Tag: Campbeltown Pipe Band

Donald Galbraith – from Argyll to Ontario via Kilmarnock

Donald Galbraith – from Argyll to Ontario via Kilmarnock

Daily News, News

After our two posts last week seeking information on Ayrshire piper, Donald Galbraith, we have been contacted by a descendent of his in Canada. Readers will recall Scotland’s East Ayrshire Council is seeking information on Donald and of a tune he composed which they hope could be played at the […]

John Wilson: pounding the beat as policeman and piper

John Wilson: pounding the beat as policeman and piper

Features, Interesting People

By Fergus Muirhead That John Wilson would end up playing the pipes was never in doubt. His father William was a piper in the 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. His uncle, Archie, Pipe Major of the 8th Battalion, was killed, like a lot of his colleagues, leading the battalion […]