Part 11

In Gallipoli, in 1915, practically all the pipers became casualties within a very short time, and, until the end of 1916, there was no band at all. It was then decided to keep the band out of the firing line as far as possible.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

306 Pipe Major JOHN THOMSON Killed, 12/7/15, Dardanelles. 3601 " A. PURDIE 201571 " A. ARTHUR 309 Lance-Cpl. J. B. DAY Invalided. 280313 " D. J. CAMERON 330041 " R. AGNEW 1596 Piper J. REID 1233 " G. CAMERON Invalided. 1317 " J. SMITH Invalided. 201259 " J. CONNELLY Invalided. 201330 " T. CLELLAND Invalided. 203064 " A. THOMSON 12226 " C. KENNEDY 200170 " R. REID 200601 " J. PITHIE 18263 " A. DAVIE 240633 " M. WATSON

6TH BATTALION

The pipers were employed in the ranks while the battalion was in Gallipoli, but, in attacks, the pipers played their companies. On 12th July, Piper M'Niven was killed while playing the charge, in an attack on the Turkish forts. Most of the original band were killed or wounded on the Peninsula, and, when reconstituted, it was decided to keep them out of action as far as possible.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

24001 Pipe Major JOHN MACKENZIE 55533 Sergt. J. BRAIDWOOD 240881 Piper W. MACKENZIE Wounded, 12/7/15. 1237 " PETER M'NIVEN Killed, 12/7/15, Gallipoli. 1190 " A. M'COLL Wounded, 21/11/15. 240066 Lance-Cpl. W. FRANCEY Wounded, 17/8/15. 1286 Piper W. FINLAY Invalided. 240171 " W. CHRISTIAN 240235 " A. CAMERON Wounded, 12/7/15. Piper JAMES ROSS Machine Gun Corps; gassed, Marne, March 1918. 240189 " JAMES NICOLL 240168 " C. M'PHEDRAN 240538 " P. MULVEY 241426 " H. CLIMIE 243457 " J. M'MUNN Wounded, 12/6/18. 203070 " D. SUTHERLAND 355753 " F. YOUNG 29111 " J. M'CORMICK 64901 " W. STRINGER 201126 " W. CAMPBELL

7TH BATTALION

On several occasions in Gallipoli the battalion was played to the attack by pipers. Piper Maclennan was awarded the D.C.M. Piper Macfarlane had the drones blown off his pipes. The acting pipers served in the ranks or as bearers. Piper D. Cameron was mentioned in despatches for conspicuous bravery in playing his company over the top, and right on to the enemy trenches. These men also did great work in bringing up water for the wounded under heavy fire, and ammunition.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

Pipe Major WILLIAM FERGUSON 1914 Piper KENNETH MACLENNAN, D.C.M., 12/7/15. D.C.M. 1901 " D. J. CAMERON Despatches, 12/7/15. " DONALD MACFARLANE Wounded. " WILLIAM PATERSON " DONALD LAMONT " J. G. MACKENZIE " RITCHIE GRAHAM " JAMES CARRUTHERS " JOHN SCOTT

8TH BATTALION

The battalion was disbanded early in the war, and the pipers were distributed to other units.

9TH BATTALION

At first pipers were used as orderlies, ammunition carriers, and similar duties; and, after active operations, as bearers. As far as possible they were, however, kept out of the front line, as being too valuable to lose. On one occasion, when the battalion had to make a demonstration to test the strength of the enemy, pipers were sent up to the front line to play. Pipe Major MacDiarmid was awarded the Military Medal.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

Pipe Major T. BAILLIE Discharged after 31 years' service. 330075 " A. B. MACDIARMID, M.M. Awarded M.M. 330167 Lance-Sgt. T. J. KELLY Wounded, 25/1/15. 330115 Lance-Cpl. G. C. BLACKADDER Piper R. AGNEW Invalided home. 331499 " D. BARRIE 331044 " W. BAIRD 56645 " J. D. BUCHANAN 330304 " R. BLACKADDER " C. BROWN Wounded, May 1915. 333792 " T. CRAWFORD Died of wounds. 330310 " T. M. FRASER Wounded, 24/3/18. 241138 " K. FRASER Wounded, 22/3/18. " W. GIBSON Wounded, 24/3/18; discharged. " J. HALL Invalided home. 1666 " J. DRUMMOND Killed in action, June 1915. 333113 " W. IMLAY Wounded, 13/4/18. 331077 " R. JOHNSTON 330834 " W. KENNEDY 333269 " P. M'ARTHUR Invalided home, 17/4/15; discharged, 14/6/15; recalled, 1/9/16. 333138 " G. M'CREATH Died of wounds, Oct. 1918. " J. M'DONALD Wounded, 25/9/15. 333162 " J. B. M'NEE 332318 " J. M'GILVRAY Wounded, 24/3/18. 330865 " G. M'GREGOR " A. OGILVIE Wounded, July 1915. 331564 " W. ROBERTSON Wounded, 22/3/18. 333729 " R. ROSS 333137 " H. STARK Wounded, 27/9/17. 331198 " H. SIMPSON Wounded, 24/3/18; discharged. 331579 " J. STEWART " H. WILDER Invalided.

