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.