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 | |
THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS (THE BLACK WATCH)
1st Battalion
During the opening stages the pipers were necessarily mostly employed in the ranks, and, within the first three months, practically the whole of the 13 pipers were casualties. During the Somme fighting the companies were repeatedly played to the attack by their pipers; on one of these occasions the pipe major, M'Leod, was killed. At Rue des Bois in May 1915, when the battalion attacked the German positions near Festubert, every company was played up, and Pipers Stuart and Wishart distinguished themselves, and Stuart was awarded the D.C.M.