Pipers were mostly employed in action as stretcher bearers or in the ranks, and, while suffering heavily, won the highest reputation in their battalion. At Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 they lost one killed and six wounded; on this occasion Pipe Major Howarth won the D.C.M. At Loos in the following September, the casualties were again heavy, and the pipe major won a bar to the D.C.M. In later operations pipers were kept, as much as possible, out of the front line.
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. | |
| 10115 | Pipe Major | J. Howarth, D.C.M. and Bar | Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. |
| 161 | Corpl. | G. Logie | Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15. |
| 728 | Piper | A. Smith | Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15. |
| 62 | " | G. Milton | Killed, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15. |
| 1257 | Lance-Cpl. | G. M'Pherson | |
| 104 | Piper | A. Coutts | Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15. |
| 117 | " | G. Grant | Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 25/3/15. |
| 10604 | " | A. Milne | |
| 967 | Lance-Cpl. | J. Birnie | |
| 10700 | Piper | W. Bannerman | |
| 806 | " | R. Scott | |
| 961 | " | J. Birnie | |
| 1561 | " | R. M'Cay | Wounded, Festubert. |
| " | H. Davidson | Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. | |
| Lance-Cpl. | T. Knowles | ||
8th Battalion
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. | |
| Pipe Major | W. J. Grant | Wounded. | |
| Corpl. | G. Flockhart | ||
9th Battalion
The great value of the pipers in action is recognised by the whole battalion, but it is considered it sometimes happens that the men get so overkeen under the influence of the music that they are liable to exceed orders. The employment of pipers as bearers, etc., is deprecated as resulting in casualties which cannot be replaced.
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. | |
| Pipe Major | K. MacLeod | Invalided, Dec. 1914. | |
| S/7747 | " | G. Findlater, V.C. | Invalided, Dec. 1915. |
| S/4212 | " | D. MacLeod | |
| S/6827 | Piper | A. M'Donald | |
| S/2772 | " | M. Murray | |
| S/9023 | " | C. Campbell | Killed in action, Somme, 10/7/16. |
| S/3068 | " | T. Turner | Invalided. |
| S/4057 | " | J. Miller | |
| S/4058 | " | H. Heeps | |
| S/4560 | " | J. Craig | Wounded, Somme, 1916. |
| S/9364 | " | J. Aitken | |
| 348 | " | J. M'Donald | Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 1915; Loos, 25/9/15; Somme, 1/7/16. |
| 560 | " | W. Watt | Wounded, Ypres, 1914. |
| S/17640 | " | H. Maclachlan | |
| 9283 | Lance-Cpl. | H. Adams | Wounded, Ypres, 1914. |
| S/3052 | Pte. | J. Sharkey | |
10th Battalion
| REG. NO. RANK. | NAME. | RECORD. | |
| Pipe Major | Horne | ||
| Corpl. | Orchard | Wounded. | |
| 5614 | Piper | James Ritchie, M.M. | Transferred to 2nd Gordons; Military Medal. |