![]() ![]() Still ‘neath the light of the Very flare, MacFarlane, 1/7 th Black Watch, appeared in the Dunfermline Press: The regiment fought with distinction throughout WW1, both in the Middle East and on the Western Front. They went on to fight with distinction in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Crimea etc. In Balhousie Castle (left), the Black Watch Museum in Perth, there is a picture of a sergeant in WW1 marching order, waving his fists above his head: The regiment was all but wiped out at Ticonderoga in America fighting the French in the Seven Years War. ![]() They numbered 34 officers plus seven men from the Campbells, four Munros, four Stewarts, three Grants and one Fraser. In 1739 they came together at Aberfeldy to form the regiment known as the Black Watch. Six independent companies of troops loyal to the British government were formed in the 1720s and clad in dark government tartan. For a review and information on tunes from earlier concerts click here. Firstly, author Colin Campbell gives us some background to the first regiment featured, the Black Watch. We now continue our detailed look at pipe tunes from the First World War performed at the Scottish Pipers’ Association concert on December 6th. ![]()
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