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during the first part of the war were chiefly in the ranks, and the casualties among them were so heavy they had to be withdrawn.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.
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 | |