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 to 4th Batt. on return to France from Palestine. | |
| " | J. K. Stephen | } | ||
| " | R. Currie | } | ||
| " | 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."
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 | |