Edinburgh's Royal Mile, November 2019, we have The Black Watch 3-SCOTS P&D leading the parade back from the Remembrance Service to Edinburgh Castle up The Royal Mile
I was attached to 42Sqn AMF under 27 regt RCT from being a Bugler/drummer/ etc. for Op Granby , 20 years old from Aberdeen and still LOVE the pipes regardless! Colchester Searchlight Tattoo 88/89? BRILLIANT...... especially Highland Cathedral drumming amongst 2-300 pipers! My neck hair still stand up hearing it!!
I don’t know why but marching over music always made it easier. Now I hardly can walk unless it’s at quick march. I live in the US now and people there notice it.
I had the great pleasure of seeing The Black Watch and The Royal Scots Dragoons in 1976. They were going to march at our Bicentennial Parade. They were staying at Fort Belvoir, Virginia where I was stationed, and the day before the parade, they put on a show at the post gymnasium. My first experience hearing bagpipes live. I was amazed at the sound. When they finished, they marched out playing Scotland The Brave in perfect harmony. That has been my favorite song for pipes and drums ever since. Amazing. It was an experience I will never forget.
There is nothing like a brisk morning walk...... I am bursting with pride guys, fantastic, loved every moment of this . God bless and thank you for your service.
Beautiful! My blood was stirred and my eyes were moist! My ancestors marched to those tunes, my grandfather had a Black watch piper tattoo on one upper arm and a drummer on the opposite arm.
My grandfather was in the Black Watch.. I was entrusted with his service medals by my late father to hand down to my sons. We have all been Alexanders since the early 19th century , I traced our ancestry. These men were fearsome warriors. They were sent to all the worst billets - the North west frontier - you don't want to get captured by the Pathans.
There's also a Canadian Black Watch which was sent to the worst fighting in Europe during WW1 and 2 particularly outiside of Caen after the Normandy invasion amphibious landings in 1944 (Battle of Verrières Ridge)
These guys are absolutely amazing no wonder they're so fit uphill and down hill playing so beautifully all the time never missing a step or beat can't get enough of them
Imagine being in a battle, bullets flying and your being encircled, suddenly you hear that magnificent pipes in the distance - you know shit about to get real. (and I am not even British)
In 1967, Lieutenant-Colonel 'Mad Mitch' Mitchell led 15 fearless Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on a surprise raid to suppress an Arab nationalist rebellion in the city of Aden's Crater district, announcing their arrival at night by marching in, kilts a-swinging & bagpipes swirling, to re-take control of Aden without the loss of a single British life. The sight & sound of what they were witnessing was too much for the Arab terrorists & their snipers, who promptly took to the hills - & rumour has it that to this very day, they are still running. The British government & Army chiefs rewarded & thanked Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell by effectively shunning him on his return home by handing out Military Crosses, Military Medals & other honours & promotions to his comrades - the most damning & hurtful insult to him being the Government & Army's decision to disband the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
One of my mothers uncles , from her father's family, was a member of the Black Watch , as a young bloke in WW1 , captured by the Germans , then reinlisted before WW2 , after trying to adjust to civilian life. He ended up at Dunkirk and swam to a civilian boat which took him back to England. He told my grandfather that he must be a better swimmer than a runner because the Germans didn't catch him a second time.
I’m an American who looked up my family tree and traced my dad’s side of the family back to Scotland. I’m always interested in what nationalities I’m made of, because if you know Americans, it’s that we’re mutts of combined cultures. After finding out about my Scottish ancestors, it felt right to learn more about their culture. I must say when listening to those pipes and drums my spirit fills with pride. Even though I’m American, I’m proud of my Scottish heritage and the Scottish blood that flows in me🏴.
Uh they are royal regiment of scotland.they damn well better!and the men in the parades are the nice face of the regiment.they are infantry.look at the faces in the homecoming parades.these men are representing a unit of extremely well known&feared infantry.of course they excel.that is all.
Awesome! I've watched this at least 3 times and shared it with my sister. Love from an American. BTW, a kilt is the only skirt I would want my man to wear. LORD bless Scotland and keep her safe.
This is impressive just listening to.But i have been at bag pipe bands live, and it is BLOODY LOUD! Imagine in the old days when it was played in the battlefield. You might have courage even if going against the brits, but if you hear the bag pipes and knew the "savage scots" were coming you prolly soil your pants.
In 1967, Lieutenant-Colonel 'Mad Mitch' Mitchell led 15 fearless Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on a surprise raid to suppress an Arab nationalist rebellion in the city of Aden's Crater district, announcing their arrival at night by marching in, kilts a-swinging & bagpipes swirling, to re-take control of Aden without the loss of a single British life. The sight & sound of what they were witnessing was too much for the Arab terrorists & their snipers, who promptly took to the hills - & rumour has it that even to this very day, they are still running. The British government & Army chiefs thanked & rewarded Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell by effectively shunning him on his return home by handing out Military Crosses, Military Medals & other honours & promotions to his comrades - with the most damning & hurtful insult to him being the Government & Army's decision to disband the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Perhaps somebody today will have & show the same guts & bravado as the Lieutenant-Colonel & his men displayed all these years ago - & posthumously right a very blatant & incongruous wrong.
They would never be at your back .............. You'd be in the middle of a circle ......surrounded by sticks of dynamite on legs .... Bit kin blaw a tune ......tae calm year nerves ...... Weearapeeple! 👍😉
Sono italiano,ma la mia seconda patria e' la Gran Bretgna,essendo nato a Londra.Quando sento suonare le cornamuse e vedere gli straordinari costumi dei vari reggimenti scozzesi, un brivido di commozione,un'estasi mi attanaglia.
URGENT- Jim please can we chat about my using this clip at my late Father’s funeral, he was a Perthshire serviceman. Preferably by email if possible, required by the Crem here
Aus dem Englischen übersetzt-Die Black Watch, 3. Bataillon, Royal Regiment of Scotland ist ein Infanteriebataillon des Royal Regiment of Scotland. Das Regiment wurde im Rahmen der Kinderreform 1881 geschaffen, als das 42. Regiment des Fußes mit dem 73. Regiment des Fußes zusammengelegt wurde. The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the child reform in 1881, when the 42nd Regiment of the foot was merged with the 73rd Regiment of the Foot.
Jim, something I've been wondering for a long time; in Black Bear, each stanza, there is a "whoop" called out. Is that the spectators? What is the origin of that?
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