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How Piper Laidlaw Won the Victoria Cross at Loos: Emulating the Heroism of Piper Findlater at Dargai
How Piper Laidlaw Won the Victoria Cross at Loos: Emulating the Heroism of Piper Findlater at Dargai
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PLAYING “THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ” OUTSIDE THE BRITISH TRENCHES UNDER GERMAN FIRE : PIPER DANIEL LAIDLAW, OF THE KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. HEARTENS HIS COMRADES WITH THE SKIRL OF THE PIPES. IN “ABSOLUTE DISREGARD OF DANGER.”
— – . a a. aLiz z ILILL Jr i I] Piper Daniel Laidlaw,. of the 7th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, hao added one more glorious page to the annals of the Scottish bag-pipes-annals which include the story of ” The Pipes at Lucknows,” as told in Whittier’s poem, and the heroism of Piper Findlater, of the Gordon Highlanders, at Dargai. The latter, it say be recalled, continued piping after he was wounded in the storming of the Dargai Heights on October so, 1897, during the Tirah Campaign. Piper Laidlaw will henceforth stand beside Piper Findlater among the heroeo of the bag-pipes, and for a very similar exploit. In the words of the official account, the V.C. was awarded to Piper Daniel Laidlaw “for most conspicuous braev-p prior to an assault on German trenches near Loos and Hill 70 on September 25. sgrt. During the worst of the bombardment, when the attack was about to commence, Piper Lidlaw, seeing that his company
Swas somewhat shaken from the effects of gas, with ahbsolute coolness and disregard of danger, mounted the parapet, marched up and down (i.e., outside), and played his company out of the trench. The effect of his splendid esample was immediate, and the company dashed out to the assault. Piper Laidlaw continued playing his pipes till he was wounded.” A fragment of wire was blown through his foot as he was approaching the German trenches, but he still went on piping. He is seen marching up and down outside the British trench, playing “The Flowers of the Forest,” while Lieut. Young, the neat man out of the trench, is chimbing over the parapet. The men are wearing their gas-masks. In the background is the ” Tower Bridge ” of Loos. Piper Laidlaw is the first man of the Scottish Borderers to win the V.C. in the present war.-(D:winr Csogpyner.l. in thr L’ntd Si. S.d ad Can4 tua
undefinedPlaying “The Flowers of the Forest” outside the British Trenches under German Fire: Piper Daniel Laidlaw. Of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers Heartens His Comrades with the Skirl of the Pipes in “Absolute Disregard of Danger”
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