The Pipes of War / A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War, 1914-18

by Sir B. G. Seton; John Grant

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.

REG. NO. RANK.		NAME.	RECORD.
	Pipe Major	Neil Macleod	Killed, Dardanelles, 12/7/15.
	Corpl.	Alexander Stenton
	Piper	D. Macdougall	Transferred to 2nd Batt. as Pipe Major.
	"	G. Latham
	"	John Macintyre	Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.
	"	James Ferguson	Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.
	"	Robert Whitelaw	Killed, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.
	"	John Mackenzie	Wounded, Gallipoli, 28/6/15.
	"	James M'Indoe	Killed, France, 29/7/18.
	Lance-Cpl.	James Middleton
	Piper	William Dickie	Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17.
	Piper	James Anderson	Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17.
	"	Robert Cameron	Wounded, Gaza, 19/4/17.
	"	A. F. Clark
	"	T. Rae

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