on 7th January, 1916, Pipe Major M'Kechnie played the regimental
charge at a most crucial moment and continued until he fell wounded.
In this and other subsequent engagements pipers played their
companies into action. Some of them did excellent work bringing up
ammunition, and 529 Piper Colin M'Kay was specially promoted for
this. This duty was particularly dangerous as the Turkish barrage was
generally late.
The casualties continued to be heavy. Altogether 11 pipers have been
killed.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
8391 Pipe Major D. B. MATHIESON, D.C.M.; wounded "Port Arthur,"
D.C.M. 7/11/14.
10169 Lance Cpl. J. TULLOCH Wounded in trenches, "Port
Arthur," 6/11/14.
9158 Sergt. J. MACLELLAN Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15;
subsequently killed, 21/4/17.
7900 Piper W. F. COWANS Killed, 7/11/14, "Port Arthur."
9291 " J. PRATT Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle,
9/5/15.
479 " D. BLACK Killed, 3/11/14, "Port Arthur."
766 Lance Cpl. Lance Sgt. J. Wounded, "Port Arthur,"
MACKENZIE 9/5/15.
216 Piper, Actg. P.M. W. PATON Wounded, Givenchy, 6/4/15.
10457 Lance Sgt. J. STEWART Transferred to 2nd Batt.;
killed, 1917.
412 Piper WILLIAM BARRY Despatches.
311 Lance-Cpl. DONALD CAMPBELL Wounded, Givenchy, 4/11/14;
killed, Mesopotamia, 1917.
9458 " JOHN DUNBAR Wounded, Mesopotamia, 7/1/16,
while performing duties in
attack.
9628 " ALEXANDER HAY Transferred to R.E.
444 " ROBERT HILL Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15.
262 " A. M'DONALD
264 " ALEXANDER M'GILL
433 " ANDREW MACKAY Wounded, Mesopotamia, 21/4/17.
435 " JOHN M'VEAN Wounded, Mesopotamia, 7/1/16;
invalided.
564 " N. MORRISON Wounded, Givenchy, 4/12/14.
366 " T. MUIR Wounded, "Port Arthur,"
invalided.
284 " D. MURRAY Wounded, Givenchy, 6/4/15;
invalided.
768 " ADAM ROSS Wounded, Givenchy, 17/11/14.
9419 " D. SKINNER Wounded, Givenchy, 20/12/14
invalided.
10183 Lance Cpl. J. HERON
645 Piper D. SMITH Killed in France.
661 " J. STEIN Wounded in trenches; invalided.
788 " T. URQUHART Killed, Givenchy, 20/12/14.
Corpl. A. VINCE Wounded, Neuve Chapelle,
9/5/15; transferred to R.S.F.
9446 Corpl. Actg. P.M. NEIL ACTING PIPE MAJOR WHEN
M'KECHNIE battalion went to
Mesopotamia; wounded, 7/1/15;
mentioned in despatches,
25/8/15.
10056 Piper JOHN SHAND Wounded, Mesopotamia, 21/4/17;
and again Palestine.
7214 Lance Cpl. JAMES HARDY
543 Piper NEIL MORRISON
529 Sergt. Piper COLIN M'KAY Died of wounds, Baghdad.
Lance Cpl. ALEX. ROBERTSON Severely wounded, Sheikh Saad;
pipes smashed, 7/1/16.
Piper JAMES ROBERTSON
7184 Lance Sgt. JAMES DUNCAN
Lance Cpl. HEARNE Died at home.
200300 Piper WILLIAM M'DONALD
16360 " J. CUTHILL
9526 " GEORGE PATERSON
" WILLIAM M'LELLAN
" ALLAN
709 " J. WILKINSON Killed, France.
" COOK Killed, Mesopotamia.
204786 " A. HART
8338 " J. WILSON
7208 " J. KNOX
22602 " REID
8337 " M. JOHNSTONE
2ND BATTALION
The pipers were largely employed as runners, orderlies, etc., and
suffered very heavy casualties. On several occasions during the open
fighting they were employed in the attack as pipers. Of 23 pipers who
went to France with the battalion 6 were killed and 10 wounded in
the first year of the war. The opinion of the officers is that only
the difficulty of reinforcements limits the employment of pipers in
action.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
6731 Pipe Major JOHN HAYWOOD Invalided, Dec. 1914.
577 " JAMES MACKENZIE Wounded, 25/1/17.