10TH BATTALION

Pipers were occasionally employed as bearers, but were usually kept out of the front line. Nearly all the original pipe band were killed or wounded at Cambrai on 25th September, 1915.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

7682 Pipe Major E. RICHARDSON Transferred to 12th H.L.I. 2747 " C. CAMERON 9016 Piper CHARLES M'GREGOR Gassed and wounded, Cambrai, 25/9/15. 12562 " ALEX. WHITEFIELD Killed, Cambrai, 25/9/15. 17174 " J. WEBSTER Invalided. 902 Lance-Cpl. DAVID DONALDSON Killed, Festubert, 9/7/15. 1988 Piper ANDREW THOMSON Wounded, Cambrai, 25/9/15. 1991 " W. CURRIE 9628 Lance-Cpl. D. SUTHERLAND 19858 " J. ROSE 17805 Piper P. M'INTYRE Gassed, Cambrai, 25/9/15, died, 8/11/18. 21233 " J. M'LENNAN 40166 " J. DUGUID 40091 " J. M'KENZIE 240908 " J. MACKAY " J. CUNNINGHAM 355667 " D. M'NICOL

12TH BATTALION

During trench warfare the pipers acted as orderlies, stretcher bearers and the like; in engagements, however, they took part as company pipers. So many casualties occurred in the Loos action in Sept. 1915 that there was only one survivor. The band ceased to exist until the following spring, and it was then decided to allow only half of the pipers to go up into the line or into action.

During the battles of the Somme, 1916, and Arras, 1917, the companies were played into action by one piper each; casualties occurring among them, it was decided again to withdraw them from the front; and they took no part in the fighting at Ypres, 1917.

During the last phase of the war, the attack in Flanders on 28th Sept. 1918, the pipers played their companies throughout their triumphant attacks on the Germans.

The C.O. of the battalion says: "I cannot speak too highly of the work done by the pipers of this unit. There is nothing I can think of which has added more to the _esprit de corps_ of the men, which has enabled them to put up with misery and discomfort and which has given them the inspiration necessary to accomplish what had appeared at first sight an impossibility."

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

Pipe Major E. RICHARDSON Sergt. WILLIAM PIERCE Killed, Somme, August, 1916. Corpl. ALLAN M'NICOL, M.M. Despatches, Loos, and Hill 70, 25/9/15; Military Medal. Piper THOMAS SPENDLOVE Wounded, Ypres, 8/10/14. " JACK SMITH Wounded, Cambrai, 5/12/17. " GEORGE M'KAY Wounded, Somme, 1/7/16. " PETER KENNEDY " WILLIAM TAYLOR " ROBERT COMLOQUOY " ROBERT BELL " WILLIAM ANDERSON " DONALD M'PHERSON " JOHN M'GHEE " DAVID ROBERTSON " WILLIAM THOMPSON Killed, Arras, April 1917. " GEORGE TULLIS Invalided. " MALCOLM M'LEAN Wounded, Arras, April 1917. " JOHN MORRISON Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16. " WILLIAM BARCLAY Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16. " ROBERT WEIR Wounded, Albert, 17/9/16. " JOHN M'KEAN Killed, Loos 25/9/15. Lance-Sgt. ALEX. M'KAY Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15.

14TH BATTALION

Pipers played their companies into action on the Somme and at Bourlon Wood.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

Pipe Major A. HYND Sergt. G. TAYLOR Lance-Cpl. J. M'CORMACK Piper J. CONNLY " J. MANN " T. KENNEDY " J. WILSON " SUTHERLAND " T. PIRIE " A. PHINN " J. GORDON " P. THOMSON Killed, 29/4/17.

