bombing. On the same occasion, Pipers David Simpson -and A. Macdonald stood on the parapet under very heavy fire playing their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span> -company over; Simpson was killed and Macdonald, who lost his leg, received -the D.C.M. The pipers were also employed as bombers, and in this capacity -Lance-Corpl. Peter MacNee obtained the D.C.M. at Neuve Chapelle.</p> - -<p>On another occasion Pipers Gordon and Crichton played from one end -of the line to the other out in the open, and similar feats were subsequently -performed by other pipers.</p> - -<p>While the battalion was in France, out of 22 pipers 4 were killed and -13 were wounded, during the first year of the war.</p> - -<p>The battalion subsequently went to Mesopotamia. Here again the -pipers were employed, sometimes in miscellaneous duties in the ranks, -sometimes as pipers. The pipe major, John Keith, was awarded the D.C.M. -Piper Pratt was promoted and given the D.C.M. for "high capacity in -leadership" when acting as sergeant.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6830</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Keith, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Rue de Bacquerat, 15/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7184</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald MacMaster</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Rue des Bois, 5/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8358</td><td class="tdlx">" (Sgt.)</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus Macleod</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 10/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9908</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Wann</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle, 10/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">365</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Wounded Neuve Chapelle, 9/5/15; and again at Mauquissart, 25/9/15; finally gassed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9476</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Joseph Gordon</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1165</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter Crichton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">65</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Duthie</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">699</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Armit</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy, 8/10/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1449</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Davis</td><td class="tdl">Missing, Mauquissart, 25/9/15; believed killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1871</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Galloway</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 3/11/14; killed, Givenchy, 8/10/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1838</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Bradley</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, November 1914, and invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1350</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Logan</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">736</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Simpson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Mauquissart, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1539</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander M'Donald, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy; awarded D.C.M.; died.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1478</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Phinn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1919</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Pratt, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, La Gorgue, 2/8/15; Mesopotamia, 22/4/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span> - 941</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Nee, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, Mauquissart, 25/9/15; Mesopotamia, 13/1/16; D.C.M.; subsequently died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 779</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Hadden</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 18/5/15, and again, 4/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 467</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Kidd</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/11/14, and again Mauquissart, 25/9/15, and again Mesopotamia, 7/1/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1358</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle, 10/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1314</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Smith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1998</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Jordan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 288</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/17486</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil Young</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Wm. Mathieson</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/3422</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Benzie</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/8973</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Brown</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/8570</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Storrar</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 487</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Angus</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/17639</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Drummond</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/19965</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Dunn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/17691</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Greig</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 336</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Kidd</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Le Cateau, Aug. 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/4372</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15, and San-i-yat, April 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/18525</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Stark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1171</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Tallon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8875</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Sheikh Saad, 7/1/16; again, 20/4/16; again, 22/4/16.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">4th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers were employed principally as bearers, and were highly complimented -for their gallantry at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915; at Loos -they were similarly employed, and Piper M'Leod was awarded the Military -Medal for gallantry in bringing in his colonel, who was mortally wounded, -under very heavy fire. On 3rd September, 1916, the battalion was played -in to the attack, but, as a rule, they were kept back behind the front line. -Pipe Major Alex. Low got the D.C.M. for attending wounded, and Piper -M'Leod got a bar to his Military Medal.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 210</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Low, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Recommended for D.C.M., Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1198</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Leod, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Awarded Military Medal, 25/3/15; and bar in 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 263</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Nicoll</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1914</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Reid</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1403</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lyall</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 6/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1301</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Sword</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 832</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Donaldson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 663</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Souter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 714</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Dewar</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1039</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1160</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Merchant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1887</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1678</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Mitchell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2204</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Findlay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4029</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Gibson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1717</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Myles</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2177</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Sangster</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 769</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Mitchell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thos. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to Wireless Service, R.N., as Sub-Lieut.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were employed, during the trench fighting, as observers, messengers -and stretcher-bearers, and in the ranks, and suffered heavy casualties. -The battalion was subsequently merged into the 4th Black Watch.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 668</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald Lamond</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/5/15, Fromelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1053</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. E. Crowe</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1163</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Carstairs</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 729</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 826</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Duncan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1150</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Nicoll</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/8/15, while sniping.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1053</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lundie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1689</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Whitton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1051</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Begg</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1568</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Howie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve Chapelle; mentioned in despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 406</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Reid</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 382</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. M'Kay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 719</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Webster</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1719</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Myles</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 751</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. C. Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1017</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Brand</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were employed in many ways, but chiefly as stretcher-bearers. -The band was regarded by the men as the best stretcher-bearers they came -across. At High Wood in July 1916 the battalion was played over by Pipers -Pirnie, Forbes, Mapleton and Tainsh.</p> - -<p>Since September 1916 they have been kept out of the front line as far -as possible.</p> - -<p>In December 1917 four pipers were killed and one wounded by a bomb -during an aeroplane raid at Fromicourt.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Galloway</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Sinclair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Anderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Berry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2126</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alasdair M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Fallon</td><td class="tdl">Killed, May, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Pirnie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Davidson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Irons</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Ewan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, La Boiselle, August 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. M'Intosh</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Mapleton</td><td class="tdl">Commission in Gordons.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">MacCullen</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, March 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Harper</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Tainsh</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Forbes</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wyse</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Guthrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Peggie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Paton</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to R.E.; killed, June 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Mason</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Beth</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Lyall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lees</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Gow</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gow</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Myles</td><td class="tdl">Killed, <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: '23/121/7'">23/12/17</ins>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Beth</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Coll</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Leggat</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Burleigh</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Nicol</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Christie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Low</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Condie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Deans</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Beaton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Spence</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Rattray</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to 7th Gordons as Pipe Major.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Nisbet</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Simpson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. Massie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, Oct. 1916.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers were employed in the ranks, as despatch runners, etc. Piper -G. Galloway was awarded the Military Medal for performing this most -hazardous duty under heavy fire during the Somme fighting; and Pipe Major -Thomas Macdonald and Pipers Swan and Hands were rewarded with the -same distinction.</p> - -<p>Latterly the pipers were trained as anti-aircraft Lewis gunners, and -proved extremely successful.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">290056</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas M'Donald, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Chisholm</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">292440</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Swan, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">292435</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Chalmers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Wilkie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Forker</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Wilkie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Morris</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Galloway, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, April 1917; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Bridy</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Linn</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Leggat</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Dec. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Moodie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Condie</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Adamson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Guthrie</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/4470</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Johnston</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 7/1/17, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Archibald</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mitchelson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 41028</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Russell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">292434</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Chalmers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">293096</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Chalmers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">292406</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Fitzpatrick</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200509</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mands, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">112084</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kellar</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">290127</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Archibald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201553</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. M'Leod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 42124</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Gill</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The battalion was played into action at Loos and in many of the Somme -engagements. After 1916, on account of losses among them, they were -kept out of the front line as far as possible.</p> - -<p>The band headed the State Entry of King Albert into Brussels in -November 1918.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2911</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Matchett</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8368</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Rennie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1915; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 943</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, three times.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4266</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Sinclair</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Festubert, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6245</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Ainslie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Nieuport.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 853</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Allan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aisne.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1738</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Bain</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aisne.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7211</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Barclay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9220</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11780</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Edmonston</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6365</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Glen</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span> - 16987</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Hosie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3925</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Lockhart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40577</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Arthur</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3020</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Courtie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">266912</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265912</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Menzies</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Meteren, July 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3281</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Leod</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8832</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Nicholson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded twice, Vermelles, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3375</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Reilly</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8659</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">S. Reid</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">299331</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Redpath</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265989</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Strang</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265715</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6366</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Strathie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3019</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Simpson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">266055</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Winton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3014</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/1861</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Woods</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">9th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers played the battalion into action at Hill 70, and the whole -band, except one man, was killed or wounded.</p> - -<p>The battalion was ultimately absorbed into the 4/5th Black Watch.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9005</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Harley</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 4924</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11463</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Armour</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40016</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Burleigh</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 18/5/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43236</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Fairweather</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 28/7/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Killed, March 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40018</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Lamond</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43448</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7814</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Napier</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43155</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 30/10/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">16105</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Spence</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6563</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Stirling</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 18/5/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11195</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wemyss</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1350</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Logan</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span></p> - -<h3>THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During the first six months of the war 7 pipers were killed, 8 were wounded -and 2 were taken prisoner. These casualties mostly occurred at Festubert -in December 1914, and later at Neuve Chapelle. They were then withdrawn -from the front lines. Subsequently they were employed as bearers, ammunition -carriers, etc.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11281</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Sutherland</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6894</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Buchan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10774</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Godsman, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 12/1/15; D.C.M. and Order of St. George.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7918</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. White</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9615</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 1/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10116</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Grory</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Festubert, 19-21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10258</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Cater</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10107</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Burns</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11356</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Wilson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9860</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. James</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11782</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 11-14/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11685</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Bain</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 14/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9011</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Morrison</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10579</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Jackson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11124</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war, Festubert, 19-21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11718</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Leish</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11470</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Festubert, 19-21/12/14; wounded, Richebourg, 6/10/15; died, 7/9/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11533</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war, Festubert, 19-21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11499</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Naught</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 19-21/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10383</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Chisholm</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 23/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Mitchell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Verneuil, 18/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10010</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gault</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Rue du Bois, 17/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11468</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 22/10/14; died enteric.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12064</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Craig</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12061</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12106</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Bald</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Of the original band of thirteen men all but two were killed or wounded -in the first few months of the war. While they lasted they acted as pipers -as well as in the ranks. From May 1915 to May 1916 there was practically -no band, and, when reconstituted, the men were kept out of the front line -as far as possible.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9728</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Young</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10713</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. M'Kinnon</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 21/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11448</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 21/10/14; died of enteric.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11480</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Brown</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10478</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bruce</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9029</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 2/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7721</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Haines</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 17/5/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11945</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Henderson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 18/5/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10976</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Irving</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 3/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11137</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Morrow</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 24/8/14; taken prisoner.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11614</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 11627</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 3/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9272</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 21/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7885</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Dale</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7943</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7886</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gibson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 35100</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Morgan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 33119</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Morrison</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 35123</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Macnaughton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8515</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Peil</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6978</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Williamson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7472</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. W. Johnstone</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9387</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Macneilage</td><td class="tdl">Twice wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7270</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macintyre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9280</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Stein</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">331117</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Gunn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">332186</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">331230</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Menzies</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330068</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Ogilvie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330070</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Wilder</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">327119</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. White</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3970</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Macrae</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10264</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Findlay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Neuve Chapelle, 14/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">220217</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 12302</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Bonnar</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In Gallipoli, in 1915, practically all the pipers became casualties within -a very short time, and, until the end of 1916, there was no band at all. It was -then decided to keep the band out of the firing line as far as possible.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 306</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3601</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Purdie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201571</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Arthur</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 309</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. B. Day</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">280313</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. J. Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330041</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Agnew</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1596</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1233</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1317</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201259</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Connelly</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201330</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Clelland</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">203064</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12226</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Kennedy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200170</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200601</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Pithie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">18263</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Davie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240633</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Watson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers were employed in the ranks while the battalion was in Gallipoli, -but, in attacks, the pipers played their companies. On 12th July, Piper -M'Niven was killed while playing the charge, in an attack on the Turkish -forts. Most of the original band were killed or wounded on the Peninsula, -and, when reconstituted, it was decided to keep them out of action as far -as possible.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 24001</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 55533</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Braidwood</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240881</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1237</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Niven</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1190</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Coll</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 21/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240066</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Francey</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 17/8/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1286</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Finlay</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240171</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Christian</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240235</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Ross</td><td class="tdl">Machine Gun Corps; gassed, Marne, March 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240189</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Nicoll</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240168</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Phedran</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240538</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Mulvey</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">241426</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Climie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">243457</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Munn</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/6/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">203070</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Sutherland</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">355753</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Young</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29111</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Cormick</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 64901</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Stringer</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201126</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Campbell</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>On several occasions in Gallipoli the battalion was played to the attack -by pipers. Piper Maclennan was awarded the D.C.M. Piper Macfarlane -had the drones blown off his pipes. The acting pipers served in the ranks -or as bearers. Piper D. Cameron was mentioned in despatches for conspicuous -bravery in playing his company over the top, and right on to the -enemy trenches. These men also did great work in bringing up water for -the wounded under heavy fire, and ammunition.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Ferguson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1914</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Kenneth Maclennan, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">D.C.M., 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1901</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. J. Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Despatches, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Macfarlane</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Paterson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Lamont</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. G. Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ritchie Graham</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Carruthers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Scott</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The battalion was disbanded early in the war, and the pipers were -distributed to other units.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">9th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At first pipers were used as orderlies, ammunition carriers, and similar -duties; and, after active operations, as bearers. As far as possible they -were, however, kept out of the front line, as being too valuable to lose. On<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span> -one occasion, when the battalion had to make a demonstration to test the -strength of the enemy, pipers were sent up to the front line to play. Pipe -Major MacDiarmid was awarded the Military Medal.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Baillie</td><td class="tdl">Discharged after 31 years' service.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330075</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. B. MacDiarmid, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Awarded M.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330167</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. J. Kelly</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/1/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330115</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. C. Blackadder</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Agnew</td><td class="tdl">Invalided home.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">331499</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Barrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">331044</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Baird</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 56645</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. D. Buchanan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330304</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Blackadder</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333792</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Crawford</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330310</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. M. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 24/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">241138</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 22/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Gibson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 24/3/18; discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hall</td><td class="tdl">Invalided home.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1666</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Drummond</td><td class="tdl">Killed in action, June 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333113</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Imlay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">331077</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Johnston</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330834</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Kennedy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333269</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. M'Arthur</td><td class="tdl">Invalided home, 17/4/15; discharged, 14/6/15; recalled, 1/9/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333138</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. M'Creath</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333162</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. B. M'Nee</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">332318</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Gilvray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 24/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">330865</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. M'Gregor</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Ogilvie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, July 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">331564</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 22/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333729</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333137</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Stark</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 27/9/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">331198</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Simpson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 24/3/18; discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">331579</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Wilder</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">10th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were occasionally employed as bearers, but were usually kept -out of the front line. Nearly all the original pipe band were killed or -wounded at Cambrai on 25th September, 1915.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7682</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Richardson</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to 12th H.L.I.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2747</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9016</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles M'Gregor</td><td class="tdl">Gassed and wounded, Cambrai, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12562</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Whitefield</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Cambrai, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">17174</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Webster</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 902</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Donaldson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 9/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1988</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Cambrai, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1991</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Currie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9628</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Sutherland</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">19858</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Rose</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">17805</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. M'Intyre</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, Cambrai, 25/9/15, died, 8/11/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">21233</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Lennan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40166</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Duguid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40091</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240908</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Mackay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cunningham</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">355667</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Nicol</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">12th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During trench warfare the pipers acted as orderlies, stretcher bearers -and the like; in engagements, however, they took part as company pipers. -So many casualties occurred in the Loos action in Sept. 1915 that there -was only one survivor. The band ceased to exist until the following spring, -and it was then decided to allow only half of the pipers to go up into the line -or into action.</p> - -<p>During the battles of the Somme, 1916, and Arras, 1917, the companies -were played into action by one piper each; casualties occurring among -them, it was decided again to withdraw them from the front; and they -took no part in the fighting at Ypres, 1917.</p> - -<p>During the last phase of the war, the attack in Flanders on 28th Sept. -1918, the pipers played their companies throughout their triumphant -attacks on the Germans.</p> - -<p>The C.O. of the battalion says: "I cannot speak too highly of the -work done by the pipers of this unit. There is nothing I can think of which -has added more to the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">esprit de corps</i> of the men, which has enabled them -to put up with misery and discomfort and which has given them the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> -inspiration necessary to accomplish what had appeared at first sight an -impossibility."</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Richardson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Pierce</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, August, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Allan M'Nicol, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Despatches, Loos, and Hill 70, 25/9/15; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Spendlove</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 8/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jack Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Cambrai, 5/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter Kennedy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Taylor</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Comloquoy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Bell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Anderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Pherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Ghee</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, April 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Tullis</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Malcolm M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Arras, April 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Morrison</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Barclay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Weir</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Kean</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">14th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers played their companies into action on the Somme and at Bourlon -Wood.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Hynd</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Taylor</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Cormack</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Connly</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Mann</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Kennedy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wilson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Sutherland</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Pirie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Phinn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gordon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 29/4/17.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">15th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Thiepval and Beaumont Hamel the pipers lost very heavily when -leading their companies, and, as a consequence, it was found necessary afterwards -to keep them in the reserve line. In April 1918, on account of heavy -casualties in the battalion, they had to be employed in the ranks, and suffered -very heavily; of 20 pipers all but 3 became casualties, mostly through being -gassed at Ayette. Within a month, however, the band was reconstituted.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 973</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. M'Lellan</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 16084</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Gilbert, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">From 17th H.L.I.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13374</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Park</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 14/10/17; gassed, 13/4/18; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 14078</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kilpatrick</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1020</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Logan</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13591</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Keenan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/5/16; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13356</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Hough</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 15497</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Burleigh</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 36456</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Marr</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 36455</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Marr</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, May 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13601</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13706</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Gillies</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 2/7/16; gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10010</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gault</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28093</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. J. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">350254</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Graham</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">280889</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Gray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aug. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">281053</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">280979</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bryson</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 15719</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Arthur</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 14304</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. F. Watson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">353152</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ayette, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 15296</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Galloway</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 10108</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Lelland</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200601</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Pithie</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 54366</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Nair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 58009</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Lean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 50267</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Orr</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 56597</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Millan</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">16th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers were employed chiefly as bearers.</p> - -<p>On 1st July, 1916, at Thiepval the pipers played the battalion over with -the loss of two killed and two wounded. The band was then withdrawn<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span> -as far as possible from the front, except occasionally as stretcher bearers. -It was felt by all ranks that pipers were too valuable an institution to -lose.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Combe, M.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Richardson, M.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Orr</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Alexander</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Watson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Baird</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. Armourer</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Rankine</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Kay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Watson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Barclay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Fogo</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Hunter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hoy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Barrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Porteous</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Bell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macintosh</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Bell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Coutts</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bruce</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. MacPherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Hope</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Hendry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Brown</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">17th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In the attack on the Leipzig Redoubt on 1st July, 1916, when the -battalion had to hang on unsupported to a part of the captured Leipzig -Redoubt, the pipers played and did an immense deal in keeping the men's -spirits up. Pipe Major Gilbert on this occasion won the Military Medal. -The casualties in this attack put the pipe band out of action, and the pipers -were thereafter kept, as far as possible, out of the front line. The battalion -was subsequently merged in the 15th H.L.I.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Gilbert, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal, July 1916; despatches, July 1917; transferred to 15th H.L.I.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Burleigh</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, April 1918; transferred to 15th H.L.I.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Galloway</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Nieuport, 10/7/17; promoted for gallantry, 1/7/16; gassed, Arras, April 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Munn</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16, Somme; again, in Egypt; transferred to 7th H.L.I.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Forrest</td><td class="tdl">Received Commission; died of disease, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh M'Arthur</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, Arras, April 1918; transferred to 15th H.L.I.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Carmichael</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Nieuport, 10/7/17.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The casualties among the pipers of this battalion have been very heavy. -At Richebourg in November 1914, 2 pipers were killed and 6 wounded, -and the pipe major, Matheson, was awarded the D.C.M. for great gallantry -in carrying messages. In December 1914, and again at Neuve Chapelle in -May 1915, 3 more were killed and 4 wounded. Some of them were employed -as pipers, others as bearers and in the ranks. At Neuve Chapelle the companies -were played into action in May 1915, and Piper Pratt was killed -while playing.</p> - -<p>The battalion went to Mesopotamia, and in the action at Sheikh Saad -on 7th January, 1916, Pipe Major M'Kechnie played the regimental charge -at a most crucial moment and continued until he fell wounded. In this -and other subsequent engagements pipers played their companies into -action. Some of them did excellent work bringing up ammunition, and -529 Piper Colin M'Kay was specially promoted for this. This duty was -particularly dangerous as the Turkish barrage was generally late.</p> - -<p>The casualties continued to be heavy. Altogether 11 pipers have been -killed.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8391</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. B. Mathieson, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">D.C.M.; wounded "Port Arthur," 7/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> - 10169</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Tulloch</td><td class="tdl">Wounded in trenches, "Port Arthur," 6/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9158</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. MacLellan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15; subsequently killed, 21/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7900</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. F. Cowans</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 7/11/14, "Port Arthur."</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9291</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Pratt</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">479</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Black</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 3/11/14, "Port Arthur."</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">766</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap"><span class="fvnormal">Lance Sgt.</span> J. Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">216</td><td class="tdl">Piper,</td><td class="tdl smcap">Actg. P.M. W. Paton</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy, 6/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10457</td><td class="tdl">Lance Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to 2nd Batt.; killed, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">412</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Barry</td><td class="tdl">Despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">311</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy, 4/11/14; killed, Mesopotamia, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9458</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Dunbar</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Mesopotamia, 7/1/16, while performing duties in attack.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9628</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Hay</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to R.E.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">444</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Hill</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">262</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">264</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander M'Gill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">433</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Mesopotamia, 21/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">435</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Vean</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Mesopotamia, 7/1/16; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">564</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Morrison</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy, 4/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">366</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Muir</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, "Port Arthur," invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">284</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Murray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy, 6/4/15; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">768</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Adam Ross</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy, 17/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9419</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Skinner</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Givenchy, 20/12/14 invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10183</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Heron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">645</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Killed in France.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">661</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stein</td><td class="tdl">Wounded in trenches; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">788</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Urquhart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Givenchy, 20/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Vince</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 9/5/15; transferred to R.S.F.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9446</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Actg. P.M. Neil M'Kechnie</td><td class="tdl">Acting Pipe Major when battalion went to Mesopotamia; wounded, 7/1/15; mentioned in despatches, 25/8/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10056</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Shand</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Mesopotamia, 21/4/17; and again Palestine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7214</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Hardy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">543</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil Morrison</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span> - 529</td><td class="tdl">Sergt. Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Colin M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Baghdad.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Severely wounded, Sheikh Saad; pipes smashed, 7/1/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7184</td><td class="tdl">Lance Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Duncan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hearne</td><td class="tdl">Died at home.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200300</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">16360</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cuthill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9526</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Paterson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Lellan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Allan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">709</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wilkinson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, France.