6171 Corpl. ANGUS MACLEAN Wounded, May 1915.
9106 Lance Cpl. WILLIAM ROSS Killed, June 1915.
9223 " JOHN GRANT Killed, October 1914.
283 " DOUGAL MACMILLAN Died of disease, Feb. 1915.
9454 " JAMES RENNIE Wounded, August 1914; killed,
Loos, Oct. 1915.
70 Piper HUGH KEIL Gassed, May 1915.
625 " GEORGE THOMSON Wounded, March 1915.
" DAVID MACRAE Killed, February 1915.
3 " ROBERT HALL Killed, July 1916.
" ALEXANDER THORNTON
570 " ALEXANDER MACKENZIE Wounded, February 1915.
" RONALD MACKENZIE
711 " JAMES URQUHART Invalided, Dec. 1914.
Piper FREDERICK COOK Wounded, 13/10/14.
" ALBERT HUNTER
" ALEXANDER MACANGUS
1096 " GREGOR MACKENZIE Gassed, 2/5/15.
" KENNETH MACKENZIE Killed, May 1915.
" ALEXANDER ANGUS Wounded, April 1915.
" ROBERT RENNIE Killed, May 1915.
" ALEXANDER CLARK, Killed, May 1915.
10670 " ALEXANDER MACINTOSH Wounded, August 1914; prisoner
of war.
10457 Lance Sgt. JAMES STEWART Transferred from 1st Batt.;
wounded, 1/7/16, Maillet
(Somme); killed, 1917.
7635 Lance Cpl. A. ROSS
8666 Corpl. W. LOWLANDS
7838 Piper A. CALDER
9132 " N. JOHNSTONE Wounded, 25/4/15; killed,
26/1/17.
4255 " J. ROBERTSON Wounded, Nov. 1916.
10169 " J. TULLOCH Wounded, 20/11/14.
189 " A. STEIN
24729 " J. MURDOCH
" A. MILNE
21630 " D. MACLEOD
7366 " D. MACLEOD
" N. MACLEAN
7126 " W. MACLEAN
7603 " J. MACKAY
7206 Lance Cpl. M. MACLEAN
2886 Piper G. BELL Gassed, April 1915.
8134 " J. GRANT Wounded, April 1915 and August
1917.
204612 " P. LAMONT
9607 " J. MACARTHUR Wounded, April 1917.
4TH BATTALION
In the early part of the war pipers were employed as such, and in
many other capacities. Casualties, however, were exceedingly heavy,
and it was decided in the later stages to keep them out of action as
much as possible. Five pipers were killed and sixteen wounded.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
Pipe Major MURDO MACKENZIE Discharged, 1918.
" JOHN M'KENZIE Wounded, Neuve Chapelle.
Piper D. M'KENZIE Died of wounds in Germany.
Piper J. KEMP Died of wounds at Neuve
Chapelle, 1915.
" A. M'AULAY Died of wounds at
Valenciennes, 1918.
" J. M'KENZIE Died of wounds at Neuve
Chapelle, 1915.
" J. M'DONALD Wounded at Cambrai, 1917;
discharged.
" A. J. M'KENZIE Wounded at Neuve Chapelle,
1915; discharged.
201307 " P. STEWART, M.M. Wounded at Cambrai, 1917;
discharged.
" J. STEWART Wounded at Marne, 1918.
" W. M'KENZIE Discharged, 1916.
" M. SANDISON Wounded at Cambrai, 1917.
" H. FORBES Wounded and gassed at Arras,
1918.
" J. URQUHART Wounded at Cambrai, 1918;
\ discharged.
" W. MARSHALL Wounded and gassed at Cambrai,
1917.
" D. M'RAE Discharged.
Lance-Sgt. D. THOMSON Invalided home.
" F. FINDLAYSON Invalided home.
Piper J. M'DONALD Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915.
" A. M'LENNAN Killed at Neuve Chapelle, 1915.
" W. ROSS Transferred to Home Service.
" H. ROSS Transferred to Home Service.
" H. M'LENNAN Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915.
" D. WILLIAMSON Wounded and gassed, Arras and
Cambrai.
" W. M'DONALD
" W. CORBET Wounded at Aubers Ridge, 1915.
" W. M'LEOD Wounded at Neuve Chapelle,
1915, and discharged.
" H. R. M'KENZIE Wounded.
