The Battle of the Somme - Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

[@misteronesongaday7809]

My Grand grand dad fought at the Somme battle. Lost a leg. Still did his service and always said: the British were so brave to get in. They got the mood and bravery. Be proud of your grand dads. That was a hard battle. Many brave men lost their lives. Always remember them and what they did for your country.

[@driving-school]

Yes sir

[@mtcdev2130]

Sir , you are great, i hope your grand dad is There in heaven having peace.

[@darrenturcotte7799]

What did they do for their country ? Fight for bankers?

[@wimb78]

Lest we forget!

[@jaibonaparte]

@@darrenturcotte7799 Even still, it was more than you

[@class87srule]

The guy who wrote this 9/8 pipe march, "The Battle of the Somme," Pipe Major, Willie Lawrie of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders was a casualty of the Somme and died after - as a result of - the battle, in 1916.

[@seamuscormack177]

he was from my home village of Ballachulish ,still remembered !

[@TheCaptain64]

Ian, Pipe Major Lawrie died of fever caught in the squalor and trench conditions of the Somme , he died in hospital in Oxford .

[@irvsstella]

Sleep well Brave Warrior.

[@692ALBANNACH]

@@seamuscormack177 Does Mrs Wright still have the B and B right across from the Post office ?

[@w.reidripley1968]

Battle of the Somme has some rather brilliant words to it now. Forget the author's name; he gave the song the name 'Someday We'll See Them,' but it seems the 'net knows it not. I find many more layers in it than just an antiwar song -- it's a song of war, yes, but of faith, even of resurrection. "Darkness is fading The day it is dawning Fields, they are empty, no workers the day Farmers and young men All of them going To battle in lands that lie far away But someday we'll see them, There on the hill side, Brothers and sons re- Turn to their hame -- Yet still my heart bleeds: The price of their young lives Their widows and sweethearts, Left sadly to mourn. The call when it came found the menfolk aye ready; Each knew the reason Or that's what they thought If then came the doubting, Still aye they stood steady Slow dyin' in cold clay and cursing their lot Yet someday we'll see them Here on the hill side Brothers and sons re- Turn to their hame. The grief in the long glen The gloom by the fireside Shall pass like a spring breeze That never has been!" (Repeat refrain)

[@brroney]

grieve. but grieve briefly. and celebrate always that such men existed

[@Halcyon_games]

and show our respect to the fallen heroes as well

[@karenrodriguez5993]

Sandbag your words made me cry

[@northscot9862]

Beautiful words. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

[@coletteheard8311]

I cannot celebrate slaughter...

[@AustinWTchoi]

@@coletteheard8311 then grieve ye bastard for you cannot respect the men that had lain their lives down for you

[@electrondady1]

bagpipes make men brave.

[@flixilp1457]

+electrondady1 and kilts do all the more

[@Fo3AR]

+Flixilp A rifle in hand doesn't hurt either.

[@flixilp1457]

yeah of course

[@richardsinclair9449]

+electrondady1............................ CORRECT............... BUT TO PUT IT A LOT BETTER, ""BAGPIPES MAKE BRAVE AND VALIANT PEOPLE; EVEN MORE BRAVE AND VALIANT..... BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN, GO TO THE BAGPIPE AND WILL MARCH TO HELL UNDER ITS INSPIRING SPELL........""

[@lunicola8037]

+Fo3AR All of the above.

[@kingalfredthegreat9060]

100 years ago to this day. It's a shame our last link to the war- Harry Patch, past away a few years ago. But we shall always remember and never forget.

[@fredericchopin4821]

Fast forward to 2020. He still remains a legend in all our hearts. RIP Harry Patch

[@LancashireAndYorkshire]

RIP to all that fell during the battle of the Somme and WW1 as a whole, hopefully we never have another war like that.

[@driving-school]

war in ukraine

[@junmahu7969]

true

[@M.I.Antonini]

@@driving-school not even comparable

[@charlesking4939]

I'm alive because my great gramps survived Vimy Ridge.

