CONTENTS
John Grant
PAGE
Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde, K.T.
v
Preface
vii
THE PIPES OF WAR.
By Brevet Col. Sir Bruce Seton
, Bart., of Abercorn, C.B.
Introduction
3
A History of the Pipes
9
The Pipes in the War, 1914-1918
The Western Front
18
Gallipoli
31
Salonika
33
Mesopotamia
33
The Last Stage
34
Pipers in the Ranks
35
Pipers on the March
37
Pipe Tunes
42
Individual Achievements
46
Foreigners and the Pipes
63
The Pipes in Captivity
64
Military Pipe Bands and Reform
66
Regimental Records
The Scots Guards
71
The Royal Scots
73
The Royal Scots Fusiliers
82
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
86
The Cameronians (The Scottish Rifles)
91
The Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch)
96
The Highland Light Infantry
105
The Seaforth Highlanders
114
The Gordon Highlanders
124
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
130
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
135
The London Scottish
143
The Tyneside Scottish
145
The Middlesex Regiment
146
The Liverpool Scottish
147
The Royal Fusiliers
147
The Argyllshire Mountain Battery
148
The Ross and Cromarty Battery
148
Miscellaneous
148
The Pipe Band of the 52nd (Lowland) Division
149
Prisoners of War Band
150
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
150
The Royal Highlanders of Canada
151
The 48th Highlanders of Canada
152
The Canadian Scottish
153
The Cameron Highlanders of Canada
154
The 21st Canadians
155
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