15TH BATTALION

At Thiepval and Beaumont Hamel the pipers lost very heavily when leading their companies, and, as a consequence, it was found necessary afterwards to keep them in the reserve line. In April 1918, on account of heavy casualties in the battalion, they had to be employed in the ranks, and suffered very heavily; of 20 pipers all but 3 became casualties, mostly through being gassed at Ayette. Within a month, however, the band was reconstituted.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

973 Pipe Major N. M'LELLAN Gassed, 13/4/18; invalided. 16084 " T. GILBERT, M.M. From 17th H.L.I. 13374 " J. PARK Wounded, 14/10/17; gassed, 13/4/18; invalided. 14078 Piper J. KILPATRICK Wounded, 1/7/16. 1020 " C. LOGAN Gassed, 13/4/18; invalided. 13591 " D. KEENAN Wounded, 10/5/16; invalided. 13356 " R. HOUGH 15497 " J. BURLEIGH Gassed, 13/4/18. 36456 " T. MARR Wounded, Loos, 25/9/15. 36455 " W. MARR Wounded, May 1916. 13601 " J. REID 13706 " R. GILLIES Wounded, 2/7/16; gassed, 13/4/18. 10010 " J. GAULT Gassed, 13/4/18. 28093 " A. J. MACDONALD Gassed, 13/4/18. 350254 " T. GRAHAM 280889 " A. GRAY Wounded, Aug. 1918. 281053 " W. BROWN Gassed, 13/4/18. 280979 " J. BRYSON Gassed, 13/4/18. 15719 " H. M'ARTHUR Gassed, 13/4/18. 14304 " A. F. WATSON Wounded, 13/4/18. 353152 " D. M'KENZIE Killed, Ayette, 13/4/18. 15296 " C. GALLOWAY Gassed, 13/4/18. 10108 " W. M'LELLAND Invalided. 200601 " J. PITHIE Gassed, 13/4/18. 54366 " W. M'NAIR 58009 " M. M'LEAN 50267 " T. ORR 56597 " A. MILLAN

16TH BATTALION

The pipers were employed chiefly as bearers.

On 1st July, 1916, at Thiepval the pipers played the battalion over with the loss of two killed and two wounded. The band was then withdrawn as far as possible from the front, except occasionally as stretcher bearers. It was felt by all ranks that pipers were too valuable an institution to lose.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

Pipe Major W. M'COMBE, M.M. " T. RICHARDSON, M.M. Lance-Cpl. W. ORR Killed, 1/7/16. " P. MURRAY Piper R. ALEXANDER " J. WATSON Wounded, 1/7/16. " R. BAIRD " B. FRASER Wounded, 1/7/16. Lance-Cpl. L. ARMOURER Piper A. RANKINE Killed, 1/7/16. " R. M'KAY " R. WATSON " R. BARCLAY " J. FOGO " R. HUNTER " J. HOY " J. M'DONALD " H. BARRIE " T. PORTEOUS " D. BELL " D. MACINTOSH " G. BELL " W. COUTTS " J. BRUCE " A. MACPHERSON " R. HOPE Lance-Cpl. W. HENDRY Corpl. R. BROWN

17TH BATTALION

In the attack on the Leipzig Redoubt on 1st July, 1916, when the battalion had to hang on unsupported to a part of the captured Leipzig Redoubt, the pipers played and did an immense deal in keeping the men's spirits up. Pipe Major Gilbert on this occasion won the Military Medal. The casualties in this attack put the pipe band out of action, and the pipers were thereafter kept, as far as possible, out of the front line. The battalion was subsequently merged in the 15th H.L.I.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

Pipe Major T. GILBERT, M.M. Military Medal, July 1916; despatches, July 1917; transferred to 15th H.L.I. Corpl. JOHN BURLEIGH Gassed, April 1918; transferred to 15th H.L.I. " CHARLES GALLOWAY Wounded, Nieuport, 10/7/17; promoted for gallantry, 1/7/16; gassed, Arras, April 1918. Lance-Cpl. JAMES M'MUNN Wounded, 1/7/16, Somme; again, in Egypt; transferred to 7th H.L.I. Piper ARCHIBALD FORREST Received Commission; died of disease, 1918. " HUGH M'ARTHUR Gassed, Arras, April 1918; transferred to 15th H.L.I. " ARCHIBALD CARMICHAEL Wounded, Nieuport, 10/7/17.

THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS

1ST BATTALION

The casualties among the pipers of this battalion have been very heavy. At Richebourg in November 1914, 2 pipers were killed and 6 wounded, and the pipe major, Matheson, was awarded the D.C.M. for great gallantry in carrying messages. In December 1914, and again at Neuve Chapelle in May 1915, 3 more were killed and 4 wounded. Some of them were employed as pipers, others as bearers and in the ranks. At Neuve Chapelle the companies were played into action in May 1915, and Piper Pratt was killed while playing.