[@Knightfall-Vaders-Edits]

@@driving-school he is talking about world war 1 not the war in Ukraine but may the fallen from both world wars and the men in Ukraine Rest In Peace and in harmony

[@misternox85]

Thank you guys. France will never forget your sacrifice

[@sullycarpet8964]

I hope our countries remain allies forever.

[@alexnicolson1502]

lol...Tell Macron that

[@Dripzqz]

@@sullycarpet8964 not russia tho

[@francis9469]

bagpipes send a shiver down my spine. i can just imagine going into battle while listening to one.

[@nicholas_x7732]

The pipes strike fear in the hearts of enemy's. Hence why the Scots use them, and they are just a cool instrument.

[@ali.r.1171]

The real reason why Scots used used them was to encourage soldiers to fight.

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

The bagpipes are not love. The bagpipes are a hammer which we use to crush enemy morale.

[@Person.512]

that why the british used them

[@Em3erblue]

Today, 103 years ago, the battle of the Somme began. Rip to the soldiers. May they Rest In Peace.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

My great uncle Dan was killed in the Battle of the Somme on September 15.1916.He was in a Scots regiment.His body was not found.His name is on the Thiepval Monument.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lyledrysdale6153]

New Years Eve in Auckland New Zealand 10 minute before and 10 minutes after midnight its the Pipes and Drums lound enough to waken all my Sassanach neighbours. Love this track , one of my favorites.

[@alexcroy5231]

The best PIPE TUNE I'VE HEARD IN YEARS

[@flyeaglesfly1994]

In remembrance of all who died 100 years ago on this day. I mourn not just for the men who died, but the widows, and those who had to grow up without a father, an older brother, or uncle. Regardless of nationality, the cream of the European youth (English in today's case) were led to die in a pointless war put forth by jingoistic emperors and leaders who only wished to try out their technologies. I forever mourn for the brave boys who died on the Somme 100 years ago today and all who died during one of the most pointless slaughters in human history. Rest easy, heroes.

[@rcnelson]

It seems WWI took something out of the European; Europe is now folding under a new invasion with hardly a struggle.

[@Halcyon_games]

@@alexanderallison480 And please don't forget about us New Zealanders and Australians who died in Europe a long way from home or our men who died in places like Gallipoli

[@traceyhicks494]

These men did not deserve to die, but they did their duty May these men sleep without gunfire

[@Halcyon_games]

@Andy MacKay I unfortunately missed the Scots DNA I think mines Isle of Man and British mainly with Local Maori mixed, but also thank you for acknowledging the ANZACs and no matter what our men are brothers on the field until the very end

[@colbybaker1174]

Alexander Allison don’t forget about Newfoundland

[@Ned-nw6ge]

there's so much to say about the Great War, about the battle of the Somme, about the number of casualties and about useless waste of youngman's lives. But one thing I Will never forget about this war that destroyed western Europe 100 years ago, the battle that shocked everyone Who heard of it. I Will never forget about those heroes who let their lives keep our freedom and who died and missing in the fields of the Somme and Flanders. That's why I wear a poppy every year on the dates of great battles of the war and on november 11.

[@Halcyon_games]

Lest we forget the many men who died on both sides of the trenches they are all heroes in they're own right and deserve our ever lasting respect and memory

[@AllansStation]

As an ex-Argyll Marched proudly to this tune many times, With our Pony mascot Cruachan in the lead.

[@piontybird]

If you are not moved by this then there is something seriously wrong

[@chunchunmaru123]

just imagine going over the top hearing this. walking across no man's land expecting to just walk into German trenches. to then be engaged by heavy army fire. what was meant to be a simple walk over no man's land turned into one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

[@Cardi84]

Perfect music for marching to the ennemy.

[@Cardi84]

Pavle Kobilarov Yes, coupled with fifes and drums, it must have been a real mess on the battlefield

[@sovietsoul1917]

Except this was played on the retreat.