" R. HIGGINS Invalided, 1918.
" J. M'DONALD Discharged.
" J. M'LENNAN
" N. ROSS Discharged.
" J. ROSS Wounded at Cambrai.
" E. LEAMAN Wounded at Cambrai.
L/C. Piper W. GRAY
Piper J. M'KENZIE
" J. GUMM
" M. SANDISON
Piper W. MARSHALL
" J. A. AIRD
" H. FORBES
" A. M'LEOD
" J. BAIRD
" D. M'MILLAN
" W. RICHARDSON
5TH BATTALION
Pipers in action were employed as orderlies, despatch runners, etc.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
2026 Pipe Major J. SUTHERLAND
" A. HARLEY Invalided.
97 " W. GRANT
422 " G. ROSS Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart.
41186 Corporal H. GAMMACK
450 Piper A. M'LEOD
214 " W. TRUSSLER
240082 " R. M'KAY
240578 " G. STEWART
379 " R. M'KENZIE, M.M. Wounded; Military Medal.
599 " DONALD MACKAY Killed, 13/11/16, Beaumont
Hamel.
242179 " D. MACINNES
144 " H. GRANT
240137 " D. A. MATHESON Wounded.
426 " C. RAE
8971 " A. MACKAY
560 " R. MACKAY
242212 " G. URQUHART
2266 " W. S. COGHILL
3023 " A. KEITH
2392 " R. STEPHEN
24227 " J. MACDONALD
2729 " A. TAYLOR
251 " R. ROSS Killed, 21/7/15, Fauquissart.
242094 " D. MACKENZIE
669 " M. MURRAY Wounded.
26 " R. TRUSSLER
25209 " J. MUNRO
267336 " JAS. SUTHERLAND Transferred to 6th Seaforths;
killed, 19/4/17.
42195 " D. MORRISON
24284 " J. CULLEN
6TH BATTALION
At Festubert, June 1915, the pipers did magnificent service as
bearers, working day and night, and bringing in 170 wounded men. They
were largely employed in the ranks as machine gunners. The casualties
among them were heavy--8 killed and 6 wounded.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
Pipe Major G. MILTON
Sergt. W. MACLEOD Killed, May 1916, Labyrinth.
" C. D. MACDONALD Killed, Beaumont Hamel,
13/11/16.
" H. MACKIE Killed, Beaumont Hamel,
13/11/16.
" J. BROWN, M.M. Killed, Arras, May 1917.
" G. GILBERT, D.C.M. Wounded, Beaumont Hamel,
13/11/16.
Corpl. W. URQUHART
Piper J. ALEXANDER Killed, La Bassée, April 1918.
" J. BOWIE
" L. CUMMING
" G. FRASER
" J. GIBB
" J. GRANT
" G. M. GRANT
" D. GRANT
" D. GEDDIE Invalided.
" J. LOGIE
265172 " W. LOGIE Wounded, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.
" J. LUMSDEN, M.M. Wounded, High Wood, July 1916.
" A. JENKINS Invalided.
" A. MITCHELL
" W. D. MILL
" A. MACKAY Killed, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.
" W. MACKAY Wounded, Cambrai, Nov. 1917.
" H. MACKENZIE
" W. MACDONALD
" J. MACDONALD Wounded, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.
" W. MACKAY Invalided.
" A. PATERSON Invalided.
" J. ROBERTSON Killed, July 1915.
" G. ROSE Wounded, Beaumont Hamel,
13/11/16.
" W. SHERVAN
" W. SUTHERLAND Killed, 9/4/17, Roclincourt.
" A. THOMSON
[Illustration: PIPE-MAJOR HOWARTH, D.C.M., 6TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS
AT NEUVE CHAPELLE
_From the Painting by J. Prinsep Beadle_]
7TH BATTALION
At Loos the battalion was played to the attack, and had 5 pipers
killed and 3 wounded. At one time, when the position was very
serious, a piper rallied the men with "Cabar Feidh," and produced a
tremendous effect. On the Somme, in 1916, a piper was always on duty
with the battalion. At Arras, in 1917, the pipers acted as bearers,
but in later operations they were kept out of the front line as far
as possible.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
5111 Pipe Major W. TAYLOR Awarded Croix de Guerre and
Meritorious Service Medal.
1536 " A. HARLEY Invalided.