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Cook</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Mesopotamia.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">204786</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Hart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8338</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wilson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7208</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Knox</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">22602</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8337</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Johnstone</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers were largely employed as runners, orderlies, etc., and suffered -very heavy casualties. On several occasions during the open fighting they -were employed in the attack as pipers. Of 23 pipers who went to France -with the battalion 6 were killed and 10 wounded in the first year of the war. -The opinion of the officers is that only the difficulty of reinforcements limits -the employment of pipers in action.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6731</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Haywood</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, Dec. 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">577</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/1/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6171</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus MacLean</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9106</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, June 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9223</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, October 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">283</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Dougal MacMillan</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease, Feb. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9454</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Rennie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, August 1914; killed, Loos, Oct. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">70</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Keil</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">625</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, March 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Macrae</td><td class="tdl">Killed, February 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Hall</td><td class="tdl">Killed, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Thornton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">570</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, February 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ronald Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">711</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Urquhart</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, Dec. 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Frederick Cook</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 13/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Albert Hunter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander MacAngus</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1096</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gregor Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 2/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Kenneth Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Angus</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, April 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Rennie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Clark,</td><td class="tdl">Killed, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10670</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander MacIntosh</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, August 1914; prisoner of war.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10457</td><td class="tdl">Lance Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Transferred from 1st Batt.; wounded, 1/7/16, Maillet (Somme); killed, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7635</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8666</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Lowlands</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7838</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Calder</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9132</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/4/15; killed, 26/1/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4255</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Nov. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10169</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Tulloch</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 20/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 189</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Stein</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24729</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Murdoch</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Milne</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">21630</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macleod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7366</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macleod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Maclean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7126</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Maclean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7603</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Mackay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7206</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Maclean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2886</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Bell</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, April 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8134</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, April 1915 and August 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">204612</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Lamont</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9607</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Macarthur</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, April 1917.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">4th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In the early part of the war pipers were employed as such, and in many -other capacities. Casualties, however, were exceedingly heavy, and it -was decided in the later stages to keep them out of action as much as possible. -Five pipers were killed and sixteen wounded.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Murdo Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Discharged, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds in Germany.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kemp</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds at Neuve Chapelle, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Aulay</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds at Valenciennes, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds at Neuve Chapelle, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Cambrai, 1917; discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. J. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Neuve Chapelle, 1915; discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201307</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Stewart, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Cambrai, 1917; discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Marne, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Discharged, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Sandison</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Cambrai, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Forbes</td><td class="tdl">Wounded and gassed at Arras, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Urquhart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Cambrai, 1918; discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Marshall</td><td class="tdl">Wounded and gassed at Cambrai, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Rae</td><td class="tdl">Discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided home.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Findlayson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided home.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Lennan</td><td class="tdl">Killed at Neuve Chapelle, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to Home Service.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to Home Service.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Lennan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Williamson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded and gassed, Arras and Cambrai.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Corbet</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Leod</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Neuve Chapelle, 1915, and discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. R. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Higgins</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Lennan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Discharged.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Cambrai.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Leaman</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Cambrai.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">L/C. Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gumm</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Sandison</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Marshall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. A. Aird</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Forbes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Leod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Baird</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Millan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Richardson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers in action were employed as orderlies, despatch runners, etc.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2026</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Sutherland</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Harley</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 97</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Grant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">422</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">41186</td><td class="tdl">Corporal</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Gammack</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">450</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Leod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">214</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Trussler</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240082</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Kay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240578</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">379</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Kenzie, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">599</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont Hamel.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">242179</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macinnes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">144</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Grant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240137</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. A. Matheson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">426</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Rae</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8971</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">560</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Mackay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">242212</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Urquhart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2266</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. S. Coghill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3023</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Keith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2392</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Stephen</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24227</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. MacDonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2729</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Taylor</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">251</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">242094</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">669</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Murray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 26</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Trussler</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">25209</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Munro</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">267336</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jas. Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to 6th Seaforths; killed, 19/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">42195</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Morrison</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24284</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cullen</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Festubert, June 1915, the pipers did magnificent service as bearers, -working day and night, and bringing in 170 wounded men. They were -largely employed in the ranks as machine gunners. The casualties among -them were heavy—8 killed and 6 wounded.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Milton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. MacLeod</td><td class="tdl">Killed, May 1916, Labyrinth.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. D. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Beaumont Hamel, 13/11/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Mackie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Beaumont Hamel, 13/11/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Brown, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, May 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Gilbert, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 13/11/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Urquhart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Alexander</td><td class="tdl">Killed, La Bassée, April 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bowie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. Cumming</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Fraser</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gibb</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Grant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. M. Grant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Grant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Geddie</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Logie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265172</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Logie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lumsden, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, High Wood, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Jenkins</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mitchell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. D. Mill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Cambrai, Nov. 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, July 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Rose</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 13/11/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Shervan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Thomson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p2" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_b_120fp-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -<span class="smcap">PIPE-MAJOR HOWARTH, D.C.M., 6th GORDON HIGHLANDERS</span><br /> - -<span class="smcap">At Neuve Chapelle</span><br /> - -<em>From the Painting by J. Prinsep Beadle</em></div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Loos the battalion was played to the attack, and had 5 pipers killed -and 3 wounded. At one time, when the position was very serious, a piper -rallied the men with "Cabar Feidh," and produced a tremendous effect. -On the Somme, in 1916, a piper was always on duty with the battalion. At -Arras, in 1917, the pipers acted as bearers, but in later operations they were -kept out of the front line as far as possible.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5111</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Taylor</td><td class="tdl">Awarded Croix de Guerre and Meritorious Service Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1536</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Harley</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1689</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Fraser, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7765</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Gordon</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8822</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Johnston</td><td class="tdl">Received Commission in Camerons.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 711</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Urquhart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40417</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">O'Kain Maclennan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 11/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6876</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Lean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8134</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/10/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13385</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Calder</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6892</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Cooper</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8535</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Davidson, D.C.M., M.M.</td><td class="tdl">D.C.M. and Military Medal; promoted Sergt. in his Coy.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">21629</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Eaton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1456</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40177</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Fraser</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4272</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Galbraith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, and again Arras, 9/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4181</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Galbraith</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9070</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Died in hospital.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2177</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Halliday</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds received at Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4661</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Hamilton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9859</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hinton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10859</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. J. Mackay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9488</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Mackay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 570</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/4/15, Messines; gassed, 23/6/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1487</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Mackenzie, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 12/3/18; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7366</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macleod</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201819</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Montgomery</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12597</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201991</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 825</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Messines, 10/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3843</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. Thyne</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, 14/7/16.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>There were heavy casualties at Loos, September 1915, when 5 pipers -were killed and 5 were wounded; on this occasion the gallantry of these -men won the wholehearted admiration of all ranks. The companies were -played into action by the pipers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8112</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Mackenzie, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Haywood</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8119</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Gordon</td><td class="tdl">Transferred 9th Seaforths as Pipe Major; Belgian Croix de Guerre.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8172</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Munro</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3161</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Hamilton</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 5721</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Anderson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6368</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Clark</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15, and taken prisoner.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Clark</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 28/9/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7519</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Matheson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6567</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Spence</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3503</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Cairns</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 2897</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15, and taken prisoner.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 2583</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Morton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 31/7/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6400</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Beaton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6546</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Duncan MacGregor</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3307</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Valantine</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Currant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Harvey</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Arras, 21/2/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander MacAulay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">25812</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander MacDonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">25825</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander MacDonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Malcolm Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald MacLeod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Macmillan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Matheson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Morton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Simpson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Spence</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Henry Sutherland</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Tait</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lieut.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hector Ross</td><td class="tdl">Formerly Piper 6th S.H.; killed, 23/4/17.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">9th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were frequently employed as despatch runners. In the advance -of the 26th Brigade at Longueval on 14th July, 1916, the battalion was -played into action under very heavy fire. When attacking the village they -met with a stout resistance and came under heavy machine gun fire from -a flank as well as from the front. The pipers rallied the men who were -thrown momentarily into confusion, and, at their head, charged down the -street and over the wires into the German trenches.</p> - -<p>The casualties were heavy throughout, 4 killed and 15 wounded.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8119</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Gordon</td><td class="tdl">Belgian Croix de Guerre.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4422</td><td class="tdl">Lance Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Niven</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5745</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Lellan, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">261949</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Lumsden, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, 1916; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240018</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 11/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">267336</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 19/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4394</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8264</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4858</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5011</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cheyne</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3949</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Arnott</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9394</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Mahon</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4657</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Gray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5693</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Hunter</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40497</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40502</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Watt</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40547</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Davidson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">267049</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. MacLeod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13286</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Aitken</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">23879</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Duncan</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">23889</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Lellan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">26416</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">26426</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Kinnon</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></span> - 5943</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Lawson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded and gassed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24518</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Buchanan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">261313</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5570</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Barclay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded three times.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The battalion took out 18 pipers, and at the roll call at Cambrai on -26th August, 1914, only two remained. For a long time pipers had to -be employed in the ranks. On several occasions in the Somme fighting -they took their place at the head of their companies and played them into -action.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Henderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Johnston</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Geo. Cruickshank</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Copland</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14, but escaped and returned to duty; again captured, 24/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Mons, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Watt</td><td class="tdl">Gone to 2nd Batt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Fall</td><td class="tdl">Killed, October 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Geo. Mitchell</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Geo. Anderson</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Watt</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Weir</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Cran</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Hair</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Cromarty</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 26/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Harvie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: '24/10/141'">24/10/14</ins>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Garden</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Jan. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Allan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 14/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Coutts</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Paton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Eadie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gillies</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hector Ross</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15; killed, March, 1916.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>This battalion took 32 pipers out to France; by the end of the first -year of the campaign 10 had been killed and 20 wounded. At Loos and -in the Somme fighting the pipers of the 2nd Gordons repeatedly played -the battalion into action and suffered heavily. The pipers were also -employed as runners, bearers, etc., and in the ranks.</p> - -<p>In March 1915, the battalion was played to the attack on the Aubers -Ridge under heavy fire, and again at Mametz and Guichy.</p> - -<p>In the Italian field of operations they did most excellent work in getting -the wounded back across a swift river, work which their C.O. considered it -would have been impossible to accomplish without their enthusiastic -assistance.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6349</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Anderson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; Military Medal, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10655</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10639</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">110</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">219</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Bruce</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10653</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">205</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ledingham</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ramage</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cassie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bissett</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10296</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Sinclair</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">311</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10113</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gillies</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">175</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Livingstone</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; prisoner of war, 30/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10243</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Murray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8699</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Munro</td><td class="tdl">Despatches; wounded, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">349</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cruickshanks</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10219</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Topp</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span> - 297</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Wounded and invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 120</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Adams</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10072</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Tennent</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 233</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Watt</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7569</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 606</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Bruce</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 192</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Hinnie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 429</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Macintosh</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 543</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Holmes</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 5/10/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10256</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 430</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 30/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 206</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Duguid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6853</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Stewart, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915; awarded D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7641</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10486</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Taylor</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5614</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Ritchie, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7375</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8390</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Scott</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 335</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Crimmon</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1914; killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10139</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. White</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 747</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lorimer</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6994</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Horne</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7288</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Orchard</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5495</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. White</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10264</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Bowie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7383</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 5/10/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">235745</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Innes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240455</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gow</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43479</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Graham</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2595</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Williams</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">4th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During the trench fighting the pipers were mostly used behind the -front line, and in marching the battalion to and from rest billets. Subsequently, -in open fighting, the company pipers took their place at the heads -of their companies. At the Marne, Pipers P. Paterson, R. Prentice, P. Bowie -and G. Davidson played their companies into action, and their action -immensely stimulated the troops "and enabled them to gain a great victory -on that day"; at Ypres on 31st July, 1917, Piper P. Bowie "rallied the -men at a time when fighting was very fierce," and was awarded the Military<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span> -Medal; on 17th November, 1917, Piper G. Paterson also got the Military -Medal for playing the battalion through three successive charges and into -Cantaing under heavy fire. The pipers were also employed as ammunition -carriers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Chisholm</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201290</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Webster, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Cruickshank</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Watson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200347</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Paterson, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Paterson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Ewen</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Robbie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded (twice).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Davidson</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, Ypres, 31/10/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wych</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Lawson</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Sim</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Bowie, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Mather</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Prentice</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Oswald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Wright</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Foote</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers were principally employed in the ranks and as observers, but -in the attack on High Wood on the Somme front company pipers played -at the head of their units. On this occasion Piper Willox was killed as he -led his company, and several others became casualties. It was thereafter -decided not to employ pipers in action again.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 302</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. H. Clark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1596</td><td class="tdl">Cpl.-Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Harvey</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 760</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1985</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1586</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Willox</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 31/7/16, High Wood.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span> - 1156</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Graham</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 3/6/15, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Allan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Birnie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Lunan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Middleton</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Bullecourt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Robinson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. A. Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Wyness</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Brown, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal; killed, 31/7/16, High Wood.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Lindsay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Sept. 1917, Ypres.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Neuve Chapelle the pipers headed the charge of the battalion on the -Moulin du Piètre, losing one piper killed and four wounded.</p> - -<p>Pipers were mostly employed in action as stretcher bearers or in the -ranks, and, while suffering heavily, won the highest reputation in their -battalion. At Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 they lost one killed and six -wounded; on this occasion Pipe Major Howarth won the D.C.M. At Loos -in the following September, the casualties were again heavy, and the pipe -major won a bar to the D.C.M. In later operations pipers were kept, as -much as possible, out of the front line.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10115</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Howarth, D.C.M. <span class="fvnormal">and Bar</span></td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">161</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Logie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">728</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 62</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Milton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1257</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. M'Pherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">104</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Coutts</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">117</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10604</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Milne</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">967</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Birnie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10700</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Bannerman</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">806</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">961</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Birnie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1561</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Cay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Davidson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Knowles</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. J. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Flockhart</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">9th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The great value of the pipers in action is recognised by the whole -battalion, but it is considered it sometimes happens that the men get so -overkeen under the influence of the music that they are liable to exceed -orders. The employment of pipers as bearers, etc., is deprecated as -resulting in casualties which cannot be replaced.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. MacLeod</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, Dec. 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/7747</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Findlater, V.C.</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, Dec. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/4212</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. MacLeod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/6827</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/2772</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/9023</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Killed in action, Somme, 10/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/3068</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Turner</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/4057</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Miller</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/4058</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Heeps</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/4560</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Craig</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/9364</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Aitken</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 348</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 1915; Loos, 25/9/15; Somme, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 560</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Watt</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/17640</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Maclachlan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9283</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Adams</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> S/3052</td><td class="tdl">Pte.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Sharkey</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">10th Battalion</span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Horne</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Orchard</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5614</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Ritchie, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to 2nd Gordons; Military Medal.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span></p> - -<h3>THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS</h3> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"A chlanna nan con</p> -<p class="verse">A chlanna nan con</p> -<p class="verse">Thigibh an so</p> -<p class="verse">S'ghaibh sibh feoil."</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were not employed as such, but, during the early part of the war, -they were in the ranks. At the battle of the Aisne and Ypres the casualties -were heavy.</p> - -<p>The value to the battalion of their pipe band is considered so great that -the officers would like the establishment doubled.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6720</td><td class="tdl"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Piper Major'">Pipe Major</ins></td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Selby</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 22/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6718</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Cruickshanks</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 5210</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Kinnear</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 5/11/14, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 5173</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Barrie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 5/11/14, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8445</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Maclachlan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7671</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Henderson, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Taken prisoner, 11/11/14; D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8535</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. M'Calman</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Langemarck, Oct. 1914; died after discharge.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8072</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8475</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9575</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6726</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Cook</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9345</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. M'Bean</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Arras, Aug. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9444</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Coyle</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aisne, 25/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14059</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Peders</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">18921</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 5859</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">30748</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Smith</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>There were heavy casualties among the pipers, who were employed in -many ways throughout the war,—largely in the ranks. One, Lance-Corporal -Johnstone, was awarded the D.C.M. and M.M. for his gallantry as a guide -in 1915 and subsequently as scout sergeant. Throughout the war the -pipers went into action with their companies. The opinion of the com<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></span>manding -officer is that they have been invaluable to the battalion. At the -time of the advance into Bulgaria sickness had caused the disappearance -of the band.</p> - -<p>Altogether 14 pipers were wounded and 7 died or were killed during -the war.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Dougall Matheson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1915, and in 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Steele</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 15/2/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Johnson, D.C.M., M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. M'Leod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8479</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Dyce</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Salonika, 30/9/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Borthwick</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter Easson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1915, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Joseph Elliot</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donnachie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Fulton</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war, 1915; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Gillon</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/5/15, St. Eloi.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Keeble</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Lumsden</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Struma, 1/10/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Dougall</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Hill 60; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Cabe</td><td class="tdl">Died, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Rae</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Askill</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Hill 60, April 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Died.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Hope</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Conner</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 30/9/16, St. Eloi; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/5/15, St. Eloi.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Hill 60, April 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Murdoch Scott</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aug. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lachlan M'Bean</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, St. Eloi, 10/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Murdoch Scott</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Aug. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Lindsay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Died, Salonika, 18/10/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Smart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Carswell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Smith</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">4th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Festubert on 17th May, 1915, the companies were played to the -attack by their pipers, and these men came through unscathed but with -their pipes rendered useless by mud and water. Of those who were serving -in the ranks several were killed and wounded at Festubert.</p> - -<p>Again at Loos the pipers were employed in action as such.</p> - -<p>They were often employed as bearers. The battalion was disbanded -as a separate unit.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 56</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. S. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">275</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Shirran</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Fanquinart, 9/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1090</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Fullarton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 44</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">519</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Munro</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">988</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Milne</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">528</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Forsyth</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 53</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. Logan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1395</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. F. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Richebourg, 17/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1120</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cheyne</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 17/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1100</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Munro</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">645</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 17/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2670</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. D. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 12/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200120</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 14/10/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Maclean</td><td class="tdl">Transferred as Pipe Major to 5th Camerons.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Loos the battalion was played into action, and practically all the -pipers became casualties. Subsequently they were employed as bearers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 4424</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Beattie</td><td class="tdl">(Now Quartermaster.)</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Macmillan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Maclean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/5497</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. MacEachen</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds received 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/5113</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Killed at Fosse 8, 27/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/5096</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Festubert, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/5059</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Boyd</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/14504</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Intyre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3/3931</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 27/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> - S/11755</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Butler</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 27/9/15; Loos, and again subsequently.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3/5636</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. A. Macaskill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3/3541</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 27/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3/5621</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. M'Lennan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 27/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/10510</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Lachlan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 27/9/15, Loos; killed, Sorel, 21/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/10311</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Gregor</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/12582</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus M'Pherson</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/11605</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Ross</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/10026</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Joseph Scott</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald MacPhee</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Strachan</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Malcolm MacGregor</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Clunie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 3/5/17, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Henderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lachlan Maclean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Duncan MacLennan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Crawford</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Sorel, 21/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John MacLennan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald MacLennan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Bowes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Fyffe</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Allan Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Milne</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Stavert</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Norman M'Killop</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Porteous</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Innes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Finlay Martin</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Ferguson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Richard</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During trench fighting the pipers were employed behind the line. In the -Loos attack, when they played the battalion into action, there were many -casualties. On this occasion, when the 44th Brigade had to fall back, the -men rallied on an extemporised flag of Cameron tartan at the foot of which -stood the pipers of several battalions.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span></p> - - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 5161</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mathieson Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12643</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11347</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Whitehead</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12629</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas MacCulloch</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10101</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Dugald Dow</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10210</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Pitcairn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10297</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Wilfred Morris</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12070</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Leckie MacLean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14831</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Roy Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27434</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Campbell</td><td class="tdl">From 1st Lovat's Scouts.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43268</td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Neill</td><td class="tdl">From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10256</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Ready</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, Oct. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40971</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">MacLennan</td><td class="tdl">From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43267</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">MacNeil</td><td class="tdl">From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders; wounded, Oct. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43318</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40715</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">MacCormick</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43311</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Lennan</td><td class="tdl">From 2/4th Cameron Highlanders.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">22461</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Walker</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 26/4/17.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In the historic attack at Loos the pipers took a prominent part, and -helped to rally the men subsequently. They lost heavily, and in subsequent -actions pipers were only employed singly in the attack.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13845</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Macdougall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Maclean</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14356</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Raeburn</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25-27/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13291</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Dugald Scoular</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14059</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peden</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M. Dewar</td><td class="tdl">Gassed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Levack</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200104</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. R. Munro</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Alves</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">21487</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Cowie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9444</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Coyle</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Duncan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Findlay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Gassed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14055</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Henderson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200252</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hunter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span> - 201253</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 5545</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Intosh</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13294</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Kenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Killop</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Mackinnon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43209</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Munro</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13442</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Shand</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Smart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14369</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Williamson</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Early in the war pipers were used in action, but, on account of casualties -being very heavy among them, the practice was given up.