[@ali.r.1171]

Totally agree 👍.

[@alastairhill-weddle5363]

My Great Great Grandfather went missing on the first day of the Somme. Fortunately, his name is on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. RIP my heroic ancestor.

[@paulschutt1812]

Canada was there, Lest We Forget!

[@Halcyon_games]

so was my country New Zealand lest we forget our fallen heroes

[@Halcyon_games]

and I mean that for every country who lost soldiers

[@jamesbaird1149]

Our WW2 Vets are growing thin, Honor Them!!

[@ripperduck]

soldiers need nor want any attention. they do their jobs, hope to survive, return to their lives, and want little to do with death and war. that's the soldier's thought....

[@reccesixty6322]

So was my grandfather. He survived - October 1916 - CEF

[@emptybrainzzz8738]

makes me wonder how many soldiers cried while charging in and crying at the same time trying to protect the ones they love most dear to them.

[@richardsinclair9449]

+jude fernandes YOU CRY AFTER BATTLE NOT WHEN YOU ARE IN BATTLE........ YOU CRY WHEN YOU ARE MORTALLY WOUNDED, FOR THE LOVED ONES YOU LAID YOUR LIFE DOWN FOR...........

[@raikbarczynski6582]

@@richardsinclair9449 in my humble opinion every soldier cries during battle. you may not see it but interally everyone cries. for the horro they are a part off

[@richardsinclair9449]

@@raikbarczynski6582 I've been in battle I know what I'm talking about indeed, it is after the battle when shock sets in, some are paralysed with fear in battle... I have never seen a man or woman cry in battle, far too busy to do anything of the sort... Crapping your self on occasion yes spewing up on occasion yes but not crying, or you are definitely in the wrong place indeed...

[@nutebarlow1751]

Richard Sinclair But the people in the somme werent men and women. they were boys, some no older than13 years old. Maybe in current modern battle such sights may not be present, but in such a bloody battle, a boy walkind toward machine gun fire is a lot different to modern day tactics and battle. Maybe not all were this young, maybe not all suffered such a horrid fate, and maybe not all cried. but all suffered the unification of mental scarring of all who survived. While modern war is horrid, the age of the soldiers and awful tactics used during the period by the british in particular were dreadful. don’t complain because you fought in a later conflict, instead be glad you weren’t there, no matter how much you have seen in battle, i guarantee that these boys fighting will have seen worse. some will have cried, some will have followed orders but a good few were shot for fleeing, the youngest of witch was 13. the last recorded contact with his family, was just after he was sentenced by the court marshal for death. it was a letter to his mother, telling her that he is fine and that the was is really not as bad as lots of people say, telling her not to worry. and while writing this, a 13 year old boy, he knew that as his mother read what unknowingly to her would be his last letter. would be dead. proven to the court as underage, and shot by his own men for running from enemy machine gun fire and artillery, he was a part of battles previously too, injured twice by artillery but the last battle broke him and he fled to the country...

[@renascitur7051]

13 year olds aren't as childish as you may think. Some of them will handle the situation the same way a normal person will

[@ianduncan2371]

tune order: the Battle of the Somme by W Lawrie 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. 1btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders entry into Crater by Willie Grieve & Heights of Dargai (sometimes called Dagsai Heights) by George Findlater VC Gordon Highlanders. all cracking good tunes.

[@davidcadman4468]

like at other great battles of WW1 there was a lot of other young men there, besides the french, british. and others... some people might not want to remember them, but as a son of veterans from Britain, whose father and Grandfather taught me that the only winners in war were those who didn't see the front, I will post this in tribute to the fallen of BOTH sides... LEST ANYONE FORGET!!! and if anyone feels that they have to flamme me, my Grandfather was an RSM in the Boer War and WW1, so get stuffed...