1689 Sergt. W. FRASER, M.M. Military Medal.
7765 " W. GORDON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
8822 Corpl. T. JOHNSTON Received Commission in
Camerons.
711 Lance Cpl. A. URQUHART
40417 " O'KAIN MACLENNAN Killed, 11/4/17.
6876 " M. M'LEAN
8134 " J. GRANT Wounded, 12/10/17.
13385 Piper P. CALDER
6892 " W. COOPER
8535 " D. DAVIDSON, D.C.M. and Military Medal;
D.C.M., M.M. promoted Sergt. in his Coy.
21629 " T. EATON
1456 " D. FRASER Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
40177 " R. FRASER
4272 " W. GALBRAITH Wounded, Loos, and again Arras,
9/4/17.
4181 " R. GALBRAITH Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
9070 " G. GRANT Died in hospital.
2177 " B. HALLIDAY Died of wounds received at
Loos.
4661 " B. HAMILTON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
9859 " J. HINTON
10859 " A. J. MACKAY
9488 " J. MACKAY
570 " A. MACKENZIE Wounded, 10/4/15, Messines;
gassed, 23/6/18.
1487 " R. MACKENZIE, M.M. Wounded, 12/3/18; Military
Medal.
7366 " D. MACLEOD Invalided.
201819 " M. MONTGOMERY
12597 " M. MURRAY
201991 " R. MURRAY
825 " G. THOMSON Wounded, Messines, 10/4/15.
3843 " K. THYNE Killed, Somme, 14/7/16.
8TH BATTALION
There were heavy casualties at Loos, September 1915, when 5 pipers
were killed and 5 were wounded; on this occasion the gallantry of
these men won the wholehearted admiration of all ranks. The companies
were played into action by the pipers.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
8112 Pipe Major ALEX. MACKENZIE, D.C.M.
D.C.M.
" JOHN HAYWOOD
8119 Sergt. GEORGE GORDON Transferred 9th Seaforths as
Pipe Major; Belgian Croix de
Guerre.
8172 Lance Cpl. JOHN MUNRO
3161 Piper ANDREW HAMILTON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
5721 " CHARLES ANDERSON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
6368 " ROBERT CLARK Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15, and
taken prisoner.
" ANDREW CLARK Killed, Loos, 28/9/18.
7519 " JOHN MATHESON
6567 " GEORGE SPENCE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
3503 " JAMES CAIRNS Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
2897 " ROBERT ROBERTSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15, and
taken prisoner.
2583 " JAMES MORTON
" ALEXANDER MACKAY Wounded, Ypres, 31/7/17.
6400 " WILLIAM MACKAY Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
" ROBERT BEATON
6546 Lance Cpl. DUNCAN MACGREGOR Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
3307 Piper DONALD VALANTINE Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
" HUGH SUTHERLAND Died of disease, 1917.
Corpl. R. CURRANT
Piper JAMES HARVEY Wounded, Arras, 21/2/18.
" ALEXANDER MACAULAY
25812 " ALEXANDER MACDONALD
25825 " ALEXANDER MACDONALD
" MALCOLM MACKENZIE
" ROBERT MACKENZIE
" DONALD MACLEOD
" GEORGE MACMILLAN
" JAMES MATHESON
" JAMES MORTON
" ROBERT ROBERTSON
" ALEXANDER SIMPSON
" GEORGE SPENCE
Piper P. STEWART
" HENRY SUTHERLAND
" J. TAIT
Lieut. HECTOR ROSS Formerly Piper 6th S.H.;
killed, 23/4/17.
9TH BATTALION
Pipers were frequently employed as despatch runners. In the advance
of the 26th Brigade at Longueval on 14th July, 1916, the battalion
was played into action under very heavy fire. When attacking the
village they met with a stout resistance and came under heavy machine
gun fire from a flank as well as from the front. The pipers rallied
the men who were thrown momentarily into confusion, and, at their
head, charged down the street and over the wires into the German
trenches.
The casualties were heavy throughout, 4 killed and 15 wounded.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
8119 Pipe Major G. GORDON Belgian Croix de Guerre.
4422 Lance Sgt. D. M'NIVEN
5745 Lance Cpl. C. M'LELLAN, M.M. Military Medal, Loos, 1915.
261949 Piper JAMES LUMSDEN, M.M. Wounded, Somme, 1916; Military
Medal.
240018 " ROBERT ROSS Killed, 11/4/18.