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Macfarlane</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Kenealy</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Woodside</td><td class="tdl">Killed, St. Eloi, 16/2/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Intosh</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Hay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Beattie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Waddel</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Stevenson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lynch</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Struthers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Wilson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Birrell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Fadyen</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hanlison</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Bell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hardie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fraser</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">570</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Kennedy</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 30/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During the first year of the war 3 pipers were killed, 3 were wounded -and 3 were taken prisoner, and the band was broken up, the survivors being -returned to the ranks. Throughout the war pipers have been employed as -orderlies, ammunition and ration carriers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Mackintosh</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10719</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lawrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">672</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8157</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. A. Planner</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Steven</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">188</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Sinclair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10313</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Black</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10295</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. P. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">522</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Henry Jones</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Milne</td><td class="tdl">Missing.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">567</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Lintock</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 90</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gardner</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">974</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter Murray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1153</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Dean, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9901</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Miller</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war; wounded, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">660</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Scott</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war; wounded, Armentières, 27/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 58</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">S. Duff</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner of war; wounded, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9279</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Ormiston</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, 13/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Black</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Watt</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Blair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Richard Ansell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 19/11/15 and 21/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Anderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John MacCulloch</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gordon Innes</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Duncan Mackellar</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p2" /> -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_b_136fp-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -BEN BUIDHE, ARGYLLSHIRE<br /> - -<em>From the Water-colour Drawing by George Houston, A.R.S.A.</em></div> -</div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">5th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>When in Gallipoli the full pipers were chiefly employed as messengers -and ammunition carriers. In the latter capacity they did excellent work -in the fighting on 12th July, 1915. The acting pipers were employed as -stretcher bearers. On the occasion of the 12th July attack a piper mounted -the parapet and played the battalion over. The pipers have been kept out -of action as far as possible.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201471</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Hay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 24/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jas. Smith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Smith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Maclachlan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200129</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Blair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200043</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fred Branwhite</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Macleod</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/12/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200300</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus Macarthur</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">300620</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Macleod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200359</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Malcolm Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Stirrat</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">325764</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Hendry</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 29/7/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200325</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Lepick</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201062</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Callum</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200357</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Matheson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202708</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Matheson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 43040</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Myles</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200780</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Neilson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200855</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Oliver</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201925</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Ponton</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">6th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>While in the trenches were employed as orderlies, messengers, etc.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 362</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Connacher</td><td class="tdl">Transferred as C.Q.M.S.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">275321</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Finlayson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 35</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Ferguson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></span> - 538</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Dournie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Richebourg, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1704</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Henderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1365</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert M'Aulay</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, 25/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1560</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Gault</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1507</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Henry Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1506</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Park</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Festubert, 18/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1890</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Craig</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Longueval, 27/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3037</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Pringle</td><td class="tdl">Killed while trying to bring in wounded man, 18/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3042</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Allister</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 18/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1653</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Gillan</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3256</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Farlane</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3162</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Carlyle</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 16/6/15; despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3166</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Ganson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Myron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">250989</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Lintock</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/11/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">250962</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Armstrong</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8016</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">251957</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Askill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">202120</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">252567</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. M'Pherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">250018</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Corsan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">252028</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lang</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">300099</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Crawford</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">250919</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Gray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">325262</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Thomson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">7th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were employed as runners and orderlies.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Walls, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal, 24/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">277167</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Aug. 1917, Ypres.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">8th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Until the Somme fighting the pipers went into the trenches but did not -play. The battalion had a pipe band composed of officers, Capt. Alastair -M'Laren, Lieuts. Graham Campbell, Yr. of Shirvan, and Leslie Smith. The -drummers were the Adjutant, Major Lockie, the Quartermaster Lieut. -Disselduff and Lieut. Clark.</p> - -<p>As far as possible pipers were kept out of the trenches.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Lawrie</td><td class="tdl">Invalided home, and died of illness contracted on service.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Received Certificate from Div. Comdr. for gallant conduct, May 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Jeffrey</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Richebourg, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Lellan, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Awarded D.C. Medal for gallantry at Magersfontein, Dec. 1899; wounded at Laventie, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Crawford</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, August 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Currie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Time expired.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lauder</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Callum</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Dougall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Farlane</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Intyre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Lellan, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme, July 1916; awarded Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Orr</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, La Boiselle, August 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Risk</td><td class="tdl">Time expired.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Shirlaw</td><td class="tdl">Gassed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Woodrow</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Fletcher</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Strathearn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Morrison</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. MacLeod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Woods</td><td class="tdl">Wounded twice.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Shearer</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. MacInnes</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. MacWilliams</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Moffat</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hannon</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">9th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Pipers were principally utilised, when in action, as stretcher-bearers, -orderlies, etc.</p> - -<p>Great bravery was shown by pipers when acting as bearers.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. R. Garsewell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 324</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander M'Allister</td><td class="tdl">Missing since 10/5/15; 2nd Battle Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1790</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Panton</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 10/5/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 266</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Shearer, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Awarded D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1711</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Russell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/4/15.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">10th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During the trench fighting the pipers were kept in the reserve lines in -order to avoid casualties. At Loos and on the Somme, however, they were -employed with their companies, and at the taking of Longueval they behaved -with quite remarkable gallantry. On this occasion Pipe Major Aitken, a -man of sixty years of age, was awarded the D.C.M., and Pipers Wilson and -Dall were commended for playing through heavy machine gun fire. At the -same time Piper Donnachie greatly distinguished himself carrying despatches.</p> - -<p>The commanding officer says the casualties on the Somme have led -him to keep them out of action as far as possible, as he regards them as -invaluable to a regiment. It was, in the later stages, only under dire -necessity, that pipers were occasionally used as bearers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Aitken, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Superannuated; D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wright</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9263</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Mackenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1720</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Donnachie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">MacNeill</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Longueval, Oct. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Laurie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Dickebusch; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8860</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 569</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gamack, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4512</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Anderson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3205</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cullen</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9835</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Heatherington</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3014</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kennedy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1375</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Longueval; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2011</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Gillivray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8656</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Rae</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6153</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. D. M'Sporran</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Longueval.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10390</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, Nov. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9339</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Pirrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2616</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 570</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Kennedy</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Longueval.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span> - 9256</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6191</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Dall</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Longueval.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5091</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. F. Sword</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8051</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. MacLeay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/10/17, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">300583</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Sinclair</td><td class="tdl">Severely wounded, Oct. 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">302955</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Walter Napier</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/10/17, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Sinclair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Clark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Thomson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">11th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>When the battalion was in support of the 44th Brigade at Loos the pipers -took a very prominent share in the glory and the losses of the day. One, -Charles Cameron, stood out in the open and played as a rallying point, and -the battalion called him "The Piper of Loos." Other pipers were employed -as runners, or in the ranks.</p> - -<p>The casualties during this part of the campaign were so heavy that the -pipe band was kept, as far as possible, out of the front line.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Macfarlane</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25-27/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Ritchie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 26/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Millan, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">D.C.M., 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Chas. Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Chas. Hoey</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Barnett</td><td class="tdl">Killed on Hill 70.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Wallace</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Gillespie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. M'Diarmid</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, July 1915; killed, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. W. M'Callum</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Wood</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, May 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Macpherson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Harper</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bennet</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Diarmid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hamilton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Died Dec. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Kellar</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Gray</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[142]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">12th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Were often employed as runners. When the battalion was due to go -into support the pipers were sent on to meet the companies and bring them -in. The officers value the band so highly that they consider they should not -be sent into the front line if it can possibly be avoided.</p> - -<p>During actual offensive operations pipers were also employed as runners -or on forward trench dumps, etc., and sometimes in the ranks.</p> - -<p>Marches in Macedonia were often very arduous "and the pipers made -an amazing difference on the men's spirits."</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4492</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Douglas</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">275286</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Ewan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 598</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Stevenson, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Twice wounded; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6829</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Coll</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease, Salonika, 16/2/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 284</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Beattie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Stirling</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Oct. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5660</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 409</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Kay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10138</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Wilson, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">20022</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Norrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">203267</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Pirrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4564</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Connelly</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5808</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Donnelly</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4738</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Hinton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6468</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Traill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5388</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Davidson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5896</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Linton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14389</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Kelly</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5705</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Harper</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">279048</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Philliban</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Hill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4927</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. M'Con</td><td class="tdl">Killed in action, 8/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5813</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Strathearn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5706</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kerrow</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">14th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Owing to their value to the battalion the pipers were not employed in -the front line.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Henry Forsyth</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Philip Melville</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Adams</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Dean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Gibson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Joseph Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Kennedy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Isaac</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Burness</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. M'Kenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Arthur</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Blyth</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Yule</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Corson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Maxwell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Duncan Grant</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE LONDON SCOTTISH</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>During the earlier part of the war the pipers served in the ranks and -suffered heavy casualties. In the fighting at Messines on 31st October, 1914, -and the subsequent operations at Zillebeke, 4 were killed and 2 were wounded, -and of the original pipe band only one remained after six months. All -these casualties occurred while the men were acting as observers. Several -pipers were subsequently given commissions in other regiments.</p> - -<p>Owing to the great difficulty of replacement every effort has been made, -during the last two years of the war, to keep pipers out of the front line.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. Greig</td><td class="tdl">Lt. Army Ordnance Dept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">142</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Carey</td><td class="tdl">Killed at Messines, 1/11/14, when acting as observer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">139</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. G. Latham</td><td class="tdl">Despatches; killed at Zillebeke, while sniping, 16/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Nicol</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Porteous</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Messines, 31/10/14-1/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1145</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Porteous</td><td class="tdl">Wounded at Messines, 31/10/14-1/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1341</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Parkyn</td><td class="tdl">Missing since Messines, 31/10/14-1/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. W. D. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Lieut. 5th Camerons; wounded and missing, 17/8/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1870</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. F. Bennie</td><td class="tdl">Killed at Zillebeke, 9/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. F. Gordon Forbes</td><td class="tdl">Lieut. Army Ordnance Dept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Oram</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Joss</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4167</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. S. Pinnington</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Henderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Sutherland-Graeme</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Gordon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3599</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. A. Cornell</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Somme, 2/10/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Morrison</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to R.E.; got D.C.M. and Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cairns Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Formerly piper; 2nd Lieut.; killed; Military Cross.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Simon Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/5/17, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">510531</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. B. Paton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/5/17, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">511874</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. W. Davidson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. S. D. Grant Crawford</td><td class="tdl">Transferred to A.O.D., Lieut.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The pipers of this battalion have served in three theatres of war. They -have played through Flanders and France, across the desert and in Palestine. -They led the battalion into Jerusalem on 9th Dec., 1917, and thereafter -on across the Jordan, through the hills of Gilead, and in Jericho, and -Bethlehem. Again in Salonika and among the Macedonian hills they -carried the music of the Highlands. In the desert difficulties were experienced -with the reeds and with the drought; and the men often had to keep the -bags going out of their own scanty ration of water.</p> - -<p>From the nature of the operations against the Turks, in which surprise -played so important a part, pipers had no opportunity of playing their -companies into action. So invaluable were they in keeping the men up in -the long desert marches that they were, as far as possible, reserved for that -duty.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. C. Wills</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">510021</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. A. M'Gilvray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">510013</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Oram</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. W. Cummins</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 513953</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. K. Pullar</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 510759</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. J. Horniblow</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Mills</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 511170</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. A. Matheson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 511450</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. A. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 510264</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">O. Machell-Varise</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 513865</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. W. Macmillan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 513650</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Hay</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/18941</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. A. W. Gillies</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">S/41114</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. MacFadyen</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 290381</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Ewen</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE TYNESIDE SCOTTISH</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In the Somme fighting on 1st July, 1916, the battalion was played -into action by its pipers and had 5 killed and 2 wounded; the survivors, -Pipe Major John Wilson and Piper George Taylor, were awarded the -Military Medal.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 290</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Wilson, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 237</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Garnet W. Fyfe</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Boyd</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 223</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Boyce</td><td class="tdl">Killed, ? 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Scott</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Stephens</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1585</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Fellows</td><td class="tdl">Missing.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 154</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Downie</td><td class="tdl">Missing.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 840</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1594</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Davidson</td><td class="tdl">Missing.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1485</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Inglis</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1525</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Taylor, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>On the same occasion this battalion was played into action by its pipers. -1525 Piper James Phillips was mentioned in despatches.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1147</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Munro Strachan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1149</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Strachan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1150</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1230</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Willie Scott</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1188</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Clark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 558</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. C. Griffiths</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1151</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Phillips</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1225</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M. Phillips, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1228</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Carnegie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 28/6/16.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">3rd Battalion</span></p> - -<p>On the same occasion this battalion was played into action, but the whole -of the pipers were killed or wounded.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Boyd</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stephens</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Steele</td><td class="tdl">Missing, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Finley</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Greaves</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded and missing, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">16th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>This was the first English regiment to have a pipe band, the men -being recruited for the purpose from Glasgow.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1152</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1149</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Gibson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1144</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Grant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2530</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Sloan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Oct. 1916, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1145</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fred Carruthers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1148</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Norman M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1350</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Dugald M'Farlane</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1154</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Henry Mitchelson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1151</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Latham</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1930</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Gilchrist</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1153</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Kerr</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[147]</a></span></p> - -<h3>THE LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH</h3> - -<p>At Bois Grenier, Piper Thomas Wilson played his company over the top. -Mostly employed as stretcher-bearers, but in 1914 the pipers of 1st Batt. -also served in ranks. Piper Sydney Wilson was three times awarded certificate -of gallantry.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Stoddart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Poperinghe, July 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Stoddart (<span class="fvnormal">Junior</span>)</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John White</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. J. Ogilvie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Rogers</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Graham</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Wilson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Sydney Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Twice wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Barclay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Copland</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">2nd Battalion</span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10">358269</td><td class="tdl wd15">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded (gas).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Gilfillan</td><td class="tdl">Twice wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Henry Forrester</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Johnson</td><td class="tdl">Twice gassed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Carlyle</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Stanley Rae</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Service</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Don. Fowler</td><td class="tdl">Twice wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Martin</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Sydney Rogers</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE ROYAL FUSILIERS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">23rd Battalion</span></p> - -<p class="p1 center">(1st Sportsman's Batt.)</p> - -<p>The pipers, during the period of trench warfare, were employed behind -the lines. The C.O. considers they were of the greatest value in keeping<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[148]</a></span> -up the men's morale, on marches and in bringing companies out of the -trenches.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1339</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. F. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. M'Clunie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Johnstone</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Foreman</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. F. Suttie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 16/3/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. M'Lennan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Seath</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Adamson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 16/3/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Leath</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE ARGYLLSHIRE MOUNTAIN BATTERY</h3> - -<p>The pipers in this Battery all served as gunners.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">William MacNeill</td><td class="tdl">Died, pneumonia, 18/8/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil Smith</td><td class="tdl">Accidentally killed, 1/3/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James MacPhee</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE ROSS AND CROMARTY BATTERY</h3> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10">4403</td><td class="tdl wd15">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 14/5/15; died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5035</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jas. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 14/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4323</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/6/15.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>MISCELLANEOUS</h3> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10">318411</td><td class="tdl wd15">Pte.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Scott</td><td class="tdl">11th F.A., R.A.M.C.; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 93110</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew M'Intosh</td><td class="tdl">2/2nd Lothian Field Ambulance; severely wounded.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a></span></p> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">THE PIPE BAND OF THE 52nd (LOWLAND) DIVISION</span></h3> - -<p>This band was formed in Gallipoli in October, 1915.</p> - -<p>It was understood then that a dull and dreary winter campaign was in -front of the troops. A committee of officers was formed to find some sort -of entertainment to keep the men as cheery as possible. It was decided -that both a Military and a Pipe Band should be raised. This job was left -entirely in the hands of Colonel <span class="smcap">C. A. H. Maclean</span> of Pennycross, a critical -and enthusiastic lover of music, who, being a Highlander and an accomplished -piper, naturally insisted on the Pipe Band being a good one.</p> - -<p>Practically all that was left of the pipers in the different regiments of -the Division were used to form the band, which consisted of twelve pipers -and six drummers, all having taken part in the severe fighting prior to this -duty. Good players and members of some of the finest bands in Scotland, -under the leadership of Pipe-Major Wm. Fergusson, 1/7th Battn. Highland -Light Infantry, a well-known piper and exponent of "Ceol Mhor," the -band made steady progress, and soon was in grand fettle. The way both -bands were appreciated testifies to the sound judgment of the committee -and the able management of the Colonel.</p> - -<p>The Division, being entirely composed of Scots, hailed with delight the -skirl of the pipes, which had been heard but too seldom since the Division -landed.</p> - -<p>The band had exceptional luck while on Gallipoli, never having had a -casualty after it was raised, although often playing under heavy shell fire. -They played and warmed the hearts of all true Scots, and must have given -the wily Turk quite a shock with "Hey Johnnie Cope," which could be -heard quite distinctly on a quiet morning in the firing-line, right up till -within a few days of the final evacuation of the peninsula.</p> - -<p>After sojourning for a month on the Island of Mudros, they sailed with -the rest of the Division for Egypt. From Abbassia (Cairo) they moved -to the desert front, and have been with the Division in the trek across Sinai.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a></span></p> - -<p>From El Arish the band accompanied the Division right into Palestine, -and is believed to be the first pipe band to play in the "Holy Land."</p> - - -<h3>PRISONERS OF WAR BAND</h3> - -<p>One of the most remarkable of military pipe bands was one organised -in the British prisoners' internment camps in Holland. At one time this -band consisted of 13 pipers of different units, including two pipe majors, -under Pipe Major Duff, 2nd Royal Scots.</p> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<p class="pfs135">OVERSEAS BATTALIONS</p> - - -<h3>PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY</h3> - -<p>The pipers were mainly employed as bearers.</p> - -<p>In the attack on the Vimy Ridge on 9th April, 1917, the battalion was -played over by the nine pipers.</p> - -<p>Pipers were also employed as runners.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 667</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Colville</td><td class="tdl">Invalided; despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12942</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Macdonald, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 17/9/16; D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 262</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Laing</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 8/5/15; despatches.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 672</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Intosh</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1770</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hunter</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 264</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ritchie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 22/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 676</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Loy</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 28/2/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 265</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 25/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1296</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M. Robertson, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 8/5/15, D.C.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 679</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wood</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 17/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1772</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Miller</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 266</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Lean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1771</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Harvey</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a></span> - 1174</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Logan</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 15/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">21499</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. G. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">432938</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Laing</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">432013</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Ritchie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">432966</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Adamson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, March, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">432862</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. Smith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">432137</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wood</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">432812</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Dunbar</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">433130</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Thomson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">432312</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Murray</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">13th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>In the Ypres fighting in April 1915 the pipers suffered heavily, 3 of -them being killed and 5 wounded. Some of them were employed as -runners, others in the ranks.</p> - -<p>At the recapture of Hill 70 in August 1917 the companies were led to -the attack by their pipers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24002</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Manson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24962</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. A. M'Arthur</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24010</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Burns</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 23/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24011</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Dyce</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 23/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24012</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Lawson</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Fleurbaix, 16/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24013</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. J. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 24/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24014</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Sinclair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24015</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Singer</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 3/5/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24392</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 2/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24155</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 24/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24704</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 22/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">25045</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. W. Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8004</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. S. Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11095</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Eden</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12942</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">46636</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Connacher</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14536</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. B. Macpherson</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a></span></p> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">THE 48th HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA</span></h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">15th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>The battalion took out 19 pipers. At the battle of Amiens, 5th-8th -August, 1918, their pipers played in the front line. They were fortunate -as regards casualties during the war, having lost only one man killed.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27221</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. R. Keith, M.M.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27386</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. A. Newlands</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27548</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27925</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27659</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. Crosbie</td><td class="tdl">Obtained commission in R.A.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27058</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. A. Cowen</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, Ypres, 22/4/15; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27883</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Donaldson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27023</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. Miller</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 2709</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. H. Wick</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13611</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Braidwood</td><td class="tdl">Obtained commission.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">30207</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Gordon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">152</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. A. Mackinnon, M.C.</td><td class="tdl">Obtained commission.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">43212</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Sturrock</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">37451</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Macdonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">41587</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. A. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">58456</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. C. Henderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">135514</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M. MacDonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">192071</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. MacDonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">193489</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Hinshelwood</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">799915</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. MacDonald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1045162</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Hamilton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1045069</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Neill</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1045923</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. E. Mathews</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1045177</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. B. MacWilliam</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">192170</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Martin</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1045779</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Hynd</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">192270</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Mair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">799627</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Smith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">799248</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Anderson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">799041</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. G. Watson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">799255</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Lawrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">799704</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Maclachlan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">799258</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. MacPherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">799256</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. T. Lamb</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2393381</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. M'Dowall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">2393526</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cant</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a></span></p> - - -<h3>THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">16th Battalion</span></p> - -<p>At Ypres (April 1915) two pipers, Jas. Thomson and W. M'Ivor, were -killed while playing the charge; and at Festubert in May, G. Birnie and -A. Morrison were killed in the same way. Some of the pipers were employed -as bearers, runners, etc., but, the casualties continuing, it was found necessary -for a time to withdraw them from the firing line. During the Somme -fighting, however, they were again used as pipers. In the attack of 8th -October, 1916, Pipers Richardson, Park, Paul and M'Kellar played through -very heavy fire for over half a mile, and Richardson and Park were killed. -Piper Richardson was awarded the V.C. posthumously. On another -occasion, in the attack on the Quirique Rue position, Pipers Birnie and -Morrison stood on a ruined farmhouse and played until they were both killed.</p> - -<p>In the attack on the Vimy Ridge on 9th April, 1917, the battalion was -again led to their objective by the Pipe Major, Groat and five pipers for a -distance of over a mile; Pipe Major Groat got the Military Medal.</p> - -<p>For bravery at Paschendaele, Aug. 1917, Lance-Cpl. M'Gillivray—who -was killed—got the Military Medal, and Piper Paul received the same -distinction.</p> - -<p>The C.O. regards the pipes as invaluable in action. Of the pipers one -got the V.C., one the D.C.M. and nine the Military Medal. No man was -recommended for a distinction unless he had twice played his company to -an attack.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28556</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Leod</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28558</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ronald M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29327</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Groat, D.C.M., M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major, Nov. 1915; D.C.M.; Military Medal and Bar.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28812</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 22-28/4/15; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28694</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Ypres, 23/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28779</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Ivor</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 10/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29236</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Lowe</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Ypres, 22-28/4/15; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[154]</a></span> - 28595</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Birnie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 20/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29468</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus Morrison</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 20/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28557</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alec M'Gillivray (?), M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 15/8/17; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29048</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alan M'Nab, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28559</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29336</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Inglis</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29149</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gordon Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28930</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Richardson, V.C.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/10/16; V.C.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28561</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Parks</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/10/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28560</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh M'Kellar</td><td class="tdl">Invalided, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">859495</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lightheart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">429603</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Paul, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Amiens, 8/8/18; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">467573</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Robertson, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">466703</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Allister, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">183188</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Buchanan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">183192</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh M'Beth</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">736522</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Horn</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">737176</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John J. M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Amiens, 8/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">736406</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Goldie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">160387</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Norman M'Iver</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">859059</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Arthur Duncan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">603174</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gordon Cruickshank, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">633237</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Duncan M'Kinnon</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">633179</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald M'Donell, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">633524</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lawrence M'Gillivray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">189348</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Harry M'Lean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">603269</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Willie Darlow</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">859498</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Lightheart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">860095</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 85959</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Sept. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">959196</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Hunter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">859941</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Gregor</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">693164</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Arthur Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">859100</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">779259</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George M'Leod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">859454</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Kenzie</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA</h3> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Duke</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James G. Munro</td><td class="tdl">Taken prisoner, Somme, ? Sept. 1916.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span></p> - -<h3><span class="smcap">THE 21st CANADIANS</span></h3> - -<p class="p1 center">(Eastern Ontario Regiment)</p> - -<p>It is considered in this battalion that pipers are quite indispensable, -and should be spared as far as possible.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ian Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Cambrai, 11/10/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 59224</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Currie, M.M., M.C.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 23/4/16; Military Medal; promoted Lieut.; got Military Cross.