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1 SCOTS Pipes & Drums ends

1 SCOTS Pipes & Drums ends

News

1 SCOTS (The Royal Scots Borderers) has lost its pipes and drums component. The loss leaves the Royal Regiment of Scotland with only three regimental pipes and drums. 1 SCOTS’ few remaining pipers and drummers will be dispersed according to their preferences and career management priorities. The Royal Regiment of […]

The Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards playing in George Square Glasgow, August 2014. Photo: © Brian Playfair.

Blue Bonnets to Amazing Grace

Features

Blue Bonnets to Amazing Grace – the origins of the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards By Andrew S. Gardiner During a televised programme of an Edinburgh Tattoo broadcast, there were occasional close-up shots of drummers in bearskins, overalls and spurs, highlighting the presence of the Royal […]