The Pipes of War

The Pipes of War - A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War, 1914-18

The history of the bagpipes as a military institution is a long and honourable one, inseparable from that of Scottish troops, Highland and Lowland, wherever they have fought, for centuries past. The strains of piob mhor have been heard all over those bloody European battlefields on which Scottish soldiers of fortune diedtoo often for lost causesfrom the time when Buchan's force joined the Lilies of France in 1422, throughout the Hundred Years' War, in the Low Countries, in Germany, in Austria; and they have handed on a tradition which has been lived up to in the later days of the regular Scottish units of the British Army. But memories are short; and, in the army as elsewhere, the passion for reform before the greatest war of all was threatening many old-established institutions whose utility was not immediately apparent. And so it came about that to many observers, indeed to a considerable section of military opinion, it appeared likely that along with the kilt, the use of tartan, bonnet, doublet and other special features of the dress of Scottish regiments, the bagpipe must be regarded as a picturesque anachronism destined to disappear as the conditions of war changed and as the yearning of high military authorities for a deadly khaki uniformity of clothing and equipment became more insistent. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 51016
Author: Grant, John (Pipe-Major)
Release Date: Jan 23, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Seton, B. G. (Bruce Gordon), Sir, 1868-1932