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 59937</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 27/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 60115</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Mackenzie, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 59320</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Fyfe</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 28/10/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 59311</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ewart</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 59620</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Keachen</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">633985</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">401191</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Macdougall</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 19/6/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 59618</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Dougall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 59181</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. R. Coghill, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">675268</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. H. Collins</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">633879</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Alexander</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">675274</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Little</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">633643</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Donald</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">THE 25th CANADIANS</span></h3> - -<p>Piper Telfer played his company into action at Vimy Ridge until -wounded. He was awarded the Military Medal; Piper W. Brand also got -the same distinction. Again, at Amiens, August 1918, the battalion was -played over. There was great competition among the men to be allowed -to perform this duty. Frequently they were employed as bearers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Carson</td><td class="tdl">Meritorious Service Medal; wounded, 13/8/18; Mons Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Cant</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Morrison</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Telfer</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal; wounded, 9/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Brand</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[156]</a></span> - </td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Brand</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Dougall</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Hooper</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Kitchenham</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Thomas</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 9/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. O'Connell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. H. M'Kinnon</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. H. Shirley</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. B. Thurlow</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Fyffe</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Ritchie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Culloch</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. M'Leod</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Macintosh</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lavrey</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Buchanan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. MacBean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hector Maclean Angus</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">THE 29th CANADIANS</span></h3> - -<p class="p1 center">(Vancouver Regiment)</p> - -<p>Pipers were employed as bearers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">75582</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Montgomery</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">75132</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Culloch</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">75297</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. May</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 13/11/17; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">75599</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. S. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 6/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">76216</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Burnside</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 6/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">76484</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. R. Davidson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">76186</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">73583</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M. Bayne</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 20/4/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">76482</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clark</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">75848</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. M'Donald</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">75673</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Lachlan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">76180</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Rae</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">75298</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. A. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">76481</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Dunsmuir</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">30173</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Wilson</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[157]</a></span></p> - -<h3><span class="smcap">THE 236th CANADIANS</span></h3> - -<p class="p1 center">(The MacLean Regiment)</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030319</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Barton</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030099</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. H. Blair</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030239</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. W. Bradford</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030098</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Cecil Brewer</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030225</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Douglas Burbridge</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030152</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Campbell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030076</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Clarke</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030020</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. H. Collins</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030328</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Cromwell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030253</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Dodds</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030008</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Richard Ferrie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030312</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Grant</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030513</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Kenneth Gregory</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030010</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fred Hayter</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030043</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fred Harris</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030012</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Fadgen</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030511</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Ewan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030326</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Namee</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030581</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Mack</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 742630</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Walter Morrell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030196</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Harold Miles</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030045</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Edward Ralsten</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030030</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Regan</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 743040</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030016</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. H. Ross</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030323</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Benson Robinson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030052</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gordon Scott</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030142</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. J. Sloane</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030066</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Smith</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030014</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030184</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Douglas Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 291928</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Simpson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030545</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Stewart</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030217</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Tandy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030026</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. E. Walker</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030093</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George White</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030110</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Willis</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030061</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Wilson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 467264</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Walker</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1030143</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Jamerison</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[158]</a></span></p> - -<h3>THE CANADIAN PIONEERS</h3> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="smcap">1st Battalion</span></p> - -<p>Owing to the nature of the employment of this battalion on railway -construction the pipers were principally in the ranks as sappers.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">154580</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M'Kenzie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">154492</td><td class="tdl">Piper (Sapper)</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Henry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">154589</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 7/5/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">154184</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/6/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">155016</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Gray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 4/6/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">154121</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Kell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">154027</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Mars</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 17/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">491353</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. G. Richardson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">154231</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Hyndman</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 17/9/17.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">THE 2nd AUCKLAND REGIMENT</span></h3> - -<p>The band was started in Egypt in 1915 with 4 pipers, and gradually -a few more were added. The pipers were not allowed to go into action -as such. Pipe Major J. F. Robertson was given the Military Medal for -gallantry during the operations round Bapaume in 1918.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Cameron</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. F. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Awarded Military Medal, Bapaume, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. M. Kennedy</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Stevenson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Brown</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Kinley</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Lambie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Barry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. M'Lean</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clothier</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Johns</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[159]</a></span></p> - -<h3><span class="smcap">THE 42nd AUSTRALIANS</span></h3> - -<p>This battalion raised a band of 8 pipers when they left Australia in -1916. They were largely employed as scouts, runners, etc.</p> - -<p>The battalion was subsequently merged into the 41st.</p> - -<p>Pipers A. Aitken and R. Gillespie were awarded Military Medals for -valuable scouting work carried out prior to the action at Messines in June -1917.</p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. R. M'Coll</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. S. MacNaught</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Aitken, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Wounded; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Gillespie, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. A. Murray</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Pherson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Coll</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Murray</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. H. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Lathangie</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. A. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. S. Chaplin</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Reid</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Milne</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Pherson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Clarke</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Howie</td><td class="tdl">Wounded.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<h3>THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCOTTISH</h3> - -<p>The pipers proved quite invaluable on the long marches in the -operations against the Senussi, in keeping the men going, under the most -trying climatic conditions.</p> - -<p>The pipers were sometimes employed as bearers, or as carriers of stores, -ammunition, etc., and as runners.</p> - -<p>In the Cambrai advance by the Germans they had to serve in the ranks. -At Houdincourt, having piled their pipes and taken up rifles, nearly all their -instruments were destroyed by a shell.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">[160]</a></span></p> - -<div class="fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr class="xs"><td class="tdl wd25 tdpp" colspan="2">REG. NO. RANK.</td><td class="tdc wd35">NAME.</td><td class="tdc wd40">RECORD.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10"></td><td class="tdl wd15">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Cameron, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Became C. Sergt.-Major; wounded.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Grieve</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, March 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Hay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Scott</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, 9/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Gray, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Waterhouse, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Matheson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. A. Cummings</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Fraser</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Gordon</td><td class="tdl">Invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Lindsay</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. M'Neil</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Calman</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Munro</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, Oct. 1916; invalided.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Strang</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Collier</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Irons</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Gregor</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Coll</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Strang</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[161]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_b_161-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -Roll of Honour<br /> -1914-1918<br /> -<br /> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">Cha till, cha till, cha till Mac Criomain,</p> -<p class="verse">An cogadh no sith cha till e tuille;</p> -<p class="verse">Le airgiod no ni cha till Mac Criomain,</p> -<p class="verse">Cha till e gu bràth gu là na cruinne.</p> -<br /> -</div></div> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">Son épée au Roi,</p> -<p class="verse">Son cœur à sa dame,</p> -<p class="verse">Ses honneurs à soi,</p> -<p class="verse">—À dieu son âme.</p> -</div></div> -</div> -</div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[162]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="ROLL_OF_HONOUR" id="ROLL_OF_HONOUR"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">ROLL OF HONOUR. 1914-1918</a></h2> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st SCOTS GUARDS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr wd10">3707</td><td class="tdl wd15">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl wd35 smcap">Samuel Richardson</td><td class="tdl wd40">Died of wounds, Aisne, 14/9/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8543</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 31/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 991</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Martin, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 19/2/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Malcolm Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1914.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Carmichael</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">2nd SCOTS GUARDS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hector M'Kimm</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Zonnebeke, 26/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8081</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles M'Guire</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Ypres, 29/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">48594</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Died, Bulgaria, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">2nd ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">13459</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Fisher</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 15/4/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8516</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Croix Barbes, 13/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8450</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Drummond</td><td class="tdl">Killed, The Bluff, 23/1/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11484</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Lindsay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 4/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Kinlay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">44118</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cruickshanks</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 27/9/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3190</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Died, 30/9/15</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10536</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Duguid</td><td class="tdl">Died of gas, 10/5/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">4th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Buchan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Rutherford</td><td class="tdl">Died, dysentery, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1303</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Hardie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 2/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 766</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Lawson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 28/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1824</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George W. Downie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 7/5/15.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a></span> - 1235</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Sinclair</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 8/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8109</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lieut.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Tom Bartleman <span class="fvnormal">(formerly Piper), Seaforth Highlanders</span>,</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Sept. 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">6th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Murdoch Bethune</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Somme, 2/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Leake</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">7th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Gear</td><td class="tdl">Killed in railway accident.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Smeaton</td><td class="tdl">Killed in railway accident.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Nicol</td><td class="tdl">Killed in railway accident.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fred Turner</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">251141</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Neill</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 6/11/17, Palestine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">9th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. L. Forsyth, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Lauder</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">11th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Kane</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 14/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">12th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 12991</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Hislop</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200737</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter West</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 13459</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Fisher</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 15/4/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">13th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Murdoch Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease, 9/2/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Flood</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 26/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Died as prisoner of war, Sept. 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Mitchell</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 26/8/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">16th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. Bethune</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Grey</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, April 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Noon</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, April 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">17th ROYAL SCOTS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 14/7/18 (Lieut. 1st Gordons).</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[165]</a></span> - 2nd ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. W. Richardson</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Butterworth</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Lean</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Messines, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Moore</td><td class="tdl">Died after discharge.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">4th ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Shaw</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Palestine, 21/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Allister</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Greig</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Milner</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Gallipoli, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">7797</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Murdoch</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9884</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Higginson</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 26/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11315</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Maitland</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Paschendaele, 27/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">4th KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">778</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Lunham</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">779</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kerr</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">306</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Street</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">822</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Hendry</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 308</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1760</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Martin</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Gorman</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">6th KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14851</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Lomas</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Simes</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Moffat</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Pringle</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, Oct. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">7th KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Taylor</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[166]</a></span> - 8th KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14277</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Vittie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Reid</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Surriton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9429</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Best</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9441</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Black</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10924</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Robertson</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">2nd SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Cameron</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 10/2/15, Laventie.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Horne</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 31/7/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 16/5/15, La Bassée.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 10/2/15, Laventie.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Forsyth</td><td class="tdl">Killed, July 15, Bois Grenier.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Clark</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lauder</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, March 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Accidentally killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5/6th SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">201124</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. C. Purdie</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">7th SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1106</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Ramage</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/6/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 868</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Shearer</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/7/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1178</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Deans</td><td class="tdl">Killed, <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'June, 1615'">June, 1915</ins>, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265958</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Iver</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/11/17, Palestine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1817</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Strachan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 4/11/17, Palestine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">8th SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil Macleod</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John MacIntyre</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/6/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/6/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James M'Indoe</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 29/7/18, France.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Whitelaw</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">9th SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">30503</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Macara</td><td class="tdl">Killed, March 1917.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[167]</a></span> - 10th SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Black</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/1/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Duncan Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 17/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Harris</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 27/1/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">11th SCOTTISH RIFLES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14631</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Stevenson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 28/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st BLACK WATCH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9617</td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Leod</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 21/8/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1956</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. M'Intyre</td><td class="tdl">Missing, 14/8/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">2nd BLACK WATCH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1871</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Galloway</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/10/15, Givenchy.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9908</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Wann</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 10/2/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1449</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Davis</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Mauquissart.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 736</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Simpson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Mauquissart.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 941</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Nee</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 25/9/15, Mesopotamia.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 10/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Mathieson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Mauquissart.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1539</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Macdonald, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Discharged; subsequently died, 26/3/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th BLACK WATCH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1568</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Howie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 406</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Fred Reid</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">6th BLACK WATCH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. Massie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, Oct. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Gillies</td><td class="tdl">Died, July 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Fallon</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, May 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, La Boiselle, Aug. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Harper</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Fremicourt, 23/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Tainsh</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Fremicourt, 23/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Forbes</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Fremicourt, 23/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Myles</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Fremicourt, 23/12/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Paton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, June 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">7th BLACK WATCH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4470</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Johnston</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 7/1/17, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Swan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Wilkie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[168]</a></span> - 8th BLACK WATCH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3014</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265912</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Menzies</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Meteren, July 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3019</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Simpson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3375</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Reilly</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">9th BLACK WATCH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Killed, March, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6894</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Buchan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9615</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/5/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10107</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. Burns</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9860</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas James</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9011</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Morrison</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11499</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Naught</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/11/14, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11470</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 7/9/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Mitchell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 18/9/14, Vermeuil.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11468</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Corpl. (acting Pipe Major) <span class="smcap">J. Smith</span></td><td class="tdl">Died enteric, Mesopotamia.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">2nd HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10264</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Findlay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 14/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10976</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Irving</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 3/11/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9272</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 21/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">4th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15, Dardanelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">6th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1237</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Niven</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/7/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">9th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1666</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Drummond</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 3/6/15, Vermelles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333792</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Crawford</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">333138</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Creath</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[169]</a></span> - 10th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">12562</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Whitefield</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Cambrin.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 902</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Donaldson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/7/15, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">17505</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Intyre</td><td class="tdl">Gassed, Cambrai; died, 8/11/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">12th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, 9/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Kean</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Pierce</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, Sept. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">14th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 24/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">15th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">353152</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ayette, 13/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">16th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">15032</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Walter Orr</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">14699</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Rankin</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Thiepval.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">17th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Forrest</td><td class="tdl">Died.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">20th HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">26650</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Devlin</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 25/9/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">30503</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Macara</td><td class="tdl">Killed, March 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hearne</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 709</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Wilkinson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, France.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7900</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Cowans</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 7/11/14, "Port Arthur."</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9291</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Pratt</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 9/5/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 479</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Black</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 3/11/14, "Port Arthur."</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 788</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Urquhart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/12/14, Givenchy.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9158</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Actg. Pipe Major <span class="smcap">J. MacLellan</span></td><td class="tdl">Killed, 21/4/17, Mesopotamia.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10457</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 311</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Mesopotamia, Oct. 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 529</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Baghdad, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Cook</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Mesopotamia, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Smith</td><td class="tdl">Killed, France.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[170]</a></span> - 2nd SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9106</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, /6/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9223</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, /10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 283</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Dougal MacMillan</td><td class="tdl">Died, /2/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">David Macrae</td><td class="tdl">Killed, /2/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Kenneth Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, /5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Rennie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, /5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Clark</td><td class="tdl">Killed, /5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9494</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Rennie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 3/10/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Hall</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9132</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Johnstone</td><td class="tdl">Wounded, 25/4/15; killed, 26/1/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10456</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Sgt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, 1917.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">4th SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24316</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Prisoner; died of wounds, May 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Kemp</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Aulay</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Valenciennes, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Lennan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Neuve Chapelle, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">422</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">251</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">599</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donald M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont Hamel.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">6th SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Lieut. (formerly Piper) <span class="smcap">J. Hector Ross</span></td><td class="tdl">Killed, 23/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Roclincourt, 9/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Leod</td><td class="tdl">Killed, May 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. D. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont Hamel.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Mackie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont Hamel.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Killed, May 1917, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Alexander</td><td class="tdl">Killed, April 1918, La Bassée.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, July 1915.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[171]</a></span> - 7th SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">40417</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">O'Kain M'Lennan</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 11/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1456</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 4181</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Galbraith</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 9070</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 30/6/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 2177</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Halliday</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, at Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3843</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">K. Thyne</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, 14/7/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 4661</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">B. Hamilton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">8th SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5721</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Charles Anderson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6567</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Spence</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6400</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6546</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Duncan MacGregor</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease, France.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Clark</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 25/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">9th SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">267336</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Sutherland</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 19/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">240018</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 11/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3964</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Mahon</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 23879</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Duncan</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st GORDON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Frederick Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 26/8/14, Mons.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. M'Fall</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 24/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Howie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 24/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, /1/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Allan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 14/12/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hector Ross</td><td class="tdl">Killed, /3/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">2nd GORDON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 430</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 30/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10655</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10639</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 110</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 219</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Bruce</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10653</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 205</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ledingham</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10139</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Ramage</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. White</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7383</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cassie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">P. Brown</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 5/10/17.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[172]</a></span> - Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Bissett</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">10296</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Sinclair</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 7375</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Smith</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 6853</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Stewart, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8390</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Scott</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 335</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M'Crimmon</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">4th GORDON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Killed while serving with R.F.C.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th GORDON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1156</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Graham</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 3/6/15, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">11586</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Willox</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 31/7/16, High Wood.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Andrew Brown, M.M.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 31/7/16, High Wood.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">6th GORDON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">62</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Milton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 10/3/15, Neuve Chapelle.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">9th GORDON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9023</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Somme, 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6720</td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Selby</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 22/10/14.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5173</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Barrie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 5/11/14, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8535</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gilbert M'Calman</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Feb. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">9345</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. M'Bean</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Arras, Aug. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">2nd CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John MacAskil</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Hill 60, April 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Donnachie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1915.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Cabe</td><td class="tdl">Died.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Died, 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald M'Kenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Hill 60, April 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Lachlan M'Bean</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, St. Eloi, 10/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Died, Salonika, 18/10/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">4th CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1120</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Cheyne</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 17/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 645</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Paterson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Festubert, 17/5/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">200120</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 14/10/17.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[173]</a></span> - 5th CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5497</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. MacEachern</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5113</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. J. M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3931</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 27/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John MacLellan</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Sorel, 21/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alexander Clunie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, 3/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Archibald Crawford</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Sorel, 21/3/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Porteous</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Oct. 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">6th CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">22461</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Walker</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 26/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">7th CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">G. Alves</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Smart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Kenneth Macleod</td><td class="tdl">Died.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Woodside</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 16/2/15, St. Eloi.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">570</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Robert Kennedy</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 30/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">2nd ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 567</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Peter M'Lintock</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Milne</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 90</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">M'Kay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Armentières, 27/11/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8157</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. Planner</td><td class="tdl">Killed, October 1918.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">6th ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3037</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Pringle</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 18/6/15, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3042</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Allister</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 18/6/15, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">3162</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Carlyle</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 16/6/15, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1890</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Craig</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 27/7/16, Longueval.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">7th ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">277167</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Hugh M'Donald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Aug. 1917, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">8th ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Lawrie</td><td class="tdl">Died, Nov. 1916.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span> - 9th ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 324</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. M'Allister</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 10/5/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1711</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Russell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/4/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">10th ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">MacNeill</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Oct. 1916, Longueval.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 570</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Kennedy</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Longueval.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 8051</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alex. Kennedy</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, Ypres, 12/10/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">302955</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Walter Napier</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 12/10/17, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">11th ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jas. Ritchie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 26/9/15, Loos.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Jas. Barnett</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 26/9/15, Hill 70.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">F. M'Diarmaid</td><td class="tdl">Killed, July 1916, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ferguson</td><td class="tdl">Died, Dec. 1916, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">12th ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Stirling</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Oct. 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">6829</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Coll</td><td class="tdl">Died of disease, Salonika, 16/2/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">5660</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4927</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">L. M'Con</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">LONDON SCOTTISH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Carey</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/11/14, Messines.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 139</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap"> H. Leatham</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 16/11/14, Zillebeke.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">? 1341</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">D. Parkyn</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/11/14, Messines.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">C. W. Mackay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 17/8/16, Somme (Lieut. 5th Camerons).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 1870</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Binnie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/11/14, Zillebeke.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 3509</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cornell</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 2/10/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Lieut.</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. Cairns Wilson <span class="fvnormal">(formerly Piper)</span></td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1917; Military Medal.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">513657</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Simon Campbell</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/5/17, Arras.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">510531</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. B. Paton</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/5/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Woodcock</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st TYNESIDE SCOTTISH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 237</td><td class="tdl">Lance-Cpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Garnet Fyfe</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 223</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Boyce</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1585</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Fellows</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 154</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Downie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1485</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Inglis</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a></span> - 2nd TYNESIDE SCOTTISH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1230</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Scott</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1151</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Phillips</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">3rd TYNESIDE SCOTTISH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Steele</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Finlay</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">T. Wilson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">R. Greaves</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">16th MIDDLESEX.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">1151</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Latham</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 1/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Kirkland <span class="fvnormal">(formerly Piper, 11th Middlesex)</span></td><td class="tdl">Killed, Ypres, 17/2/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Stoddart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Poperinghe, July 1916.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">23rd ROYAL FUSILIERS (1st SPORTSMAN'S BATT.).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Suttie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 16/3/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 16/3/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">ARGYLL MOUNTAIN BATTERY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">William MacNeill</td><td class="tdl">Died, 18/8/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil Smith</td><td class="tdl">Accidentally killed, 1/3/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">ROSS AND CROMARTY BATTERY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">4403</td><td class="tdl">Gunner</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 14/5/15.</td></tr> - -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp large" colspan="4">OVERSEAS BATTALIONS</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">265</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. M. Robertson, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 25/3/15.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Sergt.</td><td class="tdl smcap">John M'Donald, D.C.M.</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 17/9/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">ROYAL HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA, 13th BATTALION.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24013</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">A. J. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 16/3/15, Fleurbaix.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24012</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Lawson</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 16/3/15, Fleurbaix.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24392</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">H. Robertson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 2/5/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">24704</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">N. Macdonald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 24/4/15, Ypres.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a></span> - 48th HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA, 15th BATTALION.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">27548</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. Thompson</td><td class="tdl">Died.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">CANADIAN SCOTTISH, 16th BATTALION.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28694</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Thomson</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 23/4/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28779</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">William M'Ivor</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 10/5/15, Ypres.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28595</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Birnie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/5/15, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 29468</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Angus Morrison</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/5/15, Festubert.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28930</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">James Richardson, V.C.</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/10/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28561</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Parks</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/10/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> 28557</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">Alec M'Gillivray</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 15/8/17, Paschendaele.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">429803</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">George Paul</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 8/8/18, Amiens.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">21st CANADIANS (EASTERN ONTARIO REGIMENT).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Pipe Major</td><td class="tdl smcap">Ian Mackenzie</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Cambrai, 11/10/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">25th CANADIANS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">E. Stewart</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 9/4/18.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">29th CANADIANS (VANCOUVER REGIMENT).