THE TYNESIDE SCOTTISH
1st Battalion
In the Somme fighting on 1st July, 1916, the battalion was played into action by its pipers and had 5 killed and 2 wounded; the survivors, Pipe Major John Wilson and Piper George Taylor, were awarded the Military Medal.
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. | |
| 290 | Pipe Major | John Wilson, M.M. | Military Medal. |
| 237 | Lance-Cpl. | Garnet W. Fyfe | Killed, 1/7/16. |
| Piper | Alex. Boyd | Wounded, 1/7/16. | |
| 223 | " | E. Boyce | Killed, ? 1/7/16. |
| " | E. Scott | Wounded, 1/7/16. | |
| " | Stephens | Wounded, 1/7/16. | |
| 1585 | " | William Fellows | Missing. |
| 154 | " | James Downie | Missing. |
| 840 | " | Charles M'Lean | Wounded, 1/7/16. |
| 1594 | " | Robert Davidson | Missing. |
| 1485 | " | William Inglis | Wounded, 1/7/16. |
| 1525 | " | George Taylor, M.M. | Military Medal. |
2nd Battalion
On the same occasion this battalion was played into action by its pipers. 1525 Piper James Phillips was mentioned in despatches.
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. | |
| 1147 | Pipe Major | Munro Strachan | |
| 1149 | Piper | John Strachan | Wounded, 1/7/16. |
| 1150 | " | Alex. Scott | |
| 1230 | " | Willie Scott | Killed, 1/7/16. |
| 1188 | Lance-Cpl. | W. Clark | |
| 558 | Piper | G. C. Griffiths | |
| 1151 | " | James Phillips | Killed, 1/7/16. |
| 1225 | " | J. M. Phillips, M.M. | Military Medal. |
| 1228 | " | James Carnegie | Wounded, 28/6/16. |
3rd Battalion
On the same occasion this battalion was played into action, but the whole of the pipers were killed or wounded.
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. | |
| Piper | A. Boyd | Wounded, 1/7/16. | |
| " | J. Stephens | Wounded, 1/7/16. | |
| " | D. Steele | Missing, 1/7/16. | |
| " | E. Finley | Killed, 1/7/16. | |
| " | R. Greaves | Died of wounds, 1/7/16. | |
| " | T. Wilson | Wounded and missing, 1/7/16. | |