[@Halcyon_games]

on behalf of our ANZACs and all commonwealth countries Lest we forget our brave men and women who went over

[@renefernandez6373]

i played this song while playing cod multiplayer with my friends it encouraged them

[@Quimbert6969]

It's what it was meant for, son.

[@findmejak1]

Beautiful 9/8 March composed by Pipe Major William Lawrie, from West Laroch, Ballachulish, gaelic, Baile a 'Chaolais. Born May 23rd 1881 and fought in the great war. RIP

[@SaifSheikh445]

Pray for the dead. Fight like hell for the living -Mother Jones

[@uwepetry64]

Im a German ..but the music of pipes and drums is fascinating. To me ..when I hear the old tunes…it’s like filled with braveness fearlessness and boldness… covered in shining armor walking straight to enemy lines to fight for glory …❤

[@jimmymcgill51]

100 years this summer: the widows are all dead now so who will grieve?

[@alondraperez-ramirez8363]

The grandchildren of the men and women who were forced to grow up without fathers, uncles or older brothers

[@Despotic_Waffle]

+Jim McGill Thats a very moving comment my friend.

[@martinalianelli6593]

That dosen't matter, what matters is that we remember what they fought for.

[@RonSomerset]

Those that remember will grieve

[@bryanyoung7899]

+Martin Alianelli Percy Makepeace Polygon Wood 24/9/1917.

[@dhananjaychavan5196]

The music is more powerful than words

[@burkey548]

THIS IS AMAZING RIP MY DEAR WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMAN THAT DIED AT THE SOMME XXX

[@cameronjodoin309]

This year will be the 100th anniversary of the armistice. May our hearts be with the some 30 million soldiers that died in this tragic war. Let us never forget what happened in the worst 4 years the world has ever seen so that we do not make such a mistake again.

[@ebinecksdee9872]

I just got massive chills thinking about hearing the bagpipes start up and having to go over the top facing hundreds of angry Germans.

[@joshuas.686]

I don't like how Germany is demonized in today's world, especially in world war 1. They weren't angry Germans, they were scared boys doing what they were told or else branded cowards and shot.

[@ewanwalker6664]

@@joshuas.686 It was the same in ww2 as well

[@692ALBANNACH]

@@joshuas.686 No real difference them and the French British or Canadians !

[@mansooralishah1191]

Sheer respect from Pakistan.

[@tenaciouscr6186]

My great grandpa fought in the battle of the Somme in august to september (or that’s what mum told me) and survived the whole war and died in 1986

[@irish1209]

Hats off in silence to all veterans everywhere.

[@chriscampbell9191]

Battle of the Somme / Entry Into Crater / Heights of Dargai. Great medley. Haunting melodies, all of them.

[@alexgray1650]

Hardcore. Was just telling my lass, just walking towards the machine guns playing your pipes. Totally different breed

[@dragontooth65]

FOR KING AND COUNTRY

[@andrewswan4911]

Until we meet again brave lads may God keep

[@harrybuik9763]

My granda was a soldier from 1914 kosb, from dundee shot at the somme, suffered 2 gas attacks ,saddly he used to spit a lot because of gas attacks 😳 died 1973, what a wonderful person he enjoyed life hardly spoke about war ,life after army service was full of fun and laughter 😃 😀

[@shine-kb3vc]

Cried for lost of virtuos men, mourn for fallen warriors. Which either side, their relatives would angered if their loss were vain & forgotten.

[@erict956]

today we unveiled our memorial window in Stirling and many of our numbers stood in silent vidual throughout the night at Edinburgh Castle so I don't mind saying that the tears are now flowing from this old soldier. We will remember them. Ne Obliviscaris, Sans Peur.

[@hempie5921]

Thank you my brother

[@Dan-bc9nx]

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we shall remember them!

[@ianf4169]

long ago in a land not so far away the brits outlawed bagpipes because it made their foot soldiers running. yes that is the power of bagpipes.