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">75599</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 6/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">76126</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">W. Burnside</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 6/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">76484</td><td class="tdlx">"</td><td class="tdl smcap">J. R. Davidson</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 6/11/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">1st CANADIAN PIONEERS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">154184</td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">John Grant</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 13/6/16.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">42nd AUSTRALIANS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">M. H. Fraser</td><td class="tdl">Killed.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">5th VICTORIAN INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">32</td><td class="tdl">Corpl.</td><td class="tdl smcap">Gordon Inglis</td><td class="tdl">Died of wounds, 24/1/16, Gallipoli.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">SOUTH AFRICAN SCOTTISH.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Lieut. (formerly Pipe Major) <span class="smcap">Robert Thorburn</span></td><td class="tdl">Killed, 20/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Thomas Scott</td><td class="tdl">Killed, Arras, 9/4/17.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap tdpp" colspan="4">NEW ZEALANDERS (OTAGO REGIMENT).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">8/2519</td><td class="tdl">Corpl. Piper</td><td class="tdl smcap">Neil MacDonald</td><td class="tdl">Killed, 15/7/16, Somme.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="tb" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span></p> -<p class="p6" /> - -<p class="pfs120 antiqua">"So he passed over. And all the trumpets sounded<br /> -for him on the other side."</p> - - -<p class="p6" /> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[179]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="CANNTAIREACHD" id="CANNTAIREACHD"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">CANNTAIREACHD</a></h2> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">By Major J. P. Grant, M.C., Yr. of Rothiemurchus</span></p> - -<p class="noindent">It is related<a name="FNanchor_14_14" id="FNanchor_14_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a> by Sir John Graham Dalyell how in 1818, one John Campbell -from Nether Lorn, brought "a folio in MS., said to contain numerous -compositions," for the inspection of the judges at the annual piping competition -held in Edinburgh under the auspices of the Highland Society: -the story goes on, "but the contents merely resembling a written narrative -in an unknown language, nor bearing any resemblance to Gaelic, they -proved utterly unintelligible. Amidst many conjectures relative both to -the subject and the language, nobody adventured so far as to guess at either -airs or pibrochs." It is believed that this is the earliest authentic reference -to the pipers notation known as Canntaireachd, and it is of interest -to note that even as early as 1818,<a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a> among the class of Highland gentlemen -who acted as judges at the biggest competition in the country, the very -existence of the notation was unknown. Sir John mentions also that -he made later attempts to acquire this MS. volume and to trace two others -in the possession of John Campbell's father: his attempts were unsuccessful.</p> - -<p>In 1828 Captain Macleod of Gesto published some pipe tunes in Canntaireachd -as taught by the MacCrimmons in Skye. The merits of this -publication have been made the subject of controversy among pipers and -others; this controversy has no place in this paper. The late John Campbell -(Iain Ileach) of <cite>Tales of the West Highlands</cite>, wrote a monograph on Canntaireachd -in 1880, in which he reviewed Gesto's book: the monograph, -interesting as it is and written in Iain Ileach's easy flowing style -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[180]</a></span>is extraordinarily disappointing. In spite of his comprehensive knowledge -of folk-lore—more particularly of Gaelic folk-lore—he fails to indicate -any probable source of this notation—probably no one in Europe was, -or is better fitted to make conjectures on the point. However, he made two -statements of interest in the late history of the notation, (1) that he had -"often seen my nurse John Piper reading and practising music from an old -paper manuscript, and silently fingering tunes. I have tried to recover this -writing, but hitherto in vain," and (2) that there were three local varieties -of the notation (<em>a</em>) MacCrimmon (<em>b</em>) MacArthur, and (<em>c</em>) Campbell of Nether -Lorn. Now "John Piper" was this same John Campbell of the family of -Nether Lorn, which possessed three MS. volumes of Canntaireachd.</p> - -<p>Among the older-fashioned pipers in Scotland, even just before the war, -one constantly heard syllables (hodroho, hiodro, etc., etc.) being used, generally -at haphazard, seldom in their correct place. The astounding thing is -that even fragments of a notation, the system of which had been out of -use for so long, should have survived to this day.</p> - -<p>About 1912 two of the Nether Lorn MS. books were rediscovered, and -from them it has not been hard to reconstruct the system of notation. Those -tunes with recognisably the same names as we know them by to-day, furnished -the first step in the problem: after that it became easy to identify -other tunes with different names, and finally to rediscover a number of -tunes which have been lost for an undetermined period.</p> - -<p>One word of caution will be necessary to certain pipers before going -further into this subject. This notation, invented for and suitable only to -piobaireachd, is not going to teach pipers how to <em>play</em> piobaireachd. There -is and always has been, one way and only one way to do that—to get instruction -from a master; once that is accomplished, a pupil may be fit to -learn more tunes by himself from books written in any intelligible notation. -This I take to be true of any musicians and any music.</p> - -<p>The piobaireachd pupil might well get his instruction through the medium -of canntaireachd, for it has been made solely for this music, and is in point -of fact very suitable for the purpose. To begin with, if the few master-instructors -of piobaireachd will take the trouble (and assuredly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[181]</a></span> -it will not be great to them) to become familiar with canntaireachd, and -to use it as a medium of instruction, it is a matter of certainty that they -will realise its use for this end—for instead of a perplexing maze of notes -and grace-notes in staff notation to correspond to any movement which -they are trying to teach their pupil, they will have pronounceable vocables -which will act as <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">memoria technica</i> to the pupil: the pupil will, at first, -learn these parrot style, until he gets to a certain length, when, unaided, -he will begin to see that these vocables he has learnt convey a definite -meaning—a definite combination of note and grace note, in a form which -can be crooned to the air. I have found that for the purposes of learning -new tunes, staff notation compared with canntaireachd is cumbrous and -misleading: and even when written in an abbreviated form (as in General -Thomason's great book, <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Ceol Mor</i>) it appeals mainly to the eye, while canntaireachd -appeals to the ear.</p> - -<p>For some years now I have found it invaluable as a kind of musical -shorthand, and with a certain amount of practice it becomes possible to -write down a tune in canntaireachd while it is being played, and then to -learn it at leisure. I had the triumph of converting a brother piper a few -years ago. He was inclined to be sceptical about the whole system, so -to test me and it he played me a tune which I had never heard and I wrote -it down as he played it. After he had finished he said, "Now we shall -see what is in it, for I made two mistakes: play what you have got and we -shall see." I played on the practice chanter just what I had written, with -the mistakes, of course, included.</p> - -<p>Again, when one is judging piobaireachd competitions, it is valuable as -shorthand to jot down notes of mistakes, etc.</p> - -<p>Before coming to the notation itself, it should be explained that it is -not maintained for a moment that this variety (the Nether Lorn) is superior -in any way to the MacCrimmon or MacArthur varieties. It is merely given -and suggested for use, because it is this variety which has become once more -available to pipers at large. There are people who undoubtedly can do the -same for the MacCrimmon variety also, and it is sincerely hoped that they -will do so. That all three varieties are first cousins to each other is beyond<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[182]</a></span> -doubt to any one who compares them; perhaps at a later date, when more -knowledge of canntaireachd becomes available, it may be possible to point -to one as the original, or to find a common ancestor to all.</p> - -<p>Coming now to the actual notation, the following paragraphs should -be read, subject to this note that the pronunciation of the vocables must -be largely a matter of conjecture, but it is reasonable to suppose that, as -they were written in the manuscript and used by Gaelic-speaking pipers,<a name="FNanchor_16_16" id="FNanchor_16_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> -the pronunciation should have at least some reference to Gaelic pronunciation—thus -the vowels, when occurring as the last letter of the syllable, would -be pronounced</p> - - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr">'a'</td><td class="tdc wd30">as in English</td><td class="tdl">h<em>a</em>rd</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">'e'</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">h<em>ay</em></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">'i'</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">h<em>ee</em>d</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">'o'</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">h<em>o</em>me</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>and probably the consonants should be given their Gaelic equivalents also -(all which can best be obtained verbally from a Gaelic speaker).</p> - -<p>In addition to the simple vowels, combinations occur which require to -be sounded as diphthongs:</p> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr">'io' }</td><td class="tdc wd30">as in English</td><td class="tdl"><em>yo</em>ke, <em>e.g.</em> hioeo</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">'eo' }</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">'ea' </td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"><em>ya</em>rd, <em>e.g.</em> haea.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p2" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[183]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center">KEY TO NETHER LORN CANNTAIREACHD.</p> - -<p class="pad4 fs90"> -Key to columns:<br /> -<br /> -A = Scale with high G grace note.<br /> -B = Scale with D grace note.<br /> -C = Scale with E grace note.<br /> -D = Scale with no grace notes.<br /> -E = Siubhal.<br /> -F = Siubhal Sleamhuinn.<br /> -G = Leumluath to E.<br /> -H = Taorluath to low A.<br /> -I = Tripling or Taorluath Breabach.<br /> -J = Crunluath.<br /><br /> -</p> - -<div class="center fs70"> -<table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdly">A</td><td class="tdly">B</td><td class="tdly">C</td><td class="tdly">D</td><td class="tdly">E</td><td class="tdly">F</td><td class="tdly">G</td><td class="tdly">H</td><td class="tdly">I</td><td class="tdly">J</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">low G</td><td class="tdly">him</td><td class="tdly">dam or bam</td><td class="tdly">em</td><td class="tdly">em</td><td class="tdly">himen</td><td class="tdly">himem</td><td class="tdly">himbare</td><td class="tdly">himdarid</td><td class="tdly">him­babem</td><td class="tdly"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'himbandrc'">himbandre</ins></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">low A</td><td class="tdly">hin</td><td class="tdly">dan</td><td class="tdly">en</td><td class="tdly">en</td><td class="tdly">hinen</td><td class="tdly">hinen</td><td class="tdly">hinbare</td><td class="tdly">hindarid</td><td class="tdly">hindaen</td><td class="tdly">hinbandre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> B</td><td class="tdly">hio</td><td class="tdly">to</td><td class="tdly">eo</td><td class="tdly">o</td><td class="tdly">hioen</td><td class="tdly">hioeo</td><td class="tdly">hiobare</td><td class="tdly">hiodarid</td><td class="tdly">hiotoeo</td><td class="tdly">hiobandre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> C</td><td class="tdly">ho</td><td class="tdly">do</td><td class="tdly">eo</td><td class="tdly">o</td><td class="tdly">hoen</td><td class="tdly">hoeo</td><td class="tdly">hobare</td><td class="tdly">hodarid</td><td class="tdly">hodoeo</td><td class="tdly"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'hobandrc'">hobandre</ins></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> D</td><td class="tdly">ha</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">ea</td><td class="tdly">a or da</td><td class="tdly">haen</td><td class="tdly">haea</td><td class="tdly">habare or harrode</td><td class="tdly">hadarid</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">habandre or haroddre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> E</td><td class="tdly">che</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">e or de</td><td class="tdly">chehin</td><td class="tdly">cheche</td><td class="tdly">chebare</td><td class="tdly">chedarid</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">chebandre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> F</td><td class="tdly">he</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">ve or dhe</td><td class="tdly">hehin</td><td class="tdly">hehe</td><td class="tdly">hebare</td><td class="tdly">hedarid</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">hebandre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> G</td><td class="tdly">hi or chi (high Ag-n.)</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">di</td><td class="tdly">hihin</td><td class="tdly">hihi</td><td class="tdly">hibare</td><td class="tdly">hidarid</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">hibandre</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr"> A</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">I</td><td class="tdly">Ien</td><td class="tdly">no example</td><td class="tdly">Ibare</td><td class="tdly">Idarid</td><td class="tdly">—</td><td class="tdly">Ibandre</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="blockquotxx"> -<p>The nomenclature of most of the different movements has for convenience been taken from the -Piobaireachd exercises in Logan's Tutor, price 1s., and the examples here given refer to the staff notation -examples given there and should be compared with them.</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[184]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs120">PIOBAIREACHD EXERCISES</p> - -<p class="center">(<em>Cf.</em> Logan's Tutor.)</p> - -<p>1st Scale of Instructions, pp. 34 and 35. On the <em>Urlar</em>.</p> - -<div class="blockquotw"> - -<p>Chedari, hiriri, herere, cherede, hiharara, hihodro, hihorodo, -hiharin. (See <em>Cadences</em>, <a href="#Page_185">p. 185</a>.)</p></div> - -<p>2nd Scale of Instructions.</p> - -<div class="blockquotw"> - -<p>Enbari (should be embari, <em>i.e.</em> from low G), end<img class="mac" src="images/are-25.jpg" alt="" />, endre -(note: if this shake on F or E is approached from a higher note -the vocables become ved<img class="mac" src="images/are-25.jpg" alt="" /> and edre respectively; thus one gets -Ived<img class="mac" src="images/are-25.jpg" alt="" />, but hiod<img class="mac" src="images/are-25.jpg" alt="" />, heedre but hiodre) tradarodo (tra being the -usual throw on D, <em>e.g.</em> hiotra), p. 36, hihor<img class="mac" src="images/od-25.jpg" alt="" />in, hodr<img class="mac" src="images/od-25.jpg" alt="" />in, hiotrodin.</p></div> - -<p>3rd Scale of Instructions. On <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Crunluath</i>.</p> - -<div class="blockquotw"> - -<p>Hinban or hinbain, dre—together hinbandre, Ibandre.</p></div> - -<p>4th Scale, p. 37. On <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Crunluath Breabach</i>.</p> - -<div class="blockquotw"> - -<p>Hinbandreendi.</p> - -<p>IbandreenI hibandreendi, hibandreendhe chebandreende, habandreenda -hobandreendo, hiobandreemto hinbandreendan.</p></div> - -<p>5th Scale. On <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Crunluath Fosgailte</i>.</p> - -<div class="blockquotw"> - -<p>Hindodre.</p> - -<p>No examples of open: closed, himdandre hintodre, hindodre -hindadre, twice over.</p></div> - -<p>6th Scale. On <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Crunluath Mach</i>.</p> - -<div class="blockquotw"> - -<p>Hiotradre hodrodre, hiotrodre himbamdre, twice over.</p></div> - -<p>7th Scale. The <em>Exercise on Accidentals</em>.</p> - -<div class="blockquotw"> - -<p>IbarI dibari (no example known), vebarhe edre, adeda odro, -otro enban or enbain, twice over.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[185]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs120">CHA TILL MACCRUIMEIN</p> - - -<p class="negin2">1st. Dreve hiove, cheve cheento, dreve hiove, cheve cheemto, dreve -hioe, trae haento,</p> - -<p class="negin2">2nd. Dreve hiove, cheve cheemto, dreve hioe, trae haemto, dreve -hioe, trae haento,</p> - -<p class="negin2">3rd. Dreve hiove, cheve cheemto, dreve hioe, trae haento.</p> - -<p class="p1 center">Var. 1st.</p> - - -<p class="negin2">1st. DreI ove, cheI deento, dreI ove, cheI deemto, dreI oe, traI -aento, etc.</p> - -<p class="p1 center">Var. 2nd.</p> - - -<p class="negin2">1st. Cheve hiove, cheve cheento, cheve hiove, cheve cheemto, cheve -hioe, trae haento, etc.</p> - -<p class="p1 center">Doubling of Var. 2nd.</p> - - -<p class="negin2">1st. Chea cheo, cheve cheento, chea cheo, cheve cheemto, chea cheo, -trae haento, etc.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><em>Various Vocables not previously included.</em></p> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd50">Throw on high A</td><td class="tdl wd40">dili.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Taorluath to low G</td><td class="tdl">hiodarem, chedarem, etc.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Low A with low G grace-note before</td><td class="tdl">-din (<em>e.g.</em> hiodin).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">D or C followed by B grace-note on low G grace-note followed by A with low G grace-note before</td><td class="tdl">har<img class="mac" src="images/od-25.jpg" alt="" />in or hor<img class="mac" src="images/od-25.jpg" alt="" />in.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Taorluath mach</td><td class="tdl">hiotroeo, hodroeo, hiotraea.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Crunluath to low G.</td><td class="tdl">hiobamdre, or hiobaemdre or (on D) haromdre.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1 center"><em>Cadences</em></p> - -<p>By cadences I mean those notes often printed as grace-notes, GED, -followed by C, B, low A, or low G melody notes, and GE followed by D, -low A, or low G melody notes. The prefix 'hi' is in general terms used<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span> -for this, <em>e.g.</em> hiharin, hihorodin. Taking them in above order, examples of -the vocables used are, of the former, hihodin, hihioem, hihinbain, and hihambam, -and of the latter hiaen, hienem, hiemto. It is one of the remarkable -points in the MS. that these cadences are indicated to a far less extent -than is played by traditional players of modern times, and I am as yet -unable to make any deductions from the manner in which they appear -as to the style in which the MS. intends them to be played. To avoid confusion -between 'hi' as cadence and high G with A grace-note, it would -be better to use the alternative 'chi' for the latter.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><em>General</em></p> - -<p>A study of the key will reveal various noticeable points, some of which -I will touch on here. It will be seen that some of the composite vocables -can be pulled to pieces into their component parts, <em>e.g.</em>, hiotroeo, hinbandre, -etc., while others can only be dissected to a lesser extent, <em>e.g.</em>, hindaen in the -Tripling or Taorluath Breabach; in this latter case the vocable must be read -in its context, for hindaento might be <sup>G</sup>low A, D, low A, <sup>D</sup>B, while standing by -itself, but in conjunction with a string of others it is undoubtedly meant to -be the Taorluath Breabach. Again there is liable to be confusion between -'en' low A without any and with an E grace-note, and in some few cases it -is impossible to say definitely which is meant: on the other hand it is used -in the siubhal variation, and there can be no doubt in such a context: -hinen by itself is unambiguous, and in various combinations, <em>e.g.</em>, hiaendre, -it is highly probable that no E grace-note is intended. The question of the -eo and o, B or C, is a little more difficult in theory, but in practice it will -be found to narrow down to one or two instances; the most common instance -of this ambiguity is odro, which may be either B grip C, or C grip C. It -seems likely that this confusion is the origin of this difference in existing -settings of various tunes, <em>e.g.</em>, An Daorach Mhor (The Big Spree) Var. 1st -and doubling, The Battle of Auldearn, The Carles of Sligachin and many -others. Campbell often writes 'ho' for 'o,' obviously not intending a G -grace-note, but to avoid this ambiguity.</p> - -<p>Time signature and rhythm are, I think, sufficiently shown to enable a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[187]</a></span> -trained player to find no difficulty in playing; bar divisions are indicated -by commas, and each part of each tune is divided into lines numbered -1st, 2nd, etc.: and a repeat is written at the end of the line to be repeated, -thus: Two times or twice over. '3 times,' etc., is often used in the MS. -to refer back only to the last comma, not to the beginning of the line. The -smaller details of time, which I will call "pointing," is a matter of greater -doubt. I have said above why I think Gaelic standards should be applied -to the pronunciation of the vocables, and my opinion is that the same applies -to this question in general terms: it can be said that as a rule the vocables -are separated into distinct words, the accent or stress (and in this case the -longer note) being represented as the first syllable of the word (an almost -invariable rule in Gaelic). Thus one gets hodarid hiodarid—not daridho -daridhio darid. Many exceptions can be pointed out no doubt, but the -above will serve as a broad rule.</p> - -<p>It should be made clear to any reader of this paper that it has been written -in haste. Most of it is written from memory after four and three-quarter years -separation from MSS., books and notes, and I have no doubt that mistakes -will be discovered later. Further, it does not profess to be complete, for there -are some vocables not included, the meaning of which is not yet clear to me.</p> - -<p>The two volumes of the MS. contain 169 tunes of which I can trace in -no other collection, printed or MS., 65 tunes: moreover, many tunes which -exist already in printed collections are written in entirely different settings, -and under different names from those known by present day players. To -illustrate this I have included at the end of this paper the MS. style of -An Ceapadh Eucorach (translated as the "Unjust Incarceration"). This -setting, apart from smaller differences, contains one line in each part which, -so far as my knowledge goes, is unknown to-day, and which in my opinion -is an essential part of the theme, leading the 3rd line up to the musical -climax of the ordinarily accepted 4th line.<a name="FNanchor_17_17" id="FNanchor_17_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a> The names of the tunes as -written in the Index or as headings in the MS. present a very difficult problem. -Some are in English; some are in recognisable Gaelic; some are -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[188]</a></span>in unrecognisable Gaelic, some give the first few notes of the tune, and some -are ludicrous mistranslations of Gaelic into English. Only approximately -42 out of the total have anything like the names by which the tunes are -known to-day.</p> - -<p>It is to be hoped that some day soon the whole MS. will be printed, -so that enthusiasts who have the time may really get to work and unravel -some of the conundrums which still remain so. I have a feeling that the -vocables used in so many Gaelic songs are distantly related to canntaireachd, -and research into this might conceivably throw light on the larger question -of the origin of canntaireachd. It would also be interesting to know of any -examples of similar notations in foreign countries. But the main thing -to be done by all pipers at the present day is to make real attempts to -discover other canntaireachd manuscripts: and the ideal should be that -all MSS. now known to exist or discovered at a later date should be made -available for comparison and information of other players; this is best -done by publication in as near the original form as possible, and failing that -by loan or gift to some responsible piping society, such as the Scottish -Pipers Society, The Piobaireachd Society, the Caledonian Pipers Society, -London, The Inverness Pipers Society, The Highland Pipers Society, Edinburgh, -or any other well-known society. This would ensure that the information -would get into the hands of those who can most easily disseminate it.</p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs120">AN CEAPADH EUCORACH</p> - -<p class="center">(From the Campbell MS. vol. i. p. 1.)</p> - -<p class="center">1st called <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Kepper Eggarich</i>.</p> - - -<p class="negin3"> Hiharin hioen<a name="FNanchor_18_18" id="FNanchor_18_18"></a><a href="#Footnote_18_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a>, hodrooen, himen hoen, hiotroenem, hihodrooen, hiotroenem -hihodroen hioem hiharinen</p> - -<p class="negin3">2nd Hiharin hioen hodrooen, himotrao hoen, hiotroenem, hihodrooen -hiotroenem, hihodroen, hioem hiharinen</p> - -<p class="negin3">3rd Hihodrotra, cheredea hoen, hadrea hoen, hihorodoenem, hihodrotra, -cherededea<a name="FNanchor_19_19" id="FNanchor_19_19"></a><a href="#Footnote_19_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a> hihodroen hioem, hiharinen</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[189]</a></span></p> - -<p class="negin3">4th Hihararache, hived<img class="mac" src="images/are-25.jpg" alt="" />ve<a name="FNanchor_20_20" id="FNanchor_20_20"></a><a href="#Footnote_20_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a> cheho, haem, barivecheho, hiharara<a name="FNanchor_21_21" id="FNanchor_21_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_21_21" class="fnanchor">[21]</a>hohic, -hihodrotraem, barived<img class="mac" src="images/are-25.jpg" alt="" />vechea,<a name="FNanchor_20_20a" id="FNanchor_20_20a"></a><a href="#Footnote_20_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a> hihodroen, hioem, hiharinen</p> - -<p class="negin3">5th Chedari Ie, hiririeha diliedrehia, cheredeaho himbarihia, cheho, hadre -himbaria, chedaria, hioem hiharinen.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><em>The First Motion</em></p> - -<p class="negin3">1st Hinen hinen hioen, hoen, hoen, hinen, himen, hinen, hoen, hioen, hioen, -himen, hoen hoen hinen hioen, hioen, himen hoen hoen hioem, hinen -hinen hinen.</p> - -<p class="negin3">2nd Hinen hinen hioen hihoen<a name="FNanchor_22_22" id="FNanchor_22_22"></a><a href="#Footnote_22_22" class="fnanchor">[22]</a> hoen hinen himen haen hoen, hioen hioen, -himen hoen hoen hinen hioen hioen himen hoen hoen hioem, hinen -three times.</p> - -<p class="negin3">3rd Hoen hoen haem, chehin chehin, hoen haem, chehin hoen hioen hioen, -himen hoen hoen haem, chehin chehin chehin hoen hoen hioem, -hinen three times.</p> - -<p class="negin3">4th Haen haem, chehin hien hien chehin haem hien chehin haen haen hioem, -hoen hoen haem hien hien chehin hoen hoen hioem, hinen three times.</p> - -<p class="negin3">5th Chehin hien, dilien hien hien, haen dilien, chehin hien, chehin chehin, -hoen hien hien, chehin haem, chehin hien, chehin hien, hioem, hinen -three times.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><em>The 2nd Motion, called Tolive</em></p> - -<p class="negin3">1st Hindarid hindarid hiodarid hodarid hodarid hindarid himdarid hindarid -hodarid hiodarid hiodarid himdarid hodarid hodarid hindarid hiodarid -hiodarid himdarid hodarid hodarid hiodarem, hindarid three times.</p> - -<p class="negin3">2nd Hindarid hindarid hiodarid hodarid hodarid hindarid himdarid hadarid -hodarid hiodarid hiodarid himdarid hodarid hodarid hindarid hiodarid -hiodarid himdarid hodarid hodarid hiodarem hindarid three times.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[190]</a></span></p> - -<p class="negin3">3rd Hodarid hodarid hadarem, chedarid chedarid, hodarid hadarem, chedarid -hodarid, hiodarid hiodarid, himdarid hodarid hodarid, hadarem, -chedarid three times, hodarid hodarid, hiodarem hindarid three times.</p> - -<p class="negin3">4th Hadarid hadarem, chedarid hidarid hidarid chedarid hadarem hidarid, -chedarid hadarid hadarid hiodarem, hodarid hodarid hadarem -hidarid hidarid chedarid hodarid hodarid hiodarem, hindarid three -times.</p> - -<p class="negin3">5th Chedarid hidarid Idarid hidarid hidarid hadarid Idarid chedarid hidarid -chedarid chedarid hodarid hidarid hidarid chedarid hadrem,<a name="FNanchor_23_23" id="FNanchor_23_23"></a><a href="#Footnote_23_23" class="fnanchor">[23]</a> chedarid -hidarid chedarid hidarid hiodarem, hindarid three times.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><em>Part 3rd, Crolive</em></p> - -<p class="negin3">1st Hinbandre hinbandre, hiobandre hobandre hobandre hinbandre himbandre -hinbandre hobandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre hobandre -hobandre hinbandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre hobandre hobandre -hiobaemdre hinbandre hinbandre hinbandre hinbandre.</p> - -<p class="negin3">2nd Hinbandre hinbandre hiobandre hobandre hobandre hinbandre himbandre -habandre hobandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre hobandre -hobandre hinbandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre hobandre -hobandre hiobaemdre, hinbandre hinbandre hinbandre.</p> - -<p class="negin3">3rd Hobandre hobandre habamdre chebandre chebandre hobandre habamdre -chebandre hobandre hiobandre hiobandre himbandre hobandre -hobandre habaemdre, chebandre three times, hobandre hobandre -hiobamdre hinbandre hinbandre hinbandre.</p> - -<p class="negin3">4th Habandre habaemdre chebandre hibandre hibandre chebandre habaemdre -hibandre chebandre habandre habandre hiobaemdre hobandre -hobandre habaemdre hibandre hibandre chebandre hobandre hobandre -hiobaemdre, hinbandre three times.</p> - -<p class="negin3">5th Chebandre hibandre Ibandre hibandre hibandre habandre Ibandre -chebandre hibandre chebandre chebandre hobandre hibandre hibandre -chebandre habaemdre chebandre hibandre chebandre hibandre -hiobaemdre hinbandre three times.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[191]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_IRISH_PIPES" id="THE_IRISH_PIPES"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE IRISH PIPES:</a><br /> - -<span class="fs80"><br />THEIR HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND DIVERGENCE FROM THE -SIMPLE HIGHLAND TYPE</span></h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">W. H. Grattan Flood</span>, Mus.D., K.S.G.</p> - -<p class="noindent">There is ample evidence that the bagpipe was used in pre-Christian Ireland, -whence it was brought to Scotland. It is referred to in the Brehon Laws -of the fifth century. Irish writers allude to it as <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Cuisle</i> and as <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Piob mor</i>—and -this is the warlike instrument which was adopted by our Scottish -brethren and became the national instrument of Scotland.</p> - -<p>During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Irish pipers accompanied -the Irish troops that fought in Gascony and Flanders under King Edward I. -Strange, too, that Irish pipers were heard, in opposition to the Scots, at the -battle of Falkirk (July 22, 1298), and it is surmised that the strident tones -of the Irish <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mor</i> suggested to the Scotch the employment of this warlike -instrument in battle. At Creçy (August 26, 1346) the Irish pipes were also -in evidence, and again at Harfleur (1418) and at Rouen (1419). Incidentally, -it may be stated that there is no sound historical evidence for the Scotch -bagpipes in battle at Harlaw (1411), but it would appear that they were -employed at the battle of Inverlochy (1431). Irish pipers were heard to -advantage in Henry VIII.'s Tournay campaign (1513) and also at the -siege of Boulogne (1544). This association of Irish pipers leading the charge -is strikingly pourtrayed in the <cite>Mask of Irishmen</cite> played before Queen Mary -at the English Court, on April 25, 1557, in which there were six Irish <em>Kerne</em> -and two <em>Bagpipers</em>.</p> - -<p>Here is Stanihurst's description of the Irish <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mor</i>, in 1575: "The -Irish, likewise, instead of the trumpet, make use of a wooden pipe of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[192]</a></span> -most ingenious structure, to which is joined a leather bag, very closely -bound with bands. A pipe is inserted in the side of this skin, through which -the piper, with his swollen neck and puffed-up cheeks, <em>blows in the same manner -as we do through a tube</em>. The skin, being thus filled with air, begins to -swell, and the player presses against it with his arm; thus a loud and shrill -sound is produced through two wooden pipes of different lengths. In -addition to these, there is yet a fourth pipe (the chanter), perforated in -different places (having five or six holes), which the player so regulates by -the dexterity of his fingers in the shutting and opening of the holes, that -he can cause the upper pipes to send forth either a loud or a low sound at -pleasure."</p> - -<p>A few years after Stanihurst presented this description of the Irish -<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mor</i>, a new development of this instrument came into vogue, that is, -about the year 1580, and almost immediately came into favour. This -development was the Irish <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Uilleann</i> (elbow) pipes, or domestic pipes, in -which the wind was supplied by a bag blown by the elbow. Shakespearian -commentators have been puzzled over the term "woollen" pipes in the -<cite>Merchant of Venice</cite> (Act iv. Sc. 1); but the great bard of Avon, who derived -much information regarding Ireland from Stanihurst and Dowland (if -he did not actually visit Ireland at the close of the sixteenth century), used -the Irish term <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Uilleann</i>, equating it with "woollen"—a corruption which -subsequently blossomed forth as "Union pipes." All during the seventeenth -century the <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Uilleann</i> pipes became immensely popular, and were -used as an accompaniment for dancing, especially the <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Rinnce Fada</i> (The -Long Dance), the qualifying word <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Fada</i> becoming Anglicised as "the -Fading," also alluded to by Shakespeare (<cite>Winter's Tale</cite>, Act iv. Sc. 3). -Subsequently keys or regulators were added, a feature that we also find in -the <em>Surdelina</em>, or Neapolitan bagpipe, in 1625, as described by Père Mersenne. -It is of interest to note that the great English composer, William Byrd, -<em>circâ</em> 1590, wrote a piece of programme music called "Mr. Byrd's Battle," -in which there are three movements; the <em>Irish March</em>, the <em>Bagpipe</em>, and -the <em>Drone</em>. Thus the Irish bagpipe furnished the musical form known as -"pedal point" or "drone bass."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[193]</a></span></p> - -<p>When the Regiment of Irish Guards was formed in 1662, provision -was made for a drum major, twenty-four drummers, and a piper to the -King's Company. At the siege of Derry in 1689, the Jacobite regiments -had each fourteen pipers and eighty-six drums.</p> - -<p>Further improvements in the <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Uilleann</i> pipes were effected between the -years 1700 and 1720, and, in consequence, they were taken up by musical -amateurs or "gentlemen pipers," of whom Larry Grogan, Parson Sterling, -and Walter Jackson were famous.</p> - -<p>The Irish <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mor</i> was heard at the battle of Fontenoy (May 11, 1745), -on which occasion the pipers played "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning," -and "The White Cockade"—two characteristic Irish airs. Irish pipers -were also heard during the American War of Independence, and, in 1778, -Barney Thompson, from Hillsborough, Co. Down, was pipe major of Lord -Rawdon's "Volunteers of Ireland," which corps merged into the 100th -Regiment in 1780.</p> - -<p>The revival of the Irish bagpipes in Irish regiments is due to Major -Doyle, in September, 1793. A few months previously, on May 23, his brother, -Colonel Doyle, in command of the 14th Regiment, found the fortunes of the -day at the siege of Famara going against the British troops, when, by a -happy inspiration, he ordered his band to play up the French revolutionary -march of "Ça Ira," and shouted to his troops: "Come on, boys, and -we'll beat 'em to their own damned tune." As a result, Doyle's regiment -successfully routed the French, to the strains of "Ça Ira," which has ever -since been the quick-step of the West Yorkshire Regiment (the old 14th). -The Colonel wrote to his brother the Major, who was M.P. for Mullingar, -telling him of the advantage of a good band, and, as at that very time -(August) Major Doyle had been commissioned by King George III. to form -a new Irish regiment, originally called "Major Doyle's Legion," the Major -recruited a gallant body of his countrymen, known as "The Prince of Wales' -Royal Irish Regiment"—with a band of Irish pipers.</p> - -<p>Not long afterwards, in October 1793, Colonel de Burgh (brother of the -Marquis of Clanrickarde) formed the "Royal Connaught Rangers," with -a fine band of pipers and drummers. The Wexford Regiment (the 38th),<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a></span> -commanded by Lord Loftus, had also a pipe band ere the close of the year -1794 or early in 1795. Several years later there were pipers attached to -the Tyrones (4th Inniskilling Fusiliers).</p> - -<p>However, after the year 1815, the vogue of a pipe band in Irish regiments -waned, and it was not till 1903 that the Queen's County Militia—the 4th -Battalion of the P.O.W. Leinster Regiment—again took up the war pipes, -thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of their commander, Lieut.-Col. -Lord Castletown, K.P.</p> - -<p>To the Tyrone Fusiliers, a link battalion of the 27th Royal Inniskilling -Fusiliers, is due the revival of the Irish <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Piob mor</i> in 1859. Some years -later, Colonel Cox, commanding the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, supplied -eight sets of war pipes, as well as two drums, to eight Irish pipers in his -regiment. More recently, the 4th Battalion of the Leinster Regiment -(late Queen's County Militia) formed a pipe band under the direction of -their gallant Colonel, my dear friend, Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory, -K.P., who presented the pipes, in 1903. Since then all five battalions of this -regiment have pipe bands, mainly through the enthusiastic zeal of Captain -Orpen Palmer who published an excellent little book for the war pipes in -1913. Other Irish regiments having pipe bands are the 2nd Battalion of -the Dublin Fusiliers and the 3rd Battalion of the 18th Royal Irish.</p> - -<p>In conclusion it may be briefly said that the Irish war pipe of to-day is -the same as the Scottish or Highland war pipe. On the other hand, the -Irish <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Uilleann</i> pipes may be regarded as a miniature organ. The old war -pipe is only capable of eight notes with certain limitations, whereas the -<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Uilleann</i> pipes are of two full octaves, including chromatic intervals, and are -thus capable of performing most classes of music, added to which the four -keys of the regulator on the chanter make for a wonderful effect.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_TUITION_OF_YOUNG_REGIMENTAL_PIPERS" id="THE_TUITION_OF_YOUNG_REGIMENTAL_PIPERS"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE TUITION OF YOUNG REGIMENTAL PIPERS</a></h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">John Grant</span>, Pipe Major</p> - -<p class="noindent">There is an establishment for the training of bandsmen at Kneller Hall, -Twickenham, known as "The Royal Military School of Music," where -regular soldiers are trained in a very efficient manner both in theory and -practice, for brass bands. Each pupil remains for a considerable period, -extending from one to three years, and not only do they become good performers -on the various instruments, but they qualify for the rank of bandmaster -in any regiment. A bandmaster holds the rank of a warrant officer, -and, in some cases, a commissioned officer.</p> - -<p>Some months ago a colonial soldier asked the question in a Highland -newspaper why the pipe major in a Highland regiment did not also hold the -rank of a warrant officer. In fact pipe major is only an honorary rank. -In reality he is only "sergeant piper." It would be very interesting to know -the difference between the person in charge of the one band and the other. -When the regiment is on the march the one band leads the men as well as -the other. In fact many prefer a pipe band to a brass band on a long route -march. In a pipe band the pipe major has to train his pipers efficiently -in the performance of their music just the same as the bandmaster of a -brass band, and why should a pipe major not be raised to the rank of a -warrant officer along with his brother bandmaster? True it is that in -a brass band there are many instruments for the bandmaster to teach -and bring in in their proper places, in order to have a perfect band. But -then the pipe major has the same task in front of him in training a perfect -pipe band. In fact—if I may be allowed the analogy—in the case of a brass -band a bandmaster might have many glaring errors and flaws in instrumenta<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[196]</a></span>tion -and harmony in his band, and this is passed over by the average listener -but detected by the expert conductor. The brass band, from its construction, -has more scope for covering errors than the pipe band.</p> - -<p>The regimental pipe band is so constructed that each performer must play -in perfect unison, with pipes all timed in unison, and every finger should be -lifted and laid down together, a thing which is much more difficult to do -than is the case with a brass band. The errors in a badly trained pipe band -are much more easily detected where every performer has to play in perfect -unison, than the errors in a brass band, where different instruments take -different parts.</p> - -<p>The next important point is the bandmaster has been properly trained -in his profession at the "Royal Military School of Music," Kneller Hall, -but the pipe major in a pipe band has not had this coveted opportunity. -There is no school where pipe music is taught in theory and practice, and -that may be one of the chief reasons why the pipe major falls short of the -trained bandmaster. If a military school of piping were instituted by the -War Office, such an institution would supply a long felt want. The piper -could then be educated in piping, to understand music in theory, and be -instructed in practice on a sound basis and fixed system.</p> - -<p>Few pipers in pipe bands, if any, are trained at the proper age, <em>i.e.</em>, -12-14-16 years, except in industrial schools, where they are in many cases -improperly taught. When the boy is young his fingers will do anything -because they are very supple, but at the age of twenty they become stiff -and set against perfect manipulation. At this age theory is picked up in a -masterly fashion, and the pupil is unconscious of difficulties in fingering, -which simplifies everything in the process of his training.</p> - -<p>At no period in the history of our nation was there greater need for a -military school of piping than at the present moment. There are hundreds -of young pipers required to fill the places of those who have fallen in action. -As can be seen from the record contained in this volume many pipe bands -have suffered most heavily. In fact some have been entirely wiped out.</p> - -<p>From experience of class-work in piping it has been proved that the -training of young pipers at the age of fourteen to sixteen years under a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[197]</a></span> -fixed system is an ideal method of creating good performers. Boys who have -never had a finger on the chanter before, are started in classes of from -eight to ten in number. This prevents them from making an improper use -of the chanter or creating bad fingering which, if allowed to go too far, -can never be got out of. Each pupil should be provided with a properly -made chanter, and all the chanters in the class should be of the same make -and correctly tuned, so that, while at practice in class-work, they are all in -perfect unison. If one or two improperly made and badly tuned chanters -are used in a class, this is the cause of two great evils. The performer's ear -becomes less sensitive to the notes in proper pitch; and it discourages the -training of a pupil to detect improper sounds and slovenly fingering. If -there are two or three chanters out of tune in a class of ten they prevent -the instructor from detecting errors in fingering.</p> - -<p>The use of a properly tuned chanter tends to cultivate a good ear, whereas -if the ear is used to improper sounds it loses its power of detecting the -difference between what is real and that which is false.</p> - -<p>In class-work it is hardly possible to get ten pupils with equal powers -of picking up tunes and correct fingering. The ear may be compared to -a machine which records musical compositions and sounds. In this respect -the perfect machine has already been found. The phonograph will record -and reproduce a tune in perfect form, but then it is only a reproduction, -whereas the musician has life and power to create new and original tunes.</p> - -<p>Take the human ear. Where it is perfect it will record a tune with the -same accuracy as the machine; but, where the ear is defective, it will only -take in what it is capable of. In cases where there is only a slight defect -in ear, and where a pupil is somewhat slow at fingering, care must be taken -that the slow pupil is brought up in line with the smart pupil. This makes -the results in class-work equal. Many instructors of piping fail -because they overlook slovenly fingering. Each pupil must be made -to finger exactly. The slovenly player spoils the class and every band -into which he may go, so that, if a class is to be properly taught, each pupil -must come to know his class mate as a musician as well as a companion. -Each performer in a pipe band must form part of a machine, as it were,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[198]</a></span> -which acts systematically as a clock, in order to give good results and render -a tune like one man. A properly trained class with a sufficiently long period -of training will, in time, finger together in a manner which is most surprising -as regards regularity.</p> - -<p>As an example of irregularity in fingering, take for instance—one pupil -is playing in perfect time, one graces his note a little too soon and another -a little too late. This gives three different renderings as regards time, and -how could they become pleasing to the ear or ever attain regularity in time -or fingering?</p> - -<p>"Patience is a virtue," and an instructor of piping must be imbued -with that qualification. Without patience there can be no climax, no perfection, -and no goal to aim at. One may compel a person to do work even -by punishment, but to compel a pupil to play the pipes would be hopeless. -If a pupil has to be forced to play an instrument against his will, the music -will be anything but pleasing to the listener's ear. Then it will lack expression, -the most important and wonderful thing in all musical performances. -To be successful as an instructor of piping one must first win the -hearts of his pupils, so that they will like and respect him; speak firmly -but kindly to them; enforce strict discipline and good behaviour; and conduct -his school just the same as all well-governed establishments of education. -One hour's instruction should be given at a time, and this should -be given by the instructor of the school himself. Although boys are boys, -they are sensitive to insult and degradation, and they will not accept tuition -from another boy, even although he is a good performer. It has been found -to be the case that intelligent pupils must have instruction from the proper -source, and, when one boy teaches another, their time is wasted and they -drift into slovenly and careless fingering. This constitutes a reason for -strict supervision on the part of an instructor himself in a school of piping, -so that the best results may be attained and good order and obedience -maintained.</p> - -<p>In bagpipe music, theory is entirely neglected. The average piper is -able to read the names of the notes: G A B C D E F G and A, and he -plays from them and pays little attention to their value. They may be all<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[199]</a></span> -crotchets, quavers or semi-quavers, for all he cares. In almost every case -the piper has already heard the tune played on the chanter, and the relative -value of the notes mean nothing to him. Then, one hears illegal syncopation, -<em>e.g.</em>, the taking of the value from the lengthened note and giving it to -the next one, which should be the shortest note in the beat, especially in -six-eight time. Then, in writing down an original tune without a knowledge -of the theory of music, the average piper is of no use.</p> - -<p>Boys should be started on the chanter at fourteen to sixteen years of -age, and given a period of chanter practice of from six to nine months; -at the same time it is necessary to see that, from the very start, they are able -to read music at sight. Then, towards the end of nine months tuition in -practice, theory should be taught; then they make more progress than -they would at the very beginning of their training. Theory enables the -piper to put expression into his playing, and, in his turn, he can in time -take his place as a qualified instructor of piping.</p> - -<p>One thing of great importance in piping and the training of young pipers -is the rate of speed at which they play. The regimental regulation pace -is 120 paces to the minute. This may be all very well with a brass band, -where the performer with his 120 paces to the minute has a curtailed, nipped, -or broken step, but in pipe music it is far different. Any one who has a -knowledge of the Highland bagpipe and its music knows that piping at the -rate of 120 paces to the minute is not pipe music at all. The great majority -of marches for the pipes are written in two-four and six-eight time. -Two-four time has a crotchet beat and six-eight has a dotted crotchet beat. -The beat in six-eight being a dotted crotchet is of longer duration than the -two-four or crochet beat. When both are played at 120 paces to the minute -they are more or less equalized and spoiled. Time must be given to the beat -note in six-eight to distinguish it from the two-four beat; hence, 100 to 105 -paces to the minute in two-four time is good marching, and 90 to 95 paces -to the minute in six-eight time gives the proper swinging pace which the -men in a Highland regiment like. To adopt such a suggestion would give -time and expression to pipe music, differentiate the pace in one time signature -from another, and, above all, would tend to give more time for correct<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_200" id="Page_200">[200]</a></span> -fingering and clear, distinct playing. A young piper who has only been -playing the bagpipes for about six months is very often spoiled for life as a -performer when he begins, at that stage, to play at 120 paces to the minute. -He is unable to get the fingering in in time. What he cannot find time -to finger is left out altogether, and then, worst of all, he becomes a slovenly -and incorrect performer.</p> - -<p>The teaching of piping has always been placed on an unequal footing as -compared with brass bands in His Majesty's forces, and one wonders how long -it is to be allowed to remain so. It is absolutely certain that a Military -School of Piping would be a blessing to regimental pipe bands, and the -standard of performance could be raised to the highest point of perfection. -In times of peace many people single out the brass band as the apple of their -eye in the garden of music, so to speak, but let us <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Higlanders'">Highlanders</ins> mark time and -see what the great Highland bagpipe has done in war.</p> - -<p>Many pipers have gone over the parapet playing the bagpipes and have -won laurels which can never be forgotten. Hundreds of pipers have fallen -in the great war to sleep their last sleep in the graves of heroes, after sounding -the triumphant charge. The bagpipe has lived in war in its majestic power -and splendour, and in peace it should not be allowed to die.</p> - -<p>In war there is, to our Highland regiments, no music like that of the -great Highland bagpipe. Its notes inspire the men to victory, and the -glory of the results of the music of the <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Piob Mhor</i> with its fluttering pennons -has left a landmark in the history of the world's war.</p> - -<p>The great Highland bagpipe is the hallmark of a race whose achievements -are second to none in the world. It has been played in every great battlefield -in the history of our nation, and the heroic deeds done by Highland regiments -inspired by its music deserve to be perpetuated in a lasting memorial.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[201]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_SPIRIT_OF_THE_MACCRIMMONS" id="THE_SPIRIT_OF_THE_MACCRIMMONS"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE SPIRIT OF THE MACCRIMMONS</a></h2> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">By Fred T. Macleod, F.S.A. (Scot.)</span></p> - -<p>It was the year 1626, a memorable year in the history of the Western -Isles of Scotland, and singularly eventful in the history of Skye and of the -Dunvegan family. Sir Rory Mor MacLeod, warrior and statesman, patron of -Art, of Music and of Letters, and dispenser of lavish hospitality to rich -and poor alike, had died in the Chanonry of Ross an event "greatly deplored -among the Gael at that time." The ancient sea-gate of Dunvegan Castle -was opened, and into a waiting boat stepped Patrick Mor MacCrimmon, -the dead chief's hereditary piper, the representative of a line of pipers -almost as long as the line of MacLeod chiefs. Swiftly, yet silently, the -piper was rowed across Loch Dunvegan to Boreraig. MacCrimmon stepped -ashore and took from his servant the instrument which had on many occasions -cheered his beloved master. His heart could no longer contain its pent-up -emotion, and his frame shook with a violent outburst of grief. Then, with -head erect and firm step, he walked the remaining distance to the renowned -College of Pipers, the home of his family for many generations. The fingers -of a master player lingered for a moment lovingly on the chanter. In -swift succession there fell upon the ears of his pupils, themselves no mean -players of ancient piobaireachd, the arresting, appealing, plaintive notes of -"Cumha Ruaridh Mhoir," "Lament to Rory Mor."</p> - -<p>To-day, cattle browse upon the site of the MacCrimmon College, within -whose walls instruction on the <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Piob mhor</i> had been given by members of the -MacCrimmon family to countless students from all parts. Thither too had -come the best pipers of Scotland to receive the finishing touches to a piping -education well-nigh perfect in itself, including representatives of the three<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_202" id="Page_202">[202]</a></span> -well-known piping families, MacArthur, Mackay and Campbell. <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'The musi '">The music</ins> -of the pipes is now seldom, if ever, heard on the plateau upon which in -former days many pipers were wont to assemble. Sassenach inhibitory -legislation followed by the unsympathetic action of the Highland clergy -combined in an attempt to stifle for ever the majestic notes of ancient piobaireachd, -and the free, independent, social temperament of the Children of -the Island. But, while the grass grows green on the spot where the college -stood, the memory of these master musicians is enshrined in the ancient traditions -of the island, in the MacCrimmon compositions preserved and played -to-day, and in the names of places in the vicinity of the MacCrimmon homeland. -The ancient castle, dating from the ninth century, is occupied to-day -by Norman Magnus MacLeod, the 23rd chief of his line, as it has been continuously -occupied by his forefathers, and among the relics carefully preserved -is an ancient set of MacCrimmon pipes. One can still enjoy the shelter -of "Slochd nam Piobairean"<a name="FNanchor_24_24" id="FNanchor_24_24"></a><a href="#Footnote_24_24" class="fnanchor">[24]</a> and he who desires to do so can honour the -dust of several members of the MacCrimmon family in the little burying-ground -at Kilmuir, overlooking Dunvegan Loch. Nay more, one may converse -with living descendants of the family within a stone's throw of -the home of their forefathers. The fame of the MacCrimmons will never -die so long as these features or the memory of them remains, and, when these -are no longer remembered, the honour due to these Kings of Pipers will be -enshrined in the music they have left behind them.</p> - -<p>It is impossible in this article to do more than touch the fringe of an -almost illimitable subject. There are many controversial points into which -it is not desirable to enter, <em>e.g.</em>, the origin of the family name, the exact -period during which the MacCrimmons held their hereditary office, and the -"Cainntaireachd" invented and used by them. The old papers in the -castle are singularly silent in regard to the history of men so closely allied -with the fortunes of the Dunvegan family. The only two documents among -these papers, so far as I am aware, which bear upon the subject, are a lease -of the lands of Galtrigal in Skye to the MacCrimmons in virtue of their -hereditary office, and a rent-roll of the latter years of the eighteenth century,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a></span> -which contains entries of payments made by MacLeod tenants, in the form -of a tax to assist a member of the MacCrimmon family in his declining -years. But while contemporary documentary evidence is practically unavailable, -tradition has preserved a great deal of interesting information. -While it may not be advisable to accept as accurate many oral traditions -of a country, we are entitled to rely to a considerable extent upon, and to -accept as generally trustworthy, Highland oral tradition, which every -student of Highland history knows was the common mode of preserving -what otherwise would have been long ago irretrievably lost. The office -of "Seanachaidh"<a name="FNanchor_25_25" id="FNanchor_25_25"></a><a href="#Footnote_25_25" class="fnanchor">[25]</a> was recognized and honoured in leading Highland -families and, subject to the legitimate criticism that a Seanachaidh was -apt unduly to extol the virtues of those whose praises he sang and to decry -the virtues of rival families, we are entitled to draw upon this source of -information.</p> - -<p>The first published account of the family known to me is Angus MacKay's -collection of <cite>Ancient Piobaireachd</cite>, or Highland Pipe Music, published -in 1838, which forms the basis of most, if not all, the subsequent published -references to the family. Dr. Norman MacLeod's account (in Gaelic) of the -MacCrimmons must also be mentioned, and of more modern date Dr. Fraser's -interesting book on the <cite>Highland Bagpipe</cite>. The Rev. Archibald Clerk -contributed an article worthy of notice in the <cite>New Statistical Account of -Scotland</cite>, and Fionn's <cite>Martial Music of the Gael</cite> contains some interesting -notes.</p> - -<p>I regard, however, as the most authoritative contribution a series of -Gaelic articles contributed to the <cite>Celtic Monthly</cite> by the Rev. Neil Ross of -Buccleuch Parish Church, Edinburgh. Mr. Ross is one of our ablest Gaelic -scholars, and, having been born and brought up in the heart of the MacCrimmon -country, he has had the peculiar advantage of obtaining the -local traditions of the family at first hand, from old people practically all -of whom have passed away.</p> - -<p>I am inclined to place the commencement of the MacCrimmon era -so far as their relationship with the Macleods of Dunvegan is concerned,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[204]</a></span> -approximately as 1500, and the termination thereof as 1822. My reasons -for doing so are first that we find that in 1651 one of the family was publicly -acknowledged as the King of Pipers. In the old chronicle detailing this -incident the name of the piper upon whom this honour was bestowed is -given as John Macgurmen (MacCrimmon) which I believe to be a mistake -for Patrick MacCrimmon, he who composed the well-known port, "I gave -a kiss to the hand of the King." If the old adage is true that -it took seven years of a man's life and seven generations of pipers before -him to make a perfect piper, the date 1500 is by no means too remote. -Further, the traditional list of MacCrimmon pipers who held their hereditary -office is sufficiently long to bridge that period. Dr. MacLeod enumerates -seven successive members of the family, whereas Mr. Ross furnishes us -with twelve names inclusive of those mentioned by Dr. MacLeod. The -following is Mr. Ross' list:</p> - -<div class="textcol pad4"> -Finlay of the Breacan.<br /> -Iain Odhar.<br /> -Patrick Caogach.<br /> -Patrick Donn.<br /> -Donald Mór.<br /> -Patrick Mór.<br /> -</div> - -<div class="textcol"> -Patrick Òg.<br /> -Donald Bàn<br /> -Angus Òg.<br /> -Malcolm.<br /> -Iain Dubh.<br /> -Patrick Mór.<br /> -</div> - -<p>It is outwith the scope of this article to deal with the MacCrimmon -genealogy, or to discuss in detail the different members of the family. Interesting -notes might be furnished concerning most of the men whose names -are enumerated above, and it might not be difficult for a skilled player -of pibroch, by a careful analysis of the MacCrimmon compositions, to assign -many of the extant compositions to the appropriate composers. I prefer -to gather together from the available sources known to me a few incidents -in the lives of three outstanding members of the family, Donald Mór, Patrick -Mór and Donald Bàn.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[205]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center">DONALD MÓR MACCRIMMON</p> - -<p>We shall probably not be very far wrong if we regard the period during -which this piper lived as that embracing the concluding years of the sixteenth -century and the early years of the seventeenth. I realise that, in -so placing him, I lay myself open to the criticism that I post-date the period -of Patrick Mór's activities. Patrick Mór is regarded as the son of Donald -Mór, and it is probable that both father and son were in the service of Sir -Rory Mór. It is stated that, being a special favourite of his chief, Donald -was sent to Ireland to complete his musical education. There can be little -doubt that as Ireland was the early home of Celtic letters so she was the -early home of musical culture, and that the high degree of efficiency attained -by the MacCrimmons was, at least in part, due to the finishing touches -obtained by them in the sister island. We learn that Donald Mór played -before many of the nobility and gentry of the country and greatly distinguished -himself. Mr. Ross has an interesting note that Donald accompanied -his chief to Ireland in the reign of James VI., on the occasions when MacLeod -led his clan in battle, and that about that time Donald composed -"The Lament to the Earl of Antrim." Among the compositions attributed -to him are "The Macdonald Salute," "Welcome to Rory Mór," and "The -Salute of the Earl of Ross." Mr. Ross, whose knowledge of pibroch entitles -him to speak with authority, states that close analysis of Donald Mór's -compositions reveals the fact that he frequently used the lower notes of -the chanter, and that there is internal evidence that he possessed great -skill in changing from the low to the high notes.