The commanding officer says the casualties on the Somme have led him to keep them out of action as far as possible, as he regards them as invaluable to a regiment. It was, in the later stages, only under dire necessity, that pipers were occasionally used as bearers.
11th Battalion
When the battalion was in support of the 44th Brigade at Loos the pipers took a very prominent share in the glory and the losses of the day. One, Charles Cameron, stood out in the open and played as a rallying point, and the battalion called him "The Piper of Loos." Other pipers were employed as runners, or in the ranks.
The casualties during this part of the campaign were so heavy that the pipe band was kept, as far as possible, out of the front line.
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. | |
| Pipe Major | Donald Macfarlane | Wounded, Loos, 25-27/9/15. | |
| Sergt. | James Ritchie | Killed, Loos, 26/9/15. | |
| " | John M'Millan, D.C.M. | D.C.M., 25/9/15, Loos. | |
| Piper | Chas. Cameron | ||
| " | Chas. Hoey | ||
| " | J. Barnett | Killed on Hill 70. | |
| " | T. Wallace | ||
| " | A. Gillespie | ||
| " | F. M'Diarmid | Wounded, July 1915; killed, July 1916. | |
| Corpl. | M. W. M'Callum | ||
| Piper | D. Wood | Wounded, May 1916. | |
| " | D. Macpherson | Wounded. | |
| " | F. Harper | Wounded, Somme. | |
| " | J. Bennet | ||
| " | A. M'Diarmid | ||
| " | Hamilton | ||
| " | Campbell | ||
| " | Ferguson | Died Dec. 1916. | |
| " | M'Kellar | ||
| Corpl. | J. Gray | ||
12th Battalion
Were often employed as runners. When the battalion was due to go into support the pipers were sent on to meet the companies and bring them in. The officers value the band so highly that they consider they should not be sent into the front line if it can possibly be avoided.
During actual offensive operations pipers were also employed as runners or on forward trench dumps, etc., and sometimes in the ranks.