The pipers were employed in the ranks, as despatch runners, etc. Piper G. Galloway was awarded the Military Medal for performing this most hazardous duty under heavy fire during the Somme fighting; and Pipe Major Thomas Macdonald and Pipers Swan and Hands were rewarded with the same distinction.
Latterly the pipers were trained as anti-aircraft Lewis gunners, and proved extremely successful.
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. |
| 290056 | Pipe Major | Thomas M'Donald, M.M. | Military Medal, Somme. |
| Lance-Sgt. | J. Chisholm | Invalided. |
| 292440 | " | N. M'Donald |
| Lance-Cpl. | G. Swan, M.M. | Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme; Military Medal. |
| 292435 | " | A. Chalmers |
| " | A. Wilkie |
| Piper | H. Forker |
| " | A. Wilkie | Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. |
| " | B. Morris |
| " | J. Johnstone | Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. |
| " | George Galloway, M.M. | Wounded, April 1917; Military Medal. |
| Piper | J. Ross | Invalided. |
| " | W. Bridy | Killed, Dec. 1916, Somme. |
| " | E. Linn | Wounded, July 1916. |
| " | D. Leggat | Wounded, Dec. 1916. |
| " | J. Moodie |
| " | J. Condie | Invalided. |
| " | R. Adamson | Invalided. |
| " | J. Robertson | Invalided. |
| " | J. Guthrie | Invalided. |
| " | W. Campbell | Invalided. |
| 3/4470 | " | James Johnston | Killed, 7/1/17, Somme. |
| " | E. Archibald | Invalided. |
| " | A. Mitchelson | Invalided. |
| 41028 | " | J. Russell |
| 292434 | " | A. Chalmers |
| 293096 | " | D. Chalmers |
| 292406 | " | W. Fitzpatrick |
| 200509 | " | A. Mands, M.M. | Military Medal. |
| 112084 | " | J. M'Kellar |
| 290127 | " | T. Archibald |
| 201553 | " | F. M'Leod |
| 42124 | " | D. Cameron |
| " | J. M'Gill |
8th Battalion
The battalion was played into action at Loos and in many of the Somme engagements. After 1916, on account of losses among them, they were kept out of the front line as far as possible.
The band headed the State Entry of King Albert into Brussels in November 1918.
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. |
| 2911 | Pipe Major | R. Matchett |
| 8368 | " | E. Rennie | Wounded, Ypres, 1915; invalided. |
| 943 | " | J. Brown | Wounded, three times. |
| 4266 | Corpl. | D. Sinclair | Wounded, Festubert, 1915. |
| 6245 | Piper | D. Ainslie | Wounded, Nieuport. |
| 853 | " | J. Allan | Wounded, Aisne. |
| 1738 | " | B. Bain | Wounded, Aisne. |
| 7211 | " | A. Barclay |
| 9220 | " | A. Campbell | Wounded, Ypres, 1915. |
| 11780 | " | R. Edmonston |
| 6365 | " | D. Glen |
| 16987 | Piper | W. Hosie |
| 3925 | " | W. Lockhart | Wounded, Somme, 1916. |
| 40577 | " | J. M'Arthur |
| 3020 | " | A. M'Courtie |
| 266912 | " | J. M'Kay |
| 265912 | " | R. Menzies | Killed, Meteren, July 1918. |
| 3281 | " | J. M'Leod | Wounded, Loos, 1915. |
| 8832 | " | W. Nicholson | Wounded twice, Vermelles, Loos. |
| 3375 | " | W. Reilly | Killed, Loos, 1915. |
| 8659 | " | S. Reid | Wounded, Ypres, 1915. |
| 299331 | " | G. Redpath |
| 265989 | " | J. Strang |
| 265715 | " | P. Stewart |
| 6366 | " | W. Strathie |
| 3019 | " | D. Simpson | Killed, Somme, 1916. |
| 266055 | " | D. Winton |
| 3014 | " | D. Wilson | Killed, Loos, 1915. |
| 3/1861 | " | J. Woods |
9th Battalion
The pipers played the battalion into action at Hill 70, and the whole band, except one man, was killed or wounded.
The battalion was ultimately absorbed into the 4/5th Black Watch.