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A record of pipers and piping in The King’s Own Scottish Borderers

A record of pipers and piping in The King’s Own Scottish Borderers

(alias The King’s Own Borderers, 25th Regiment, Leven’s Regiment, The Edinburgh Regiment.) By Major C. G. Wood. On March 19, 1689, Leven’s Regiment was formed in a great hurry to protect Edinburgh against Bonnie Dundee and his Highland army. This set something of a recruiting record in that 800 men […]