</p> - - -<p class="p1 center">PATRICK MÓR MACCRIMMON</p> - -<p>It is generally agreed that Patrick succeeded Donald as hereditary piper -to the MacLeods of Dunvegan. He is generally admitted to have been the -most distinguished member of his race. His life was spent in the service -of Sir Rory Mór MacLeod, who succeeded to the chiefship in 1596, and who -died as stated in 1626. Under the protection of this powerful chief the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[206]</a></span> -practice of Piobaireachd received an impetus which is bearing fruit to-day. -The Scottish Privy Council, at a comparatively early date, struck a severe -blow at what was regarded as the despotic power of the chiefs by limiting -the number of the retinue each chief was entitled to gather round him. -An important member of that retinue was the person who held the office of -hereditary piper. In addition to the honour such an office carried, there -were certain material advantages <em>e.g.</em>, the freeholding of land and the right -to certain dues and liberties which were not lightly esteemed. As indicating -the dignified nature of the office, it may be mentioned that, included in the -chief's retinue, was the piper's man, whose duty it was to act as servant -to the piper and to carry his instrument for him when not in use.</p> - -<p>To Patrick Mór MacCrimmon is assigned the honour of having composed -the largest number of pipe tunes. In the plaintive lament "Cumha na -Cloinne" (Lament to the Children) he gives expression to his deep grief -caused by the visitation of one of the most poignant afflictions known to -man—the deaths of his children. According to Dr. MacLeod he was the -father of eight stalwart sons. Proudly one Sabbath morning he and they -marched to the church in their native glen. Before the close of that year -he mourned the loss of all his sons who died in an epidemic of fever. Two -other well-known laments, the composition of which is assigned to him, are, -"The Lament to the only Son" and "The Lament to John Garbh MacGhille -Chalum of Raasay," who was drowned in 1646 while crossing the Minch.</p> - -<p>In 1651 Patrick Mór MacCrimmon was in all probability an old man, -but not too old to accompany the clan in support of Charles II. At this -time MacLeod of MacLeod was a minor, and the command of the clan -devolved upon his uncles, Norman MacLeod of Bernera and Roderick MacLeod -of Talisker. According to Angus Mackay's account, both these men -were knighted by Charles II. before the battle of Worcester in 1651 and -on that occasion, Patrick Mór having had the honour of playing before the -King, and his performance having greatly pleased His Majesty, Patrick -received the further honour of being allowed to kiss the King's hand. Mackay -states that the well-known port, "Fhuaireas pog o spog an Righ," was -composed by MacCrimmon in honour of the distinction then conferred upon<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[207]</a></span> -him. Various accounts of this outstanding MacCrimmon honour have been -published, no two of which entirely agree. Dr. William Mackay of Inverness -has frequently rendered signal service in the department of Highland -history, and I am indebted to his labours and scholarly research for what I -regard as a complete elucidation of the circumstances surrounding the composition -of this tune. Dr. Mackay edited <cite>The Chronicles of the Frasers</cite>, -an old MS. of events embracing the period 1616-1674. There are many -MS. histories bearing upon Highland matters, some of which have been -fabricated, but no suggestion of falsification besmirches the reputation -of this MS., which has been published under the auspices of The Scottish -History Publication Society. Referring to the year 1651, the date of the -battle of Worcester, the MS. states that at Stirling, in the month of May, -"there was great competition betwixt the trumpets in the army; one -Axell, the Earle of Hoome's trumpeter, carried it by the King's own decision. -The next was anent the pipers; but the Earle of Sutherland's domestick -carried it of all the camp, for non contended with him. All the pipers -in the army gave John Macgurmen (MacCrimmon) the van, and acknowledged -him for their patron in chief. It was pretty in a morning (the King) in -parad viewing the regiments and bragads. He saw no less than eighty -pipers in a crould, bare-headed, and John Macgurmen in the middle covered. -He asked what society that was? It was told his Majesty—'Sir, yow -are our King, and yonder old man in the middle is the Prince of Pipers.' -He cald him by name and comeing to the king, kneeling, His Majesty -reacht him his hand to kiss; and instantly played an extemporanean port, -'Fuoris Pooge i spoge i Rhi'—I got a kiss of the King's hand—of which -he and they were all vain." The writer of the manuscript has made an -attempt to render the Gaelic phonetically, and Mr. Mackay in a footnote -gives the correct Gaelic spelling "Fhuaireas pog o spog an Righ."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[208]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center">DONALD BAN MACCRIMMON</p> - -<p>MacLeod of Dunvegan, when Prince Charles Edward made his romantic -if impossible attempt to seize the crown of his forefathers, declined to lend -his services to the Prince, and consequently incurred the deep displeasure -of many of his clansmen. Had he remained simply neutral, the resentment -which his refusal to follow the Prince aroused would have been less bitter, -but he openly supported the reigning house. Opinions differ as to which -of two men, Malcolm MacCrimmon and Donald Ban MacCrimmon, held -the office of hereditary piper, but most authorities agree that Donald Ban -performed the duties of the office when MacLeod led out his men against -the Prince. Many of the MacLeod men refused to follow their chief, and -preferred to follow the standard of the Prince, under the leadership of the -heads of cadet families sprung from the Dunvegan line. MacLeod's position -was a difficult one. Had the Prince landed in Moidart with sufficient money, -equipment and arms, MacLeod would probably have given him all the -support within his power. It is persistently stated that his was one of the -signatures to the document inviting the Prince to raise his standard in -Scotland. In these circumstances it was necessary for MacLeod, by some -overt act, to give practical evidence to the Government of his non-adherence -to the Stuart cause. He was in close correspondence with, and being actively -advised by, President Forbes, who realised the importance of securing the -services of MacLeod, thereby lessening the likelihood of the Macdonalds -of Skye joining the Prince's forces. MacLeod gathered around him a substantial -body of men who held the lands in the vicinity of the castle, and -led them from the castle to the shore, where boats waited to convey them -to the mainland, and thence to the east of Scotland.</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_b_208fp-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -THE PIBROCH<br /> -<em>From the Painting by Lockhart Bogle</em></div> -</div> - -<p>We are constantly reminded of the romance of the Forty-Five. We too -often forget the dark tragedies of those days. The spectre of looming -disaster entered the home of the MacCrimmons. Donald Ban MacCrimmon -had heard the note of the Banshee presaging a journey from which for him -there would be no returning. He was told to inspirit the men by the rousing -strains of "MacLeod's March," but true to his hereditary instincts he could -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[209]</a></span>only play a port in harmony with the mood of the moment. In place of -the "March" his pipes attuned themselves to that most touching of all -laments, "Cumha Mhic Cruimein." The pages of the <cite>Brahan Seer</cite> do not -contain any instance of second sight more circumstantially fulfilled than that -concerning Donald Ban MacCrimmon. Contemporary history supplies us -with the information. The scene is changed from Dunvegan Castle to -Moy Hall, the residence of The Mackintosh, a few miles east of Inverness. -In the absence of her husband, the wife of The Mackintosh, better known -as "Lady Anne," kept a watchful eye, in the interests of the Prince, on the -movements of his enemies. The Prince had accepted the hospitality of -Moy Hall for the night. News reached "Lady Anne" that a body of men, -under Lord Loudon, including MacLeod and his men, were to attempt to -capture the Prince under the cover of night. "Donald Fraser, a blacksmith, -and other four with loaded muskets in their hands were keeping watch -upon a muir out some distance from Moy towards Inverness. As they were -walking up and down they happened to spy a body of men marching towards -them, upon which the blacksmith fired his piece and the other four followed -his example. The laird of MacLeod's piper (reputed the best at his business -in all Scotland) was shot dead on the spot. Then the blacksmith (Fraser) -and his trusty companions raised a cry (calling some particular regiments -by their names) to the Prince's army to advance, as if they had been at -hand, which so far imposed upon Lord Loudon and his command (a pretty -considerable one) and struck them with such a panic, that instantly they -beat a retreat and made their way back to Inverness in great disorder, -imagining the Prince's whole army to be at their heels."</p> - -<p>Tradition states that Donald Ban's body was buried not far from the -spot where he received his fatal wound, and I am informed that a large stone -on the moor marks the place of interment.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[210]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center">THE HOMELAND OF THE MACCRIMMONS</p> - -<p>Pipers throughout the world will probably welcome a short description -of that part of Skye which will for all time be associated with the MacCrimmon -family. We may safely assume that the lands of Galtrigal and -Boreraig have undergone little physical change during the last 300 -years. Standing on a lofty plateau, the MacCrimmon practice ground, -we find ourselves in the centre of a district possessing great natural charm -and an unparalled sea view. Dunvegan's ancient towers are a prominent -landmark reminiscent of bloody feuds, when Macdonald and MacLeod, -though connected by marriage, were continually at one anothers throats. -Johnson, Boswell, Pennant and Sir Walter Scott all testify to the hospitality -they received within its walls. Dun Boreraig, to the east, one of many -interesting brochs on the island—silent witnesses to the strength and ingenuity -of a past race—still keeps its sentinel watch. To the west stand out in strong -relief the rocky cliffs of Dunvegan Head, and in the south are the marvellous -Coolins with their ever-changing aspects. At the time when Angus Mackay's -publication appeared in 1838, the ruins of the "college" remained <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">in situ</i>, -disclosing thick walls, massive cabers or rafters, and other characteristics -of old Highland habitations. Mackay says that the building was divided -into two parts, one forming the class-room and the other the sleeping apartments.</p> - -<p>It was the practice of the MacCrimmons to enter into formal indentures -of apprenticeship with their pupils, one of which has been published in the -Inverness Gaelic Society's Transactions. So many years of study were prescribed, -regular lessons were given out, and certain periods for receiving the -instructions of the master were fixed. The Rev. Archibald Clerk, son-in-law -of Dr. Norman MacLeod (Caraid nan Gaidheal), writing in 1845 states, that -the whole tuition "was carried on systematically as in any of our modern -academies; and the names of some of the caves and knolls in the vicinity -still point out the spots where the scholars used to practice respectively -the Piob Mhor or large bagpipe, before exhibiting in presence of the master. -MacLeod endowed this school by granting the farm of Borreraig to it, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a></span> -it is no longer than seventy years since the endowment was withdrawn. -The farm had originally been given only during the pleasure of the proprietor. -For many ages the grant was undisturbed, but when the value of -land had risen to six or seven times what it was when the school was founded, -MacLeod very reasonably proposed to resume one half of the farm, offering -at the same time to MacCrimmon a free lease of the other half <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">in perpetuam</i>: -but MacCrimmon, indignant that his emoluments should be curtailed, -resigned the whole farm and broke up his establishment, which has never -been restored."</p> - -<p>Any description of the home of the MacCrimmons would be incomplete -without referring to Clach MacCrimmon, a stone which is almost as well-known -as the MacCrimmons themselves. Although the account of this -matter savours of exaggeration, there can be little doubt that the incident -is believed in firmly by the people of the district. The incident as narrated -to me was as follows: One of the MacCrimmons was in the habit of tethering -his horse, in accordance with the custom of the country, by a rope attached -to a cipean driven into the ground. Some maliciously disposed persons -removed the cipean from its place on more than one occasion, thus causing -MacCrimmon's horse to roam and to do damage to the surrounding crops. -In exasperation, MacCrimmon vowed that he would so fix the cipean that -no mortal man would ever remove it again. He thereupon looked about -for a stone sufficiently large to suit his purpose, and, observing one -about 200 yards distant, he immediately proceeded, unaided, to lift it, -carried it that distance and placed it upon the top of the cipean. The -spot from which MacCrimmon removed the stone, and the spot upon which -he placed it, were both pointed out to me. The stone is about 3 feet long -by 2½ feet broad, and 2 feet high. I endeavoured to lift the stone an inch -or two from the ground and failed to do so. To satisfy certain south-country -sceptics, not very long ago, several men, including Murdoch MacLeod -(who accompanied me upon the occasion to which I have been referring), -succeeded in removing the stone from the bed in which it had lain so long, -and by using a wall as a lever, rolled it down a gradient of several yards -to the spot where it at present lies. A most remarkable sequel followed.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[212]</a></span> -It was stated to me, in all seriousness, that underneath the stone when -it was removed, was found an ancient rusty cipean much worn away. Murdoch -Macleod stated to me that he not only saw it, but handled it.</p> - - -<p class="p1 center">MACCRIMMON PUPILS</p> - -<p>If the genius of a master can be measured by the success of his pupils, -then, apart from other considerations, the MacCrimmons of Boreraig must -truly be regarded as kings among pipers. The fame of their college, long -recognised throughout the Isles, spread to the mainland, and pupils from -all parts of Scotland eagerly travelled long distances to avail themselves -of the tuition the college afforded. No piper's education was regarded as -complete until he had passed through the hands of the masters at Boreraig. -Rival chiefs buried for a time their jealousies, and sent their pipers to the -college on MacLeod's lands. The method usually adopted was to apprentice -the young pipers to the MacCrimmons for a period of years, and, in the case -of those men who had already otherwise been trained, to send them to -Skye for a short period. In a series of articles upon the History of the Parish -of Kiltarlity, written by the Rev. Archibald Macdonald, I find the following: -"There is an indenture drawn up at Beaufort on 9th March, 1743, in which -William Fraser, tacksman, Beauly, is described as his Lordship's (Simon -Fraser, Lord Lovat) musician. The brother of this William—David Fraser—had -been educated by David Macgregor, his Lordship's piper. His -Lordship, however, was now to send David to the Isle of Skye to have him -perfected as a Highland piper by the famous Malcolm MacCrimmon, whom -his Lordship was to reward for educating the said David for a year."</p> - -<p>It in no sense belittles the importance of the MacArthurs, who, as a family -of pipers, were second only in excellence to the MacCrimmons of Boreraig, -to state that the musical education of a member of this family, Charles, was -perfected by Patrick Og MacCrimmon. The MacArthurs were hereditary -pipers to the MacDonalds of the Isles and, like the MacCrimmons, had a -school for instruction in pipe music. Pennant, who visited the Hebrides -in 1774, was hospitably entertained in this building and listened to the play<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[213]</a></span>ing -of many pibrochs. He describes the building as consisting of four -apartments, one of which formed the hall set apart for students. Of Charles -MacArthur the following interesting incident is told. Sir Alexander Macdonald, -being at Dunvegan on a visit to the laird of MacLeod, heard the -performance of Patrick Og MacCrimmon with great delight, and desirous -if possible to have a piper of equal merit, he said to MacCrimmon one day -that there was a young man whom he was anxious to place under his tuition, -on condition that he should not be allowed to return until such time as he -could play equal to his master. "When this is the case," said MacDonald, -"you will bring him home and I will give you ample satisfaction for your -trouble." "Sir Alexander," said Patrick, "if you will be pleased to send -him to me I will do all that I am able to do for him." Charles was -accordingly sent to Boreraig where he remained for eleven years, when -MacCrimmon, considering him as perfect as he could be made, proceeded to -Mugstad to deliver his charge to Sir Alexander, who was then residing there, -and, where Iain Dall Mackay, Gairloch's blind piper, happened also to be. -Macdonald hearing of their arrival, thought it a good opportunity to -determine the merit of his own piper by the judgment of the blind man, -whose knowledge of pipe music was unexceptionable. He therefore enjoined -Patrick Og and MacArthur not to speak a word to betray who they were, and, -addressing Mackay, he told him he had a young man learning the pipes for -some years and was glad that he was present to say whether he thought him -worth the money which his instruction had cost. Mackay said if he heard -him play he would give his opinion freely, and he requested to be informed -previously with whom the piper had been studying. Sir Alexander told -him he had been with Patrick Og MacCrimmon. Then Mackay -exclaimed, "He could never have been with a better master!" The young -man was ordered to play, and when he was finished Sir Alexander asked -the other for his opinion. "I think a great deal of him," replied Iain. -"He is a good piper; he gives the notes correctly, and if he takes care he -will excel in his profession." Sir Alexander was pleased with so flattering -an opinion, and observed that he had been at the trouble of sending two -persons to the college that he might retain the best, and that now the second<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_214" id="Page_214">[214]</a></span> -man would play, so that an opinion on his merits might also be given. -Mackay observed that he must be a very excellent performer to surpass the -first, or even to compare with him. When Patrick Og (who acted as the -second pupil) had finished playing, Sir Alexander asked the umpire what he -thought of his performance. "Indeed, Sir, no one need try me in that -manner," returned the blind man. "Although I have lost the eyes of my -human body, I have not lost the eyes of my understanding; and if all the -pipers in Scotland were present I would not find it a difficult task to distinguish -the last player from them all." "You surprise me, Mackay, -who is he?" "Who but Patrick Og MacCrimmon," promptly rejoined -Mackay, and, turning to where Patrick was sitting, he observed, "It was -quite needless, my good sir, to think you would deceive me in that way, -for you could not but know that I should have recognised your performance -among a thousand." Sir Alexander then asked Mackay himself to play, -and afterwards he called for a bottle of whisky, drank to their healths, -and remarked that he had that night under his roof the three best pipers -in Britain. So much admired was Charles MacArthur for his musical taste, -that a gentleman in MacLeod's country prevailed on Malcolm MacCrimmon -to send his son Donald for six months to reside with MacArthur, not with -the idea of adding to his musical knowledge, but in order that he might -be improved by studying MacArthur's particular graces.</p> - -<p>About the same time one of the MacCrimmons, better known as Padruig -Caogach (obviously not the Patrick Caogach No. 3 on Mr. Ross' list, if Mr. -Ross' order is correct), because of his habit of frequently winking, was endeavouring -to compose a tune. Two years had passed since the first two measures -of it had become known, and still the tune remained half finished. Poor -Patrick utterly failed in his frequent attempts to finish what he had begun -so well. Mackay succeeded where Patrick failed, finished the tune and called -it "Lasan Phadruig Chaogaich."<a name="FNanchor_26_26" id="FNanchor_26_26"></a><a href="#Footnote_26_26" class="fnanchor">[26]</a> Annoyed because of Mackay's success, -or perhaps because of the perpetuation of his physical weakness, Patrick -bribed the other apprentices to hurl the blind Iain from a height of twenty-four -feet. Iain, however, landed on his feet without injury. The place in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[215]</a></span> -question was thereafter known as "Leum an Doill."<a name="FNanchor_27_27" id="FNanchor_27_27"></a><a href="#Footnote_27_27" class="fnanchor">[27]</a> It is said that the -completion by Iain Dall of Patrick's unfinished tune resulted in great praise -being bestowed upon the former, and gave rise to the saying, "Chaidh an -fhoghluim osceann Mhic Cruimein," <em>i.e.</em>, "the apprentice outstrips the -master."</p> - - -<p class="p1 center">MACCRIMMON LEGENDS</p> - -<p>The legends associated with the MacCrimmons are numerous and interesting, -but I can only refer to one or two of them. The "Cave" legend -is well-known, and I make no further reference to it except to say that -variations of it are to be met with wherever piping has been practised.</p> - -<p>Neil Munro, whose stories of the Hebrides are redolent of peat reek -and quaint Gaelic idioms, has used the following Breadalbane legend to -excellent purpose in his story of the Red Hand: Ross, an old Breadalbane -piper, in a fit of jealous rage, forced the right hand of his brother into the -fire until it became a charred lump, to prevent him becoming a better -piper than himself. Somewhat akin to this old tale is one concerning the -MacCrimmons. Although proud of the state of perfection to which they -had brought the art of piping, and while encouraging the dissemination of -their art by returning young men to their homes from the college at -Boreraig trained to a high degree of efficiency, they nevertheless retained -among the members of their own family certain movements known only to -themselves. They were rightly proud of the position they occupied, and were -jealous lest they lost it, even though the honour were to descend upon a -pupil of their own training. The story goes that a girl, friendly with the -MacCrimmons, acquired the knowledge of how a certain hitherto secret -combination of notes was accomplished and imparted the information -to her sweetheart, who was not of the MacCrimmon family. Upon this -fact reaching the ears of her family the drastic step was adopted of instantly -cutting off her fingers so as to prevent possible leakage of information in -the future.</p> - -<p>In the beautiful Gaelic song, said to have been composed by Donald<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[216]</a></span> -Ban MacCrimmon's sweetheart at Dunvegan, one of the lines refers -to the wailing of the fairies when they heard that their friend was -leaving to return no more. These little people play no small part in -Highland legends generally, and we are therefore not surprised to learn -of the existence of the following MacCrimmon fairy legend. On one -occasion, when Dunvegan's chief was entertaining within his hospitable -walls a goodly company, including many representatives of the leading -clans, accompanied by their pipers, it was agreed that the pipers -should compete for the post of honour. MacLeod, as a good host, naturally -left his piper to come last. The competition went on, piper succeeding -piper, until there remained two, including MacLeod's piper, MacCrimmon, -to compete. MacLeod glanced in the direction where he expected to see -MacCrimmon preparing to acquit himself bravely, but to his annoyance -there was no sign of him. Calling a boy, a young MacCrimmon, to him, -he bade him search for and bring back MacCrimmon. In a short time the -boy returned with the tidings that MacCrimmon was hopelessly drunk. -The chief was plunged into the depths of despair with the certainty staring -him in the face of being disgraced in front of his guests in his own castle. -Seizing the boy by the hand, he whispered in his ear as the eleventh piper -stepped forward, "You are the twelfth piper from your chief." Realizing -the impossibility of the task imposed upon him the poor lad fled from the -hall and threw himself down upon the hillside bitterly bewailing the helplessness -of his condition. Suddenly there arose out of an adjacent hillock -a beautiful little fairy, who, doubtless realizing the importance of time, -handed to the lad a silver chanter and bade him play upon it. He did so, -and through the silent glen there floated music the like of which had never -before been heard by human ears. With a radiant countenance the lad -immediately returned to the hall and, as he entered, the last notes of the -eleventh piper were dying away. Proudly the little fellow lifted his master's -pipes, and to the surprise and merriment of the great gathering, took the -place just vacated by the previous piper. The virtues of the silver chanter -stood him in good stead and the looks of amusement quickly turned into -admiration, as there came from the pipes the notes of a master player.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_217" id="Page_217">[217]</a></span></p> - -<p>In my own youthful days I heard the following MacCrimmon story. -On the occasion of a great competition among the pipers held at Dunvegan -Castle, the leading MacCrimmon of the day and his nephew, to whom -MacCrimmon had imparted his whole store of knowledge, save one particular -tune, resolved to compete. The old master had specially refrained -from communicating this particular composition to his pupil in order that, -while priding himself upon the accomplishments of his own pupil, he might -yet retain one item, the knowledge and playing of which would secure for -him the coveted honour at the coming competition. On the night before -the great event master and pupil slept together at a certain inn. Believing -his companion to be sleeping, the old man conned over to himself the air -by which he hoped to distinguish himself on the morrow. The arm of the -apparently sleeping lad was lying stretched across the bed, and the old -piper's hands, mechanically searching for something upon which to "finger" -the tune, seized upon his pupil's arm. Time and again the old man practised -the notes, at the same time quietly humming the notes, ignorant of the -fact that his pupil, though feigning sleep, was very wide awake, and gradually -becoming the possessor of the coveted port. On the morrow the pupil -entered the lists before his master, and to the mortification of the latter, -carried off the leading honour by reason of his manner of playing the tune -of which MacCrimmon believed himself at that time to be the sole possessor.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Once again, I find myself in "Eilean a' cheó." Six weeks of almost constant -rain, disappointing to others who are not accustomed to the vagaries -of the weather, have not chilled the affectionate ardour which contact with -the island and its people invariably inspires in me. The mists have ever -hung heavy on the hills in times of deep, heart-breaking sorrow, and the -present tempestuous weather is but in keeping with the sad aftermath of -War.</p> - -<p>To-day, there came from a distant part of the Island one who served -his country well in the late war and who was sorely wounded in that service. -To the home of Pibroch he brought his pipes, and in the seclusion of the -Pipers Cave in Galtrigal he played two well-known MacCrimmon ports;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[218]</a></span> -"Cumha Ruari Mhor," and "Tog orm mo phiob." An ardent student of -MacCrimmon Pibroch, and a cultured exponent of their art, he came to do -honour at their shrine. It was fitting that one of those who heard the -haunting notes as they welled forth across the loch was Sir Rory's lineal -descendant Macleod of Macleod.</p> - -<p>There are many pipers who look hopefully for the day when the -memory of the MacCrimmons and of their immortal genius shall be enshrined -in a College of Piping, where pupils from far and near may receive instruction -in all that is noblest and best in the art of bag-pipe playing.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_219" id="Page_219">[219]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="A_GOSSIP_ABOUT_THE_GORDON_HIGHLANDERS" id="A_GOSSIP_ABOUT_THE_GORDON_HIGHLANDERS"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">A GOSSIP ABOUT THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS</a></h2> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">By J. M. Bulloch</span></p> - -<p class="noindent">If the Great War has reversed some preconceptions and ruthlessly rationalised -many traditions, it has confirmed, and actually enhanced, the fine -fighting reputation of the ten Regiments of the Line—half of them kilted—which -Scotland contributes to the British Army. We now know of a certainty -that this reputation is well founded as we did not know it before. -True, there has long been a legend to that effect, but of recent years there -has been a disposition to question its validity. Scotland, or rather the -articulate part of it, has borrowed the deadly doctrine of self-depreciation, -from which the dominant partner has suffered severely, and the suggestion -has not been wanting that the praise of Scots troops, which received such -an impetus from the enthusiastic pen of the author of <cite>The Romance of War</cite>, -was somewhat overdone. We were reminded that our Army had not -had to face troops on the Continent of Europe since the days of the Crimea; -one Scots Regiment had not done so since 1799, while the Gordons had -nothing to show for it since Waterloo.</p> - -<p>If that was true of the old "Contemptibles" generally, it was still -truer of the auxiliary forces, which had seen no fighting at all, except in -South Africa; but to-day all of them have stood the acid test of the greatest -war in history. The old "Contemptibles" were never finer, and we have -lived to see one of the best Divisions in the Army composed entirely of -kilted Territorials. Indeed, a cloud of witnesses has arisen to prove that -all the 126 Battalions, into which the 69 composing the Scots Regiments -expanded themselves for the purposes of war, have rendered magnificent -service. If we relied merely on the word of the Commander-in-Chief we -might suspect bias, for Earl Haig and more than one of his Generals<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_220" id="Page_220">[220]</a></span> -are Scots by birth; but we have the appreciation of the special newspaper -war-correspondents, and not one of them hailed from north of the -Border.</p> - -<p>We have, moreover, the testimony of the enemy, who very quickly -recognised the valour and skill of all the Scots Regiments, particularly -those of the 51st Division. Indeed, the Scots soldier, although he -represented only eleven per cent. of the British Army against eighty-one -per cent. of England itself, took hold of the imagination of the Germans -to such an extent that their caricaturists turned John Bull into a -Highlander, converting his traditional tall hat into a diced "cockit" bonnet, -his white riding breeches into a kilt or tartan trews, and his top-boots -into gaiters. The pages of <cite>Simplicissmus</cite>, <cite>Kladderadatsch</cite>, and <cite>Jugend</cite>, -to name only a few, have throughout the war pictured a long procession -of the "wife-men" as representing the British Army, at first in a -spirit of incredulous burlesque, and latterly with something of the wholesome -fear, which was popularly supposed to have overtaken George the Second -when he started in his sleep in terror as he dreamed that the "Great Glenbogged" -(Glenbucket) was swooping down upon him.</p> - -<p>It was to the advent of the father of that monarch that we owe the -raising of the kilted Scots—nearly all the trewsed Regiments arose in the -previous century—though the connection was indirect, not to say inverted, -and was touched with an irony (especially in the light of the greatest of -wars), which has been largely lost on a certain type of popularly accepted -English history. According to this reasoning, the Highlanders, on seeing -the country in danger owing to the expansion adventures of the dominant -partner at the expense of France, flocked to the colours at the call of the -English Government, and thus not only helped to save the Empire, but -gratified their own passion for arms, which had been severely suppressed -after the Forty-Five.</p> - -<p>The facts, however, are very different from this facile theory. To begin -with, if the country as a whole had little consciousness of expansion, as -Seeley argued, the Highlander had infinitely less, for one of the main troubles -of dealing with him, even in our own day, has been his homing instinct,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_221" id="Page_221">[221]</a></span> -his intense love of his native soil, no matter how poor it may be. In the -second place, the ambitions of the House of Hanover touched no responsive -chord in the Highlander's heart, for the Clans had felt the full scourge of -Teutonism in the ruthless work of Cumberland at Culloden.</p> - -<p>Again, if France was the hereditary arch-enemy of the dominant partner, -Scotland in general and the Highlands in particular, had no such quarrel -with her. On the contrary, France and Scotland, linked together by racial, -psychological, and historical similarities and identities of interest, had long -been the best of friends, and it must have puzzled the average Highlander -why he should be asked to fight against her. So strong is this community -of spirit that it might very well be argued that the Highland Regiments -have never fought better in their long history than they have done in the -Great War, because they were fighting for France, as well as for their native -country.</p> - -<p>No doubt the Union had placed Scotland in the same category as England -so far as France was concerned, but the kilted regiments arose, not so much -out of a political necessity as from a revival of the spirit which had made -the Scot in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a soldier of fortune -wherever he was wanted, fighting now for Rome, and now in the ranks of -Gustavus Adolphus against her; fighting to a large extent without passion, -but as an artist in arms; and it was this absence of bias as much as anything -else that made these venturers clean fighters, and raised their reputation -as masters of their art wherever they took service.</p> - -<p>From first to last the spirit which animated the soldier of fortune—out -to gratify his instinct for adventure, his desire to make a living, and his -passion for individuality—has always inspired the Highland regiments -to a remarkable extent. It is true that the war with France involved the -most momentous issues for the State, but the methods adopted for warding -off the danger were far more personal and local than national. It might -be argued that the real cause of the war with France was due to the imperialistic -ambitions of individual adventurers, and therefore raised little -national animus, but precisely the same methods of meeting a crisis coloured -the early stages of Armageddon, when every one felt involved, the influence<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a></span> -of one man, Lord Kitchener, being far more potent in rousing resistance -than any abstract doctrine of State necessity.</p> - -<p>The raising of troops to fight France was at no time the complete State -undertaking that conscription has involved in our own day. At first the -duty was taken up by individual landowners, who raised in turn Regiments -of the Line and Fencible Corps; and when their pockets were exhausted, -the task was assigned to local authorities like the Lords Lieutenant, -who were commissioned to raise in turn Militia, Volunteers (1794-1808), -and the very curious force known as Local Militia (1808-1816).</p> - -<p>Scotland afforded a splendid ground for the exercise of personal influence -because, although the Clan system with its chieftainship had broken down, -the influence of the great landowners was still powerful enough to attract -attention, although the devotion of the people had to be reinforced by -bounties on a scale unknown in our day, and by all sorts of practical recognition, -such as the adjustment of rents and the enlargement of holdings; -for, although the armies thus raised had strong affinities with the levies -organised under the feudal system, the Clan system was infinitely more -democratic, and gave scope for greater individuality. This is so true that -it often happened that the men raised in one glen declined to march to the -rendezvous with the men of another glen who happened to be their hereditary -enemies, and trouble arose over the demands of particular groups -to be led by their local officers, some of them even believing that they should -go forth to battle by Clans, as in the old days.</p> - -<p>Of all the personal potentates interested in recruiting in Scotland, none -was more powerful than the fourth Duke of Gordon who, although long -in possession of vast tracts of <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Higland'">Highland</ins> territory, was in no sense a Highlander, -his family having migrated from Berwickshire to the north, and the trouble -which existed for centuries between him and his Highland tenants, like the -Macphersons, was due to the inability of his ancestors, or their representatives, -to understand the true nature of the Celt. More motives than one -urged His Grace forward as recruiter. In the first place, his immediate -ancestors had played a very dubious part in the Jacobite risings, and the -fourth Duke was anxious to remove the last doubts as to the loyalty of his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[223]</a></span> -house. Later on he married an extremely clever and ambitious woman, -the famous Jane Maxwell, who had a great desire to play a big part in the -State, and do something for her sons.</p> - -<p>Whatever the motives, the recruiting achievements of His Grace were -splendid, for from first to last he raised no fewer than four complete regiments, -besides contributing two companies to corps raised by others, -and he also played a very active part as Lord Lieutenant of his county. -The forces organised by the Duke were as follows:</p> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="80%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd20">1759-65</td><td class="tdl wd60">89th Regiment.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1775-83</td><td class="tdl">Company for the Fraser Highlanders.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1778-83</td><td class="tdl">Northern Fencibles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1790-1</td><td class="tdl">Company for the Black Watch.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1793-9</td><td class="tdl">Northern Fencibles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1794</td><td class="tdl">Gordon Highlanders.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>The sole remnant of this mighty effort, which must have cost the Duke -a fortune, is the regiment of Gordon Highlanders, which we have seen blossom -out into eleven battalions, to say nothing of certain reserves; and although -the regiment has not continued to be recruited on the ducal estates, its -connection with the House of Gordon has all along been maintained, and -has actually been strengthened in recent times. That connection of course -has always been symbolised by the wearing of the clan tartan, but the links -with the north were strengthened by the rearrangement of 1872, when -infantry regiments were allotted to definite Territorial areas for the purpose -of recruiting. About the same time the Gordon family motto, "Bydand," -and the familiar crest were placed upon the bonnet in lieu of the hard-won -Sphinx.</p> - -<p>What is of much more importance is the fact that the genius of the -family, admirably described in the alliterative phrase the "Gay Gordons," -which inspired the original regiment, has passed into all its subsequent -accretions, so that the 75th Regiment added to it in 1881, although actually -of earlier origin, has been completely absorbed. The same can be said of -the old Aberdeenshire Militia, which became the 3rd Battalion, and also of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[224]</a></span> -the various Volunteer Corps which were gradually absorbed, while the -Service Battalions raised by Lord Kitchener displayed exactly the same -spirit as the cradle corps. This continuity and identity of tradition are also -emphasised, not only in the Gordons, but in all the Scots regiments, and -especially in the kilted units, by the fact that they alone maintained -during the War at least, part of their Peace equipment in the shape of the -kilt—even if it was camouflaged with khaki aprons—and the trewsed -regiments had their glengarries replaced by Kilmarnock and other braid -bonnets.</p> - -<p>Who can doubt that such a continuity of outward traditions is but the -symbol of a spiritual identity which links up the Scots regiments of the present -day with the Corps who did such splendid work of old from Fontenoy -to Waterloo, from the Crimea to South Africa. True, when you come to -define it, it is difficult to say what it precisely consists in. Nearly every -Regiment of the Line has its own peculiarities, but the Scots regiments -have them in even greater abundance, for with them they are reinforced -by marked racial characteristics. It is perfectly true that the Highland -regiments are no longer confined to Highlanders, or even to Scotsmen, -although the idea industriously propagated some years ago that they were -originally composed largely of Irishmen, is a fallacy, completely disproved -by War Office Records. Even if it were otherwise, the fact remains that -the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">esprit de corps</i> which all these idiosyncracies help to form has a remarkably -proselytising influence, very subtle and difficult to define, but very -potent in actual practice.</p> - -<p>The early history of the Gordons is full of curious little incidents which -sometimes run counter to popular notions. For example, it used to be commonly -supposed, especially in support of the now exploded theory that -we have become "degenerate," that the first recruits of the Highland -regiments were gigantic men. This is far from being the case. From -the Description Book of the Gordons, one of the very few regiments which -possess such data in an early form, it is proved that the average height -of 914 men composing the greater part (940) of the original regiment, was -only 5' 5½", only six of them being 6' or upwards—the tallest, a Morayshire<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[225]</a></span> -man, scaling 6' 4". Similar facts can be cited about the heights of other -groups of men at the same period.</p> - -<p>There were only 16 men actually named Gordon, against 39 Macdonalds, -35 Macphersons, and 34 Camerons. As to the occupations of the men, -it is interesting to note that 442 were described as "labourers," and as -most of them came from the Highlands, they were presumably farm servants. -Of skilled artisans, 186 were weavers. Inverness-shire, where -the Duke had vast estates, supplied 240 men, Aberdeenshire 124, Banffshire -82, Lanark 62, Ireland 51, England 9, and Wales 2.</p> - -<p>There was a solitary German in the regiment, a musician named -C. Augustus Sochling, hailing from Hesse Cassel. There was another German -in the regiment later on, also a musician, named Friederich Zeigher (or -Zugner) who fell at Quatre Bras. The appearance of these Germans was in -its way a sort of return for the fact that the House of Gordon had given -many good soldiers of its name to what we now call Germany, although -most of them really took post in Poland. The descendants of at least four -of these soldiers still exist in Germany, and have risen to the dignity of a -von, including the founder of the von Gordon-Coldwells, of Laskowitz, in -West Prussia, the von Gordons of Frankfort, and the family of Dr. Adolf -von Gordon, the well-known Berlin lawyer, whose motto is "Byid Dand." -Although at the beginning of 1914 he told a Berlin newspaper that he knew -nothing more about it than that it was an "altschottischer Spruch," it is, -of course, nothing more or less than the historic word "Bydand."</p> - -<p>With regard to the pipe history of the regiment not very much is known. -I fancy this is due to the fact that so much that has to do with the art of -piping generally rests on oral and not written tradition. In the second place -it must be remembered that pipers were not originally recognised by the -State. They were purely a regimental, and not an Army, institution, and -had no separate rank as the drummers had. Indeed, it was not till about -1853 that they got the same rank and pay as drummers. Thus, in May -1805, a piper named Alexander Cameron was taken on the strength of the -Grenadiers as drummer, probably to get him drummer's pay, to which, -as a piper, he was not entitled.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_226" id="Page_226">[226]</a></span></p> - -<p>The rivalry of the two is brought out in a story told in Carr's <cite>Caledonian -Sketches</cite>, of a dispute as to precedence between a piper and a drummer of -a Highland regiment. When the Captain decided in favour of the latter, -the piper expostulated with the remark, "Oh, sir, shall a little rascal that -beats a sheepskin take the right hand of me that am a musician?" The -differentiation of the two is still reflected in the fact that a piper is always -a piper, whereas a "musician" returns to the ranks in time of war.</p> - -<p>The first direct mention of pipers in the Gordons occurs in a regimental -order of October 27, 1796, when the regiment was at Gibraltar, and when -it was ordained that pipers were to attend all fatigue parties. An interesting -sidelight on the use of the pipes occurs in a regimental order of November 12, -1812, when the regiment was at Alba de Tormes in Spain:</p> - -<p>"The pibroch will never sound except when it is for the whole regiment -to get under arms; when any portion of the regiment is ordered for duty -and a pipe to sound, the first pipe will be the warning, and the second pipe -for them to fall in. The pibroch only will, and is to be considered, as invariably -when sounded, for every persons off duty to turn out without a -moment's delay."</p> - -<p>A pathetic little story about this function of the pipers is told by James -Hope in his forgotten little book, <cite>Letters from Portugal, Spain and France</cite>, -printed in 1819:</p> - -<p>"At ten o'clock (on the evening of the day of Quatre Bras) the piper of -the 92nd took post under the garden hedge in front of the village, and, -tuning his bagpipes, attempted to collect the sad remains of his regiment. -Long and loud blew Cameron, and, although the hills and vallies (<em>sic</em>) re-echoed -the hoarse murmurs of his favourite instrument, his utmost efforts -could not produce more than half of those whom his music had cheered in -the morning on their march to the field of battle."</p> - -<p>At the battle of St. Pierre in the Peninsular, December 13, 1813, two -out of the three pipers of the Gordons were killed while playing the pibroch -"Cogadh na sith" (with which they were to charm the ears of the Czar -of Russia in the great Review at Paris in July, 1815). As one fell, another -took up the tune, and it was suggested to Sir John Sinclair, as President of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_227" id="Page_227">[227]</a></span> -the Highland Society, that this "should be made known all over the Highlands." -It may be noted that the Colonel, the gallant, if martinet, Cameron -of Fassiefern, who fell at Quatre Bras, gave great encouragement to his -pipers, especially as regards the specially Highland airs and the high-class -music (Ceol Mor). Colonel Greenhill Gardyne attributes to this the fact -that "all pipers in the Gordons are still taught to play Piobaireachd," -and that the ancient and characteristically Highland class of pipe music -is still played every day under the windows of the officers quarters before -dinner.</p> - -<p>The Gordons have enjoyed the services of one particular family of -hereditary ear-pipers, the Stewarts. They came from Perthshire, where -one of them was a piper to the Duke of Atholl, while his brother, known as -"Piper Jamie," crossed the hills into the Parish of Kirkmichael, Banffshire—the -cradle of a remarkable military family, the Gordons of Croughly—where -seven sons were born to him. All of these strapping fellows entered -the Aberdeenshire Militia, now the 3rd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders, -six of them becoming pipers. The best known of these was the eldest, -Donald (1849-1913), who migrated to New Deer, Aberdeenshire, and was -known all over Scotland as a champion piper. The family has been supplying -pipers to the Gordons for more than half a century.</p> - -<p>No doubt modern battles are not won by deeds of individual daring -such as these pipers have achieved, but they are won in terms of the spirit -which makes such conduct possible, for it is just the little things, the train -of tradition, the idiosyncracies of uniform, and the rest of it, which go to -form that <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">esprit de corps</i> which has made the kilted regiments famous the -world over.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_228" id="Page_228">[228]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="TO_THE_LION_RAMPANT" id="TO_THE_LION_RAMPANT"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">TO THE LION RAMPANT</a></h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Alice C. Macdonell</span> of Keppoch</p> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<p class="verse">Did ye hear the light feet marching,</p> -<p class="verse4">Marching down the birchclad glen?</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye see the pipers' streamers,</p> -<p class="verse4">Floating free behind the men?</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye hear the brave tunes ringing,</p> -<p class="verse4">As they swung the drones on high?</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye watch the rythm of the kilt,</p> -<p class="verse4">Did ye hear the war march die?</p> -<p class="verse">Behind the sharp bend of the road,</p> -<p class="verse4">Beyond the wild Ben Nevis range:</p> -<p class="verse">The strains of Donald Dubh again,</p> -<p class="verse4">Bore out the clans to battles strange.</p> -<p class="verse">But, it's O! our tears ran sorely,</p> -<p class="verse4">As they left the Scottish shore;</p> -<p class="verse">For who'd come back, and who would see</p> -<p class="verse4">Lochaber's wooded braes no more?</p> -<p class="verse">Only the Lord of Hosts could tell,</p> -<p class="verse4">And the wae heart's own prophetic knell.</p> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="verse">Did ye see the brave lads smiling,</p> -<p class="verse4">As they drew their bonnets' down,</p> -<p class="verse">With the shortened breath indrawn and tight,</p> -<p class="verse4">The flashing eyes, the steadfast frown?</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye hear the whistling shot and shell,</p> -<p class="verse4">That swept the kilted foremost ranks</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_229" id="Page_229">[229]</a></span> -<p class="verse">Like the snow wind's call before its fall,</p> -<p class="verse4">As clouds lie piled in fleecy banks?</p> -<p class="verse">Ah! no, t'was not the keen gust bite,</p> -<p class="verse4">That reddens cheeks with healthful glow,</p> -<p class="verse">Nor the hissing as the <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'shapnel'">shrapnel</ins> fell</p> -<p class="verse4">The sound of melting driving snow.</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye hear the war pipes calling,</p> -<p class="verse4">Like the mavis, in the van,</p> -<p class="verse">'Mid the thunder of the battle storm,</p> -<p class="verse4">To the valour of each Scottish man?</p> -<p class="verse">The blood call of the march they knew,</p> -<p class="verse4">With bayonet charge was answered true.</p> -</div> -<div class="stanza italic"> -<p class="verse">O! Piper lads! O! Piper lads!</p> -<p class="verse4">What magic woven spell</p> -<p class="verse">Amergin breathed within your reeds,</p> -<p class="verse4">Is not for mortal voice to tell.</p> -<p class="verse">The wizard winds thro' reed and drone,</p> -<p class="verse4">The soul draws on to follow after</p> -<p class="verse">To splendid heights of hero fame,</p> -<p class="verse4">Or, spellbound, led to grim disaster.</p> -<p class="verse">Great Fingal heard beyond the hills</p> -<p class="verse4">Your quivering grace notes heavenward soar;</p> -<p class="verse">Old Ossian followed in a dream</p> -<p class="verse4">The "Broom of Peril"<a name="FNanchor_28_28" id="FNanchor_28_28"></a><a href="#Footnote_28_28" class="fnanchor">[28]</a> Oscar bore.</p> -<p class="verse">Blow softly, then, O! Piobaireachd's wail,</p> -<p class="verse4">Or loud and bold, to stir the heart;</p> -<p class="verse">No music stirs as yours can stir,</p> -<p class="verse4">Wild glamour of the fairies Art.</p> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<p class="verse">Did ye hear the war pipes shrilling,</p> -<p class="verse4">Out beyond the German lines,</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_230" id="Page_230">[230]</a></span> -<p class="verse">Where the gallant soldiers pressing on,</p> -<p class="verse4">Drove home their charge, despite the mines?</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye see yon brave lad casting</p> -<p class="verse4">His broken pipes aside,</p> -<p class="verse">As he plunged among the German lines</p> -<p class="verse4">To do his part what'er betide?</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye watch the tartans pouring down</p> -<p class="verse4">From hill, and trench, and sweep</p> -<p class="verse">The cruel Teuton from the field,</p> -<p class="verse4">Like herds of driven sheep?</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye hear the shot that echoed,</p> -<p class="verse4">Till it reached a woodland lone?</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye see the mother's auld grey plaid,</p> -<p class="verse4">Wrapped round her mourning head?—Ochone!</p> -<p class="verse">Did ye see the tears that dropped like rain,</p> -<p class="verse4">For the lads we ne'er may see again?</p> -</div> -<div class="stanza italic"> -<p class="verse">O! Piper lads! O! Piper lads!</p> -<p class="verse4">What magic woven spell</p> -<p class="verse">Amergin breathed within your reeds,</p> -<p class="verse4">Is not for mortal voice to tell.</p> -<p class="verse">The wizard winds thro' reed and drone,</p> -<p class="verse4">The soul draws on to follow after,</p> -<p class="verse">To splendid heights of hero fame,</p> -<p class="verse4">Or, spellbound, led to grim disaster.</p> -<p class="verse">Great Fingal heard beyond the hills,</p> -<p class="verse4">Your quivering grace notes heavenward soar;</p> -<p class="verse">Old Ossian followed in a dream</p> -<p class="verse4">The "Broom of Peril" Oscar bore.</p> -<p class="verse">Blow softly, then, O! Piobaireachd's wail,</p> -<p class="verse4">Or loud and bold, to stir the heart;</p> -<p class="verse">No music stirs as yours can stir,</p> -<p class="verse4">Wild glamour of the fairies Art.</p> -</div></div></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231">[231]</a></span></p> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<p class="verse">True hearts, as ever ready, to guard their native land,</p> -<p class="verse">O! Scotland's sons are bonnie, and Scotland's sons are grand.</p> -<p class="verse">True hearts that never failed her yet, to-day as yester year,</p> -<p class="verse">O! Scotia rouse thine echoes, with one resounding cheer.</p> -<p class="verse">Let the Lion Rampant proudly raise his head on cloth of gold,</p> -<p class="verse">For the deeds of valour done to-day, in pages yet untold.</p> -<p class="verse">Gay Gordon lads, brave Seaforths, Black Watch and Camerons tell,</p> -<p class="verse">What steeled your dauntless hearts to face that living screen of hell!</p> -<p class="verse">The pipes of Loos, of Mons, of far and distant Dardanelles,</p> -<p class="verse">That spake in Gaelic tones to each who dared those deadly shells.</p> -<p class="verse">The old time slogan of the race, the spell that cannot fail,</p> -<p class="verse">"<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">À chlanna nan gaidheal! À chlanna nan, Gaidheal!</i></p> -<p class="verse"><i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Guillain ri Guillain a chèile!</i>"<a name="FNanchor_29_29" id="FNanchor_29_29"></a><a href="#Footnote_29_29" class="fnanchor">[29]</a></p> -</div></div></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_232" id="Page_232">[232]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_MUSIC_OF_BATTLE" id="THE_MUSIC_OF_BATTLE"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE MUSIC OF BATTLE</a></h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Philip Gibbs</span></p> - -<p class="noindent">Through all the days and the years in which I served as a war-correspondent -on the Western Front, it was seldom that I did not hear, from near by or -from afar, the music of the pipes. It was a sound which belonged to the -great orchestra of life in the war zone, rising above the deep rumble of -distant guns, travelling ahead of marching columns up the long roads to -Arras or Bapaume, wailing across the shell craters of that desert which -stretched for miles over the battlefields of Flanders, and coming to one's -ears like elfin music through the dead woods above the Somme. Before -every big battle the skirl of the pipes went with the traffic of war and guns -surging forward to the fighting-lines. For in every big battle there were -Scottish troops and their pipers played them on to the fields of honour, -and played them out again when their ranks had been thinned by heroic -sacrifice. This music had an inspiring influence not only on the Scottish -troops themselves, whose spirits rose to the sound of it when, after long -marching, their feet were leaden on the hard roads and their shoulders -ached to the burden of their packs, but also on English troops who were -in their neighbourhood, and on their way to the same battlegrounds. For -though an Englishman cannot, as a rule, distinguish one tune from another—does -not indeed believe that the pipes play any tune—there is something in -the rhythm, in the long drawn notes, in the soul singing out of those "wind-bags," -so he calls them, which in some queer magic way, stirs the blood of -a man, whoever he may be, and stiffens the slackening fibre of his heart, -and takes him out of the rut of his earth to some higher plane of thought, -and gives him courage. It is an Englishman who writes this, but I am sure<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_233" id="Page_233">[233]</a></span> -of it, for many times in dark days of war I have been taken up by the sadness -and the gladness of the pipes, borne by the breeze across the fields of -war.</p> - -<p>The 15th (Scottish) Division were special friends of mine, and I remember, -years ago now, how I saw them marching through Bethune on their way -to the battle of Loos, where they fought their first big fight in September -of '15. Through the Grand-Place of Bethune, not yet wrecked by shell-fire, -they came marching with their guns. Snow was falling on the steel -helmets of the men and clinging to the long hair of their goat-skin coats. -It was a grim scene, and away beyond the city of Bethune there was the -ceaseless thunder of bombardment over the enemy lines. But above this -noise, like a heavy sea breaking against rocks, rose the music of the Scottish -pipers playing their men forward. One pipe band stood in the Square, and -its waves of stirring sound clashed against the gabled houses, and I remember -how all our English gunners, riding with their heads bent against the storm, -turned in their saddles to look at the pipers as they passed and seemed -warmed a little by the spirit of that Scottish march.</p> - -<p>The 15th Division went into battle with their pipers, while the Londoners -of the 47th had to be content with mouth-organs and sing "Who's your lady -friend?" on the way to Loos through storms of shell-fire. The 10th Gordons -were the first into the village of Loos, and some of them went away to the Cité -St. Auguste—and never came back. It was an unlucky battle and cost us -dearly, but it proved the immense valour of our men, who were wonderful. -The pipers played under fire and some of them were badly wounded, but there -were enough left to play again when the Scots were relieved and came out, -all muddy and bloody, with bandaged heads and arms, to small villages -like Mazingarbe and Heuchin, where I saw Sir John French, then Commander-in-Chief, -riding about on a white horse, and bending over his saddle to -speak to small groups of Jocks, thanking them for their gallant deeds.</p> - -<p>In the early battles of the Somme there were many Scottish battalions -of the 3rd and 9th and 15th Divisions, fighting up by Longueval and Bazentin -and Delville Wood, where they suffered heavy losses under the frightful -fire of German guns. The South African Scottish were but a thin heroic<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_234" id="Page_234">[234]</a></span> -remnant when they staggered out of the infernal fire of "Devil's Wood," -and the men of the 15th Division who captured Longueval left many of -their comrades behind. That was one of the finest exploits of the war, -and they were led forward by their pipers, who went with them into the -thick of the battle. It was to the tune of "The Campbells are Coming" -that the Argyll and Sutherlands went forward, and that music which I -had once heard up the slopes of Stirling Castle when the King was there, -was heard now with terror by the German soldiers. The pipers screamed -out the Charge, the most awful music to be heard by men who have the -Highlanders against them, and with fixed bayonets and hand grenades -they stormed the German trenches, where there were many machine-gun -emplacements, and dug-outs so strong that no shell could smash them. -There was long and bloody fighting, and in Longueval village, across which -the Highlanders dug a trench, the enemy put down a barrage, yard by -yard, so that it was churned up by heavy shells. On that day of July -20, 1916, I met the Scots marching out of that place. They came across -broken fields where old wire lay tangled and old trenches cut up the ground, -and there was the roar of gun-fire about us. Some of our batteries were firing -with terrific shocks of sound which made mule teams plunge and tremble, -and struck sharply across the thunder of masses of guns firing along the -whole line of battle. At the time there was a thick summer haze -about, and on the ridges were the black vapours of shell bursts, and all the -air was heavy with smoke. It was out of this that the Highlanders came -marching. They brought their music with them, and the pipes of war were -playing a Scottish love-song:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">I lo'e nae laddie but ane,</p> -<p class="verse">An' he lo'es nae lassie but me.</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">Their kilts were caked with mud, and stained with mud and filth, but the -men were splendid, marching briskly with a fine pride in their eyes. Officers -and men of other regiments watched them pass, as men who had fought -grandly, so that the dirtiest of them there and the humblest of these Jocks -was a fine gentlemen and worthy of Knighthood.