267336 " JAMES SUTHERLAND Killed, 19/4/17.
4394 " M. ROSS Wounded.
8264 " D. MACKENZIE Wounded.
4858 " J. MACDONALD Wounded.
5011 " A. CHEYNE
3949 " H. ARNOTT Wounded.
9394 " W. M'MAHON Killed.
4657 " W. GRAY Wounded.
5693 " D. HUNTER Wounded.
40497 " A. MACKENZIE
40502 " R. WATT Wounded.
40547 " G. DAVIDSON
267049 " J. MACLEOD
13286 " J. AITKEN Wounded.
23879 " W. DUNCAN Killed.
23889 " J. M'LELLAN Wounded.
26416 " P. MACDONALD
26426 " D. M'KINNON Wounded.
5943 Piper R. LAWSON Wounded and gassed.
24518 " A. BUCHANAN
261313 " A. MACKENZIE
5570 " J. BARCLAY Wounded three times.
THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS
1ST BATTALION
The battalion took out 18 pipers, and at the roll call at Cambrai on
26th August, 1914, only two remained. For a long time pipers had to
be employed in the ranks. On several occasions in the Somme fighting
they took their place at the head of their companies and played them
into action.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
Pipe Major J. HENDERSON
Sergt. J. JOHNSTON Wounded, 25/9/15.
Piper GEO. CRUICKSHANK Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.
" DAVID COPLAND Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.
" A. THOMPSON Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14, but
escaped and returned to duty;
again captured, 24/10/14.
" F. PATERSON Killed, Mons, 26/8/14.
" J. WATT Gone to 2nd Batt.
Corpl. F. ROBERTSON Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.
Lance Cpl. W. M'FALL Killed, October 1914.
Piper W. FRASER Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.
" GEO. MITCHELL Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.
" GEO. ANDERSON Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.
" N. WATT
" D. WEIR Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.
" P. CRAN Invalided.
" F. GRANT Invalided.
" P. HAIR Prisoner, Le Cateau, 26/8/14.
" W. CROMARTY Wounded, 26/9/15.
" W. HARVIE Killed, 24/10/14.
Corpl. A. GARDEN
Piper A. M'KAY Died of wounds, Jan. 1915.
" W. ALLAN Killed, 14/12/14.
" J. COUTTS
" W. PATON
" EADIE
Piper HAY
" M'KAY Wounded.
" GILLIES Wounded.
" HECTOR ROSS Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15; killed,
March, 1916.
2ND BATTALION
This battalion took 32 pipers out to France; by the end of the first
year of the campaign 10 had been killed and 20 wounded. At Loos and
in the Somme fighting the pipers of the 2nd Gordons repeatedly played
the battalion into action and suffered heavily. The pipers were also
employed as runners, bearers, etc., and in the ranks.
In March 1915, the battalion was played to the attack on the Aubers
Ridge under heavy fire, and again at Mametz and Guichy.
In the Italian field of operations they did most excellent work in
getting the wounded back across a swift river, work which their C.O.
considered it would have been impossible to accomplish without their
enthusiastic assistance.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
6349 Pipe Major C. ANDERSON Wounded; Military Medal,
Loos, 1915.
10655 Piper R. GRANT Killed, Loos, 1915.
10639 " J. GRANT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
110 " R. WILSON Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
219 " W. BRUCE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
10653 Corpl. J. M'KENZIE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
205 Piper J. LEDINGHAM Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
" J. RAMAGE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
" A. CASSIE Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
" J. BISSETT Killed, Loos, 25/9/15.
10296 " W. SINCLAIR Died of wounds, Loos, 25/9/15.
311 Lance Cpl. A. M'DONALD Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14;
invalided.
10113 Piper J. GILLIES Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.
175 Lance Cpl. J. LIVINGSTONE Wounded; prisoner of war,
30/10/14.
10243 Piper J. MURRAY Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.
8699 " C. MUNRO Despatches; wounded, Loos,
1915.
349 " J. CRUICKSHANKS Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 1915.
10219 " J. TOPP Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.
297 Piper J. GRANT Wounded and invalided.
120 " H. ADAMS Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14.
10072 " G. TENNENT Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.
233 " J. WATT Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
7569 Sergt. W. SMITH Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
606 Piper A. BRUCE Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
192 " W. HINNIE Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
429 " T. MACINTOSH Wounded, Ypres, 1/11/14;
invalided.
