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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 208

x Seven: Pipe-Major D. Macleod, Seaforth Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (3-7366 Pte. D. Macleod. Seaforth.), worn; India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (2810142 Sjt. D. Mac leod. Seaforth.); Defence and War Medals; Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ´Regular Army´ suspension (2810142. W.O.Cl.2. D. Macleod. Seaforth); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ´Territorial scroll´ suspension (2810142 W.O.Cl.2. D. McLeod [sic]. Seaforth.), 1st two medals fine, otherwise very fine or better, mounted for display, with photographic image of recipient in uniform, as part of the ´Highland Brigade Gathering Cawnpore, 1931 - Pipe Majors´ and other copied research (7) Estimate £ 240-280 2810142 Pipe-Major Donald Macleod served during the Great War with the 2nd and 7th Battalions Seaforth Highlanders, the former´´s Pipers (of which Macleod is listed in the Regimental records) were, ´´largely employed as runners, orderlies, etc., and suffered very heavy casualties. On several occasions during the open fighting they were employed in the attack as pipers. Of 23 pipers who went to France with the battalion 6 were killed and 10 wounded in the first year of the war. The opinion of the officers is that only the difficulty of reinforcements limits the employment of pipers in action.´´

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