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[235]</a></span></p> - -<p>Many of them wore German helmets and grinned beneath them. One -brawny young Scot had the cap of a German staff officer cocked over his ear. -One machine-gun section brought down two German machine-guns besides -their own. They were dog-tired, but they held their heads up, and the -pipers who had been with them blew out their bags bravely, though hard-up -for wind, and the Scottish love-song rang out across the fields—whatever -its words, it was, I think, a love-song for the dear dead they had left behind -them.</p> - -<p>During the battle of Arras in April of 1917 there was always a wonderful -pageant of men in that old city which had been under fire since October -in the first year of war and was badly wounded, with many of its ancient -houses utterly destroyed, but still a city with streets through which men -could march, and buildings in which they could find comfortable, but unsafe -billets. It was the headquarters of the battle which lasted in the fields outside -by Monchy Hill and by Fampoux and Roeux, Wancourt and Havinel -until the end of May. Arras is a city built above deep tunnels and vaults -made in the Middle Ages when the stone was quarried out of them to build -the houses, and lengthened and strengthened by our own engineers and -tunnellers, so that our men could live in them under the heaviest shell-fire, -and march through them to the German lines. Above, in the old squares -and streets, in houses still standing between gulfs of ruin, several of our -Divisional generals and some of our battalion commanders established -their headquarters, and when the first fierce shelling eased off—though it -never ceased until the last German retreat in the autumn of 1918—the -streets were always filled with a surging traffic of men and mules and guns -and motor lorries. Many Scottish battalions of the 15th and 51st Divisions -among others were quartered here, and on one historic day there were assembled -no less than five pipe bands in full strength, who played up and -down one of the Squares amidst crowds of fighting men of English and -Scottish regiments. I remember one such day when the pipers of the 8/10th -Gordons, commanded then by Colonel Thom, were playing in the square. -The Colonel had a proud light in his eyes as the tune, "Highland Laddie," -swelled up to the gables and filled the open frontages of the gutted houses.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_236" id="Page_236">[236]</a></span> -Snowflakes fell lightly on the steel hats of the Scots standing in a hollow -square, and mud was splashed to the khaki aprons over their kilts as they -smiled at the fine swagger of the pipe-major and the thump of the drum-sticks; -an old woman danced a jig to the pipes, holding her skirt above -her skinny legs. She tripped up to a group of Scottish officers and spoke -quick shrill words to them. "What does the old witch say?" asked a laughing -Gordon. She had something particular to say. In 1870 she had heard -the pipes in Arras. They were played by prisoners from South Germany, -and as a young girl she had danced to them. It seemed to me a link between -two strange chapters of history in the city of Arras which had been crowded -with the ghosts of history since those days when Julius Caesar had his camp -outside its walls on the very ground—at Etrun—where our Scottish troops -had their huts.</p> - -<p>The pipes of Scotland sounded in many villages of France and Flanders, -where for all time the wail of them will come down the wind to the ears -of men who hear with the spirit. They were played not only in the roads -and fields, but often at night in farmhouses where Highland officers had -their messes, or in cottages where some battalion headquarters were established -or in old houses within city walls where there was a feast or a guest -night. It was my privilege to spend some of those evenings, when down the -long table in a narrow room the pipers marched, solemnly standing behind -the guest's chair and playing old dances and marches of Bonnie Scotland. -Then the colonel would offer the pipe-major a glass of whisky, which he -would raise high, toasting the health of the officers in Gaelic. After that, -on many a good evening in a bad war, the tables would be cleared, and the -young officers would dance an eightsome reel, with laughter and simulated -passion, and shrill cries of challenge and triumph which stirred a stranger's -soul. Or the pipers themselves would be asked to give a dance, and in -stocking feet on bare boards, dance as lightly as gossamer and as nimbly -as <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Nifinsky'">Nijinsky</ins> the Russian, though big, brawny men. In small rooms the -music of the pipes was loud—too loud for any but Scottish ears—and it -was hard on a French "padre" who was trying to sleep upstairs in one -small cottage, with thin walls and cracks between old timbers of the ceiling,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_237" id="Page_237">[237]</a></span> -while downstairs late into the night the pipers played merrily for those who -would fight in the next battle, near at hand. The effect of such pipe-music -within four walls was prodigious on a French officer whom I took one night -to the mess of the 8/10th Gordons. The full pipe-band marched in as usual, -and I saw my friend open his eyes wide and stare with amazement at this -apparition. When they stood behind his chair playing lustily, so that the -very glasses quaked on the table, he became very pale, and after the second -"strathspey" I saw him collapse in his chair in a dead swoon. The Gordons -thought this a fine tribute to their pipers. They enjoyed the incident justly -though full of consideration for the French officer. He explained to me -after the symptoms that overcame him. "I felt," he said, "enormous -waves rolling up to me and passing over me; my heart beat wildly, and -vivid colours rushed past my eyes. Then I knew no more!" Nothing -would induce him to suffer such musical agony again.</p> - -<p>I shall always remember one piper I saw in the ruins of the Château of -Caulaincourt. How he came there, or why he stayed there, I do not know, -because few of our troops were in the neighbourhood, and the place was -a desert. The château had been a vast place, with high walls and terraces -and out-houses, but the whole place had been hurled into ruin by the Germans -on their first retreat in the spring of 1917. They had opened the -family vaults and pillaged the coffins, and I remember being struck by the -pathos of a little marble tablet I saw on a refuse heap, to which it had been -flung. On it were the words in French, "The heart of Madame la Marquise -de Caulaincourt." Poor dead heart of Madame la Marquise! In life it -would have broken at the sight of all this ruin. But there, quite alone, on -the central avalanche of stones, stood a Scottish piper playing a lament.... -I heard from other officers that he was seen there later, still alone, -and still playing his pipes, but why we could not tell.</p> - -<p>The last time I heard the pipes was at the end of the war. They were -playing Scottish troops over a bridge across the Rhine, at Cologne, and at -the journeys' end of all that long and tragic way through which our men -had fought with heroism, through frightful fire, with dreadful losses, until -victory was theirs, final and complete. Along those roads the pipes of war<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_238" id="Page_238">[238]</a></span> -went playing, month after month, year after year, from one battle to another, -and in their music for ever, as long as remembrance of this war lasts, -there will be the tears and the tragedy and the triumph, reminding the world -of all that gallant youth of Scotland which fought in France.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[239]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_PIPES_IN_THE_EVERYDAY_LIFE_OF_THE_WAR" id="THE_PIPES_IN_THE_EVERYDAY_LIFE_OF_THE_WAR"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE PIPES IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE WAR</a></h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Arthur Fetterless</span></p> - -<p class="noindent">I do not think any one can write with greater pleasure than I for the Pipers' -Record. My only regret is that, personally, I never chanced to see the -pipes go into direct action. I know that, in the earlier stages of the war, -and in a few celebrated cases later, the pipes went into the charge, -but I had not the good fortune to be present on one of these occasions. -Others, however, will have written of these things, and I do not think I -can do better than speak of events actually known to myself relating to the -pipes and the pipers in the general life of the war.</p> - -<p>The pipes! Ah! No memories of the great war will ever be complete -to any member of a Highland regiment without the recollection of the pipes, -for they are unquestionably the finest battle instrument ever created. -They mourned with us in hours of sorrow. They cheered us in hours of -weariness. They played gaily in hours of rest and merriment.</p> - -<p>Back in billets, in ruined villages, half the battalion would turn out to -hear "Retreat" played by the pipe-band. It was one of the events of the -day, in the summer in the sweltering heat of the dust-laden huts behind -the front-line, in the winter in the dank cold mid the seas of mud, in the -midst of which the pipers played upon an island that was sometimes almost -a floating raft.</p> - -<p>At these times the rumble of the guns was overwhelmed, and the horrors -of war and the atmosphere were for a little time forgotten. And the fact -that the pipes were the pride of the battalion was evident from the remarks -of the men, if several Highland battalions were billeted together.</p> - -<p>"Your pipes are no' a patch on ours!"</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[240]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Aw, away wi' ye, look at yer big drum; he canna twirl his sticks -above his heid."</p> - -<p>"Umph! We've got a pipe-major, onyhoo."</p> - -<p>"Aye." A grudging admission.</p> - -<p>Such remarks were of the everyday talk of the men who heard the pipes.</p> - -<p>Again, at the periodical meetings and games of Highland brigades, the -massed bands of the battalions were always there playing a mighty skirl. -There were, of course, piping competitions in conjunction with competitions -in Highland dancing and sport.</p> - -<p>All these occasions did much to rob modern war of its dismal character, -and bring back something of the glamour of arms, and the glory of strong -men.</p> - -<p>But enough of general remarks. I wish to write of five typical scenes -from the life of the war relating to pipes and the pipers.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>In the first I am standing at the entrance to one of the low dug-outs, -covered over with turf, which used to lie, and perhaps still exist, a few -hundred yards from the Café Belge up the road to Ypres. Most people who -fought in that sector found a billet in them at some time, or knew them—filthy -they were.</p> - -<p>Overhead a couple of aeroplanes are hovering, very high up. An occasional -shell can be heard, coming from a long distance away, with a rolling -noise. The shells are probably 9-inch or perhaps larger, and they are bursting -with crash and splash in the fields around or near the road.</p> - -<p>From the direction of the Café Belge I see a company of men in kilts -advancing, men heavily laden with all the usual impedimenta of packs, -rifles, etc. They look, in the distance, tired and grim, and in formation they -are straggling, owing to the appallingly muddy state of the road.</p> - -<p>A shell bursts in the field to the left of the road along which they are -coming. There is a heavy cloud of smoke, and streams of mud and slime -are spued upwards and around. For a moment the leader seems to hesitate, -and the party halts. Then they move on again.</p> - -<p>Suddenly there is a sound as of tuning up, and two pipers commence<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_241" id="Page_241">[241]</a></span> -to play. The advancing men steady in formation and come slogging through -the mud, with step almost rhythmic to the music.</p> - -<p>"Crash!" Another shell bursts nearer them, splashing some of the -platoon with mud. The pipes play on.</p> - -<p>"Crash!" A third shell bursts short of them.</p> - -<p>The pipes play on, and the men march steadily past to the music of the -pipes. They cover another hundred yards, and a shell bursts in the road -where the platoon were marching a few seconds before. I say to myself, -"Thank God, they got through in time."</p> - -<p>As I look back it seems to me that that was not too bad an example -of steadiness of pipers and men under dangerous fire. But of course it was -all just an everyday sort of thing—a few men relieving trenches with a -couple of pipers to cheer them on the way up—part of the everyday life of -war.</p> - -<p>The pipes only began to play after the shelling broke out.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>My second scene is an incident taken from life in France. I think the -pipes did their share in fostering the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">entente</i>, and the arrival of Highland -battalions with their pipe-bands marching in front did much to engrave -in the hearts of the French people memories which will be carried on from -generation to generation.</p> - -<p>In this second scene I stood at the entrance to a French town when a -very famous battalion entered the main street marching to attention, with -pipe-band playing. It was the first Scottish battalion to enter that town.</p> - -<p>Near me stood a little girl in a white dress. Her face, on seeing the -band, first expressed astonishment. The expression changed to pleased -interest, and finally she burst into gleeful smiles.</p> - -<p>As the band came near her she danced along beside the pipers, a -beautiful golden-haired child, supremely happy.</p> - -<p>The people standing around cheered and waved with French enthusiasm. -To them undoubtedly, in one of the darkest hours of the war—those magnificent -men and the music of the pipes bore a message of hope and determination, -with the promise of ultimate victory.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_242" id="Page_242">[242]</a></span></p> - -<p>To any people who are inclined to be supercilious about pipe-music, -the recollection of the unfeigned pleasure of a beautiful child on hearing -the pipes for the first time has often seemed to me to supply an answer. -Those who cannot understand pipe-music might be able to do so if they -were ready to receive it in the same simple spirit.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>About the end of October 1915 the trenches on Hill 60 in front of Ypres, -were in a particularly sodden state. The rotting sandbags which formed -the parapets were a mass of oozing earth, continually being scattered by -shell-fire and rebuilt again by the toilsome labours of mud-covered "Jocks."</p> - -<p>The Hun sniper, too, was exceptionally vigilant in these parts, and, as -he had the advantage of ground and of enfilade fire from several points, -to put a head above the parapet in daylight meant almost certain death. -Men also were being continually wounded and killed while passing along -the trenches at points where the parapet had become too low, and it had not -been possible to build it up quickly enough.</p> - -<p>As the combined result of shell-fire, sniping, and the bad state of the -trenches, the amount of work which could be done in daylight was small. -Repairs were done at night. There were also, on account of these difficulties -and others, very few loop-holes available, so that, excepting through periscopes, -the average man saw very little of the enemy. He scarcely ever -got a shot at him by day. I suppose it was the result of all these things -put together which created the scene.</p> - -<p>On a very dull morning a party of Seaforths were gathered in a bay of -one of the trenches. I was round the traverse in the next bay. One of -the party of men was on sentry duty with a periscope; the rest were cleaning -rifles.</p> - -<p>Owing to the dullness of the day, mud and filth, the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">ensemble</i> was dismal. -Suddenly there sounded from the direction of Sanctuary Wood the music of -pipes playing. Why they were playing then, or where exactly they were -playing, I have never known, but there certainly floated across to the -dismal trenches the music of "Horo, My Nut Brown Maiden."</p> - -<p>To us in the trenches the distant music sounded perfectly glorious, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_243" id="Page_243">[243]</a></span> -the burdens of the hour were for a time lifted away. That the men found it -so was evident from their action.</p> - -<p>Everybody knows the soldier's version which runs to the same air, -and it apparently struck the fancy of the men as applicable to the occasion, -for there burst forth from the adjoining bay a cheerful chorus:</p> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"Aa canna see the tairget,</p> -<p class="verse">Aa canna see the tairget,</p> -<p class="verse">Oh, aa canna see the tairget,</p> -<p class="verse4">It's owre far awa."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>The last line was converted by one of the chorus party into the line:</p> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"For Jerry he's owre fly."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>On looking round the corner of the traverse I saw the concert-party -incredibly cheerful, and entirely oblivious of war, mud or danger, for the -pipes had asserted their sway.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>There are many marches which the pipers made, including marches to -battle, of which I might write, but I think my second last reminiscence -had best be taken from the journey of the conquering Second Army which -tramped from Ypres to the Rhine on the last great triumphal march.</p> - -<p>Of the 250 miles odd which the Army covered, I am certain that the -pipers of my battalion piped at least a good half, perhaps more.</p> - -<p>What could we have done without them on that march? As we tramped -through village after village and town after town, neath welcome banners -and cheering crowds, men wearied with marching, not always too amply -rationed, yet swung forward with assured tread to the lilt of the pipes through -every village and town.</p> - -<p>Welcoming bands played the Marseillaise, the Brabançonne, and the -British Anthem, and the crowds shouted their "Vive les Alliês," etc. The -pipes played their regimental and national marches in return, and if intercommunication -through language was not perfect, yet there was complete -accord through music.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[244]</a></span></p> - -<p>Undoubtedly, on that never-to-be-forgotten march, the pipes were indispensable.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The last scene is taken from Germany. Perhaps I should speak of -massed bands parading in the main squares and streets of the great towns -of the Rhine, bringing home to the Hun as forcibly as in any way the destruction -of his ill-judged schemes; or perhaps I should speak of the pipers on -some of the great occasions—presentations of medals, presentations of -colours, etc.</p> - -<p>I prefer to write of a very simple event. Happening where it did, it -seemed so homely.</p> - -<p>I was riding through a forest not far from Cologne when I heard the -music of pipes. I turned off the road and proceeded along a pathway which -led to a green sward in the forest.</p> - -<p>There I saw a solitary piper marching slowly up and down playing a -lament. His loneliness seemed to me to symbolise two things—the completeness -of victory, and the detachment of the conquerors. The music -sounded very beautiful among the trees.</p> - -<p>I did not interrupt the piper, but if I know anything at all of piping, -I am sure that that piper in the forest felt for a little while almost as if he -were treading his native heath again, and dreamt of the Highland hills and -forests from which he had come.</p> - -<p>After all, in Germany, we were strangers in a strange land and not wishing -to stay there. Having done our work, we said in our hearts, "let us away!" -for the Huns will always be Hunnish. But we are Highland, and the pipes -are calling us home.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Beat on drums; let the pipes play and the banners be unfurled for every -triumphal march that shall be. But when the marches are played let us -never forget that every march has grown more glorious by the war and the -blood of the men who fell; that every march has woven around it a thousand -memories of life and death, of hardship, of danger, and of victory.</p> - -<p>In days to come we will remember—to battle we went by <em>that</em> march;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[245]</a></span> -to Longueval we went by <em>that</em> march; and from Loos we came by <em>that</em> one. -And for every battle march that the pipers play, we know that a million -feet and more have marched to its song.</p> - -<p>That record of great work—that, with death and other things they did -not count—<em>that</em> is the Pipers' Record.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[246]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_OLDEST_AIR_IN_THE_WORLD" id="THE_OLDEST_AIR_IN_THE_WORLD"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE OLDEST AIR IN THE WORLD</a></h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Neil Munro</span></p> - -<p class="noindent">Col Maclean, on two sticks, and with tartan trousers on, came down -between the whins to the poles where the nets were drying, and joined the -Trosdale folk in the nets' shade. 'Twas the Saturday afternoon; they were -frankly idling, the township people—except that the women knitted, which -is a way of being indolent in the Islands—and had been listening for an -hour to an heroic tale of the old sea-robber days from Patrick Macneill, -the most gifted liar in the parish. A little fire of green wood burned to keep -the midges off, and it was hissing like a gander.</p> - -<p>"Take your share of the smoke and let down your weariness, darling," -said one of the elder women, pushing towards the piper a herring firken. -Nobody looked at his sticks nor his dragging limb—not even the children; -had he not been a Gael himself Maclean might have fancied his lameness -was unperceived. He bitterly knew better, but pushed his sticks behind -the nets as he seated himself, and seated, with his crutches absent, he was -a fellow to charm the eye of maid or sergeant-major.</p> - -<p>"Your pipes might be a widow, she's so seldom seen or heard since you -came home," said one of the fishermen.</p> - -<p>"And that's the true word," answered Col Maclean. "A widow indeed, -without her man! Never in all my life played I <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> but on my feet -and they jaunty! I'll never put a breath again in sheep-skin. If they had -only blinded me!"</p> - -<p>There was in the company, Margaret, daughter of the bailie; she had -been a toddling white-haired child when Col went to France, and had to -be lifted to his knees; now she got up on them herself at a jump,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_247" id="Page_247">[247]</a></span> -and put her arms round his neck, tickling him with her fingers till he -laughed.</p> - -<p>"Oh bold one! Let Col be!" her mother commanded; "thou wilt -spoil his beautiful tartan trews."</p> - -<p>"It is Col must tell a story now," said the little one, thinking of the -many he used to tell her before he became a soldier.</p> - -<p>"It is not the time for wee folks stories," said the mother; "but maybe -he will tell us something not too bloody for Sunday's eve about the Wars."</p> - -<p>Col Maclean, for the first time, there and then, gave his tale of The -Oldest Air in the World.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"I was thinking to myself," said he, "as I was coming through the -whins there, that even now, in creeks of the sea like this, beside their nets -adrying, there must be crofter folk in France, and they at <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">ceilidh</i> like yourselves, -telling of tales and putting to each other riddles."</p> - -<p>"<em>Ubh! ubh!</em> It is certain there are no crofters in France, whatever," -said William-the-Elder. "It is wine they drink in France, as I heard tell -from the time I was the height of a Lorne shoe, and who ever heard of -crofters drinking wine?"</p> - -<p>"Wherever are country people and the sea beside them to snatch a -meal from, you will find the croft," insisted Col the piper. "They have the -croft in France, though they have a different name for it from ours, and -I'll wager the bulk of the land they labour is as bare as a bore's snout, for -that is what sheep and deer have left in Europe for the small spade-farmer."</p> - -<p>"Did'st see the crofting lands out yonder?" asked Margaret's mother.</p> - -<p>"No," said the piper; "but plenty I saw of the men they breed there; -I ate with them, and marched with them, and battled at their side, for we -were not always playing the pipes, we music-fellows.</p> - -<p>"And that puts me in mind of a thing—there is a people yonder, over -in France, that play the bagpipe—they call them Brettanach—the Bretons. -They are the same folk as ourselves though kind of Frenchmen too, wine-drinking, -dark and Papist. Race, as the old-word says, goes down to the -rock, and you could tell at the first glance of a Brettanach that he was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[248]</a></span> -kin to us though a kilt was never on his loins, and not one word in his head -of the Gaelic language. 'Tis history! Someway—some time—far back—they -were sundered from us, the Brettanach, and now have their habitation -far enough from Albyn of the mountains, glens and heroes. Followers of -the sea, fishermen or farmers; God-fearing, good hard drinkers, in their -fashion—many a time I looked at one and said to myself, 'There goes a -man of Skye or Lewis!'"</p> - -<p>"And the girls of them?" said Ranald Gorm, with a twinkle of the eyes.</p> - -<p>"You have me there!" said Col. "I never saw woman-kind of the -Brettanach; the war never went into their country, and the Bretons I -saw were in regiments of the army, far enough from home like myself, in -the champagne shires where they make the wine.</p> - -<p>"We came on them first in a town called Corbie, with a church so grand -and spacious a priest might bellow his head off and never be heard by the -poor in the seats behind. 'Twas on a week-day, a Mass was making; that -was the first and last time ever I played pipes in the House of God, -and faith! that not by my own desiring. 'Twas some fancy of the priests, -connived between them and the Cornal. Fifteen of us marched the flag-stones -of yon kirk of Corbie playing 'Fingal's Weeping.'"</p> - -<p>"A good brave tune!" remarked the bailie.</p> - -<p>"A brave tune, and a bonny! I'll warrant yon one made the rafters -shiver! The kirk was filled with a corps of the tribe I mention—the <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Bretannach'">Brettanach</ins>—and -they at their Papist worshipping; like ourselves, just country -folk that would sooner be at the fishing or the croft than making warfare.</p> - -<p>"My eye fell, in particular, on a fellow that was a sergeant, most desperate -like my uncle Sandy—so like I could have cried across the kirk to -him 'Oh uncle! what do ye do so far from Salen?' The French, for ordinary, -are black as sloes, but he was red, red, a noble head on him like -a bullock, an eagle nose, and a beard cut square and gallant.</p> - -<p>"When the kirk spilled out its folk, they hung awhile about the burial-yard -as we do ourselves in Trosdale, spelling the names on the head-stones, -gossiping, and by-and-bye slipped out, I doubt not, to a change-house for -a dram, and all the pipers with them except myself."</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_b_248fp-600.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -DUNIQUAICH, LOCH FYNE<br /> -<em>From the Water-colour Drawing by George Houston, A.R.S.A.</em></div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_249" id="Page_249">[249]</a></span></p> - -<p>"God bless me!" cried Ronald Gorm.</p> - -<p>"Believe it or not, but I hung back and sought my friend the red one. -He was sitting all his lone on a slab in the strangers' portion of the graveyard, -under yews, eating bread and onion and sipping wine from his flask -of war. Now the droll thing is that though I knew he had not one word -of Christian Gaelic in his cheek, 'twas the Gaelic I must speak to -him.</p> - -<p>"'Just man,' says I to him. 'Health to you and a hunter's hunger! -I was looking at you yonder in the kirk, and a gentleman more like my -clansman Sandy Ruadh of Salen is surely not within the four brown borders -of the world nor on the deeps of ocean. Your father must have come from -the Western Isles, or the mother of you been wandering.'</p> - -<p>"Of all I said to him he knew but the one word that means the same -thing, as they tell me, in all Celtdom—<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">eaglais</i>. To his feet got the Frenchman, -stretched out to me his bread and wine, with a half-laugh on him -most desperate like Uncle Sandy, and said <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">eaglais</i> too, with a flourish of the -heel of his loaf at the kirk behind him to show he understood that, anyway. -We sat on the slab, the pair of us, my pipes stretched out between us, and -there I assure, folk, was the hour of conversation!"</p> - -<p>"But if you could not speak each other's tongue?" said a girl.</p> - -<p>"<em>Tach!</em> two men of the breed with a set of pipes between them can -always follow one another. 'Tis my belief if I stood his words on end and -could follow them backwards they would be good Gaelic of Erin. The better -half of our speech was with our hands; he had not even got the English; -and most of the time we talked pipe-music, as any man can do that's fit -to pucker his lips and whistle. The Breton people <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">canntarach</i> tunes too, -like ourselves—soft-warbling them to fix them in the memory, and blyth -that morning was our warbling; he could charm, my man, the very thrush -from trees! But Herself—the <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i>—was an instrument beyond his -fingering; the pipes he used at home he called <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">biornieu</i>, fashioned differently -from ours. Yet the same wind blows through reeds in France or Scotland, -and everywhere they sing of old and simple things; you are deaf indeed if -you cannot understand.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[250]</a></span></p> - -<p>"He was from the seashore—John his name—a mariner to his trade—with -a wife and seven children; himself the son of a cooper.</p> - -<p>"I am a good hand at the talking myself, as little Margaret here will -tell you, but his talk was like a stream in spate, and the arms of him went -flourishing like drum-sticks. Keep mind of this—that the two of us, by now, -were all alone in the kirk-yard, on a little hillock with the great big cliff -of a kirk above us, and the town below all humming with the soldiers, like -a byke of bees.</p> - -<p>"He bade me play on the pipes at last and I put them in my oxter -and gave him 'Lochiel's awa' to France.' A fine tune! but someway I -felt I never reached him. I tried him then with bits of 'The Bugle -Horn,' 'Take your gun to the Hill,' 'Bonnie Ann' and 'The Persevering -Lover;' he beat time with a foot to them, and clapped -my shoulder, but for all that they said to him I might as well be playing -on a fiddle.</p> - -<p>"It was only when I tried an old <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">port-mor</i>—"The Spoil of the Lowlands -now graze in the Glen" that his whiskers bristled, and at that said I to myself -'I have you Uncle Sandy!'</p> - -<p>"Before the light that flickered was gone from him I blew it up to a -height again with 'Come to me Kinsman!'</p> - -<p>"He was like a fellow that would be under spells!</p> - -<p>"'The Good Being be about me!' cried he, and his eyes like flambeaux, -'what tune is that?'</p> - -<p>"You never, never, never saw a man so much uplifted!</p> - -<p>"'They call it,' said I, 'Come to me Kinsman,' (<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Thigibh a so a charaid!</i>), -and it has the name, in the small Isles of the West, of the Oldest Air of the -World. The very ravens know it; what is it but the cry of men in trouble? -It's older than the cairns of Icolmkill, and cried the clans from out of the -Isles to Harlaw. Listen you well!' and I played it to him again—not all -the MacCrimmons that ever came from Skye could play it better! For -grand was the day and white with sun, and to-morrow we were marching. -And many a lad of ours was dead behind us.</p> - -<p>"When I was done, he did a droll thing then, the red fellow—put his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_251" id="Page_251">[251]</a></span> -arms about my shoulders and kissed me on the face! And the beard of -him like a flaming whin!</p> - -<p>"What must he do but learn it? Over and over again I had to whistle -it to him till he had it to the very finish, and all the time the guns were going -in the east.</p> - -<p>"'If ever you were in trouble,' I said to him—though of course he -could not understand me, 'and you whistled but one blast of that air, it -is Col Maclean would be at your side though the world were staving in below -your feet like one of your father's barrels!'"</p> - - -<p class="p1 center">II</p> - -<p>The day was done in Trosdale. Beyond the rim of the sea the sun had -slid to make a Sabbath morning further round the world, and all the sky -in the west was streaming fire. Over the flats of Heisker the light began -to wink on the Monach islets. Ebbed tide left bare sand round Kirkibost, -and the sea-birds settled on them, rising at times in flocks and eddying in -the air as if they were leaves and a wind had blow them. Curlews were -piping bitterly.</p> - -<p>Behind the creek where the folk were gathered on the sea-pinks, talking, -Trosdale clachan sent up the reek of evening fires, and the bairns were being -cried in from the fields.</p> - -<p>The Catechist, sombre fellow, already into his Sabbath, though 'twas -only Saturday nine o' the clock, came through the whins and cast about -him a glance for bagpipes. He had seen Maclean's arrival with misgiving. -A worthy man, and a face on him like the underside of a two-year skate-fish.</p> - -<p>Col Maclean turned on him a visage tanned as if it had been in the -cauldron with the catechu of the barking nets.</p> - -<p>"Take you a firken too, and rest you, Catechist," said he. "You see -I have not my pipes to-night, but I'm at <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">sgeulachd</i>."</p> - -<p>But the Catechist sat not; and leaning against a net-pole sighed.</p> - -<p>"'Twas two years after that," said Col, again into the rapture of his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_252" id="Page_252">[252]</a></span> -story, "when my regiment went to the land of wine, where we battled beside -the French. I assure you we did nobly! nobly! Nor, on the soul of me! -were the Frenchmen slack!"</p> - -<p>"The French," ventured Patrick Macneill, "are renowned in story for -all manly parts. Oh King! 'tis they have suffered!"</p> - -<p>"'Tis myself, just man, that is not denying it! We were yonder in -a land like Keppoch desolate after the red cock's crowing. The stars themselves, -that are acquaint with grief, and have seen great tribulation in the -dark of Time would sicken at the sight of it! Nothing left of the towns -but <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">larochs</i>—heaps of lime and rubble where the rat made habitation, and -not one chimney reeking in a hundred miles. Little we ken of trees here in -the Islands, but they were yonder planted thick as bracken and cut down -to the stump the way you would be cutting winter kail. And the fields -that the country folk had laboured!—were the Minch drained dry, the -floor of it would seem no likelier place for cropping barley or for pasturing -goats.</p> - -<p>"There was a day of days, out yonder, that we mixed up with the -French and cleared the breadth of a parish of <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">am boche</i>, who was ill to shift. -But the mouth of the night brought him back on us most desperate altogether, -and half we had gained by noon was lost by gloaming.</p> - -<p>"Five score and ten of our men were missing at the roll-call.</p> - -<p>"The Cornal grunted. 'Every man of them out of Lewis!' says he; -'they're either dead or wandered. Go you out Col Maclean with your -beautiful, lovely, splendid pipes, and gather at least the living.'</p> - -<p>"Not one morsel of meat had I eaten for twenty hours, and the inside -of me just one hole full of hunger, but out went Col and his pipes to herding!</p> - -<p>"Oh King of the Elements! but that was the night most foul, with -the kingdom of France a rag for wetness, and mire to the hose-tops. Rain -lashed; a scourging wind whipped over the country, and it was stinking -like a brock from tatters that had been men. The German guns were pelting -it, the sound of them a bellow no more broken than the roar on skerries -at Martinmas, the flash of them in the sky like Merry Dancers.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[253]</a></span></p> - -<p>"I got in a while to the length of a steading with a gable standing; -tuned up <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mhor</i> and played the gathering. They heard me, the lads—the -living of them; two-over-twenty of them came up to me by the gable, -with no more kenning of what airt they were in than if a fog had found -them midway on the Long Ford of Uist. I led them back to King George's -furrows where our folk were, and then, <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">mo chreach!</i> when we counted them, -one was missing!</p> - -<p>"'It is not a good herd you are, Maclean,' said the Cornal, 'you will -just go back and find Duncan Ban; he's the only man in the regiment I -can trust to clean my boots.'</p> - -<p>"So back went Col in search of Duncan."</p> - -<p>"Oh lad! weren't you the gallant fellow!" cried Margaret's mother, -adoring.</p> - -<p>"I was that, I assure you! If it were not the pipes were in my arm-pit -like a girl, my feet would not keep up on me the way I would be pelting -any other road than the way I had to go. But my grief! I never got my -man, nor no man after ever found him. I went to the very ditches where -<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">am boche</i> was lying, and 't was there that a light went up that made the -country round about as white-bright as the day, and I in the midst of it -with my pipes in hand. They threw at me grey lead as if it had been gravel, -and I fell."</p> - -<p>"<i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">Och, a mheudail bhochd!</i>—Oh treasure!" said the women of Trosdale -all together.</p> - -<p>"I got to my knees in a bit and crawled, as it might be for a lifetime, -one ache from head to heel, till I came to a hole as deep's a quarry where had -been the crossing of roads, and there my soul went out of me. When I -came to myself I was playing pipes and the day was on the land. The -Good Being knows what I played, but who should come out across the -plain to me but a Frenchman!</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"He moved as spindrift from spindrift,</p> -<p class="verse">As a furious winter wind—</p> -<p class="verse">So swiftly, sprucely, cheerily,</p> -<p class="verse">Oh! proudly,</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_254" id="Page_254">[254]</a></span> -<p class="verse">Through glens and high-tops,</p> -<p class="verse">And no stop made he</p> -<p class="verse">Until he came</p> -<p class="verse">To the city and court of Maclean,</p> -<p class="verse">Maclean of the torments,</p> -<p class="verse">Playing his pipes."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>The Catechist writhed; the people of Trosdale shivered; Patrick -Macneill wept softly, for Col Maclean, the cunning one, by the rhyming -trick of the ancient sennachies, had flung them, unexpected, into the giddiness -of his own swound, and all of them, wounded, dazed, saw the Frenchman -come like a shadow into the world of shades.</p> - -<p>"He flung himself in the hole beside me, did the Frenchman, gave me -a sup of spirits and put soft linen to my sores, and all the time grey lead -was snarling over us.</p> - -<p>"'Make use of thy good hale feet, lad,' said I to him, 'and get out of -this dirty weather! Heed not the remnants of Col Maclean. What fetched -thee hither?'</p> - -<p>"He put his hand on my pipes and whistled a stave of the old tune.</p> - -<p>"'How learned ye that?' I asked him.</p> - -<p>"Although he was Brettanach he had a little of the English. 'Red -John our sergeant, peace be with him! heard you playing it all last night,' -said he, 'took a craze at the tune of you and went out to find you, but never -came back. Then another man, peace be with him! a cousin of John, -heard your playing and went seeking you, but he came back not either. -I heard you first, myself, no more than an hour ago, and had no sooner -got your tune into my head than it quickened me like drink, and here am -I, kinsman!'</p> - -<p>"'Good lad!' I cried, 'all the waters in the world will not wash out -kinship, nor the Gael be forsaken while there is love and song.'"</p> - -<p>"Vain tales! Vain tales!" groaned the Catechist, and his face like a -skate.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_255" id="Page_255">[255]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_PIPES_ONSET" id="THE_PIPES_ONSET"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE PIPES: ONSET</a></h2> - -<p class="center">(Somme, September, 1916)</p> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Joseph Lee</span>, Lieut.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Dedicated to Major Angus MacGillivray.</em></p> - - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza italic"> -<p class="verse">The cry is in my ear,</p> -<p class="verse4">The sight is in my eye,</p> -<p class="verse">This is the dawning of the day</p> -<p class="verse4">That shall see me die:</p> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<p class="verse">What is the piper playing</p> -<p class="verse4">That battles in my blood?—</p> -<p class="verse8">Winds in it,</p> -<p class="verse8">Waves in it,</p> -<p class="verse4">Waters at the flood;</p> -<p class="verse8">Sadness in it,</p> -<p class="verse8">Madness in it,</p> -<p class="verse4">Weeping mists and rain—</p> -<p class="verse">What is the piper playing</p> -<p class="verse4">That beats within my brain?</p> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<p class="verse4">Sobbing and throbbing</p> -<p class="verse4">Like a soul's unrest;</p> -<p class="verse">I drink his madd'ning music in</p> -<p class="verse">As milk at my mother's breast:</p> -<p class="verse8">Flame in it,</p> -<p class="verse8">Fame in it,</p> -<p class="verse">Love and all desire;</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_256" id="Page_256">[256]</a></span> -<p class="verse8">The clean hills,</p> -<p class="verse8">The clear rills,</p> -<p class="verse">The smouldering peat fire;</p> -<p class="verse8">Glances sweet,</p> -<p class="verse8">Dancing feet,</p> -<p class="verse">Beating on the floor;</p> -<p class="verse8">Maidens fair,</p> -<p class="verse8">Comrades rare</p> -<p class="verse">I shall meet no more.</p> -</div> -<div class="stanza italic"> -<p class="verse">The cry is in my ear,</p> -<p class="verse4">The sight is in my eye,</p> -<p class="verse">This is the morning of the day</p> -<p class="verse4">That shall see me die:</p> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<p class="verse">What is the piper playing</p> -<p class="verse4">That surges in my blood?</p> -<p class="verse8">The soft breeze</p> -<p class="verse8">In pine trees,</p> -<p class="verse4">The hawthorn i' the bud;</p> -<p class="verse8">The lone tarn,</p> -<p class="verse8">The golden barn,</p> -<p class="verse4">Fields of waving grain—</p> -<p class="verse">What is the piper playing</p> -<p class="verse4">That beats within my brain?</p> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<p class="verse">Red war screams from his reeds</p> -<p class="verse4">And in the thrumming drones</p> -<p class="verse">There lurks the lapping of men's blood,</p> -<p class="verse4">And sobs, and dying groans:</p> -<p class="verse8">Night in it,</p> -<p class="verse8">Fight in it,</p> -<p class="verse4">Wraiths of stricken men,</p> -<p class="verse6">Ghosts of ancient clansmen</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_257" id="Page_257">[257]</a></span> -<p class="verse4">Sweeping down the glen;</p> -<p class="verse8">Life in it,</p> -<p class="verse8">Strife in it,</p> -<p class="verse4">Whisp'rings—it is well,</p> -<p class="verse6">If you bear a foeman down</p> -<p class="verse4">Right to reddest hell!</p> -</div></div></div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry italic"> -<p class="verse">What is the piper playing?</p> -<p class="verse4">For now I may not hear ...</p> -<p class="verse">The glamour comes across my soul,</p> -<p class="verse4">And the cry is in my ear.</p> -</div></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_258" id="Page_258">[258]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="FLESH_TO_THE_EAGLES" id="FLESH_TO_THE_EAGLES"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">FLESH TO THE EAGLES</a></h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Boyd Cable</span></p> - -<p class="noindent">It was during the retreat of 1914 that a Highland regiment was quartered -for a night in one of the French villages, and billetted in houses, barns, -anywhere the hospitable villagers could give them room. The officers established -their Mess and quarters in "The Chateau," a big house on the outskirts -of the village. Many of the villagers had already cleared out, but -in the Chateau the officers found the mistress of the house, her daughter, -and her servants, standing staunchly to their place; the master of the -house being, as they were told, in the French Army.</p> - -<p>Madame spoke English fairly well, the daughter very well—when she -did speak, which was seldom. She was a young and pretty girl of perhaps -fifteen to sixteen years of age, fresh come from a convent school, reserved, -timid and shy, in the presence of the officers almost to a point of shrinking -when they spoke to her. Yet, although they could see her shiver and blanch -at the sound of the distant grumble of the guns, she supported her mother -bravely and asserted stoutly that she was not afraid to stay, when the C.O. -and some of the other officers questioned the wisdom of the household -waiting for the Germans to advance.</p> - -<p>"Perhaps, monsieur," said Madame, "your soldiers will possible arrest -the advance before the Allemands arrive at us here. And if it is not so, it is, -after all, soldiers of the Allemands that will come, and they will not harm -women and old men and boys who make no provocation or resistance."</p> - -<p>Unfortunately the practices of German soldiers were not then sufficiently -known to the officers to make them press their argument beyond reasonable -limits, and they gave in reluctantly to Madame's reasoning. "We cannot the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_259" id="Page_259">[259]</a></span> -children and the very old to march away," she said, "and one could not go -and leave them here. Me, I stay to speak with the enemy officers and see -my people do nothing foolish. I cannot run away and leave them."</p> - -<p>So they left it at that.</p> - -<p>Madame gave them dinner that night in the dining-room, and it was -after dinner that one of the regimental pipers was heard parading round and -playing tune after tune. Madame and Mademoiselle were greatly interested -and asked many questions.</p> - -<p>"But there," cried Madame at one tune, "there is the music most -fierce. It sound—"</p> - -<p>"It is battle music, Madame," explained the C.O. "Music of a war -song of the Highlands—of the Écossais. Ask Monsieur l'Adjutant for the -words of the song."</p> - -<p>So the Adjutant recited "The Macgregors' Gathering," with all the -fire and ardour of a fiery Scot, and a Macgregor at that. Madame sat with -brows knit, plainly struggling to follow the English words; her daughter, -as plainly understanding them clearly, held her breath and listened spellbound -and wondering to the words. Her head lifted and her eye lit to some -of the lines:</p> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse"><em>While there's leaves in the forest and foam on the river,</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>Macgregor, despite them, shall flourish for ever.</em></p> -</div></div> - -<p>But at others, delivered with fierce emphasis and dramatic fervour, she -shrank back with quivering lip and pain on her face:</p> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse"><em>If they rob us of name and pursue us with beagles,</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>Give their roofs to the flames, their flesh to the eagles.</em></p> -</div></div> - -<p>When the Adjutant had finished and had sat down, looking a little -shame-faced at having allowed his feelings to so carry him away, Madame -and the girl spoke rapidly in French for a minute.</p> - -<p>Then Madame shook her head. "But no," she said, "I do not like it, -this song. It is cru-el, cru-el. How says it—'The roof to the burning, -and the bodies, the dead, the flesh, to the birds of prey.' But no, that is -the war of savage."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_260" id="Page_260">[260]</a></span></p> - -<p>The C.O. tried to explain to her, while the Adjutant did so even more -eagerly to the girl, that it was war of the most savage and relentless kind -that ran in those far back days in the Highlands of Scotland; but again -Madame protested. "It is too cru-el. I do not like it that you make such -song and such music now. War, it is no more so. What is it your song -says of the burning of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">la maison</i>?" She made the Adjutant repeat the -lines and repeated after him, "Ah, m'sieu, 'Give their roof to the flames, -their flesh to the eagles.' That is, burn the shelter of the women and children, -and leave the dead unbury. You would not do that; even the Boche -that we despise would not do this thing. It is cru-el, cru-el."</p> - -<p>Mademoiselle said nothing, but they could all see the shrinking in her -eyes as she looked at them, the wonder if, even now, the Écossais could -be so savage as to make such war. The Adjutant set himself to remove -such an idea of their barbarity from her mind, and with some success apparently, -since there was little shrinking and no more than a faint blush of -timid friendship when they said good-night and retired.</p> - -<p>Next morning the orders came, sharp, urgent and imperative, to move -at once, and there was little time for farewells. But Madame and the girl -were both out to see them off and watch the battalion tramp by. The pipes -at their head were screaming their vengeful music, "Give their roof to the -flames, their flesh to the eagles," until the Adjutant, seeing the protesting -motion of Madame's hands to her ears, hurried to the pipers and asked them -to change the tune.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>After the ebb of our retreat and the period of the Marne, came the -full flood-tide of our advance, and the sweeping forward of the French and -British over the ground the Germans had taken and held a space. As the -luck had it, the same Highland battalion came back through the same village -where they had billetted that night—or rather to the shell, the wreckage, -the remains of the same village. The men by now were coming to know -what sort of treatment had been served out to the conquered country by -the Germans, and were angry enough at some of the sights they had seen, -the tales they had heard. But the anger had been cold and impersonal until<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_261" id="Page_261">[261]</a></span> -now, when they came swinging in to this friendly spot, through the shattered -houses and streets littered with broken bottles and household goods, saw -the gaping windows to the houses, the smoke-blackened shells here and -there, the signs of pillage and wanton destruction everywhere. The cavalry -and an advance guard regiment had been through before them, but it was -plain that no fighting had taken place here, that no shell-fire had wrought -this damage, that cold-blooded "frightfulness" alone had to answer for it. -They were roused to fresh wrath by what they saw, but to a still greater -pitch of fury by the tales they heard from the quaking villagers who were -left, or who came creeping in from the fields and ditches to which they had -fled on word of approaching soldiers. The sights were no more than the -men had been seeing in any of a dozen villages passed, the tales no more than -they had heard a score of times in the past few days; but in this village -they had been made welcome, had been treated to the best, had made quick -but happy friendships; and they felt a personal injury and pity for the -brutally treated villagers.</p> - -<p>The battalion halted there for an hour or so and ate their midday meal—or -rather gave it to the hungry women and children and watched them eat—and -heard fresh and more horrible tales and half-tales that were too bestial -to be told in full.</p> - -<p>The moment the battalion had fallen out and he was free, the Adjutant -had asked the Colonel if he might go to the Chateau and make enquiries....</p> - -<p>But when he and another officer came there they found none to make -enquiries of. The house still stood, intact so far as the building itself went, -but otherwise no more than a litter of rubbish and wreckage. Every stick -of furniture that would break was broken, every crock and dish and bottle -was scattered in splinters over the floors, every curtain, blanket and sheet, -every item of bed and table linen, every piece of clothing was torn, dirtied, -and defiled as completely as men and beasts could do it; every shelf and -door and balustrade and fitting was hacked and broken and wrenched -out of place; every room on the ground floor had been used as horses' -stables and left as foul as a stable could be; every upper room was so -befouled that, by comparison, the places of the animals below was the cleaner.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_262" id="Page_262">[262]</a></span></p> - -<p>The two officers hunted through the house, outside and round the out-buildings, -and found no one; and, nauseated by what they had seen and -heart-sick at thought of the women who had been there, returned to the -village. As they entered it again they heard pipe music softly played, -and seeing down a bye-street a cluster of their men, and hearing the sound -of a woman's voice raised loud above the pipe music, they turned off and -pushed in to see what was afoot.</p> - -<p>They found a woman in the centre of a close-pressing ring of their men, -a woman wild-eyed, with grey hair in disorder, with black and blue bruises -on her face, with her clothing torn and grimed with dirt.</p> - -<p>"Good God!" exclaimed the Adjutant. "Madame!"</p> - -<p>He thrust a way through the men to her, but when he spoke to her and -asked her to come with him, she clutched and held his wrist, and stood there -and made him—short of using force to her—stand and listen with the men. -A dozen times he tried to interrupt, but she would not be interrupted, so -at last he left her to go on with her tale and asked the other officer to go -and bring the C.O.</p> - -<p>But before the C.O. came, he, like the men, was under the spell of the -woman and of her tale, was listening, like them, with his heart turning -cold and a deadly bitter anger rising in his heart. She spoke to them in -English, breaking off at times into voluble torrents of French, checking -herself and going back and repeating as best she could in English again. -But although French words and phrases and sentences were mixed through -her English, the tale was horribly plain and clear, the stories detailed and -circumstantial enough to make it evident they were desperately true.</p> - -<p>She told of women, girls, girl-children, outraged, and afterwards, in some -cases, mutilated and bayoneted; she told of old men and <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'boys haled'">boys hauled</ins> out -and stood against a wall and shot while their women were made to stand -and look on; of one woman who refused to make coffee for the Germans -until they dipped the head of her infant in a pan of boiling water; of another -woman who was crucified, pinned to the door with bayonets while the arm -of her child was broken and its body was flung down on the ground before -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_263" id="Page_263">[263]</a></span>her and left there writhing ... all this and more she told, and helped -her story out with rapid gesticulations and imitative motions and sounds -of the child squirming and whining and the helpless mother wrenching at -the pinning bayonets, while the men pressed in, glowering and cursing -under breath, and behind them the pipe music skirled and wailed "roofs -to the flames, and their flesh to the eagles."</p> - -<p>And then, lastly, she told them of herself and her daughter, the girl of -fifteen, fresh from a convent school, timid as a child and shrinking from -the look, much less the touch of a man ... and of what they had done -to her, while they held her daughter and made her watch; and then had -done to the daughter, while she in turn was held to see and not allowed to -look away or even close her ears to the cries. She told it all, sparing herself -and her child no word and no item of their shame; and then—this was -just before the Colonel arrived—she paused and looked round at the ring -of savage faces about her, and lifted her two hands and shook them above -her head.</p> - -<p>"I am French, and you are Anglais," she cried, "but I am woman and -you are men. I have told you, so that you may know the animals you fight. -I have asked your music-man will he play this song you have, that with -the music I say it to you 'Give their roofs to the flames, their flesh to the -eagles.' And if ever you have Germans soldat at your mercy, and they -cry for pity, remember this village, and its women and my daughter, and -me. Give us revanche ... their flesh to the eagles...."</p> - -<p>The Colonel broke in here, and, finding she was not to be stopped, turned -and ordered the men away, and when they had gone, handed Madame over -to some of the village women who watched timidly from their doors. Madame -had told nothing but truth they assured him. Mademoiselle? Ah, ma'm'zelle -could not be seen; she hid in a cellar and screamed like one mad -if any entered or spoke—like mad did one say, but truly she was mad; -and Madame scarcely less mad.<a name="FNanchor_30_30" id="FNanchor_30_30"></a><a href="#Footnote_30_30" class="fnanchor">[30]</a></p> - -<p>They had one more glimpse of Madame as they marched out, a glimpse -of her standing in a door and waving and calling something to the pipers<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[264]</a></span> -as they came past. They knew or guessed what she wanted and the tune -they were playing swung abruptly into "The Gathering," and the battalion -tramped past the woman to the vengeful skirl of " ... flesh to the -eagles."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Affairs had not gone well with the battalion, or what was left of it, through -the battle. They had been ordered to advance and take a certain position -in what was supposed to be the flank, had forced their way forward over -the open under a scourging shell-fire, had suffered heavy losses, and at last -gained the point from which they were to make the final attacking rush. -But now that they were here it seemed impossible for men to go further -and live. A stretch of open still lay before them, and this was swept with -a tornado of rifle and machine-gun fire. What was supposed to be a flank -of the enemy had become a frontal position, strongly held and evidently -meant to be bitterly defended. It was vital to the success of the day that -it should be taken, for various tactical reasons we need not touch here. -The Colonel had passed the word through his officers and N.C.O.'s of what -they were needed to do, and, briefly, why and how much depended on -them.</p> - -<p>The moment came.</p> - -<p>A battalion on their left surged out and went plunging across -the open, the high-explosive shells bursting and flinging fountains of -spouting black earth and smoke amongst them, the ground puffing and -dust-spurting under the hailing bullets. The Highlanders were supposed -to wait until this other battalion had gained a certain line before they, the -Highlanders, attacked; so they lay in their ditch, watching the line struggle -forward and the men falling in swathes under the pouring fire, watched it -stop at last and drop flat and then begin to break back to cover. It was -no time to wait longer, and the Colonel, making up his mind swiftly, launched -his attack. It was met by a devastating storm of fire, even heavier and more -deadly than the one they had watched. The battalion, barely clear of their -cover, wilted under the storm, hesitated, stopped, and began to fire back -at the enemy they could not see. Those of the men who stood firing were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_265" id="Page_265">[265]</a></span> -cut down quickly, the others dropped prone or jumped into shell-holes -or such cover as they could find. The officers did their best, jumping up -and running forward and calling on their men to follow. But few of them -ran more than a score of paces before bullet or shell fragment found them, -and they fell; such men as rose and tried to follow only followed them -into the next world. The air was alive and trembling to the whistle and -whine and hiss of bullets, their snap and smack and crack, and to the quick -following crash on crash of the earth shaking shell-bursts.</p> - -<p>Again some of the officers tried to rally and start the line forward; but, -by now, so great was the noise, so dense the air with smoke and dust, so -chaotic and confused the whole business, that the officers' attempts resulted -in no more than spasmodic and isolated movements of little groups, movements -that were worse than useless, because each could be dealt with in -detail, and, one after another, the sweeping machine-guns sluicing bullets -on each and cutting them to pieces in turn. Those that made these separate -attempts were mostly cut down; those that watched their failure were -more convinced than ever that the whole was useless.</p> - -<p>The Colonel, too, saw that it was useless and vain slaughter unless by -some desperate chance the line should move together ... and even now -it was perhaps too late, because the battalion on the left, lying in the open -and scourged with fire, was giving way solidly and struggling back to cover.</p> - -<p>It was a crisis in the battle, and where in the crisis many brave men -had failed, one brave man tried and won. From somewhere down the line -high over the roar of the battle there rose a wailing skirl of the pipes. There -was no note of the music that was not familiar to every man there, that -they did not know each word to fit to it. The pipes might have been crying -the very words aloud to them instead of the music:</p> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"<em>Thro' the depths of Loch Katrine the steed shall career,</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>O'er the peaks o' Ben Lomond the galley shall steer,</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>And the rocks of Craig Royston like icicles melt</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>Ere our wrongs be forgot, ere our vengeance unfelt.</em>"</p> -</div></div> - -<p>It was the voice of their own Highlands, their own clansmen, their own<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_266" id="Page_266">[266]</a></span> -regiment, that was calling to those crouching men in the ditch. They -stirred, lifting their heads and looking for the piper. They could not see -him, but the pipes shrilled on:</p> - -<div class="poetry-containerx"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"<em>Then gather, gather, gather ...</em>"</p> -</div></div> - -<p>The men knew what was coming. "<em>Gather</em>" sang the pipes, and, when -they were ready gathered, the word or the sign would surely come. The -music was rousing them to other memories beyond their Scotland and their -name and fame in the Highlands. "<em>Landless, landless, landless</em>," cried -the pipes, and the men remembered those women back in the village, houseless -and homeless, tortured and shamed past telling, remembered too a -woman's final word, "But we are women and you are men."