[@coopert.4956]

my grand grandfather fought at the battle of the somme i now feel like i’m there with him when i hesr this

[@NOLIFENECKBEARD]

low-key want to learn the bagpipes so I can play this while playing verdun and inspire my team to fight

[@pelnapkins4379]

God bless and may you rest in peace.

[@scotthoggan2115]

Not forgotten r i p boys

[@Halcyon_games]

May we never forget the sacrifice the many brave men gave in the name of they're country, who stepped into the fire to give the ultimate sacrifice for those who would come after, lest we forget

[@adamcharney]

Pipers in the Great War earned a penny more for being pipers. As a piper, I'd rather play on the battlefield than charge with a weapon. I'd be f**ked either way, but at least I'd die doing what I love.

[@rgsnr8702]

a shadow of war poem Where each poppy did fall does a soldier lay for each soul now passed we should pause and pray though many would be the prayers as each flower was a soul and at wars end will then list those lost by the call of the roll of battle grounds that rise and fall soldiers still rest there so at peace now with others unknown be they fallen friends or foe Past ghosts I now walk through those poppies red I feel them there but nothings is said though i sense they do then ask why of me that no future will their family and lives now see as I turned to this passing soldier though his light seemed dim i then realised i also was but a ghost and walk this path as him they are at peace their spirits would wish it to be said as to their heavenly light they must then gently tread so many comrades did walk with them that day and are such killing fields man's only way they came to fight for freedom for others,It's True! but alas to win the fight for a peace will now be left to you friend or foe they were family men and all will bear their scar as war is hell and a fight for peace is a better way by far though all may find their history and why now here you lay and of your battles end you did suffer upon that fateful day we read all those names and wonder what If of their missing life if those were not then lost by a time of war and strife we may know of their passing but know not their face these heroes side by side that now rest in this peaceful place time has not forgotten them by the rows of marble white as now they onward to a glory they walk to a heavens light we softly speak the names of those comrades that lay now at your side and are heard again on earth and will forever with you abide though not your home where you were born and by War no longer see but will regard with honour this place your Country and thus now always be .Poem by RobinGSNR

[@Michael_Schmidt.1987]

My class when other classes are testing:… Other classes when my class is testing:

[@kumbaya976]

My great great grandpa fought at the somme, after the battle he survived but he had injuries so he could not server more. He died somewhere in the 60s or 70s.

[@williamhenrywebb9621]

Most gave some, some gave all, we will remember them.

[@tremendousrexx]

so much appreciation

[@sethc6663]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

[@belgian_fury8861]

Tous simplement magnifique

[@최영의-p1j]

We must remember that

[@Dingo-1]

rest in peace and god bless to all the fallen soldiers of the great war

[@ripperduck]

rip charlie o' connor, rainbow division, us army, ww1.....

[@ripperduck]

Never forget....

[@aburnoutfailurewithsomemem3085]

I find it so weird that musicians in war existed. “Alright we’re coming over to kill you but first Johnny is gonna drop a sick beat.”

[@charlesking4939]

Must be genetics because I love the bagpipes and the pride they invoke when I hear this.

[@804_grandstaff]

My great grandfather hold of a part of a trench in the Somme under heavy fire He never made it back

[@JC-gw3yo]

Ahhh... We need a wee battle

[@duanedrummond2685]

Whole neighborhoods in Belfast liquidated here. If you were a certain age you probably didn't come back.

[@thekingcobra63]

God Bless those who died in WWI and thank God America and England have developed such a bond to continue to fight evil to this day. Love my British friends, together we will always persevere.

[@dingus83]

Think you'll find this is a Scottish regiment, not English.

[@loganfox2386]

Most of the British army adopted bagpipes as well though in the war

[@synovialpig9983]

Logan Fox ? Source? I’ve never heard that before...

[@treyspencer1659]

I think I love the britts as much as American citizens

[@alexwilliamson1486]

Sgt Finlay MaCrae won his first if 2 MMs here…KIA Oct 1917, my great uncle….my son carries his name today. #lestweforget

[@sub-zero286]

There isn't an easy way to say it so I'll just say it. It makes me feel ok about dying for something.