" FRASER Wounded; invalided.
543 " A. HOLMES Wounded, Ypres, 5/10/17.
10256 " B. M'KAY Wounded, Ypres, 30/10/14.
430 " J. ROBERTSON Killed, Ypres, 30/10/14.
206 Lance Cpl. J. DUGUID
6853 Sergt. R. STEWART, D.C.M. Killed, Loos, 1915; awarded
D.C.M.
7641 Piper J. M'DONALD
10486 " C. TAYLOR Wounded, Somme, July 1916.
5614 " JAMES RITCHIE, M.M. Military Medal, Somme.
7375 Corpl. A. SMITH Killed, Loos, 1915.
8390 Piper J. SCOTT Killed, Somme, 1916.
335 " J. M'CRIMMON Wounded, Ypres, 1914; killed,
Loos, 1915.
10139 " D. WHITE Killed, Loos, 1915.
747 " J. LORIMER Wounded, Somme, 1916.
6994 Sergt. A. HORNE Invalided.
7288 Piper C. ORCHARD
5495 " J. WHITE
10264 " D. BOWIE
7383 " P. BROWN Killed, Ypres, 5/10/17.
235745 " R. INNES
240455 " J. GOW
43479 " J. GRAHAM
2595 " D. WILLIAMS
4TH BATTALION
During the trench fighting the pipers were mostly used behind the
front line, and in marching the battalion to and from rest billets.
Subsequently, in open fighting, the company pipers took their place
at the heads of their companies. At the Marne, Pipers P. Paterson,
R. Prentice, P. Bowie and G. Davidson played their companies into
action, and their action immensely stimulated the troops "and enabled
them to gain a great victory on that day"; at Ypres on 31st July,
1917, Piper P. Bowie "rallied the men at a time when fighting was
very fierce," and was awarded the Military Medal; on 17th November,
1917, Piper G. Paterson also got the Military Medal for playing the
battalion through three successive charges and into Cantaing under
heavy fire. The pipers were also employed as ammunition carriers.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
Pipe Major A. CHISHOLM
201290 Piper JOHN WEBSTER, M.M. Military Medal.
Lance-Cpl. W. CRUICKSHANK
Piper T. WATSON Invalided.
200347 " G. PATERSON, M.M. Wounded; Military Medal.
" N. PATERSON
" W. M'KAY Invalided.
" E. EWEN Wounded.
" P. PATERSON Wounded.
" D. ROBBIE Wounded (twice).
" G. DAVIDSON Gassed, Ypres, 31/10/17.
" J. WYCH Prisoner.
" C. LAWSON Prisoner.
" J. GRAY
" J. GRAY Wounded.
" R. SIM Wounded.
" P. BOWIE, M.M. Military Medal.
" E. MATHER
" R. PRENTICE
" J. OSWALD
" F. WRIGHT
" J. FOOTE
" A. THOMSON Killed.
5TH BATTALION
The pipers were principally employed in the ranks and as observers,
but in the attack on High Wood on the Somme front company pipers
played at the head of their units. On this occasion Piper Willox was
killed as he led his company, and several others became casualties.
It was thereafter decided not to employ pipers in action again.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
302 Pipe Major J. H. CLARK
1596 Cpl.-Piper J. HARVEY
760 Piper A. STEWART
1985 " G. THOMSON
1586 " A. WILLOX Killed, 31/7/16, High Wood.
1156 Piper W. GRAHAM Killed, 3/6/15, Festubert.
" W. ALLAN
" J. BIRNIE
" H. LUNAN
" J. M'DONALD
" G. MIDDLETON Wounded, Bullecourt.
" A. ROBINSON
" J. A. SCOTT
" J. STEWART
" R. WYNESS
" ANDREW BROWN, M.M. Military Medal; killed,
31/7/16, High Wood.
" G. LINDSAY Wounded, Sept. 1917, Ypres.
6TH BATTALION
At Neuve Chapelle the pipers headed the charge of the battalion on
the Moulin du Piètre, losing one piper killed and four wounded.
Pipers were mostly employed in action as stretcher bearers or in the
ranks, and, while suffering heavily, won the highest reputation in
their battalion. At Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 they lost one killed
and six wounded; on this occasion Pipe Major Howarth won the D.C.M.
