Scottish Highlanders in Normandy June 1944

[Flying10uk]

There is nothing unusual to have a piper at the front of a column for a Scottish or Canadian Scottish regiment. Scottish regiments have a very long and very proud history.

The various Scottish regiment museums, dotted around Scotland, are fascinating places to visit as is the Scottish National War museum at Edinburgh Castle and well worth visiting when the virus restrictions etc have been resolved.

National War Museum | Edinburgh Castle

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[Bob Womack]

I wonder what happens to the regimental pipes? A good portion of their mechanism is perishable so there would be two levels to a restoration: playability or simple displayability. But then, with pipers out front of the regiments, I wonder how many pipers were killed or wounded and whether their pipes regularly survived. Musings of a musician.

Bob

[usabaker]

I wonder what happens to the regimental pipes?

That's an interesting question, I wonder if they get to keep it since its a wind instrument and will have much DNA in it.

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There is nothing unusual to have a piper at the front of a column for a Scottish or Canadian Scottish regiment.

How about Irish, do they follow suit as well?

[GeeRam]

Back in the 1990's I knew a good few veterans of Operation Epsom, all from the other division involved, 43rd Wessex Division, they were mostly all involved in the battle for Hill 112.
I was involved in taking some of them back to Hill 112 for the 55th Anniversary in 1999.