[@legobrickshowlw6564]

Rip all soldiers that died In the great war

[@syntheticlover]

I hate how everybody only cares about World War 2 and the Vietnam war and forgets the first world war.

[@hazratmaaz6267]

I m from pakistan and i m a muslim.but i solute them the way they sacrificed their young lives for the betterment of tommorrow.

[@jacobzimmermann5059]

Those british pipers wore brave enough to march to fighting of bullets and shells be like them 🇬🇧

[@Shape_Edit]

Bagpipes from Anzac These are from the SOMME I like the Anzac ones

[@Will-ux1dg]

If I was a German hearing this I would shit my pants.

[@danzigii8342]

Here come the Argylls

[@TheGhostly_Gibus]

RIP to people who gave there life in the battle of the somme

[@jasonmackintosh6075]

God blessings

[@phamquanghuy2222]

Can't help thinking this is the Funeral song on trumpet for the soldiers..

[@Secretservice709]

Lest we forget proud Newfoundlander here

[@CaptainChip501]

Send the page pipes forward

[@burritocat5489]

im blasting this as i charge in a nerf war

[@toastedembryo5899]

Imagine being a German hearing this blaring! Facing wave after wave of English, scotish and Welshman

[@mangofamm9361]

This makes me wanna learn the bagpipes

[@colegilbert673]

isnt it strange how the british bagpipers played this cheerful music while at the same time tress were burning and people were fighting and getting blown up? now this music sounds more ominous because of how its used.

[@Han_Solo_Captain]

I played this to my puppy... Now he wins even the pitbulls...

[@cogidubnus1953]

This is the tune that George Macdonald Fraser reckoned, (in "The General danced at dawn"), was referred to as "See's the key, or I'll roar up yer lobby", a quotation I've never quite understood...can anybody elucidate?

[@andrewbluebells2370]

Lest We Forget

[@norton750cc]

My grand father survived, I am here today, ex paratrooper,,,,

[@xyzapanganiban8602]

Epic!

[@jasonmackintosh6075]

God blessings amens

[@rethguals]

*Historical fact time* Aha, Battle of the Somme! This retreat march was written as a penance for the 9th Scottish Division, for their cowardice in the aforementioned battle. On the first day of the Somme, the leading companies of the 26th Highland Brigade approached the outskirts of the German defences, when they gazed upon the Prussian guards marching towards them in close order; resolute and determined in their iconic bearskin hats, with muskets at the ready. They turned tail and fled, causing the whole division to eventually lose heart and break, whence upon they retreated in all directions in great disarray. Many men were lost. To this day, these "retreat marches" are used to punitively remind them that their misdeeds will be a stain on their regimental history for perpetuity. This unfortunate incident lost Britain the war; und deshalb sprechen wir heute alle Deutsch

[@JohnSchofield-ph4kc]

"lost Britain the war".Nickers, pants. - Take your meds, ffs! You really do not understand. A retreat march recalls patrols to hq. Beating retreat has been a military tradition, certainly of the Scots, since 1690. As I said, stick with your meds.

[@alexwilliamson1486]

Bearskins in WW1….had yer wheesh, ya clown….away and boil your heid..bawbag. #UBIQUE

[@Person.512]

when you insult a drunk scottsmen

[@sunvulcansunvulcan5337]

Massed Pipes & Drums for Pokemon 25th Anniversary: Pokemon Ranger Pipe Band Tokyo Pipe Band

[@EthanCruz95]

If this doesn't make you get your rifle and start marching then something is wrong

[@tracybognich5921]

The bagpipe men are lucky they get to stay in the trench but it's uncommon that don't get out of it when they're going to no man's land

[@papajohn1290]

for god and country

[@thathorrorfan7273]

Rip to all the soldiers that fought in this pointless war

[@banan9709]

You should lissen to this with times 2 speed