At Loos in the following September, the casualties were again heavy,
and the pipe major won a bar to the D.C.M. In later operations pipers
were kept, as much as possible, out of the front line.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
10115 Pipe Major J. HOWARTH, D.C.M. Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
and Bar
161 Corpl. G. LOGIE Wounded, Neuve Chapelle,
25/3/15.
728 Piper A. SMITH Wounded, Neuve Chapelle,
25/3/15.
62 " G. MILTON Killed, Neuve Chapelle,
25/3/15.
1257 Lance-Cpl. G. M'PHERSON
104 Piper A. COUTTS Wounded, Neuve Chapelle,
25/3/15.
117 " G. GRANT Wounded, Neuve Chapelle,
25/3/15.
10604 " A. MILNE
967 Lance-Cpl. J. BIRNIE
10700 Piper W. BANNERMAN
806 " R. SCOTT
961 " J. BIRNIE
1561 " R. M'CAY Wounded, Festubert.
" H. DAVIDSON Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.
Lance-Cpl. T. KNOWLES
8TH BATTALION
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
Pipe Major W. J. GRANT Wounded.
Corpl. G. FLOCKHART
9TH BATTALION
The great value of the pipers in action is recognised by the whole
battalion, but it is considered it sometimes happens that the men get
so overkeen under the influence of the music that they are liable
to exceed orders. The employment of pipers as bearers, etc., is
deprecated as resulting in casualties which cannot be replaced.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
Pipe Major K. MACLEOD Invalided, Dec. 1914.
S/7747 " G. FINDLATER, V.C. Invalided, Dec. 1915.
S/4212 " D. MACLEOD
S/6827 Piper A. M'DONALD
S/2772 " M. MURRAY
S/9023 " C. CAMPBELL Killed in action, Somme,
10/7/16.
S/3068 " T. TURNER Invalided.
S/4057 " J. MILLER
S/4058 " H. HEEPS
S/4560 " J. CRAIG Wounded, Somme, 1916.
S/9364 " J. AITKEN
348 " J. M'DONALD Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 1915;
Loos, 25/9/15; Somme, 1/7/16.
560 " W. WATT Wounded, Ypres, 1914.
S/17640 " H. MACLACHLAN
9283 Lance-Cpl. H. ADAMS Wounded, Ypres, 1914.
S/3052 Pte. J. SHARKEY
10TH BATTALION
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
Pipe Major HORNE
Corpl. ORCHARD Wounded.
5614 Piper JAMES RITCHIE, M.M. Transferred to 2nd Gordons;
Military Medal.
THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
"A chlanna nan con
A chlanna nan con
Thigibh an so
S'ghaibh sibh feoil."
1ST BATTALION
Pipers were not employed as such, but, during the early part of the
war, they were in the ranks. At the battle of the Aisne and Ypres the
casualties were heavy.
The value to the battalion of their pipe band is considered so great
that the officers would like the establishment doubled.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.
6720 Pipe Major G. SELBY Killed, 22/10/14.
6718 " W. CRUICKSHANKS
5210 Corpl. W. KINNEAR Wounded, 5/11/14, Ypres.
5173 Piper H. BARRIE Killed, 5/11/14, Ypres.
8445 " C. MACLACHLAN
7671 " A. HENDERSON, D.C.M. Taken prisoner, 11/11/14;
D.C.M.
8535 Lance-Cpl. G. M'CALMAN Wounded, Langemarck, Oct.
1914; died after discharge.
8072 Piper D. ROSS
8475 " M. CAMPBELL Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14.
9575 " L. JOHNSTONE Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14.
6726 " D. COOK Wounded, Aisne, 14/9/14.
9345 " L. M'BEAN Died of wounds, Arras, Aug.
1918.
9444 " J. COYLE Wounded, Aisne, 25/8/14.
14059 " J. PEDERS
18921 " N. ROSS
5859 " A. MACDONALD
30748 " N. SMITH
2ND BATTALION
There were heavy casualties among the pipers, who were employed
in many ways throughout the war,--largely in the ranks. One,
Lance-Corporal Johnstone, was awarded the D.C.M. and M.M. for his
gallantry as a guide in 1915 and subsequently as scout sergeant.
Throughout the war the pipers went into action with their companies.
The opinion of the commanding officer is that they have been
invaluable to the battalion. At the time of the advance into Bulgaria
sickness had caused the disappearance of the band.
Altogether 14 pipers were wounded and 7 died or were killed during
the war.
REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.