The battalion went to Mesopotamia, and in the action at Sheikh Saad on 7th January, 1916, Pipe Major M'Kechnie played the regimental charge at a most crucial moment and continued until he fell wounded. In this and other subsequent engagements pipers played their companies into action. Some of them did excellent work bringing up ammunition, and 529 Piper Colin M'Kay was specially promoted for this. This duty was particularly dangerous as the Turkish barrage was generally late.

The casualties continued to be heavy. Altogether 11 pipers have been killed.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.

8391 Pipe Major D. B. MATHIESON, D.C.M.; wounded "Port Arthur," D.C.M. 7/11/14. 10169 Lance Cpl. J. TULLOCH Wounded in trenches, "Port Arthur," 6/11/14. 9158 Sergt. J. MACLELLAN Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15; subsequently killed, 21/4/17. 7900 Piper W. F. COWANS Killed, 7/11/14, "Port Arthur." 9291 " J. PRATT Died of wounds, Neuve Chapelle, 9/5/15. 479 " D. BLACK Killed, 3/11/14, "Port Arthur." 766 Lance Cpl. Lance Sgt. J. Wounded, "Port Arthur," MACKENZIE 9/5/15. 216 Piper, Actg. P.M. W. PATON Wounded, Givenchy, 6/4/15. 10457 Lance Sgt. J. STEWART Transferred to 2nd Batt.; killed, 1917. 412 Piper WILLIAM BARRY Despatches. 311 Lance-Cpl. DONALD CAMPBELL Wounded, Givenchy, 4/11/14; killed, Mesopotamia, 1917. 9458 " JOHN DUNBAR Wounded, Mesopotamia, 7/1/16, while performing duties in attack. 9628 " ALEXANDER HAY Transferred to R.E. 444 " ROBERT HILL Wounded, "Port Arthur," 9/5/15. 262 " A. M'DONALD 264 " ALEXANDER M'GILL 433 " ANDREW MACKAY Wounded, Mesopotamia, 21/4/17. 435 " JOHN M'VEAN Wounded, Mesopotamia, 7/1/16; invalided. 564 " N. MORRISON Wounded, Givenchy, 4/12/14. 366 " T. MUIR Wounded, "Port Arthur," invalided. 284 " D. MURRAY Wounded, Givenchy, 6/4/15; invalided. 768 " ADAM ROSS Wounded, Givenchy, 17/11/14. 9419 " D. SKINNER Wounded, Givenchy, 20/12/14 invalided. 10183 Lance Cpl. J. HERON 645 Piper D. SMITH Killed in France. 661 " J. STEIN Wounded in trenches; invalided. 788 " T. URQUHART Killed, Givenchy, 20/12/14. Corpl. A. VINCE Wounded, Neuve Chapelle, 9/5/15; transferred to R.S.F. 9446 Corpl. Actg. P.M. NEIL ACTING PIPE MAJOR WHEN M'KECHNIE battalion went to Mesopotamia; wounded, 7/1/15; mentioned in despatches, 25/8/15. 10056 Piper JOHN SHAND Wounded, Mesopotamia, 21/4/17; and again Palestine. 7214 Lance Cpl. JAMES HARDY 543 Piper NEIL MORRISON 529 Sergt. Piper COLIN M'KAY Died of wounds, Baghdad. Lance Cpl. ALEX. ROBERTSON Severely wounded, Sheikh Saad; pipes smashed, 7/1/16. Piper JAMES ROBERTSON 7184 Lance Sgt. JAMES DUNCAN Lance Cpl. HEARNE Died at home. 200300 Piper WILLIAM M'DONALD 16360 " J. CUTHILL 9526 " GEORGE PATERSON " WILLIAM M'LELLAN " ALLAN 709 " J. WILKINSON Killed, France. " COOK Killed, Mesopotamia. 204786 " A. HART 8338 " J. WILSON 7208 " J. KNOX 22602 " REID 8337 " M. JOHNSTONE

2ND BATTALION

The pipers were largely employed as runners, orderlies, etc., and suffered very heavy casualties. On several occasions during the open fighting they were employed in the attack as pipers. Of 23 pipers who went to France with the battalion 6 were killed and 10 wounded in the first year of the war. The opinion of the officers is that only the difficulty of reinforcements limits the employment of pipers in action.

REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.