UK - Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

 Pipe Majors:  (as at 29 June 2015)

(message from Aad. Please inform of any additions etc)

MacLeod, Alexander                  ?                       one day                  Born 1829 Perth   Died 1903 Edinburgh

Campbell, Alexander Dickson   ?                       Born 1849 Oban             Died 1906 Bonar Bridge

Caldwell, William                      1906?                Born 1881 Glasgow       Died 1918 Belgium            

McColl, J.                                WW1                 which Bn?  Born             Died

MacColl, John Carruthers         WW2                 Born 1902 Oban             Died 1990

1^st Battalion:

Alexander, John                        WW1                 Born                              Died

McGruer, O’Kain                       WW1                 Born                              Died

Gunn,                          1921?                Born                              Died

Berry, Charles Gordon  WW2                 Born 1916? Edinburgh   Died 1942 Rangoon, Burma

Christie, Nelson                        WW2                 Born ? Forfar?

- disbanded                                1947 – 1948

Thomson,                                1948?                Born

Matheson, John McLean                   – 1962      Born                              Died    

Anderson, Thomas                   1962 – 1967      Born 1931 Selkirk         Died 2011 Edinburgh

Gillies, Roderick John               1967 – 1968      Born 1930? South Uist  Died 1997 Glasgow            

1/5^th Battalion:

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1/6^th Battalion:

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1/7^th Battalion:

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1/8^th Battalion:

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2^nd Battalion (till 1948):

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Cameron, Alexander                  1910 – 1915      Born 1888? Beauly        Killed 1915 Laventie, France

Robertson, W.                         1915 – 1918      Born                              Died

MacDougall, D.                        1918 –             Born                              Died

Dreaver, Tony               1940?                Born

Wilson, James              WW2                 Born                              Died 1984 Hamilton

- re-numbered 1^st Bn                  1948

2^nd Vn. Battalion:

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2/5^th Battalion:

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2/6^th Battalion:

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2/7^th Battalion:

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2/8^th Battalion:

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3^rd Battalion:

Stark, William                            1886 –              Born                              Died    

Campbell, Donald A.                 1889 – 1899      Born 1867 Glendale       Died

4^th Battalion:

McDonald, Andrew                    ?                       Born                              Died

MacKenzie, Murdoch                 1901 – 1910      Born 1868 Gairloch       Died 1948 New Zealand            

Elliott, James                           WW1                 Born 1874?                    Died 1919 Coatbridge?

4^th Vn. Battalion:

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5^th Battalion:

Paterson, Archibald                   1908 – 1914      Born 1860? South Uist  Died 1914 Glasgow

Taylor, Charles Gilbert WW1                 Born 1888 Glasgow       Died 1958 Glasgow

5^th Vn. Battalion:

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5/8^th Battalion:

Pollock, T.                                1937?                Born

6^th Battalion:

Purdie, James C.                      WW1                 Born                              Died

Thomson, Christopher  1941?                also 1^st Bn? Born 1890? High Blantyre   Died

Findlay, James             WW2                 Born 1922? Coalburn     Died 1973

Brown, J.                                  WW2                 Born

6/7^th Battalion:

Rieley, N.                                  1961?                Born

7^th Battalion:

MacLeod, Peter Roderick         WW1                 Born 1878 Uig, Lewis    Died 1965 Glasgow

McPherson, E.J.                       WW1                 Born                              Died

Beaton, Lewis Fraser               WW1                 Born 1890 Glasgow       Died 1944

Christie, Nelson                        1943 – 1946      see 1^st Bn

8^th Battalion:

MacDougall, Donald                  1908 –              Born ? Islay                   Died

MacLeod, Neil               WW1                 Born 1892?                    Killed 1915 Dardanelles

9^th Battalion:

Ferguson, M.                            WW1                 Born                              Died

10^th Battalion:

MacColl, James Malcolm          WW1                 Born 1892                      Died 1977 Glasgow

11^th Battalion:

Finlayson, Alexander                 WW1                 Born                              Died

Thomson, James                      WW1                 Born ? Lanarkshire?      Died

12^th Battalion:

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13^th Battalion:

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30^th Battalion:

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50^th Battalion:

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Note: James Sanderson was Pipe Major of the Queen Victoria School (for about 20 years) but he never was P/M in one of the battalions of the regiment.