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