</p> - -<p>Along the line the wild and useless fire was steadying and dying away; -they could see now that this was no time for shooting, but for the cold steel. -The Colonel saw and felt that the moment had come, rose crouching to his -knees, made ready to leap out and forward. He, too, had been looking for -the piper without seeing sign of him. But now, just as he rose,—"<em>Hulloo, -Hulloo ... Gregorlach!</em>" skirled the pipes, and down the line a figure -leaped from cover into full view, halted, marked time for a few steps to the -beat of the music, moved steadily forward, the kilt swaying, shoulders and -pipe drones swinging, streamers fluttering, and the pipes screaming their -hardest.</p> - -<p>All along the line men were scrambling to their feet and into the open. -"<em> ... Gregorlach!</em>"</p> - -<p>The Colonel was out and running forward, the line was up and away—"<em>Hulloo, -Gregorlach!</em>" and the pipe streamers still fluttering and dancing -ahead of the solid rushing wave of kilt and khaki and glinting steel. "<em>Give -their roofs to the flames....</em>"</p> - -<p>In that rush many fell and died; but at the end of it so did many Germans. -For this time no bullet storm could stay the charge, the position was -reached and taken, and the cold steel came to its own again—came to its -own and drove home the meaning of the music that alone had brought it -there—"<em>Their flesh ... to the eagles.</em>"</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_267" id="Page_267">[267]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_BLACK_CHANTER" id="THE_BLACK_CHANTER"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE BLACK CHANTER</a></h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Charles Laing Warr</span></p> - -<p class="noindent">It was April above Lucerne, in the year of grace nineteen hundred and -fourteen, and everything was young. A witchery of sunlight and scent and -blossom etherealised the earth and the heavens; and fields, green as the -green diamond at the heart of the world, rioted wantonly to kiss the white -dazzling peaks that glittered in the sapphire sky.</p> - -<p>On a fallen tree, its bark all frosted with lichen, two young people sat -at the edge of a pine copse. They were both in the springtide of life, and -they sat in enchanted silence inhaling the perfume of the trees and listening -to the birth song of an awakening universe. She was not much over twenty, -perhaps, and she was enhaloed with the soul of France. It lurked in the -dark glistening coils of her hair, in the gestures of her shoulders and white, -nervous hands, her lips. Her eyes, half mystic, half tigerish, wells of lightly -slumbering passion, told the eternal story of that indomitable race whose -destiny it seems to have been to demonstrate to the world that the life of -a nation's soul may be unquenchable, though drowned in every century -with blood.</p> - -<p>He was obviously from across the Channel; clean built, healthy and -handsome. One versed in the characteristic physiognomy of the denizens -of our islands would have told you after a moment's observation that he was -a Celt. And indeed, the Honourable Gordon Niall, son and heir of the -fifteenth Baron Niall of the Western Isles, could play the <i lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">piob mor</i> and -speak the Gaelic as his mother tongue. Twelve years of public school and -university life had left him still dreaming foolish dreams and seeing great -visions. Which is a proof that he was born into this world a trifle late.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_268" id="Page_268">[268]</a></span></p> - -<p>They were happy, these two, in their nest in the hills. They looked -out on the world as the good God made it. Among the flower-smothered -fields stretched at their feet a placid-minded peasantry lived and moved -and had their being. Content with their tree-bowered, log-built chalets -and their daily bread, they follow the slow-footed oxen and their wooden -ploughs, just as their fathers did a thousand years ago. From day to day -their stainless, uneventful life unfolds to them the secret of the untroubled -heart, and they believe in the beauty of the world they see and the goodness -of the Creator they one day hope to see. They are simple folk, of course.</p> - -<p>Helene von Behr loved it as she looked. It made her remember so vividly -an old-age worn chateau in the peace of southern France. She felt again -in her inmost soul those scents of childhood which outlive all human forgetfulness. -She sat and dreamed of it all, and as she dreamed her thoughts -became words, and she told them to her companion, who listened with his -blue eyes full of a boyish unconcealed adoration for the lovely girl beside -him. Her eyes sometimes puzzled him; they puzzled him now. A sad, -lambent light was in them; like sunset glints on the shadowing hills of -vanished years.</p> - -<p>She talked on: about the moat round the grey creeper-covered house, -the moat into which she had fallen one day when only six years old. And -the forest—so deep and dark and wonderful—with the great oak, into -whose branches Napoleon III. had climbed to smoke his everlasting cigarette -in peace when he had been the unwelcome guest of her great-uncle, a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">grand -seigneur</i> who had despised the new régime. Old Jean Barbé, the coachman, -was remembered too—old Jean, who was always cross but didn't mean to -be; and what a funny scar it was over his left eye where her white cat had -scratched him!</p> - -<p>Then there was the village curé. She said, with simple innocence, that -her nurse had told her as a secret that it was whispered he was her uncle, -and would have reigned in the chateau had he only travelled into this life -down the broad road which leadeth from the altar. But, what a dear he -was! She remembered when she made her first confession to him, and how -she had wondered if he was smiling, or angry, behind the grating when she<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_269" id="Page_269">[269]</a></span> -told that she had stolen a cigarette from the big silver box on the writing-table -of M. le Vicomte de Fontaigne, her father, and had smoked it surreptitiously -in the stable beside her pet horse. He used to dine with them -every Wednesday evening; and in the calm summer night the table was -laid beneath the pear tree at the end of the terrace near the river, which -glowed so red in the light of the westering sun. How shabby his soutane -always was, and all brown with the stains of snuff!</p> - -<p>So she rambled on and spoke of her father, that proud aristocrat, bearing -a name to be found in the most abbreviated histories. She laughed when -she said that he lived there in magnificent isolation, too proud to serve the -Republic!</p> - -<p>Then she sighed, and did not tell that nevertheless he had married -her against her will to that dull old German diplomatist sitting down there -in the Schweizerhof immersed in the voluminous correspondence which was -the breath of his life: that correspondence which she secretly blessed in -her heart for the free, careless hours it had given her these last ten days -with this fresh-faced boy, the only occupant of the scantily filled hotel -with whom her lord and master would allow her to associate.</p> - -<p>She sat silent, and gazed dreamily at the undulating countryside, radiant -in bloom and light and colour, with old Pilatus in the distance, sentinel -of ages. The shimmering sunshine quivered all over it, and the scattered -chalets, and orchards pink and white with foam, seemed lulled to sleep -in the security of God. Once a priest passed, trudging down the white -dusty road beneath; once a peasant, the smoke of his long black cigar -hanging in a blue filmy wreath about his round felt hat. Far down in the -valley tinkled the music of cow bells. A little stream, crystal clear, trickled -at her feet ... flies danced in clouds above the edging rushes. The warm -smell of the earth was intoxicating like incense....</p> - -<p>She was dimly conscious that her companion was whistling softly. -He had a habit of doing this when deep in thought, and she recognised -the odd little refrain. She had heard him whistle it a dozen times—queer, -uncanny, elusive as the mountain mist, with the mystery of the hills in it, -and sorrow, and the spirit of brave men. She glanced at him. She knew<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_270" id="Page_270">[270]</a></span> -that this boy had begun to exercise a strange fascination over her, stronger -and more dangerous than she dared to confess even to herself. It was -not unnatural, for her life these last three years in that grim, dull old schloss -in Hanover had been very lonely. The bud will not mate with the yellow -leaf, but spring must call to spring; albeit the mongers of the matrimonial -market prattle as they please.</p> - -<p>"What is it you whistle, my Gordon?" she asked suddenly. "There -are strange things in the air. Has it a story from your Scottish hills?"</p> - -<p>He sat back and laughed his gay laugh.</p> - -<p>"Yes, it has," he answered. "I'll tell it you, if it won't bore you."</p> - -<p>"But no: tell me," she said, and prepared to listen, her chin in her -hand.</p> - -<p>It was a tune they played on the pipes, he said: and it was a wild, -barbaric story of war and the fierce passion of men and the tottering fortunes -of his race. Six hundred years ago Castle Niall had been besieged by a -neighbouring clan, for the Niall of the day had carried off the daughter of -its chief, and held her within his walls. The beleaguered garrison was on the -verge of starvation, when to Niall came a dream which told him that deliverance -would come from a black chanter which would drop from heaven upon -the castle roof. Three times, and three times only, would it play a mysterious -tune, which none but the head of the house would be able to awaken from -the reed; and in the hour of peril or distress the playing of the chanter would -bring salvation. When the morning dawned grey over the castle ramparts, -they found, lying on the roof, a black chanter as had been foretold. The -chief blew on it with trembling lips, and lo! it played of its own accord. -Immediately Niall and his men sallied from the fortress and drove their -enemies into the sea.</p> - -<p>In the intervening centuries the chanter had again been used and brought -deliverance. Its virtue would be efficacious only once more. The strange, -haunting air had become the battle charge of his race. It was that which -he had been whistling. The last time it had been played, in the sixteenth -century, the family piper had caught the air and fixed it indelibly on the -scroll of memory. He laughed nervously when he had finished. He was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_271" id="Page_271">[271]</a></span> -afraid she would treat it lightly. But he had told his tale with an old-world -seriousness, and although she had felt inclined to smile when he had ended -his recital of it, something in his face restrained her. Instead, she patted -his brown curly head.</p> - -<p>"Come," she said, "it is late. We must go home."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was their last evening together, for Helene and her husband were -leaving the following day. As they walked along under the chestnut trees -on the Schweizerhof Quai, Niall was dull and silent. She had stirred the -very depths of his young, impressionable heart, this girl. He didn't attempt -to deceive himself: he knew he was passionately in love with her. He felt -that he hated old von Behr. But—it was all so hopeless.</p> - -<p>That night he dined with them. The dinner was not a great success. -They were all pre-occupied—Helene and Gordon with crowding thoughts -that were very much akin, the Count with a disquieting dispatch from the -Wilhelmstrasse and a severe attack of indigestion. At ten o'clock he excused -himself: he had writing to do. He pointedly suggested that his -wife should go to bed; and he made his adieux to Niall, remarking that -they were leaving early in the morning and would not likely see him. Furious -with stifled anger, the boy said a conventional good-bye to the woman -he loved. She moved away. Count von Behr lingered for a moment, and -then betook himself with shambling gait to his accustomed corner of the -writing-room, which, for some reason, he preferred to his own private apartment.</p> - -<p>The moment he was out of sight Niall hurriedly left the lounge and -hastened upstairs. On the first floor he saw her, obviously lingering, a -little way down the corridor. She came back as she saw him approach. -The boy blushed deeply as he took her hand, and stammered something -about not being able to say good-bye in such a beastly cold fashion. His -head seemed to be swimming. He had some confused impressions about -the white of her evening gown and a great crimson rose at her breast.</p> - -<p>"My Gordon," she said softly, with that fascinating inability to control -her r's that thrilled him; "Whistle me your tune once again—quickly,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_272" id="Page_272">[272]</a></span> -for I must go. I shall remember you by it, boy. Perhaps, some day if -we meet again, I may be able to whistle it to you!"</p> - -<p>She smiled, but her eyes were moist. And Niall drew his parched lips -together and managed to whistle the strange, mysterious air. He finished -and stood awkwardly facing her, tall and distinguished in his evening -clothes. No word of love had ever passed between them, but as they looked -into each other's eyes, each read the secret that nothing could hide.</p> - -<p>"Adieu, my Gordon," she whispered hastily. "You have been good -to me. I won't forget you ... and you'll help me often ... but be -sensible, boy—and forget me!"</p> - -<p>A moment later she was running down the corridor and vanished at the -end. The boy stood for a minute or two rigid where he was, staring blankly -at a red rose in his hands, his head reeling with the delicious joy of the -knowledge that for one never-to-be-forgotten moment her arms had been -thrown round his neck, and on his mouth her warm lips had pressed a -swift, burning kiss.</p> - - -<p class="p1 center">II</p> - -<p>Captain Gordon Niall of the Uist Highlanders lay flat on his face beside -a loophole in the wall. With a subaltern, two men, and a stray sergeant of -the Yorkshire Rifles, he occupied the remains of a former farmstead, now -a jumbled heap of bricks and mortar. The only portion of this mass of -refuse that looked like a house was a right angle formed by the ends of -two walls which rose like a skeleton from the shattered piles of rafters, rubbish, -stones, lime, and dead bodies of mangled men.</p> - -<p>It was one of the supreme moments resultant upon the German break -through near Armentières, that grim, bloody month of April, 1918. The -British line existed only in the imagination of an exhausted and bewildered -Staff, their faculties half paralysed with fatigue and over work. No one -knew with anything even approaching certainty what the situation was. -Only one thing was certain because it was obvious, and that was that the -very existence of our Armies was hanging in the balance. The British front -was hopelessly, irretrievably broken; and a disorganised rabble of tattered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_273" id="Page_273">[273]</a></span> -regiments, half crazy with weariness and strain and hunger, were retreating -in mixed, irregular bands back from the river Lys, through a withering -hail of bullets and a raging tornado of shrapnel and high explosive; valiantly -and uncomplainingly to take up new positions and renew the desperate -struggle against overwhelming odds.</p> - -<p>Gordon Niall had arrived at the stage when all emotion had been frozen -to its depths. He looked phlegmatically out upon a dreary, muddy countryside -literally alive with the grey advancing hordes of the enemy. The little -group huddled in the shelter of the tottering walls manipulated a Lewis -gun with the dull ceaseless energy of men in a dream. Dirty, ragged, verminous, -with a week's growth on their smoke-grimed emaciated faces, -they were unquestioningly carrying out to the last their final act in the -mighty drama of that last awful month which clouded their minds like -a nightmare from Hell.</p> - -<p>They had been all through the sickening horror of the struggle on the -Somme, and after three weeks hard fighting had arrived a week ago at -Armentières for a rest, to find themselves swirled into the vortex of the -new German offensive. Gordon Niall as he stoically waited for death, -knew very little about the facts of it all. He had been told that the Portuguese -who held the line on the left had broken; and that out of the welter -of shattered, scurrying, disordered units, he had been ordered to take up -an advanced position, to stem the rush with a handful of men he had managed -to gather round him out of the retreating forces. And there he was, with -four others—all that were left—with the German masses two hundred yards -ahead, and behind him the river Lys, its muddy waters splashing under the -bursting barrage, ironically emphasising the fact that for him there was no -retreat.</p> - -<p>It was only a matter of minutes, and at last the end came. A confused -babel of sounds; a smothering avalanche of men, stamping, yelling, pushing; -the collapse of the whole universe about him; a deadly pain in his -head; a strange, swift, kaleidoscopic vision of home ... his mother's -face ... then darkness.</p> - -<p>He didn't know how long afterwards it was that he felt himself jerked<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_274" id="Page_274">[274]</a></span> -roughly to his feet. As his senses slowly returned he realised that a German -officer was searching him. He watched the man stupidly as he went through -the papers in his pocket-book: then something fell from a letter to the -ground, something brown like a dead leaf, and Niall lurched forward with -a snarl.</p> - -<p>"Give it me!" he said hoarsely.</p> - -<p>The officer looked up, surprised, and then down at his feet. He stooped -and picked the little fragment from the ground, glanced at it casually, -and handed it to Niall with a look of half amused wonder in his eyes. Then -he went on reading. Niall thrust the recovered treasure into his tunic -pocket—only a faded rose given to him four years ago by a girl at Lucerne, -whose memory the passion of war had not succeeded in effacing.</p> - -<p>The officer soon finished, and Niall was marched off with a small escort. -It all seemed like a bad dream, that scurry over the fire-swept zone, the -arrival at the battered hamlet where more prisoners were waiting. Then -the long weary march, hour after hour, their numbers constantly swelling, -on through the fading twilight and a dark drizzling night. Like drunken -men the straggling column reeled along, half delirious with hunger and -fatigue, past stores and camps and dumps and villages, while ever past them -the reserve masses of horse, foot and artillery incessantly pressed on the -heels of the advancing German forces. At last, long after midnight, they -reached a smallish town; and, packed into an empty building, they fell -on the cold concrete floor and slept the sleep of utter exhaustion.</p> - -<p>Early in the morning they were marched to the station, and Niall found -himself in a third class compartment with eleven other officers. Some time -before the train started a bowl of some sticky, soupy substance was handed -in, with a loaf of bread; and on this they subsisted during the twenty-six -hours which elapsed before they were detrained at their destination, a -dreary, drab little town; and, cramped and weak as children, they marched -two miles out into the country to the wire-encircled encampment which -awaited their coming.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_275" id="Page_275">[275]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center">III</p> - -<p>Those unfortunates who endured the lonely monotonous horror of prison -life in Germany will tell you what "barbed-wire madness" was. They will -tell you of men who got the disease; and of that furtive, piteous look that -haunted the tragic sunken eyes of weary creatures who became frenzied -with the longing for freedom. It is perhaps difficult to appreciate from the -depths of an arm-chair the terrible gnawing pain of this consuming passion -to which some natures were so very susceptible. But strong men who have -lived, if only just lived, for three long ghastly months, without letters or -parcels, on a diet of turnip-soup and small lumps of black bread, till the -skin was stretched tight over their protruding cheek-bones like yellow -parchment, their filthy, ragged clothes hanging like mildewed sacks on their -emaciated bodies, and their hollow eyes gleaming like the eyes of famished -beasts—they understand how easy it was to fall a prey to "barbed-wire -madness."</p> - -<p>Gordon Niall got it, and got it badly. It was inevitable. The restless -Celtic spirit was the first to fall a victim to the mania for escape. Five -times he eluded his watchful guard, and five times was recaptured, sullen -and still determined, taking his punishment of solitary confinement as a -matter of course, with a purpose dogged and unbroken. For solitary confinement -in cells was no cure for the disease: it was like malaria, once in the -system it was ineradicable. The weeks dragged on. Parcels and letters -arrived from home and conditions gradually improved, but Niall remained -obsessed with his yearning for liberty. Other men who had escaped and -been recaptured began to realise the futility of it, and the news which -filtered through the German newspapers of the turn of the tide and the -progress of the Allied forces tended to encourage them to settle down to -await developments. And one night the camp was electrified with the -announcement of the defection of Bulgaria. It was the beginning of the -end, and the star of hope shone clear in the firmament. Yet it had no -effect on Gordon Niall, for the following night he made yet another attempt -to escape.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_276" id="Page_276">[276]</a></span></p> - -<p>He had thought it out carefully; and at midnight, three friends, strenuously -protesting at his foolishness, hoisted him up to the little window -of their hut which overlooked the prison yard. It was not more than twelve -yards from the wire enclosure, and within four feet of it rose a telegraph -pole. The window had been very carefully prepared, and it did not take -Niall many minutes to remove the glass, drop the panes into the keeping -of his friends below, and wriggle on to the narrow ledge. He listened carefully, -and looked up and down the yard, white in the searching glare of the -great electric lamps which turned night into day. A high wind and a driving -sleet favoured him, for the sentry who passed shortly afterwards on his beat -by the barbed wire was walking quickly with his chin sunk in the collar of -his coat. Niall waited till he had gone, then, crouching for a moment on -the window ledge, he sprang forward, clutched at the telegraph pole, clung -to it for a few seconds, then laboriously hauled himself up to the cross-bars. -Here he rested for a while and allowed the sentry once more to pass. Then, -judging that he would just have time to reach the further pole, which was -a few feet on the far side of the wire, before the man returned, he commenced -his perilous journey. Painfully and cautiously he straddled across the wires -and began to work himself along. The swirling blasts of the strong wind -more than once almost swept him from his precarious hold, and the icy rain -numbed his cut and bleeding hands. Beneath his weight the wires swayed -and sagged ... yet he struggled on his desperate way. It was more -difficult than he had supposed, and sick, with nervous strain and physical -exhaustion, he determined to risk discovery and hang where he was, halfway -across, until the sentry passed again. The minutes dragged, and then -round the corner of the next hut the man appeared, his shoulders hunched -in the driving rain, his eyes on the ground. Above him, clinging frantically -to the wire, Niall waited, his heart in his mouth. The man walked almost -beneath him, seeing nothing; and in a few seconds the prisoner again began -to toil along the wires. At length, almost fainting with fatigue and strain, -he clutched his goal and drew himself across the cross-bars, and waited, -panting, his heart throbbing as if it would burst, until the sentry should -repass him. He soon approached. Nearer and nearer he came. He tramped<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_277" id="Page_277">[277]</a></span> -beneath the crouching figure on the top of the telegraph pole. Niall muttered -a prayer of thankfulness for the fierce wind and the torrential rain.</p> - -<p>The blood suddenly roared in his ears with excitement ... the man had -stopped ... was he going to look up?... he stamped his feet for a -minute or two, then resumed his monotonous beat.</p> - -<p>Niall quickly clutched the pole with his arms and knees and slithered -to the ground. Bending low he ran swiftly across the area illumined by the -glare from the prison yard, and found himself in the enveloping darkness -of the night.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The fugitive had a roughly accurate knowledge of the immediate countryside, -gained by constant observation during the occasional walks which had -been permitted the prisoners, under escort. He purposed making for a thick -wood which lay about two miles to the westward, and there concealing himself -during the following day when the hue and cry would be in full swing. -When night again came round he would push ahead; if possible, keeping -a general course to the north-west, which, he anticipated, would in time -bring him to some point on the Dutch frontier. He had saved up a quantity -of food, which, with strict economy, he hoped might last him at a pinch -for a fortnight. If, by that time, he had not reached the frontier, things -might become awkward; but this was an eventuality too distant to be -considered at the moment.</p> - -<p>He found himself at the outskirts of the forest an hour later, and forged -ahead through the crowding trees and thick undergrowth until dawn broke, -when he searched about for a secure hiding-place. He resolved not to climb -a tree as he felt that sleep was a necessity. Fortune favoured him by the -discovery of a large fox-hole in a dense thicket; and down this he forced -his way feet first, carefully wound up his wrist watch, and in five minutes -was fast asleep.</p> - -<p>It was one o'clock in the afternoon when he awoke. Scarcely a sound -broke the tense silence of the wood. The rain had passed and the sun shone -clear above the trees. He ate some biscuits and a meagre slice of tinned -meat, washed his face and hands in a neighbouring stream, made some<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_278" id="Page_278">[278]</a></span> -rough calculations on a sheet of paper as to direction, and settled down -to wait for nightfall. With the advent of dusk he again set off through the -forest.</p> - -<p>For twelve long weary days and nights he successfully eluded capture -and kept up the same monotonous round—hiding by day and pushing ahead -by night. He had been forced on many occasions to retrace his steps or -make circuitous rounds owing to coming suddenly on villages or towns, and -he had not made the progress he had resolved to make. His food, too, -he had miscalculated; and at the close of the twelfth day he found himself -with his rations at an end, and hopelessly befogged as to his whereabouts. -For another day and night he held out bravely, and then narrowly avoided -detection in a fruitless attempt to steal a chicken from a farmyard. At -the expiry of a fortnight he was starving and in the throes of a fever.</p> - -<p>He came to a final decision. He would start again at dusk and press on. -If by daylight there was no sign of the frontier he would give himself up. -There was nothing else for it. He was in desperate straits: his clothes -were torn to rags and he was almost overcome by the fierce grip of the fever -that was rapidly consuming his little remaining strength. He had given up -all hope of winning to the haven of neutral territory; it might not be far -away, perhaps, but his power of endurance was at an end. However, he -would forge ahead that night, whatever happened.</p> - -<p>As soon as darkness rendered it safe he emerged from his concealment -and struck westward along the edge of a rough country road. For hours -he toiled along meeting with nobody, but making poor progress. He was -becoming light-headed, and he lurched heavily as he walked. At intervals -he burned and shivered and sweated fiercely. Time and again he fell on his -face, but on each occasion he staggered to his feet and struggled ahead.</p> - -<p>The night wore on, and through the clouds on the eastern skyline a -palish light began to filter. The skies grew dull grey and then softer like -the wing of a dove. Over the fields and hedgerows the luminous glow grew -clearer as the wheels of the Dawn rolled on, touching the bare branches of -the trees and silvering the green stagnant water in the ditch, by whose -edge reeled and pitched an exhausted atom of humanity.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_279" id="Page_279">[279]</a></span></p> - -<p>Niall raised his bloodshot eyes to the heavens.</p> - -<p>"Well, this is the end of it," he muttered, "and probably the end of -me too. I don't mind ... it's been a good effort, and I'm so tired ... -my God, how tired I am!"</p> - -<p>A hundred yards ahead a high wall began, evidently the bound of some -large country residence, and not much further on was a small iron gate. -Inside, a footpath led winding among the trees of a wide parkland. With -shaking hands Niall unlatched the gate and followed the path. He could -not see now where he was going: a red mist hung like a veil before his -eyes. Once he ran against a tree, striking his head violently against the -trunk. Dazedly he raised his hand to his forehead and felt it wet.... -Shortly afterwards he reached the end of the parkland. Things grew clearer -again, and he saw before him, not three hundred yards away, the grey -battlemented towers of a stately castle. For a few moments he stared at -it in a fuddled manner, then he collapsed into a ditch full of rotting leaves.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>When he regained consciousness it was night. He must have lain there -all day. Slowly past events came back to him, and he raised himself with -difficulty on his elbow and looked at the winking lights in the castle windows. -The fever did not trouble him now: all he was conscious of was a fierce, -overpowering craving for food and warmth and rest. The twinkle of the -lights called to him. It was a German house, certainly, but he would get -something to eat there, and they would let him rest—how he wanted rest! -His thoughts flew back to his home in the distant western isles. Would -they be thinking of him? he wondered. Thank God, they couldn't see him -now. His mother, and Eileen his sister ... they would be in the old library -where they always sat at night, that vast stone-walled room above the -cliff where the moaning of the sea rose eternally. And his father would be -asleep in the red leather chair by the gun-room fire. He smiled as the -vision rose before him. Would he ever see it again? Great God, why did -men want to kill one another?...</p> - -<p>His rambling thoughts switched off in another direction ... if they -could see him now, perhaps his old father would go to the glass case on the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_280" id="Page_280">[280]</a></span> -library wall, take from its resting place the black chanter, and blow on it -for the last time! He laughed hoarsely—a good joke that! Delirious and -cracked, his voice suddenly croaked forth the weird notes of the -black chanter's tune. Horrible and broken it rose on the still night air.</p> - -<p>In a few moments the delirium passed, and with a mighty effort he got -on his hands and knees. Painfully and slowly he began to crawl across -the damp grass of the park towards the shadowy mass of the silent castle.</p> - -<p>"They'll give me food," he gasped ... "and let me rest."</p> - - -<p class="p1 center">IV</p> - -<p>The Countess von Behr sat in a deep chair by the open fireplace of her -boudoir in the Schloss Bersenburg. On the white marble mantelshelf a -painted china clock pointed to a quarter past eleven. The luxuriously -furnished room was in deep shadow, the only light coming from two massive -silver candelabra upon the grand piano in a recess by the window. The -flickering glow from the red embers lit up fitfully the face of the woman who -gazed abstractedly into the fire.</p> - -<p>Four years of mental strain and suffering had left their mark on Helene -von Behr, for there were lines about her eyes and her mouth had grown -harder. These years had fallen with tragic weight upon the shoulders of -the exiled girl, doomed by the exigencies of the times to live alone in this -vast gloomy house, her heart in bleeding France, her body in a country -which by hereditary instinct she had always disliked, but now hated with -all the intensity of her passionate southern heart. So she had dragged out -her solitary days in the seclusion of the Schloss, one of that vast multitude, -young in years but old in suffering, whose souls have been ruthlessly crushed -beneath the iron wheels of the chariots of war.</p> - -<p>The Count had been keenly alive to the delicacy of his domestic situation, -and from the outbreak of hostilities, though he had been almost constantly -resident in Berlin owing to his important connection with the Foreign -Office, he had deemed it the prudent course to leave his French wife in the -solitariness of his country home; a policy which saved both himself and her<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_281" id="Page_281">[281]</a></span> -from inevitable embarrassments which might at once prove detrimental -to the interests of the one, and intolerable to the other.</p> - -<p>The unutterable agony of the weary months in a position which was -both false and horrible to her, conscious as she could not fail to be of the -veiled contempt and cleverly concealed hostility of her servants, and the -less disguised dislike of her few neighbours, had told heavily upon the -lonely woman. Two months ago things had become almost insufferable -when the news came that the Vicomte de Fontaigne had been laid in a soldier's -grave. To fight for the Republic was one thing, but to fight for France -was quite another: and so, at the hour of crisis, like the rest of his order, -the haughty nobleman had put his politics in his pocket and offered his -services to the Govermnent. The grief of her father's death, borne alone, -friendless and exiled, had almost crushed Helene. Yet it seemed as if her -perplexities were never to end: for that very afternoon a telegram had -come intimating in crude staring words, that the Count von Behr had been -shot dead in the Wilhelmstrasse while endeavouring from a window to -appease a revolutionary mob.</p> - -<p>She had tried to analyse her feelings when the news was conveyed to her. -She had never loved him, but in his own blunt way he had been kind and -considerate to her; and the sudden tears which she shed were from the -heart, for she sincerely regretted his death. Yet despite this fact she could -not stifle the insistent thought that she was free—free to go back to France -and to the Chateau Fontaigne, that pearl of her soul, when this holocaust -of death was past and over; a thought rendered doubly moving by the -knowledge that the dawn was already breaking! She had often wondered -what it would be like in the future for a child of France to be wedded for -ever to a German.</p> - -<p>As she sat before the fire she felt restless and ill at ease. Her jumbled -thoughts refused to be focussed on any one aspect of her affairs. She felt -something strange in the atmosphere, something that oppressed her. It -seemed in the air, it was all around, real yet indefinable. Time and again -she looked round half nervously as if expecting to find someone in the room -with her....</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_282" id="Page_282">[282]</a></span></p> - -<p>She settled deeper into her chair and listlessly watched a morsel that -fell red from the fire ... it grew pink and then grey. It still smoked a -little, then died. As the lonely woman stared into the embers there suddenly -rose before her a boyish face, so clear and vivid that she was startled -by it. There was pain in the eyes that looked at her, pain and dull weariness, -and the dumb suffering of a yearning spirit. Helene shivered.... -How often during these last years had that face risen before her, and the -sunlight and happiness of ten brief days in a deserted Lucerne had fallen -on her tired heart like the dew of heaven. She had never forgotten him—how -could she? She had wondered so often where he was. She knew he -was not dead: for he was first in that list of names which she had given -to a friend in Berne, desiring him to keep her acquainted with their fortunes. -She often thought, had she done wrong that night when she kissed his -young mouth? But it didn't really matter, after all: she had done him -no harm, and long ago he would have forgotten her. Men forgot so quickly. -For his own sake she hoped he had: yet—in spite of herself she prayed that -he hadn't. And as she looked ahead, to-night, to her coming liberty, she -wondered.... But the face in the fire made her uneasy. A queer tune -throbbed in her head—his tune! She had heard it in her thoughts all night; -wild, <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'unrythmical'">unrhythmical</ins>, it seemed to have vibrated in the stillness of the shadowy -room—mysterious, passionate, compelling. Once it had been so realistic -that she had been convinced that she actually heard it—out in the night; -and she had pulled aside the curtains and peered out into the darkness.</p> - -<p>She stretched her arms above her head. She felt stifled: surely the -room was very hot. Rising, she moved restlessly to the window and looked -out. It was a clear, starry night; with a silver moon peeping from behind -some scudding clouds. She lingered, gazing up at the beauty of the heavens. -Then, just as she was about to let the thick curtain drop, suddenly, muffled -yet distinct, she heard a man's voice rise on the night air. It cried one -English word—"Help!"</p> - -<p>For a minute she stood startled and irresolute, then she flung open the -window. Below, on the white of the wide gravel sweep, she could dimly -see a dark form lying stretched before the massive steps of the doorway.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_283" id="Page_283">[283]</a></span> -She leaned over the edge and called. No answer came. She -drew back into the room and touched the electric bell. A few seconds -later, an old sleepy-eyed footman appeared, their last remaining manservant.</p> - -<p>"Quick," she cried, "there is a man lying outside on the gravel. I -think he is dead. Get some help and bring him into the hall. I'll come -down myself immediately."</p> - -<p>The man bowed solemnly and withdrew; and when five minutes later -she descended the broad oak staircase, Helene saw an excited knot of -servants depositing a human burden on the great fur rug before the cavernous -hall fireplace. She approached and looked down upon the form of a man, -little more than a skeleton, his clothes ragged and smeared with filth, his -thin sunken face bearded and dirty. The cluster of servants stared at -him open-mouthed.</p> - -<p>The sick man moved an arm. He drowsily muttered a few words; -feebly, but Helene and the domestics heard them:</p> - -<p>"Must be near the frontier now.... Thank God!"</p> - -<p>"English," said the old footman resentfully, but a quick look from his -mistress silenced any further remark. She despatched the man for the -local doctor and sent the women for blankets, hot water, brandy, pillows; -and she herself knelt by the miserable creature and gently loosened his -ragged collar. The emaciated face recalled nothing to her as she looked—but, -a few seconds later, Gordon Niall opened his eyes, and, trembling like an -aspen leaf, and white to the lips, Helene von Behr recognised him.</p> - -<p>"Mother of God!" she gasped.</p> - -<p>The floodgates of memory opened and the great waters poured over her -soul. She felt the walls and the floor of the vast gloomy hall reeling about -her; but, with an almost superhuman effort of will, she regained her composure, -and met the eyes that looked into her ashen face with a look of -wonder and amazement. The fever seemed to have left him, and for the -moment Niall was perfectly conscious. She bent down and pillowed his head -on her arm.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_284" id="Page_284">[284]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Helene," he whispered, "is it you?... where am I?"</p> - -<p>"It's all right, dear," she said soothingly. "You're quite safe. Don't -speak—you must rest."</p> - -<p>The servants returned and Niall was made as comfortable as possible. -Helene thought rapidly. At all costs she must be alone with him for a time. -She dismissed the whispering women upon various errands. Yes, she said -to their enquiries, she would stay with him till they returned.</p> - -<p>When they were alone Niall looked up.</p> - -<p>"I escaped, you know," he said weakly. "I've had an awful time—but -I'm safe now, Helene, am I not?... across the frontier, eh?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, yes, my Gordon," she answered, smoothing back his matted hair, -"you're across the frontier, and you'll soon be well." She almost choked -as she remembered that the frontier was only five miles away.</p> - -<p>He sighed contentedly and closed his eyes. For a while he lay very -still; then he spoke, with difficulty.</p> - -<p>"My left tunic pocket," he gasped, "feel in it, Helene ... that's -right ... now, open that flap."</p> - -<p>From the tattered leather pocket-book she pulled out a dried withered -flower. His eyes gleamed as he saw it. He turned his face to her.</p> - -<p>"Your rose," he whispered—"at Lucerne, you know."</p> - -<p>A severe fit of shivering seized him. His eyes closed. From the corners -of his mouth two thin rivulets of blood began to trickle ... he opened -his eyes.</p> - -<p>"Helene," he muttered spasmodically, "Helene—the frontier ... I -must get across the frontier ... before the morning."</p> - -<p>The end was near and she knew it. With her left hand she extracted -from her bosom a little gold crucifix and held it before the dying eyes. -In a voice, choked with emotion, she said in his ear,</p> - -<p>"Say after me, my Gordon ... 'Jesu, have mercy!'"</p> - -<p>"<em>Jesu—have—mercy!</em>"</p> - -<p>"Now, and in the hour of death"—</p> - -<p>"<em>Now, and—in—the hour of—death</em>"—</p> - -<p>"Have mercy on me, a sinner!"</p> - -<p>"<em>Have mercy—on—me—a sinner!</em>"—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_285" id="Page_285">[285]</a></span></p> - -<p>He shivered as in a blast of icy wind, then smiled like a tired child and -nestled his head against her breast. And very quietly he crossed the silent -frontier of that shadowy country, whence no traveller returns.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The servants were clustered about her, and the stout village doctor -was bending over the thin body stretched on the fur rug; but Helene, her -head bowed, neither looked up nor spoke....</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_286" id="Page_286">[286]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_PIPES" id="THE_PIPES"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE PIPES</a></h2> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">By Edmund Candler</span></p> - - -<p class="noindent">On Christmas night the pipers came into the mess. They had piped the -regiment across many a hot place in France and escorted bombing parties -down many a German trench. In one action four out of the eight were hit -and two killed. They touch a chord deep down somewhere which no doubt -has its proper scientific name. The eye of the piper which conceals his -gladness, denying all rapture, is a key to the undemonstrative temper of -the men who would rather die than throw up their bonnets and shout.</p> - -<p>A subaltern of nineteen years put the case for the pipes to me in his own -eloquent slang.</p> - -<p>"Of course I get cold feet sometimes" he said, "like everyone else. -But the pipes soon warm one. MacFarlane, the Company Piper, piped us -across on the 25th, the regimental slogan, you know. By Jove, it was top-hole."</p> - -<p>We called him the Chicken. Being bigger in the beam than in the -shoulders and having a slightly forward stoop he looked in his kilt like a -preternaturally large nestling just emerged from the egg. To see him -walking reminded one of a determined young chicken. He had an assurance -unnatural in the new-born which set off his callowness and puzzled one. -It was not side. To hear him talk made one smile. You would think he -had plumbed experience and was already convinced about the main issues -of life, celibacy or marriage, the rights and wrongs of Demos, peace and war, -and the like. One smiled in sympathy, not in derision, accepting the indisputable -explanation that the Chicken had had special privileges in the egg. -And one thanked the war for an ingenuousness of speech, the bloom of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_287" id="Page_287">[287]</a></span> -which would have been rubbed off in a week of peace-time conditions in a -mess.</p> - -<p>"MacFarlane was killed with a bombing party," the subaltern went on. -"They let hell loose,—all their machine guns, rifle grenades, trench mortars, -and every rifle thirty rounds at least. Our fellows came in half an hour -afterwards, having been snug in a <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'shell-hope'">shell-hole</ins> through the whole show. Only -two of our men were hit—by a trench mortar. One was MacFarlane. It -was a horrid sight—made me feel a bit green. Nothing was left of them, -and you couldn't tell who they were save by their identity discs. I put a -sentry by the traverse on both sides and gave orders that no one was to pass. -It wouldn't have done for these young recruits to see the mess," this pink-faced -subaltern of nineteen explained with paternal solicitude.</p> - -<p>His tenderness for the recruits amused me, for the absence of down on -his chin made the Chicken look younger than his years. But I marvelled -more at the complacency with which he found himself in command. He -spoke of his blooded veterans—Perthshires, if you please, the salt of the -British Army, as if he were a huntsman holding them in the leash; yet it -was only in spirit that he had attained to man's estate. One phrase struck -me. He was describing the capture of Hun murderers, or if not actual -murderers the comrades and accomplices of murderers, men whom his -Highlanders wanted to kill.</p> - -<p>"They were all holding up their hands," the boy told me, "and trembling -with funk and holding out pictures of their Fraus and kids, and calling out -'Don't shoot, Kamarade! Don't shoot!' and my men wanted to shoot -them. The Perthshires had been out for blood since the 9th of May when -the Huns had burnt their wounded comrades, shooting them with petrol -bullets so that their clothes burst into flame and they died in agony, and men -who couldn't stick the sight of it any longer crept out of their trenches, in -spite of orders, to drag them in and were burnt alive too. That day my -company swore that they would take no more Prussian prisoners, and now -word had been passed round by the Brigade, 'The 15th Prussians are in -front of you, who burnt the men of your regiment. You will know how to -behave.' My men wanted to shoot them all down, make the place a shambles;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_288" id="Page_288">[288]</a></span> -but, of course, I wouldn't have it. I told them they had to take the men -prisoners."</p> - -<p>"Did they obey you?" I asked.</p> - -<p>The Nestling looked at me in surprise as if I were a very ignorant person.</p> - -<p>"Obey! They knew very well that the first man who fired I'd blow out -his brains with my revolver."</p> - -<p>After all, the Chicken's assurance was a compliment to the regiment, -where discipline is an elemental fact. And it spoke well for the boy too, -that he realized what admission into that Kingdom, or corporation, meant,—all -self and chickenhood being merged in the subaltern of the Perthshires, -whose powers were as natural and inalienable as the properties of carbon or -oxygen.</p> - -<p>Yet this callow youth on whom authority sat so lightly spurned his -profession. It appeared that he had ambitions. He scoffed at the idea -of sticking in the army after the war. He wanted "to do something," he -said. I could not understand how he could resist the glamour of it all. -His Colonel thought well of him and he knew it. The O.C., a reserved man, -and sparing of praise, had been talking to me about the Chicken before dinner; -he told me that the boy had the right spirit and no fear in him. "I sent him -on a patrol," he said, "a day or two after he arrived at the front, to a building -between the lines which was supposed to be occupied by Germans. My -orders were, 'Find out if the house is held. Find out for yourself, remember, -and don't take your men's word for it. They'll always see Germans, -especially on a wet night when they want to be snug in the trenches.'"</p> - -<p>The Subaltern had the sight of an owl, but he was determined not to come -back until he had seen Germans. So far he had seen none, having arrived -at the trenches straight from Winchester, where he held a commission in the -O.T.C. and had just won a scholarship for New College. He swore he would -see Germans that night or promenade the empty house between the lines.</p> - -<p>A slip of a moon showed above the clouds and the rain ceased when they -were within fifty yards of the building. The Corporal touched the Subaltern's -sleeve and said, "They're there, Sir. I can see about a dozen of -them."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_289" id="Page_289">[289]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Where? I don't see."</p> - -<p>"Straight ahead, Sir, by the wall."</p> - -<p>The Chicken approached nearer. Within forty—thirty yards. The -Corporal warned him again in a throaty whisper:—"There's 'arf a company, -Sir, lining the side of the house. We're almost agin them."</p> - -<p>Still the Chicken could not see. He gave the order to move forward.</p> - -<p>At fifteen yards the Germans opened fire. A quick volley. The patrol -threw themselves flat. Luckily they were concealed in a slight depression, -and in a few seconds the moon went under a dark cloud.</p> - -<p>The Subaltern whispered the order to return the enemy's fire, and his -four men blazed away into the shadow under the house. The Germans -replied vigorously; by a miracle none of the little party were hit. Then -the Huns turned the machine gun on to them from somewhere farther back. -The Subaltern heard the spray of bullets coming nearer, spattering the earth, -searching every inch of soil, passing with a thirsty sucking noise overhead. -He was the most exposed of his party, but he felt for the body of the dead -man he had stumbled against, and drew it into a close embrace. The -current of lead passed an inch over them where they lay interlaced, the live -man clinging for life to the dead. The fire dropped. The body received a -bullet and shook as if it were wrestling with him. Its head butted his own. -A faint smell of cigar fume clung to its moustache. The boy had let the -situation go for a moment, and was wondering, with a detachment at which -he was surprised, whether all Germans smoked Havanas in the trenches, -when a new kind of explosion added to the din. It was "A" Company's -patrol bombing the house. The little scouting party received their first -casualty from them. The man behind the Chicken uttered a cry of pain. -A splinter from a bomb had taken away part of his right ear.</p> - -<p>This extended attack was too much for the Huns, who thought the -whole line was advancing and decamped. The moon peeped out again as -they were going off, and the Subaltern, Corporal and the two men accounted -for at least half a dozen of them. These dark figures which rolled up like -rabbits were the first Germans the Chicken had seen.</p> - -<p>The Subaltern entered the house with the two privates and sent the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_290" id="Page_290">[290]</a></span> -Corporal back to tell the Colonel that we were in possession. He had taken -a rather important Observation Post marked 2.22 on the map.</p> - -<p>I had some of the story from the boy and some from the Colonel, but I -will let the boy finish it.</p> - -<p>"The next day we had some burying," he said. "From the new post -we could send out patrols to bring in our fellows who had been knocked out -on the 12th. You won't mind me talking about things which make you -feel a bit squeamish, will you, Sir?"—the boy called everybody above the -age of forty "Sir"—"Tell me to shut up if it is too beastly; but, you see, -most of these bodies had been out for six weeks and were more or less decomposed. -We dug a shallow trench towards them, threw out a hook on a bit -of rope and drew them in. We had to find their identification discs. It -was not a pleasant business taking off a man's shirt and not always easy, -and my Corporal being sick every minute didn't help things either. I -generally went for their pockets for letters; that was easier, but ..." I -omit here some details which are too unpleasant to print. "The Corporal -with his weak stomach was a bit of a nuisance, especially at night, for if the -Germans heard him they would send up a flare."</p> - -<p>Then he told me about a frontal attack at Loos. The Chicken had seen -and suffered more and lived more in six months in France, and done -more for England than I had in two score odd years. He was clearly -a born soldier. He was happy in the regiment and quite one of them—one -of the new incarnation at least who approximate in some ways to the -old. I could not see what more he desired.</p> - -<p>"You really think of throwing up the army after the war?" I asked. -The Chicken turned on me the wistful smile that talk of "after the war" -evoked among the sanguine at the time. "In war time of course everybody -has got to be a soldier," he said, "but in peace time—no thank you!"</p> - -<p>"But what are you going to do?"</p> - -<p>"Anything, but inspect meat and tunic buttons. Something that counts. -I suppose I shall go into the Bar or Parliament."</p> - -<p>I would have asked him if he really thought these talking shops counted -more than the Perthshires; but the pipes were coming in again and they<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_291" id="Page_291">[291]</a></span> -were playing the regimental slogan. It gave one the most extraordinary -feeling in the pit of one's stomach and all down one's back.</p> - -<p>"I'm not sure, though," the boy said ingenuously when they had gone out, -"I may stick to the regiment on the chance of another show."</p> - -<p>I understood, I had passed through the two moods myself in a long route -march when the pipes took over charge from the brass band.</p> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<p class="pfs70">GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.</p> - - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="FOOTNOTES" id="FOOTNOTES">FOOTNOTES:</a></h2> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> <cite>The Bagpipe</cite>. Grattan Flood.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> Probably the first pipers to play on French soil were those of the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland -Highlanders on their landing at Boulogne.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_3_3" id="Footnote_3_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> <cite>Echoes of Flanders.</cite> C. L. Warr.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_4_4" id="Footnote_4_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> Philip Gibbs.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_5_5" id="Footnote_5_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> "We will take the high road."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_6_6" id="Footnote_6_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> <cite>The Adventures of a Despatch Rider.</cite> Major W. H. Watson.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_7_7" id="Footnote_7_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7_7"><span class="label">[7]</span></a> <cite>More Adventures in Kilt and Khaki.</cite> Thomas Lyon.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_8_8" id="Footnote_8_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8_8"><span class="label">[8]</span></a> Stephen Graham.—<cite>The Times</cite>, 16th January, 1919.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_9_9" id="Footnote_9_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9_9"><span class="label">[9]</span></a> Philip Gibbs.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_10_10" id="Footnote_10_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10_10"><span class="label">[10]</span></a> "The battle beyond Baghdad—'A Highland Officer.'"—<cite>Blackwood's Magazine.</cite></p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_11_11" id="Footnote_11_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11_11"><span class="label">[11]</span></a> Stephen Graham.—"A Private in the Guards."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_12_12" id="Footnote_12_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12_12"><span class="label">[12]</span></a> <cite>With the Gordons at Ypres.</cite>—Rev. A. M. Maclean, C.M.G.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_13_13" id="Footnote_13_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13_13"><span class="label">[13]</span></a> Lieut.-Col. Cyrus Peck, V.C., D.S.O.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_14_14" id="Footnote_14_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14_14"><span class="label">[14]</span></a> <cite>Musical Memoirs of Scotland</cite>, 1849, p. 9.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_15_15" id="Footnote_15_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_15_15"><span class="label">[15]</span></a> Sir John was wrong in his date: this incident happened in 1816.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_16_16" id="Footnote_16_16"></a><a href="#FNanchor_16_16"><span class="label">[16]</span></a> The names of the tunes are largely written in rather badly spelt Gaelic, including in some cases -the letter 'v,' <em>e.g.</em>, Vuirlin instead of A Bhirlinn, and h is the commonest consonant in the vocables—neither -'v' nor 'h' alone being used in correct Gaelic.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_17_17" id="Footnote_17_17"></a><a href="#FNanchor_17_17"><span class="label">[17]</span></a> Since this was written I have discovered this line in staff notation in an old MS. by Donald -Macdonald, son of the man who published the Collection of Piobaireachd in the early nineteenth century.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_18_18" id="Footnote_18_18"></a><a href="#FNanchor_18_18"><span class="label">[18]</span></a> The commas are thrown about haphazard in this tune.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_19_19" id="Footnote_19_19"></a><a href="#FNanchor_19_19"><span class="label">[19]</span></a> Something is omitted here—probably 'a.'</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_20_20" id="Footnote_20_20"></a><a href="#FNanchor_20_20"><span class="label">[20]</span></a> It is not easy to see what 'ved<img class="mac" src="images/are-25.jpg" alt="" />' means here: comparing it with same point in First, Second -and Third Motions, it should probably be 'dari' instead of ved<img class="mac" src="images/are-25.jpg" alt="" /> or 'vedari' perhaps. As -written in D. Macdonald, Jr's. MS. it would be 'dari.'</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_21_21" id="Footnote_21_21"></a><a href="#FNanchor_21_21"><span class="label">[21]</span></a> 'h' is probably inserted here to show that C and not B is meant.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_22_22" id="Footnote_22_22"></a><a href="#FNanchor_22_22"><span class="label">[22]</span></a> Perhaps this cadence is a clerical error.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_23_23" id="Footnote_23_23"></a><a href="#FNanchor_23_23"><span class="label">[23]</span></a> Probably a clerical error for hadarem.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_24_24" id="Footnote_24_24"></a><a href="#FNanchor_24_24"><span class="label">[24]</span></a> "The pipers' hollow."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_25_25" id="Footnote_25_25"></a><a href="#FNanchor_25_25"><span class="label">[25]</span></a> Keeper of family records, genealogist.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_26_26" id="Footnote_26_26"></a><a href="#FNanchor_26_26"><span class="label">[26]</span></a> "The anger of winking Patrick."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_27_27" id="Footnote_27_27"></a><a href="#FNanchor_27_27"><span class="label">[27]</span></a> "The blind man's leap."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_28_28" id="Footnote_28_28"></a><a href="#FNanchor_28_28"><span class="label">[28]</span></a> "The Broom of Peril," the banner borne by Oscar in battle.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_29_29" id="Footnote_29_29"></a><a href="#FNanchor_29_29"><span class="label">[29]</span></a> "Sons of the Gael shoulder to shoulder."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_30_30" id="Footnote_30_30"></a><a href="#FNanchor_30_30"><span class="label">[30]</span></a> All the atrocities mentioned above are not fiction but fact. Day and date, names and places can be -given for all of them.</p></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="transnote"> -<a name="TN" id="TN"></a> - -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within -the text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p>The one hundred and twenty table headers in the 'REGIMENTAL RECORDS' section have been -made identical; a small number in the original text omitted the column -header 'REG. NO.'</p> - -<p>Footnote [20] is correctly referenced twice from <a href="#Page_189">pg 189</a>.</p> - -<p>Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, -and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, -unrhythmical; outwith; bagpipe, bag-pipe; dugout, dug-out.</p> - -<p> -<a href="#Page_ix">Pg ix</a>, 'The Cameron Highlanders' replaced by 'The Queen's Own Cameron - Highlanders'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_5">Pg 5</a>, 'invididuals' replaced by 'individuals'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_7">Pg 7</a>, 'Ch till mi' replaced by 'Cha till me'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_11">Pg 11</a>, 'sons of Erc' replaced by 'sons of Ere'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_19">Pg 19</a>, 'unfavourably' replaced by 'unfavourable'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_52">Pg 52</a>, 'dipersed' replaced by 'dispersed'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_65">Pg 65</a>, 'sporans' replaced by 'sporrans'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_73">Pg 73</a>, 'REG. NO. NAME. RANK.' replaced by 'REG. NO. RANK. NAME.'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_102">Pg 102</a>, '23/121/7' replaced by '23/12/17'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_124">Pg 124</a>, '24/10/141' replaced by '24/10/14'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_130">Pg 130</a>, 'Piper Major' replaced by 'Pipe Major'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_166">Pg 166</a>, 'June, 1615' replaced by 'June, 1915'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_183">Pg 183</a>, 'himbandrc' replaced by 'himbandre'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_183">Pg 183</a>, 'hobandrc' replaced by 'hobandre'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_200">Pg 200</a>, 'Higlanders' replaced by 'Highlanders'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_202">Pg 202</a>, 'The musi' replaced by 'The music'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_222">Pg 222</a>, 'Higland' replaced by 'Highland'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_229">Pg 229</a>, 'shapnel' replaced by 'shrapnel'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_236">Pg 236</a>, 'Nifinsky' replaced by 'Nijinsky'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_248">Pg 248</a>, 'Bretannach' replaced by 'Brettanach'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_262">Pg 262</a>, 'boys haled' replaced by 'boys hauled'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_282">Pg 282</a>, 'unrythmical' replaced by 'unrhythmical'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_287">Pg 287</a>, 'shell-hope' replaced by 'shell-hole'.<br /> -</p> -</div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Pipes of War, by Sir Bruce Seton and John Grant - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PIPES OF WAR *** - -***** This file should be named 51016-h.htm or 51016-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/1/0/1/51016/ - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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