Chapter VII: Introduction (4)

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