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Appendix E.
Pipe Bands in the British Army.
At present there are twenty-one pipe bands in the British
Army, of which the most important are:— The Royal Scots,
Borderers, Cameronians, Highland Light Infantry, Seaforth
Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, Argyle and Sutherland
Highlanders, and Royal Highlanders. In recent years many
of the Irish regiments have taken up the Irish war-pipes. The
war-pipes of the old 5th Inniskilling Fusiliers — when that regi-
ment was disbanded — were acquired by the Waterford R.G.A. ;
and the 4th Inniskilling Fusiliers — the Tyrones — also have a
pipe band, as likewise the 2nd battalion of the Inniskilling
Fusiliers.
In 1903, through the generosity of Lord Castletown, K.P.,
Lieutenant-Colonel, the Queen's County Militia — now the 4th
battalion P.O.W. Leinster Regiment — were presented with a
fine set of war-pipes. The 1st battalion of the same regiment
formed a pipe band in 1908, and the 2nd battalion followed suit
in 1910.
The 2nd battalion of the Dublin Fusiliers have a pipe band,
as have also the 3rd battalion of the iSth Royal Irish. The
London Irish and the London Scottish companies have excellent
pipe bands.
As a rule in the case of regiments with Irish war-pipe bands,
eight pipers constitute the musical corps, but the full strength
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