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19th January 10, 06:53 AM
#5
 Originally Posted by davidlpope
The pipes and drums for this tour are the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
So for now, at least, the different battalions of the RRS are keeping their own Pipes & Drums? I had heard that at some point these would all be abolished and there would be only one pipe band for the entire regiment.
I believe that this has already occurred with the Regimental Band (brass band).
These battalion pipe bands are all we have left of the uniforms and traditions of the old Scottish regiments.
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