Chapter III: 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.