Yes here he is!
A very large man. I'm told his nickname in the battalion was Big Ug (can somebody confirm or deny this?) and I'm told he had an exceptionally good ear for music in general (non-pipe as well as pipe music).
There's a pipe tune, a 6/8 March, called Jimmy Anderson's Welcome to Arran composed by Duncan Johnstone. Here it is, the second tune?
https://soundcloud.com/tyler-bridge/...el-t-macdonald
An interesting uniform thing in the top photo is the Archer Green coatee which was introduced in 1953. Note that it lacks the gold 'lace' (braid) usually seen on Pipe Major's tunics, which you can see on his Archer Green doublet in the lower photo. The lower photo rewards study, as it shows a mix of the old 1953 Coatees, the new plain Doublets which lacked piping around the flaps, and Anderson's full-lace doublet.
Last edited by OC Richard; 14th September 14 at 05:35 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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