Scotland Magazine

THE GREATEST HONOUR

eing from Braemar, it was my early ambition to play in the massed pipes and drums at the Braemar Gathering. At roughly seven or eight years old I joined the Ballater and District Pipe Band as a junior member. I played with them throughout my teenage years at various Highland games in the northeast of Scotland. My interest in joining the military as

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