Battle of the Bagpipes combines the stories of pipe bands from Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Armed Forces with a history of the instrument - Peter Devlin/Sky Settle down to Battle of the Bagpipes ...

I was called up and sent to the Royal Artillery, we went by train to Hereford and was met at the station along with other lads who had also got their papers. We went by trucks to the camp where we ...

Soldiers come from all over the UK to the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh. There’s one subject missing from the sign, presumably to avoid scaring ...

Opening the curtains on the traditions and cultures that shape the world of bagpiping, from the poignant Lone Piper performance at the Royal Military Tattoo to the fierce competition of the World Pipe ...

‘It was stupid as hell. Men falling all around me, falling dead. It was bloody horrible … (but) hearing the pipes gave the troops courage.’ — Harry Lunan, First World War piper. Imagine the feeling of ...

“It emphasises the effort that goes into reaching the top level of competition, with pipe majors who give it everything” “It is a very traditional documentary, which picks out some individual stories ...

As the battle for Normandy unfolded, X Troop commandos played a critical role in securing Pegasus Bridge before German reinforcements could counterattack. While bagpipes and legends shaped the ...

TOUR bosses have come up with a sewer-fire way of keeping rats away from sightseers in the drains of Vienna - the bagpipes. Health chiefs had closed down the popular Third Man tours of the Austrian ...

They are louder than the noise of a chainsaw. More piercing than than a jet plane taking off. They can cause you permanent ear damage and even ruin your marriage. They are Scotland's national musical ...

BILL MILLIN, the "mad piper" who defied enemy fire to play on the beach during the D-Day landings, yesterday denied that he had misled a museum by presenting them with the wrong set of pipes. The ...