779 " ANDREW HADDEN 40034 " ANDREW SIME 40154 " JOHN CARMICHAEL 43114 " ALEX. SHERIFF 1892 " DUGALD M'DADE 15895 " JAMES HIGGINS 2045 " JOHN NEILL 7099 " GEORGE WILSON 13291 " WILLIAM HARLEY 12194 " EDWARD TATTON 2106 " WILLIAM HARDIE 9723 " JOHN DAWSON 16186 " GEORGE MARTIN 2ND BATTALION At Neuve Chapelle, March 1915, and at many other subsequent engagements, the pipers lost heavily. At Mauquissart on 25th September, 1915, when the companies were played to the attack, one piper, Robert Johnstone, played on until he fell gassed; and another, Armit, on reaching the enemy trenches, started bombing. On the same occasion, Pipers David Simpson and A. Macdonald stood on the parapet under very heavy fire playing their company over; Simpson was killed and Macdonald, who lost his leg, received the D.C.M. The pipers were also employed as bombers, and in this capacity Lance-Corpl. Peter MacNee obtained the D.C.M. at Neuve Chapelle. On another occasion Pipers Gordon and Crichton played from one end of the line to the other out in the open, and similar feats were subsequently performed by other pipers. While the battalion was in France, out of 22 pipers 4 were killed and 13 were wounded, during the first year of the war. The battalion subsequently went to Mesopotamia. Here again the pipers were employed, sometimes in miscellaneous duties in the ranks, sometimes as pipers. The pipe major, John Keith, was awarded the D.C.M. Piper Pratt was promoted and given the D.C.M. for "high capacity in leadership" when acting as sergeant. REG. NO. RANK. NAME. RECORD.