Originally Posted by
kilted redleg
Just arrived and am getting into "The Black Watch and the Great War" by Fraser Brown and Derek J. Patrick. It's a look at the BW in WW1 but authors not only relied on historical information but, also contacted relatives of soldiers written about. There's a whole chapter dedicated to the pipers who rose to the occasion in battle. Reading this book you feel how personal this war was to the families they interviewed.
The losses of the Black Watch in the last century and this are still keenly felt in my home town of Dundee. A memorial for the men who served in the Regiment in the Second World War overlooks the city.
Regards EEM.
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