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"Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Rose, officer who saw service with both The Black Watch and the Gurkhas. Born 22 February 1926 in Glasgow. Died. 2 September 2016, aged 90 Lieutenant Alastair Rose saw service in the Far East and proved a fine ambassador for both The Black Watch and the Gurkhas – regiments which he admired throughout his life. He served them loyally and remained a great upholder of their traditions. This was evidenced when his coffin was carried from Birse and Feughside Church and it was accompanied by the pipes of the Gurkhas. Rose had done much to spread and...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2009 – The British army’s 1st Battalion Scots Guards Pipes and Drums played in the Pentagon courtyard during lunchtime today in a show of solidarity with U.S. armed forces. The British army’s 1st Battalion Scots Guards Pipes and Drums Band performs for employees, servicemembers and families at the Pentagon, Sept. 25, 2009. The band, which consists of infantry soldiers who will soon prepare to deploy to Afghanistan, performed to express admiration for its closest allies. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Stan Parker  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The unit’s performance is “an expression of...

CLEVELAND, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Sword of Light," a critically acclaimed bagpipe band consisting of members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union will present a musical tribute honoring the heroes of 9-11 on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, at 12:30 p.m. aboard the U.S.S. COD Submarine Memorial on Cleveland's lakefront. The "Sword of Light" band is based in New York City and will be in Cleveland on Monday morning to open the IBEW Convention, where they will perform for more than 6,000 IBEW delegates and participants. The band asked U.S.S. COD Submarine Memorial Director Dr. John Fakan...

AR RAMADI, Iraq (April 9, 2006) -- Cpl. Matthew E. Bucceri has something to pipe about. He’s played his bagpipes for the entire city of Ramadi. Bucceri, a 29-year-old infantryman, made his way onto the roof of the Government Center, one of the most dangerous spots in Ramadi, and played the “Marines’ Hymn” through the building’s loudspeaker system, April 3. His music could literally be heard across Ramadi. “I’m all about playing the bagpipes anywhere,” said Bucceri, from East Rutherford, N.J. “I love playing the instrument and I especially love playing for the Marines.” Bucceri worked as an electrician all...

A teenager has been told to pipe down by his local council - literally! Andrew Caulfield, 13, from Paisley in Scotland, was told to keep quiet after his neighbours complained about him playing the bagpipes in his garden. The council decided to take action after everyone in his street signed a petition to get him to stop. But his mum, Elaine, is angry, because Andrew is taking part in a scheme run by the same council to encourage kids to take up the traditional instrument. She accused the council of being "two-faced" because they also wanted him to take...

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (July 5, 2005) -- As the sun begins to set around camp here, the musical tones of bagpipes can be heard and service members gather to enjoy traditional songs. Lt. Col. Patrick J. Carroll, foreign area officer, G-5, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Headquarters Group, II MEF (Forward), has been mastering the art of the legendary bagpipes. “I actually play highland bagpipes,” said the Shrewsbury, Mass., native. “I started playing them about 10 years ago.” The Irish descendent takes his pipes wherever he treks, even on deployments. “That’s the mark of a piper, you’ve always got to take...

MEXICO CITY – In a tree-shaded neighborhood at Mexico City's southern edge, the sound of bagpipes breaks the silence of a balmy March evening. A dentist, a blacksmith, a high school student and a criminal lawyer – Mexicans dressed in tartan plaid kilts – are playing the songs of centuries past. They call themselves the St. Patrick's Battalion Pipe Band, after a little-known battalion of Irishmen who fought for Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. In a country known for mariachi music, and where wearing a kilt and playing the pipes can draw ridicule, these 15 men and women...

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Nov. 06, 2004) -- Amid the thunder of artillery and weapons fire, pipers are heard around Camp Fallujah blaring melodies from their age-old Celtic instruments. Every day Lt. Col. Paul Sweeney, judge advocate lawyer, and Sgt. Steven Ammer, motor transportation specialist, hone their piping skills, unknowingly raising spirits as their tunes float on the wind to fellow Marines throughout the base. “For me playing the bagpipes is just relaxing,” said Ammer. “Since I’ll be out here for seven months I figured I’d get some practice, so I had my wife mail my bagpipes to me. I feel...

Prev. | Start | Next Thu Apr 15, 2:59 PM ET 1st Sgt. Dwanyne Farr from Detroit Mich. plays the bagpipes in Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday, April 15, 2004. Farr brought the Scottish wind instrument on deployment to wartorn Iraq to bolster the morale of his troops from the 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, currently fighting in Fallujah.(AP Photo/John Moore)

Headquarters (Multi National Division) South East British Forces Post Office 641 PRESS INFORMATION CENTRE Telephone: 00870 600 322 756 00870 763 665 814 Mobile: 00965 9113350 E-mail: picbasrah@defencemediaops.co.uk Ser No: 6/11 Date of Release: 24 Nov 03 PRESS RELEASE SOLDIERS DELIVER GIFTS TO KUTIIBA SCHOOL DESKS, chairs and stationery have been donated to a school in Kutiiba by students in Germany – with a little help from the British Army. Soldiers from 17 Battery, 26 Regiment Royal Artillery delivered the furniture on Monday after receiving the donation from the Haig school in Germany, where the unit is normally based. After...

Reading A_Conservative_in_Cambridge's question about FReeper musicians (noting how the Left likes to turn out with their silly little drums), in his excellent report on the Rally in Harvard Square (that's right!), I got to wondering how many pipers and Scottish drummers there are among Freepers (I know of one locally). This would be an excellent opportunity to put down the Left even further, by turning out for rallies.